Using Knockout Experiments to reduce formula costs
I don’t know how I stumbled on the knockout experiment but it is by far the most useful formulation exercise. I think I was inspired…
I don’t know how I stumbled on the knockout experiment but it is by far the most useful formulation exercise. I think I was inspired…
I learned about the $100 Startup book while listening to some podcast. I don’t recall which one, but the author made the book sound interesting…
Last week was the annual Suppliers Day for the New York chapter of the SCC. It’s always a huge event and you can find thousands…
There haven’t been many new technologies introduced into sun care in the last few decades. There was the introduction of mexoryl sunscreen in the mid…
I saw this interesting news story about a group of European researchers who say they have found a treatment that can eliminate gray hair. Two…
As a cosmetic chemist or cosmetic entrepreneur, you need to develop the power to influence other people to get the things done that you want…
Scare stories about the dangers of cosmetics always grab headlines. Whether they are put out by fearmongering groups, politicians or even researchers, these stories are…
As a beginning chemist, one of the most frustrating things for me as I started my career was the product ingredient lists. While all the…
I saw a story indicating that the shareholders at Avon were going to vote on whether to remove “dangerous chemicals used in their beauty products…
The future of cosmetic chemistry may be changing. While being able to mix surfactants, emollients, occlusive agents, and other cosmetic raw materials in the proper…
By Bob Wilcox In an earlier article on cosmetic mixing with overhead stirrers I outlined how these lab tools are used to provide a fast…
This is a guest author post These days, people are interested in all different types of disciplines. More and more students realize that the economic…
In the cosmetic industry, the compounds on the ingredient list are determined by the PCPC and published in a book called the International Nomenclature of…
Here is a typical shampoo formula. It’s pretty basic and features sulfates, betaine, standard preservatives, and a fragrance. Whenever you are creating a formula, you…
I saw an article on the FutureDerm blog about 25 things everyone should know about skin care. That inspired me to come up with this…
Guest author: Roger Rodriguez Now that we are in the 21st century, people are starting to learn more and more about different job opportunities and…
By Bob Wilcox If you’ve been frustrated from time to time (or lots of times, for that matter) trying to dispense the exact amount of…
As a cosmetic formulator you will undoubtedly run into a situation where you screw up a batch. Or maybe the batch just gets ruined through…
We had an interesting question posed by one of our readers who has a background in Chemical Engineering. Specifically, he wanted to know if there…
Some years ago I went through a phase where I was really into making computer animations. Here’s one I did that explains roughly how shampoos…
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