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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The cosmetic industry is mostly run by the marketing group. They are primarily the ones responsible for developing new product ideas, testing them with consumers, coming…
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