Category Archives: Formulating

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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World Perfumery Congress is coming

World Perfumery Congress returns to the US in 2016 World Perfumery Congress, 13-15 June 2016, [...]

Cosmetic Preservation – What’s In a Name?

What’s in a name, the preservation name? Whether it’s Montague or Capulet….love or scorn…parabens or [...]

Should you formulate with essential oils

Here was a question sent in by our readers about formulating with essential oils. I’m not [...]

Using Extracts in Cosmetic Formulas

On a Facebook page that I participate in someone there was a discussion about extracts in [...]

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Start with simple cosmetic formulas

On the forum there was a question about a shampoo formula and how to make [...]

Functional raw materials in the cosmetic industry

We’ve previously discussed cosmetic raw materials on this website and have even come up with [...]

In-Cosmetics Brazil 2015 begins September 1st

The 2015 in-cosmetics Brasil fair set to feature many novelties and innovative educational content in-cosmetics, [...]

3 Ways to Make Surfactant Free Emulsions

Emulsifiers are great for keeping mixtures of oil and water together but they do have [...]

How to be a Complete Cosmetic Chemist

To be a complete cosmetic chemist you need to have a wide range of knowledge [...]

When do you need to add a cosmetic preservative

[s3video s3url=”Preservative-vid1.mp4″ splash=”https://chemistscorner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-08-at-3.09.48-PM.png” /] Join the Cosmetic Preservative Webinar Webinar begins July 15, 2015! What [...]

What is the best ingredient to use?

On a few occasions we’ve gotten a question that goes something like this…. “What is [...]

Does alcohol cause skin irritation?

I recently received an email asking me about why a company would include alcohol (denatured) [...]

5 Steps For Getting Replacement Raw Materials

There are a number of reasons why you might want to find a replacement for [...]

Which cosmetic ingredients are animal derived?

When the INCI Dictionary was first published there were about 2000 cosmetic ingredients listed.  The [...]

Types of Peptides in Cosmetics

There are a number of types of ingredients offered to formulators as “active ingredients.” You [...]

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What to ask about your new cosmetic raw material

At some point in your cosmetic chemistry career, if you haven’t already, you’ll be introduced [...]

5 Things That Cosmetics Can Do

While there are hundreds of types of cosmetics and thousands of cosmetic brands, there are [...]