What are surfactants? A Formulators Guide
Of all the ingredients you could use to formulate cosmetics, surfactants are perhaps the most important. They are used for a wide range of applications…
Strategies for formulating green products
Previously, we talked about how sustainability will effect the formulating efforts of cosmetic chemists. In this article, we’ll discuss some of the different formulation strategies…
A Dozen ways you can become a luckier Cosmetic Chemist
I played some poker last night and it is always a reminder to me that being lucky is a much bigger factor than anything else…
Becoming a cosmetic evaluation expert
To become an expert cosmetic chemist, it is not enough to learn the science of cosmetic raw materials and which ones are compatible or not.…
Cosmetic Formulating Checklist
Whenever you begin a formulating project there is a variety of information you need to establish before doing anything else. Some of these things will…
Organic Formulating – Tales from the front
I am health. I am wealth. I am stealth. Ok, maybe not stealth, but it rhymed so well… I am ORGANIC. At least this is…
Sustainability and the Cosmetic Chemist
This was an excerpt from a talk I did on sustainability and the cosmetic industry. Everywhere you look around the cosmetic industry you hear about…