Pixi Glycolic Body Wash - Formula Review
Next up in our series of evaluating ingredient lists is Pixi’s Glycolic Body Wash. As we have written about before, when you analyze a cosmetic…
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Clinique Cleansing Balm - Formula Review
Understanding how to decipher cosmetic ingredient lists is an essential skill in developing your formulating skills while also making you a more informed consumer. By…
Chemistry concepts most important for cosmetic formulators
Whenever we do a webinar, we find that about 30 - 40% of people interested in formulating cosmetics don’t have a background in science. In…
Cosmetic product effectiveness
In our post related to do cosmetics work we went through and explained how a cosmetic product can both work, and not work. Much of…
Speaking Engagement - CTSCC September Meeting
Hey everyone, I’ll be giving a few talks coming up in September. Here’s information about the meeting in Connecticut. Website to register: http://www.ctscc.org/
Formulating into the new year
One of my favorite times of year is the beginning. This is when I get to reset everything and come up with a new list of…
Washing hair in space
Here’s a fun video for a Friday. How do you wash your hair in space? Here’s how. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1lPU0nYb3s’]
SCC Midyear Symposium in St Louis Wrap-Up
Last week was the Mid-Year SCC Scientific Symposium held in St. Louis, Mo. It was an excellent event that featured two days of fascinating talks…
Review of SCC Suppliers Day in Texas
This is a guest post by Gavanne Davis. You can follow her at @MissGavanne. On Thursday, August 23, The Society of Cosmetic Chemists hosted their Educational…
Recap of SCC Midyear Scientific Meeting 2012
Last week I attended one day of the SCC Midyear Scientific Meeting. It was a two day event but my schedule just didn’t allow for…
Cosmetics - Cosmetic Science in 300 Seconds
Transcript of video Hi I’m Perry Romanowski and Welcome to Cosmetic Science in 300 seconds brought to you by Chemists Corner. Today’s topic is Cosmetics.…
Is snail slime in your skin care products
There was a bit on Penn & Tellers show Bullsh*t where they convinced people to let snails climb all over their face. It was supposed…
Is cosmetic science important enough for scientists?
This video is funny…and a little sad. [youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOYCkHFMnVc’] Thankfully, this isn’t how it really is for cosmetic chemists but there is certainly a tinge…
How to Create Goals for 2012
Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to create all the goals I’m going to endeavor to accomplish in 2012. For me, the goal…
Midwest SCC website relaunched
After a month or two of working on it, we have revamped the Midwest SCC website. The previous version was excellently handled by our former…
Highlights of 2011 on Chemists Corner
This has been a great year for Chemists Corner and I have thoroughly enjoyed working on this project. We’ve got some big things planned in…
Cosmetic Chemist in the land of Oz
Well, it looks like the show that I was on was just broadcast nationally. I personally have a difficult time watching and I haven’t actually…
Midwest SCC scientific summary
Today, I went to the Midwest SCC Technical Symposium and was pretty impressed with the event. The talks were nicely done (no awful slides) and…
Tanning beds increase melanoma in young women
This is an unfortunate story. There has been a big spike in the number of melanoma cases in young women and it has been linked…
Happy New Year
On this is the last day of the year and we just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year. We’ve got big things in…