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Quality Culture Part IV: Filling and Testing
This fourth and final installment in our four-part series provides real-life scenarios of microbial contamination that occurred during cosmetic product manufacturing—and the countermeasures taken.
Safety/Stability
Toxicological Evaluation of Cosmetics: A Primer
A cosmetic toxicologist can provide a clear-eyed view of the potential hazards and quantifiable risks of a product based on its composition. This primer briefly explains how.
Methods/Tools
Words from Wiechers: All That is Good is Bad
We need to keep in mind that we may be able to maintain an appearance of youth and even measure the difference in a chemical marker in two people; but we need to avoid the Dorian Gray effect.
Cosmetic Ingredients
[update] Comparatively Speaking: Solubility of PEG-8 Dimethicone vs. Deposition
The ability to regulate the structure of a silicone polymeric PEG/PPG surfactant to form a microemulsion presents a useful mechanism to maximize deposition. Learn how here.
Methods/Tools
Does Beauty Desperately Need a New Hero Ingredient?
What's old is new again, according to cosmetic industry expert Akshay Talati. While this puts a creative spin on tried-and-true ingredients, are we stick in a chemistry loop? Talati explores this further in the following commentary.
Methods/Tools
Quality Culture Part III: Bulk Production
This third installment in our four-part series provides real-life scenarios of microbial contamination that occurred during cosmetic product manufacturing—and the countermeasures taken.
Literature/Data
Hand Sanitizer Update: COVID-19, Methanol, Benzalkonium Chloride, Testing, Regulation and Outlook
This article reviews what we have learned in recent months regarding COVID-19 and hand sanitizer formulation, adulteration, testing, regulation and more. It is an extension of the series debuting in late 2020, and provides an update of what we've learned and where we're (possibly) going.
Literature/Data
Enhancing Hair Health: Effects of Oiling, Inside and Out—Part I
Hair oiling has been practiced since ancient times and has more recently piqued market interest. Its effects on physical, chemical and sensorial properties have been reported, which the authors review herein. This first of two articles views oiling for hair health from the surface; a follow-up piece will review internal structural benefits.
Efficacy
Words from Wiechers: In the Land of the Blind, the One-eyed Man is King
"Regulatory bodies claim that everything should be tested against a placebo, but they should also learn to see there is a difference between fundamental science and applied science," the late Johann Wiechers, Ph.D., writes, in this month's column. He also explains blinded studies.
Literature/Data
Quality Culture Part II: Raw Materials
This second installment in our four-part series provides real-life scenarios of microbial contamination that occurred during cosmetic product manufacturing—and the countermeasures taken.
Methods/Tools
Cosmetic Victories 2021 Winner Profile: Self-Assembled Microgel Films
Self-assembled microgel films won the Cosmetic Victories 2021 academic prize. IPREM's bio-inspired gels are said to offer unique properties, opening the door to applications for cosmetics and health care.
Methods/Tools
Words from Wiechers: Speaking is Silver, Silence is Gold
In this installment of our Words from Wiechers series, the authors divert their attention from cosmetic science to world events, demonstrating how both 9/11 and COVID-19 impacted every facet of product development work, and life in general.
Methods/Tools
[video] Cosmetic Victories 2021 Winner Profile: Sustainable Smart Delivery Capsules
Smart Delivery Capsules are based on green chemistry and carry active compounds to the stratum corneum. This innovation won the Industry Prize in the 2021 Cosmetic Victories competition. Read on to learn why.
Methods/Tools
Inclusive Beauty: Making Cosmetics More Accessible for the Blind and for Visually Impaired Consumers
This paper reviews assistive technologies developed for the blind and visually impaired (VI) relevant to shopping for cosmetics, as well as applications and systems to enable the choice of products. It also reports the outcomes of a survey exploring the shopping and product use of cosmetics by VI and blind individuals, including qualitative data that suggests the use of cosmetics among this population could be encouraged in several ways, outlined herein.
Literature/Data
Quality Culture: Eliminating Microbes in the Cosmetic Manufacturing Gemba* (Part I)
Part I of a four-part series, provided here, gives an overview of relevant microbes and their growth conditions. While all proper manufacturing practices may be followed, microbes are still living entities that adapt to survive, finding pathways into products and causing spoilage, contamination or worse. These case studies can serve as a guide to address and prevent microbial contamination during production.
Methods/Tools
[updated] Cosmetic Victories 2021 Finalist Profile: 'Touchy Finger'
"Touchy Finger" is an augmented and connected human finger designed to assess skin and hair feel. This innovation has earned its place as a finalist in the Cosmetic Victories competition. Read on to learn why.
Tech Transfer
Technology Surveillance as a Tool to Advance Cosmetics R&D
In this brief commentary, industry veteran Paul Thau shares insights on what technology transfer is, historic moments in its evolution and key resources product developers can use to help advance cosmetics R&D.
Methods/Tools
Comparatively Speaking: A Commentary on 'Cleaning'
The recent "Comparatively Speaking" column on cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilizing was well-received and generated a good amount of interest. One appropriate addition, described here, suggests that "cleaning" is more complicated than removing organic matter.
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