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Day 14 - Raw Materials - Claims Raw Materials

Perry44 January 31, 2016


Welcome to Day 14 of the 30 Days to Become a Better Cosmetic Chemist series

This 30 day challenge is all about giving you lessons and basic exercises that will improve your abilities as a cosmetic chemist.

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In this episode

On today’s program we’re going to finish our segments on the main types of cosmetic raw materials by talking about claims ingredients.

In this episode you’ll find:

  • What are claims ingredients and why they are added to formulas
  • The effect of vitamins in cosmetics
  • Why natural extracts are put into formulas
  • Biotech ingredients and what they are supposed to do in cosmetics
  • Plus…how to figure out if an ingredient actually works

Today’s Challenge

Look through some ingredient lists and see if you can figure out which ingredients are the “claims” ingredients.

Useful resources: Drugstore.com or Ulta.com

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Perry has been formulating cosmetic products and inventing solutions to solve consumer problems since the early 1990’s. Additionally, he has written and edited numerous articles and books, taught continuing education classes for industry scientists, and developed successful websites. His latest book is Beginning Cosmetic Chemistry 3rd Edition published by Allured.

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