Nope. I am not using urea, my other ingredient is MSM and glycerine. Well, the marketing claim one can make in this case is a smoothing (or wrinkle reduction) effect. Yes, I've been my own guinea pig together with a few friends who took some for use…
In my personal formulations (that is for personal usage), I do include LArginine and Vitamin C and I feel an instant firming, whether this is changing the biochemistry of my skin is unbeknown to me, but it does make me feel younger :)It was while I …
I was just wondering about using protein peptides such as L-Arginine as a moisturiser, especially after seeing different serums with growth factor claims. If using protein peptides as a moisturiser with no special claims except as a moisturiser woul…
Reading through this new guide, the grey area of "Cosmeceuticals" is cleaned out and made clearer, it is either a drug or cosmetics, no more grey:
http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/Labeling/Claims/ucm127064.htm
Thanks Perry.
@Chemist77, @luiscuevasii, @MichelleReece .... and @David....
Thanks so much for your suggestions. I did not respond on time because I was expecting a backlash from the negative posters on the forum.
If I was in Venezuela, I would have sent at least…
It is incredible that someone would want to vote down a genuine question.I was probably the first person to suggest this "like" button, but I am a recipient of the opposite - incredible!
The combination of cetearyl alcohol and the lecithin phospholipids would form an excellent emulsifier. Lecithin are brilliant emulsifiers. I use them in home-made liposomes.
@Perry .... 1500 washes.... and your hair hasn't turned grey yet? :DI can just imagine how sore that scalp would be. If only the hair strands could talk, they would have carried placards in protest and claimed violation of their living rights.... :…
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Since I started testing formulations, which is some 5-6 years now, i have had no need to buy creams. Good or bad (non-microbially challenged), I use the personally.
In fact, I sometimes take several showers, just to test the effect of different…
@Bellasi: Yes, it's such a shame that with all the billions the big corporations make, they still have to be protected that much.
@MichelleReece: Informative article, "Today, colloidal oatmeal is available in the form of moisturizing creams. T…
Yes, I agree with you, @Pharma, but what do you say to this very article that ordinary Quaker oats is providing some topical solution to a debilitating problem?
What would you call this simple solution? Cosmetics or pharmaceuticals?
Now, it is most …
I think it is imperative for marketers to watch their claims and the psychological effect it can have on consumers. I feel the best thing is to be conservative and let the consumers make their own judgments. There was the case of Estee Lauder in 201…
Just to add an extra line to @Belassi's tip: Create a spreadsheet with columns for the ingredients, mass, from there calculating the % would be easy.
But then, how did you make the product without all these in the first instance.
I think @Belassi captured what almost ever cosmetic designer will tell you here:
"I once tried to duplicate a body wash/hair shampoo product. It had an LOI about 30 ingredients long. I failed completely. Then I realised I should be designing m…
Is urea not a skin irritant?
Or is there a threshold % where it is okay?
I have always dreaded touching this ingredient, maybe it's an overreaction on my part.
Well, I experienced the same in similar formulation, but it held well in a full cream formulation.
Perhaps it should be combined with another such as guar gum. I have not reached a full conclusion as to why there was a separation, it could be becaus…
@Iaskedbetter - Thanks for this, that link was not working properly, but I managed to figure it out: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3004446
I think you would be better off with distilled water. That is what I subscribe to, although some say deionized water is much better because even distilled water may contain organic residues.
Yes, I agree with Mark; Recently, I tried to boost a Channel No.5-type scent with palmarosa EO, I was wrong, it overpowered it and ruined the batch. EOs are brilliant at boosting, but one has to pick the right one to boost the scent otherwise, the s…
Well, while I have witnessed the efficacy of West African "black soap" before (highly effective on eczema), I am yet to see any company make/create a COA or MSDS of any. So, I wonder how they managed to get a pass with that particular fina…