Setting up a cosmetic lab - Scales and weighing equipment
Here’s the next article in our series about starting a cosmetic lab. Here is the basic equipment you’ll need. Containers Weighing equipment Mixers Heating &…
Category: Formulating
How to set up a cosmetic lab - containers
When you are hired on as a cosmetic chemist out of college you typically will start in a lab that is already equipped with all…
What are surfactants? A Formulators Guide
Of all the ingredients you could use to formulate cosmetics, surfactants are perhaps the most important. They are used for a wide range of applications…
Formula adjustment ingredients for cosmetics
When creating cosmetic products in a lab it is easy to have control over the final characteristics of your formula. Under this setting you get the…
Optimizing cosmetic formulas - part 2
In the previous post in this formula optimization series we covered the basic process of optimization and also the things you could optimize and how to…
Cosmetic Formula Optimization - part 1
As a formulator one of your main tasks will be to come up with the recipes for the various products that your company sells. But…
What is an emulsion? Back to Basics
You may have heard the term emulsion, but still don’t quite understand what it means, especially if you are not a chemist. Well, I thought…
How to formulate nutricosmetics
As a cosmetic formulator, you are expected to know how to formulate any cosmetic product. But these days the definition of what is a cosmetic…
How to make cosmetic formulations - a complete overview
When you get out of college and start your new formulation job in the cosmetic industry, you will quickly learn that not much of what you…
Should you use a blend for your cosmetic formulation?
The primary job of a cosmetic formulator, namely creating cosmetic products, can be challenging. That’s mainly because you are trying to achieve a number of…
In-cosmetics Global 2017 focused on Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence
As Euromonitor International hails UK consumers among the biggest beauty and personal care spenders in Western Europe, the stage is set for in-cosmetics Global as…
Cosmeceuticals in cosmetics
A reader asked me why there weren’t more high performance cosmeceutical ingredients in cosmetics. I think there are a few reasons you don’t see many…
What is an active ingredient in cosmetics
I was recently asked this question by a reader, what is an active ingredient? You hear this term a lot in cosmetic marketing. And according…
Cosmetic ingredient expiration dates
We recently did a webinar on cosmetic emulsions and asked people for questions prior to the event so we could cover the most important information. Here…
8 ways to reduce your cosmetic formula cost
When I got my first formulation job, I was hired as a “cost savings” chemist. This meant it was my job to identify ways to…
Natural Colors in Cosmetics
Many consumers desire natural cosmetics. While some countries, including the US and EU, have natural colors in their positive lists these color leave a lot…
Cosmetic Formulating - How much of an ingredient should you use?
As a formulator one of the hardest things to do is to create new formulas from scratch. This is because formulations are a mixture of…
In-cosmetics returns to Korea to showcase next generation of cosmetics
In-cosmetics Korea, Coex Hall B, 159 Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-731, Korea, 6-7 July 2016 In-cosmetics returns for its second exhibition in Korea from 6-7 July…
Where to get raw materials for making cosmetics
When I was working for a company it was pretty easy to get the raw materials I needed for making cosmetic formulas. I would just look up…
World Perfumery Congress is coming
World Perfumery Congress returns to the US in 2016 World Perfumery Congress, 13-15 June 2016, Fontainebleau Resort, Miami Beach, Florida The organizers of the biennial…