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  • PhilGeis

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    December 23, 2023 at 9:37 am in reply to: Foaming surface on shampoo formulation

    testing

  • PhilGeis

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    December 22, 2023 at 5:58 pm in reply to: Blemish Spot Treatment Additives

    Perhaps try low % polyvinyl alcohol film. High levels used in some face masks are irritating.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 22, 2023 at 5:50 pm in reply to: Blemish Spot Treatment Additives

    polyvinyl alcohol?

  • PhilGeis

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    December 21, 2023 at 9:20 am in reply to: About time in Incubator, or how to test expired of product?

    As matt said - 40-45C for 1 and 3 months. For accelerated, I’d not go greater in temp or longer in time. Rule of thumb is 3 months accelerated/rapid aged product data justifies 1 yrs stability but that is not validated. I use 1 month stability (preservation) data to justify marketing for cosmetics and 3 for OTC drugs with 1 yr ex data. .

    You must confirm with real time data out to three years.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 21, 2023 at 8:50 am in reply to: COSMETICS RAW MATERIALS SUPPLIERS

    Doing a test here.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 21, 2023 at 8:29 am in reply to: About time in Incubator, or how to test expired of product?

    As matt said, conventional is - 40-45C one and three months, with latter approx 1 year stability. I’ve gone to market on 1 month data for cosmetics and 3 for OTC’s. .

    This is rule of thumb - not validated - and may be be appr. for all products. You must execute real time stability to confirm.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 21, 2023 at 6:00 am in reply to: About shelf life of product

    Assume raw material are within their ex date. That date is not generally considered in finished product ex dating.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 21, 2023 at 5:46 am in reply to: Is filter sterilization common practice in cosmetics manufacturing?

    No.

    From the micro side, the necessity of removing bugs indicates a contaminated/adulterated raw material that would establish your finished product as adulterated. Cosmetic manufacturing is nonsterile and it’s hard to imagine how this could even be accomplished without immediate recontamination.

    From the particulate side, the adulteration is also in question and such filtration is very inefficient and it’s unwise to become your own raw material reconditioner. Pay the supplier to deliver the material you need to make product. You’re in the cosmetic not raw material business.

    For susceptible stuff you might make in house such as a proprietary ferment, preserve it. whether filtered or not.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 20, 2023 at 5:47 am in reply to: Paraben-Free Candles

    This seems absurd - but no more so than the same claim on any cosmetic.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 15, 2023 at 7:05 am in reply to: Preservatives for Kids Mists and Sprays

    SDS addresses the raw material, not in application. Beyond the product, the combination is irrelevant. Down the drain fate is a function of the individual chemical and sanitary sewers/sewage treatment. Sorry, I no longer have relevant environmental safety data. Can only say it met the envir. safety standards.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 13, 2023 at 4:15 pm in reply to: What’s wrong with my formula?

    You’ve no preservative for Gram positive bacteria or fungi

  • PhilGeis

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    December 13, 2023 at 6:03 am in reply to: New study commissioned by the FDA about hair loss

    About what I’d expect from the government- a study that only asks for more studies.

    It certainly lived up to its title - “Studies on…”. They report studies that answer nothing. Noting similarities and differences between mouse and human hair growth, they offer no final comment as to validity. “Overall Conclusion” is pretty useless - focused on cytology, the central question of in vivo cosmetic hair loss is kicked down the road to future studies.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 23, 2023 at 6:06 am in reply to: About time in Incubator, or how to test expired of product?

    I’ve used passing data with product aged 1 month at 40C as justification to market - confirmed with data from 3 month 40 and real time.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 22, 2023 at 4:10 pm in reply to: Is filter sterilization common practice in cosmetics manufacturing?

    as Perry said

  • PhilGeis

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    December 21, 2023 at 9:22 am in reply to: About time in Incubator, or how to test expired of product?

    as matt said

  • PhilGeis

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    December 21, 2023 at 5:57 am in reply to: About time in Incubator, or how to test expired of product?

    40-45C for 1 and 3 months. I’d NOT go beyond 3 months or 45C. I’ve gone to market with passing preservative data from 1 month.

    The ex date projected from this kind of testing is kinda flakey. There is an ISO method 18811 that prob could be seen as precedent but its no more validated than any. The comment you use is about as good as any.

  • Can’t add much more to what Matt said. 86 the EDTA - need something for the fungi - what’s pH and what is your po9licy as in parabens formaldehyde releasers etc.)??

  • PhilGeis

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    December 19, 2023 at 5:38 pm in reply to: Fluffy vs Fact for marketing

    I’m with you

  • PhilGeis

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    December 19, 2023 at 9:52 am in reply to: Fluffy vs Fact for marketing

    Depends on what’s “best.” Brand success in sales doesn’t look to a balance but to a push on the “fluff” as far as regulators will allow and consumer swallow - and hopeful consumers will swallow a lot. Witness clean beauty, antiaging, paraben-free, recyclable or compostable packaging.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 19, 2023 at 9:46 am in reply to: Fluffy vs Fact for marketing

    “…less harmful ingredients” admits they are harmful but less so than other ingredients that might be used. Don’t think that is a helpful claim in comparison to the propaganda of clean beauty and natural perceptions.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 15, 2023 at 7:16 am in reply to: Just academic science or is it being applied in formulas?

    It’s not just the coacervate technology. Efficacy via active deposition based on physical aspects is also studied/controlled.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 13, 2023 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Preservatives for Kids Mists and Sprays

    Thanks Anca. I wish I could offer something that informed consumers regarding the risks they assume with the BS clean and natural preservation - or the total BS of the cynical preservative free. But I do not.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 13, 2023 at 11:34 am in reply to: Preservatives for Kids Mists and Sprays

    What’s pH?

    For safety I’d look at CIR

  • PhilGeis

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    December 13, 2023 at 4:49 am in reply to: Preservatives for Kids Mists and Sprays

    Agree - and with any consumer.

  • PhilGeis

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    December 13, 2023 at 4:48 am in reply to: Preservatives for Kids Mists and Sprays

    Why 12 months.

    Recall please cosmetic preservatives are primarily intended to control contamination in use. “We never had a problem”. Testing quality into a product is questionable GMP’s.

    But yo the justification - why no preservative? As there is a risk, why do you think it appropriate to offer that risk to consumers - here children?

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