Expanded Cosmetics & Toiletries Formulary: Skin Health and Beauty

Jan 3rd, 2019

Rachel Grabenhofer

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Click through to the January 2019 digital edition for additional skin care formulas, or see Part I of this collection.

Label Challenge: Peter Thomas Roth's Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Hydrating Eye Gel

Cosmetics & Toiletries is putting your formulating skills to the test with its weekly Label Challenge. Challenges are posted to social media on Monday, you respond in the comments, and we give the answers in our Friday newsletter.

Covergirl's new Clean Fresh Skincare collection posted onto their Instagram page.

Covergirl Launches Clean Fresh Skincare

As Coty CEO Sue Y. Nabi said, "The repositioning of three key Consumer Beauty brands—CoverGirl, Rimmel and Max Factor—are taking hold, returning the overall segment to growth and pushing the Consumer Beauty business to share stabilization."

Sun Glass Luminizing Face Balm is a multifunctional light-reflecting, versatile balm that intends to hydrate skin and lock in moisture while leaving skin dewy and glowing.

Coastal Citizen Launches Sun Glass Luminizing Face Balm

Sun Glass Luminizing Face Balm is a multifunctional light-reflecting, versatile balm that intends to hydrate skin and lock in moisture while leaving skin dewy and glowing.

Sustainability in the Laboratory: Small Changes Add Up

Sustainability in the Laboratory: Small Changes Add Up

Approach a smarter sustainability strategy by starting at the top of the waste hierarchy, REDUCE. Learn more about how small changes add up!

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Comparatively Speaking: EFAs in Pharma vs. Cosmetics and COVID-19 Potential

In this Comparatively Speaking, Tony O’Lenick presents an edited excerpt from an article in Inform relating materials well-known by cosmetic chemists: essential fatty acids (EFAs). Highlighted here is their novel bioactivity in relation to COVID-19.

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AI Meets Metabolic Diagnostics for Precision Skin Care at SCC National

Personalized skin care can reach precision medicine levels when AI and machine lining are combined with imaging to assess several metabolic parameters. During the SCC Annual Meeting, Liyuan Ji will explain how.

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Patent Pick: Mary Kay Finds Zinc Oxide Complexes Improve Irritation, Stability

Mary Kay Inc. inventors have filed a patent on a complex formed by a zinc oxide molecule and a molecule comprising an acidic hydrogen to improve the stability and irritation potential of various skin care treatments.

Kosterina Launches Beauty Brand

Kosterina Beauty is a new skin care brand that uses extra virgin olive oil as its signature ingredient to create Mediterranean-inspired skin care products.

The discoveries she presented suggest Merkel cells can be activated by odorants even in the absence of touch, and this mechanism has the potential to improve skin condition.

Shiseido's Tsutsumi Wins IFSCC Award for Scent-Touch-Beauty Activation

Moe Tsutsumi, Ph.D., of the Shiseido MIRAI Technology Institute, received top honors for her podium presentation on touch-scent activation for skin beauty during the 2021 IFSCC virtual conference.

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Formulating Forum: Lip-smacking Care Cosmetics—Addressing Lip Aging

Lips slowly begin to form wrinkles with time and additional factors, including facial movements, dehydration, smoking, etc., largely contribute to lip aging. The present article offers insights on mechanisms of lip aging and treatments, to support formulators developing non-invasive lip care, protection, moisturization and more.

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Retinoid Sleeping Mask from Grant Industries

The Retinoid Sleeping Mask is a lavish, leave-on sleeping mask.