Tag Archives: Innovation

Have you formulated with dry water?

Here’s a technology I had never heard about, dry water.  It sounds fascinating and could [...]

Cosmetic delivery system of the future

Are nanoparticles the cosmetic delivery system of the future? They may be if this research [...]

Is bacteria the next big thing in cosmetic ingredients?

Here’s a novel idea in cosmetic ingredients…bacteria. According to this report, scientists have found that [...]

Making your cosmetic brand stand out

One of the best books on marketing by Seth Godin is his book The Purple [...]

Nail design can prevent date rape?

Sometimes it seems innovation in cosmetic formulation is nonexistent. Most of the new products that [...]

Knockout Experiments for Cosmetics – The Fastest Way to Become an Expert Formulator

There are many different routes you can take to learn to become an expert formulation [...]

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 [...]

Skin Gun – Wrinkle Treatment of the Future?

Here is an amazing new technology that could represent a new way to treat skin [...]

Can You Change Consumer Behavior?

Here’s a story about a technological advance by P&G.  According to the company, they have [...]

Spider Silk in Your Skin Lotion?

I had a spider that was living on my front porch this fall.  She was [...]

The award for the most innovative cosmetic ingredient goes to…a non cosmetic

This report in Cosmetics Design about the award recently granted to a researcher for his [...]

Forensic science and cosmetics

This story about University of Kent scientists who have discovered a way to identify the [...]

Is Anti Glycation the next hot trend in skin care?

As a formulator you should always be on the lookout for new technologies that could [...]

Snail Slime coming to a cosmetic near you soon

Sometime in the early 1990’s when I first started in the cosmetic industry, I read [...]

Surfactant Science – Traube’s Rule

While it doesn’t come up too often when creating cosmetic formulations, it is useful for [...]

Cosmetic Innovation in Sun Care

There haven’t been many new technologies introduced into sun care in the last few decades. [...]

Is the end of gray hair near?

I saw this interesting news story about a group of European researchers who say they [...]

25 tips all cosmetic chemists should know

I saw an article on the FutureDerm blog about 25 things everyone should know about [...]

Beyond the Obvious – Book Review

Phil McKinney, the author of Beyond the Obvious, is also the creator and voice of [...]

How to prevent cosmetic chemist career boredom

I worked as a *formulator for 17 years at a medium sized cosmetic company. We [...]