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Unilever has been using stearic acid for a different purpose: replenishing the stearic acid that is highly removed during by surfactants:
Since their cleansers has a pH around 7, the stearic acid that can be found in their products isn’t necessarily saponificated. -
IMO the hardest part is distribution. At least in my country supermarkets, drugstores and most cosmetic stores just buy cosmetics from big corporations like P&G, Unilever, L’oréal… It’s very hard to put a small and new brand in their stores even if you try to pay for this… Even for medium companies is hard to put their products in big chains.
The good part is there’s Internet… Without Internet would be much harder to achieve any success in this business. -
Sodium hyaluronate is very sticky as well. Even at 0.2%.
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Egg yolk is just for marketing claim, right? So you can use a “homeopathic dose” that almost won’t do any difference in your formula. Something about 0,00001%.
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Ojon is owned by Estée Lauder. Almost all formulas from Estée Lauder contain dozens and dozens of ingredients. Maybe its marketing team think long lists are better from a marketing point of view.
Some marketing professionals believe that when a consumer see many ingredients he can think it’s a more “nobel” product. -
I guess they claim to offer the SPF that was tested on dry skin.
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Just curious: what did you ask them?
Here the technology is well explained:The sunscreens with the new technology already are being sold in the US… -
(Or should you use an alphabetic order?).
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If we aren’t talking about extreme “pH’s”, I doubt it will be a problem.
I’d like to find a study like this: a human test involving the use of a cleanser with pH about 5.5 and another with a pH about 8.5 (both with the same surfactants) for some weeks. -
Belassi: I love “up to” as well. “Up to 50%” could be 0%.
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A word that helps is “known”. “The ingredient X is known for its anti-inflammatory action”. You aren’t saying the ingredient X will give an anti-inflammatory effect on your skin, you’re just saying the ingredient X is known for this… LOL
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Korea’s ‘Cushion Boom’ Changes Global Beauty Trends-
AMOREPACIFIC’s Cushion products to exceed 50 million units in cumulative global sales during January 2015- Used by 75% of Korean women, the innovative cushion is now creating a global beauty trend beyond its popularity in Korea: -
I don’t know about US, but in my country to claim “dermatologically tested” you need to do RIPT (Repeat Insult Patch Test) or another test that I don’t remember its name.
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@markBrussard: first one is from Shiseido and, despite its super light and watery texture, it moisturizers extremely well. I even tested with that device which measure the skin’s hydration and even after about 10h the skin was very hydrated. Well, Shiseido claims they do stinging test on people who react to lactic acid:
It could explain why their moisturizers have never irritated my skin. Maybe testing properly the products is more important than just avoid the ingredient X or Y.
Second one is from Kosé, another Japanese brand. It gives a bit greasy texture and hydrates ok, but really well. At least didn’t irritate.Third one is from La-Roche Posay, L’oréal. It gives an extremely greasy sensation and hydrates well. Just to you know I’m really not alone, just on this page two people complain of similar bad reaction:Last one is from ROC, J & J. It gives a less greasy sensation than that one from LRP and hydrates well.Not yet. -
Speaking in amino acids, the new trending in China and Japan are D-amino acids. In China in creams/cosmetics and in Japan in drinks/oral.
But I haven’t found any relevant study for cosmetic applications of D-amino acids. Just thinks like that: -
Topical arginine HCL may be useful:
[Topically applied arginine hydrochloride. Effect on urea content of stratum corneum and skin hydration in atopic eczema and skin aging].
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I don’t think fragrance is the culprit because even many fragrance free emulsions cause the same problem. Here is an example of fragrance free product that burns my skin like a hell (it’s a milky cleanser):
Water, cetearyl isononanoate, PEG-8, glyceryl polymethacrylate, propylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, methylparaben, C10-30 alkyl acrylates crosspolymer, tromethamine, propylparaben.
Interestingly, I’m not alone. Usually when I have that kind of reaction I often find someone in cosmetic forums (like Makeupalley) reporting similar reaction.I’m wondering if depending of how a product is emulsified it couldn’t temporarily damage the skin’s barrier and cause this kind of reaction on truly sensitive skin.I’ve heard that many products are patch tested, but not pass to sting tests. Since it isn’t an allergy, but just a very ephemeral discomfort (lasts about 10 seconds), patch tests aren’t useful to foresee this kind of reaction.Seems that developing cosmetics for sensitive skin can be much more complex than just do not put parabens, fragrance, alcohol…@MarkBroussard: yes, but sometimes you want (or need if you work in this industry) to try new things… -
Sorry Irina, I think my source was wrong. Yes, you’re right, the CAS is
1125-88-8.
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More one question: is this kind of reaction common for cetyl alcohol?
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My message was incomplete.. I meant “modulate stress”.
MarkBroussard: TKS, I can use this as well… But I’d like the fragrance with the cited component as well due the studies that exist to support my marketing idea. -
The above component can be found in rose essential oil. But I’d like a synthetic fragrance with that.
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TKS Irina! According to I’m finding the CAS for this is 4179-19-5 and it’s also called orcinol dimethyl ether. I’m for this component due some marketing ideas (there are some studies showing inhaling dimethoxymethylbenzene could modulate and even improve the skin’s barrier). It would be used in moisturizers.
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I’m looking for a synthetic fragrance, specially of roses, with dimethoxymethylbenzene (I don’t know if the nomenclature for this substance is the same used by the cosmetic industry). Can anyone help-me?
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But I think you can use retinol in cosmetics in the US…
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The topical application of some amino acids can improve the skin’s barrier function. But even petrolatum can do this… Anyway, from amino acids you can develop wonderful new raw materials, like mild and effective surfactants, extremely smooth powders for makeup etc.