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CT February 2009

Table of Contents:

February 2009

Formulating Articles

Making Up the Psyche

By: Rachel Grabenhofer, Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine
By: Shoaib Arif, Pilot Chemical Co.
By: Yukari Sakazaki, Chiaki Asami and Kazuhiro Nishikata, Pola Chemical Industries Inc. and Toshimitsu Musha, Brain Functions Lab Inc.
By: Christine Mendrok-Edinger, Kimberly Smith, Anne Janssen and Jürgen Vollhardt, DSM Nutritional Products

Research Articles

Engineering Super Ingredients

By: Katie Schaefer, Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine, with Cathie Martin, PhD
By: Mike Farwick, Peter Lersch and Betty Santonnat, Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH; Kees Korevaar, Cosmoferm B.V.; and Anthony Vincent Rawlings, AVR Consulting Ltd.

Water-soluble UV Filters and Other Topics

By: Charles Fox, Independent Consultant

Nutricosmetics: Feeding the Skin

By: Bud Brewster, Cosmetics & Toiletries

Regulatory Articles

Recent Changes in US Regulations

By: David C. Steinberg, Steinberg & Associates

Testing Articles

Tape Stripping Method in Humans: Comparison of Evaporimetric Methods

By: Hongbo Zhai, MD, and Howard I. Maibach, MD, University of California School of Medicine