12 articles about natural cosmetics for cosmetic chemists.
Natural cosmetics are a popular & growing market segment. But there are many reasons why these beauty products are actually inferior to standard cosmetics
Natural cosmetic and beauty products are in vogue these days and cosmetic marketers around the world are looking to launch their own version that appeals to green-seeking consumers. However, making na...
One of the most common type of questions we get asked here on Chemists Corner is about natural preservatives. On the one hand this is great because it demonstrates that people understand they should b...
Cosmetic surfactants are the most versatile and important ingredients in cosmetic formulations. Unfortunately, there are not many surfactants that naturally occur so trying to make natural formulas wi...
In a previous article about natural cosmetic products , I wrote about the difficulty in producing actually natural cosmetics. This is particularly difficult for cleansing products like shampoo or body...
The term natural is thought to refer to something related to plants. But as applied to natural cosmetics it can be complicated. Here's how
I spoke at the Twin Cities Holistic Seminar last month and then attended their companion trade show. That's where a number of cosmetic industry raw material suppliers were showing off their latest "al...
While perusing the Twin Cities Holistic Cosmetic show last week I noticed lots of different types of cosmetic raw materials targeted towards the "natural" cosmetic formulating market. And it occurred...
Crude oil is pretty amazing stuff. It's a mixture of a variety of hydrocarbon molecules and can be used to create any number of organic molecules. In that sentence the term "organic" refers to organic...
On a number of occasions we get asked questions about formulating cosmetics and the best cosmetic preservatives . When there are enough questions on a theme we turn it into a blog post. So here you ar...
Entrepreneurs make me smile. They have such earnestness, optimism, and creativity. I encourage entrepreneurs whenever I can even when I think the idea is dumb. This is because I have no magic crystal...
According to the Kline Group , the world wide sales of natural cosmetics is about $30 billion. This is roughly 7 or 8 percent of the total global market which is estimated to be about $430 billion ann...
