Places to find ingredient lists for cosmetics
In the days before the Internet became what it is now, it was tough to find lists of ingredients. Even back then analyzing cosmetic ingredient…
Color Cosmetics – A Practical Guide to Formulation Review
The newest textbook to launch on the Allured Bookstore is Color Cosmetics: A Practical Guide to Formulation by Jane C. Hollenberg. Mrs. Hollenberg wrote this…
Episode 47: Harry’s Cosmeticology – Interview Meyer Rosen
In today’s episode we have an interview with Meyer Rosen, the editor and chief of the new edition of Harry’s Cosmeticology. This book is one…
Did you know about this source for finding cosmetic information?
Although you can find lots of great formulating advice here on Chemists Corner and on our cosmetic formulating forum, there are numerous other places you can…
Essential Cosmetic Lab Equipment
If you want to be a cosmetic chemist and make cosmetic products, there is certain essential equipment that you’ll need to get. Here is a…
A Cosmetic Chemists Guide to Ingredient Lists
In the United States (and most other places around the world), beauty product manufacturers are required to list the ingredients used to make their products…
Silicones for Personal Care – Book Review
This is a post by cosmetic chemist and formulator Valerie Patton. The world of silicones has grown exponentially since the mid-1970s, and their use in…
Skin care advice from the masses
Here’s an interesting website that purports to give advice for taking care of your skin. I don’t think it is put together by a cosmetic…
Organic Chemistry for Cosmetic Chemists – book review
I recently received the book Organic Chemistry for Cosmetic Chemists and am pleased to have it on my cosmetic science book shelf. It fills in…
Episode 32: Cosmetic Resource Podcast – Innovadex
Interview begins at 11:30 Priscilla Taylor is a senior developer at ULProspector. She has been in personal care formulation for over 20 years developing products…
$100 Dollar Start Up – Book Review for cosmetic chemists
I learned about the $100 Startup book while listening to some podcast. I don’t recall which one, but the author made the book sound interesting…
Top Sources for Reliable Cosmetic Ingredient Information
Somehow many consumers, DIYers, and even formulators stumble on to the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep database. Unfortunately, they have no way of knowing that…
Calculating Cosmetic Formula Costs
Deciding on the use level of raw materials in a cosmetic formula is an important aspect of formulation. However, product performance is only one factor…
A new cosmetic science project
We’ve been getting a number of questions about cosmetic science over the years and it occurs to us that there is enough interest that we…
A new kind of crowd sourced innovation
One of the last things I was working on at my former job was innovation. I am a big fan of innovation and believe that…
Top Beauty Blogs and Why you should read them
When my group started the Beauty Brains in 2006 there were a couple thousand beauty blogs. It was the early years of blogging but we…
Useful websites for cosmetic chemists
Here is an article about 100 incredibly useful and interesting websites. I’ve pared down the list to point out the ones that would be useful…
Resource for learning Chemistry
I was searching through some of my old bookmarks and was reminded of this website called the Martindale Center. The amount of information that they…
How to get useful cosmetic information sent to you
The Internet has really changed the way you should be doing cosmetic formulating. In the past, you used to rely on your suppliers, trade shows…
The most useful smart phone apps for cosmetic chemists
If you have a mobile smart phone (an iPhone for example) there are a number of apps that a cosmetic chemist will find useful. Here…