No more formaldehyde - How to modify a cosmetic
J&J seems pleased with themselves for capitulating to fear mongering groups and reformulating their iconic J&J Baby Shampoo. We previously wrote about why caving to…
How long should your cosmetic formulas last?
I have personal care products that I haven’t opened for a few years. These are mostly hair styling products that I got for free and…
Cosmetic ingredients inspired by nature
Cosmetic formulators have long used ingredients from nature to make products. Some of the more common ingredients include Lanolin, Milk, Honey, and Musk. Then there…
California launches cosmetic database
Well, here’s the latest entry into the online cosmetic chemical database world. (California Safe Cosmetic Product Database). This follows sites like the industry supported Cosmetic…
The Whole Foods Unacceptable Ingredient List - Part 3
Wow. The power of the internet is amazing. It only took four days for Whole Foods to update their list after my first post on…
Why you need to substantiate your cosmetic claims
Often, the cosmetic industry is accused of lying to consumers. About half of the time the people making the accusations are wrong. No, the cosmetic…
Beauty From Within Put to the Test
On my other blog The Beauty Brains we spend a lot of time answering questions about what beauty products work and which ones aren’t backed up…
Can You Change Consumer Behavior?
Here’s a story about a technological advance by P&G. According to the company, they have developed a spray technology that solves men’s “overspray” problem. Their…
Cosmetic Prototype Batch Size
As a cosmetic formulator one of the most common decisions you’ll have to make is to decide how large a batch you need to make.…
Silicones for Personal Care - Book Review
This is a post by cosmetic chemist and formulator Valerie Patton. The world of silicones has grown exponentially since the mid-1970s, and their use in…
A Formulating Strategy That Makes Sense
There is a discussion in the cosmetic science forum asking about the stabilization of Vitamin C in a formulation. It is an interesting enough conversation and…
Fictional Cosmetic Chemists
I saw that Colin over at Colins Beauty Pages had tweeted that he was watching an old episode of Columbo in which Martin Sheen played…
How your sense of smell works
This is a pretty interesting bit of biology. It also explains why fragrance is such an important part of the cosmetic product experience.
3D printing for skin products
We are in the early phases of the development of 3D printing technology but I believe it has the potential to revolutionize the cosmetics industry.…
Cosmetic Science Questions Answered
One of the great things about doing this website and participating in the cosmetic science forum is we get contacted by people from all over…
Whole Foods Ingredient List Clarification
The following was submitted in response to the articles we published on the Whole Foods Banned ingredient list. I am writing in response to the…
Discontinuing a Preservative
Guest author: Deepa Sinha Methylisothiazolinone (MIT) is a commonly used cosmetic preservative in cosmetics and personal care products has been recommended by Cosmetic Europe to…
Busting Beauty Product Myths
Last weekend I got a chance to be interviewed on Fox and Friends about our new book It’s OK to have Lead in your Lipstick.…
The Whole Foods Unacceptable Ingredient List is Wholly Unacceptable
This post will explore acids that are found on Whole Foods’ premium body standards list. For those that didn’t catch last week’s post, the idea…
5 Reasons You Should Make Expensive Cosmetics
A friend of mine forwarded me this product link for the Estee Lauder Re-Creation Face Cream set. If you click on that link you will…