What does Chat GPT mean for beauty and cosmetic chemists?
No doubt you have heard about Chat GPT which seems to have taken the world by storm. AI is a fast growing and ever developing…
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Is Aloe Vera Effective in Cosmetics?
Aloe Vera. Aloe Vera Gel. Aloe Vera Juice. Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe) Leaf Juice. There are even more names here for this nearly ubiquitous ingredient found…
Have you formulated with dry water?
Here’s a technology I had never heard about, dry water. It sounds fascinating and could result in the creation of truly surfactant free cosmetic products.…
Cosmetic colorants - the safest cosmetic ingredients
Recently we received a request from someone who wanted to make their own face paint for children. Specifically, they wanted to know how to make…
How Do Cosmetic Raw Materials Get Their Names?
I must confess. One of my favorite things about being a chemist is getting to say long words and knowing what they mean. I loved…
Cosmetic ingredients inspired by nature
Cosmetic formulators have long used ingredients from nature to make products. Some of the more common ingredients include Lanolin, Milk, Honey, and Musk. Then there…
Can You Change Consumer Behavior?
Here’s a story about a technological advance by P&G. According to the company, they have developed a spray technology that solves men’s “overspray” problem. Their…
Spider Silk in Your Skin Lotion?
I had a spider that was living on my front porch this fall. She was a cool creature and made some excellent webs. I’ve always…
Is Anti Glycation the next hot trend in skin care?
As a formulator you should always be on the lookout for new technologies that could support interesting new stories for your products. This story about…
Snail Slime coming to a cosmetic near you soon
Sometime in the early 1990’s when I first started in the cosmetic industry, I read a news story (I think it was in C&E News)…
Will cosmetic chemists ‘wake up’ sleep hair follicles?
One of the top problems that consumers experience when it comes to hair is hair loss. This is particularly troubling for men but women also…
Cosmetic surfactants of the future
I was always of the opinion that innovation in the surfactant field was pretty much finished. It seems there really isn’t much more you can…
Is artificial skin the answer to animal testing?
I saw some interesting development in the creation of artificial skin. According to scientists at Ohio State University, synthetic skin is getting good enough to…
More progress to replace cosmetic animal testing
One of the most pervasive criticisms of the cosmetic industry is that it tests on animals. In fact, when people learn that I made cosmetics…
Learn About Making Stable Emulsions in this Online Course
Specialchem4cosmetics.com has an upcoming online course on emulsions. I’m going to do a review after I take the course but if you are interested in…
Top 10 Unsolved Hair Care Problems
As a cosmetic scientist your job will often involve coming up with a formula that satisfies the desires of your Marketing department. Fortunately, or unfortunately,…