Cosmetic Science - What is known and unknown
One of my Facebook friends posted a question looking for advice about which sunscreen she could use for her child. It turns out her daughter…
Category: Cosmetic Industry
Why don’t consumers trust the cosmetic industry?
An industry friend of mine posed this question to me in regards to the proliferation of so much junk science when it comes to the…
Day 11 - Companies In The Cosmetic Industry
Welcome to Day 11 of the 30 Days to Become a Better Cosmetic Chemist series This 30 day challenge is all about giving you lessons…
Do Active Ingredients in Cosmetics Work?
Last week I gave a presentation of my Beginning Cosmetic Chemistry course to a full house at the National SCC meeting in New York. I…
in-cosmetics Brazil proves huge success with visitors and exhibitors
More than 2,800 visitors attended the second annual in-cosmetics Brazil exhibition last week. With 30 percent more industry professionals joining the show this year, the…
Product categories in the cosmetic industry
Most people who work in the cosmetic industry for large to medium sized companies specialize in one type of cosmetic product. They are limited to…
Why the EWG Skin Deep Database is Still a Dubious Source
The EWG gets a lot of criticism for flaws in their database, but I have to give them credit where credit is due. They have…
Are big cosmetic companies more trustworthy?
On the Internet, big cosmetic corporations frequently get labeled as evil and there is the implication that they are trying to harm their consumers. Small…
Natural and Organic Products Europe Show - 2015
This post was written by Jane Barber The Natural & Organic Products Europe Show in London (19-20 April 2015) was packed with independent retailers, buyers,…
Cosmetic Compliance Summit Returns this April 27-29
This cosmetic industry’s premier event, taking place April 27-29 in New Jersey, is designed to be your #1 information source positioned to not only address…
SDS Guide for Cosmetic Chemists
There are a few standardization organizations that you’ll come across in the personal care industry; two that you may see are referred to as ISO…
Will cosmetic formulators become food scientists?
There’s a trend in the beauty industry called “beauty from within.” This is a growing segment (representing about $5 billion in annual sales worldwide) which…
When is a cosmetic ingredient considered safe?
While surfing the Internet looking for information about cosmetics you can’t help but stumble onto negative information about the “toxic” chemicals evil corporations put into…
The largest natural and organic cosmetic companies
We’re in the process of launching a new course about formulating natural cosmetic products. You can see our latest video here. Formulating natural cosmetic products…
Hot trends to look for in 2015
Euromonitor is a market research company who covers the beauty market. They put together a white paper suggesting some trends that will be popular in…
How stable are your formulations?
I once made a shampoo formula that I kept for about 17 years. It was my first batch of anything and for some reason I…
Should your products be organically certified?
There was an excellent write-up of a debate between two cosmetic industry experts about the value of having your products certified by one of the…
Top 10 Interesting Cosmetic Stories from 2014
This year we look back on some of the more interesting stories in the cosmetic industry. Thanks to cosmetics design for continuing to publish all…
9 Beauty Trends from 2014
According to Lucky Magazine these were the big beauty trends in 2014 (in no particular order). How many of them do you remember? 1. Beauty…
Scaremongering Groups and the Cosmetic Chemist
I saw this interesting article examining how the media sensationalizes scientific findings and gets things wrong. The article covers the story of researcher Chris Adigun…