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What cosmetic products perform better today than ones from 20 years ago?
I started in the cosmetic industry in 1992. I look at the products today and honestly don’t see much difference.
In terms of performance, are there any products that perform better today than they did in the 1990’s?
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I’m not sure when the newer generation organic filters were approved in the EU and Asia, but certainly sunscreens containing Tinosorb S, Tinosorb M, Tinosorb A2B, Uvinul A Plus and Uvinul T50 outperform sunscreens containing Avobenzone, Octocrylene, Octinoxate, Oxybenzone and Octocrylene. The newer filters are more photostable, less irritating and none are ROS generators afaik, whereas Octocrylene, for example, is. They are also much much more cosmetically elegant. Just my opinion.
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@emma1985 - good one. Yeah, I don’t know when new ones were approved either. Of course, these can’t be used in the US so hasn’t had much impact here.
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I think the introduction of urethane co-polymer hair fixatives has improved styling especially the tactile afterfeel. These were scarce or non-existent in ’92.
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@chemicalmatt - great example! Although VOC rules made hairsprays pretty bad compared to the ones from the late 1990’s
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Perry said:@emma1985 - good one. Yeah, I don’t know when new ones were approved either. Of course, these can’t be used in the US so hasn’t had much impact here.
There are lots of Asian sunscreens on Amazon actually..as they’ve become more popular Amazon sellers have started selling them.
I use European exclusively because I trust them much more. I order from Europe. I can never go back to American sunscreens. 🤷♀️
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