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 not? Brands, marketers and formulators find themselves in a quandary…
Category: Formulating
Should you formulate with essential oils
Here was a question sent in by our readers about formulating with essential oils. I’m not a chemist but I have been formulating cosmetic products for…
Using Extracts in Cosmetic Formulas
On a Facebook page that I participate in someone there was a discussion about extracts in cosmetics and someone posed the question “Do a significant number…
Start with simple cosmetic formulas
On the forum there was a question about a shampoo formula and how to make it more conditioning. The question is a good one because…
Functional raw materials in the cosmetic industry
We’ve previously discussed cosmetic raw materials on this website and have even come up with a classification system which demonstrates that there are only 3…
In-Cosmetics Brazil 2015 begins September 1st
The 2015 in-cosmetics Brasil fair set to feature many novelties and innovative educational content in-cosmetics, Brasil 30 September -1 October, Expo Center Norte, Säo Paulo,…
3 Ways to Make Surfactant Free Emulsions
Emulsifiers are great for keeping mixtures of oil and water together but they do have a number of downsides that has prompted researchers to look…
How to be a Complete Cosmetic Chemist
To be a complete cosmetic chemist you need to have a wide range of knowledge and skills not taught in college. Here are the 5…
When do you need to add a cosmetic preservative
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What is the best ingredient to use?
On a few occasions we’ve gotten a question that goes something like this…. “What is the best preservative to use?” or “What is the best…
Does alcohol cause skin irritation?
I recently received an email asking me about why a company would include alcohol (denatured) in their skin care formulas. They were under the impression…
5 Steps For Getting Replacement Raw Materials
There are a number of reasons why you might want to find a replacement for a raw material you currently using. It could be because…
Which cosmetic ingredients are animal derived?
When the INCI Dictionary was first published there were about 2000 cosmetic ingredients listed. The latest edition has over 14,000 ingredients. Hundreds of new raw…
Types of Peptides in Cosmetics
There are a number of types of ingredients offered to formulators as “active ingredients.” You can find molecules claimed to boost collagen production, turn off…
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 to new ingredients. The supplier will probably furnish you with…
5 Things That Cosmetics Can Do
While there are hundreds of types of cosmetics and thousands of cosmetic brands, there are really only 5 things that cosmetics do. If you want…
Why formulators should pay attention to beauty bloggers
In the cosmetic industry beauty bloggers seem to be gaining in their influence and big brands are beginning to take them more seriously. This is…
What is Polyquaternium?
This is a post by Nitesh Rajput A product is considered to be a conditioner if it improves the quality of the surface to which…
Types of Water Used in Cosmetic Formulating
There are a wide variety of water types that you can use when formulating cosmetics. Distilled, deionized, purified or tap water are all options for…
Controlling Cosmetic Product Quality
A question was posed to us recently about creating consistent cosmetic products and formulations. Basically, the reader wanted to know how you do it. The…