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Comparatively Speaking: Evaporation vs. Boiling

Industry expert Tony O'Lenick explains the difference between two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling, for the benefit of novice formulators.

Comparatively Speaking: Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote

Cosmetic scientists are interested in the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes for preservation and antibiotic development.

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Comparatively Speaking: HLB vs PIT

HLB and PIT are both important concepts for making emulsions. They provide different information, however, so both should be used to optimize emulsions. Tony O'Lenick, et al., explain.

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Comparatively Speaking: HLB vs. SLB

Efficiently formulating products using alkyl dimethicone polymers requires knowing their composition, solubility in the oil phase chosen, and a metric to understand which values are necessary for that particular oil phase. SLB is a starting point for such determinations.

Comparatively Speaking: cGMP vs. ISO

Tony O'Lenick draws on the expertise of Joe Albanese of 3V Inc. to discuss the differences between cGMP compliance and ISO certification.

Comparatively Speaking: Complex Esters from Neopentyl Glycol vs. Trimethylol Propane vs. Pentaerythritol

Complex esters are an important class of compounds in the personal care market. These include fatty derivatives if neopentyl glycol, trimethylol propane and pentaerythritol.

Comparatively Speaking: Density vs. Specific Gravity

This edition of "Comparatively Speaking" by industry expert Tony O'Lenick compares a product's density with its specific gravity, which are important measurements for formulators to understand especially when considering product specifications.

Lips Make a Comeback in US, UK

The average price spent on prestige lip color in the U.S. between September 2012 and August 2013 was $22, a 5% increase from the prior year. The average amount spent on lip color across Europe increased slightly as well compared last year.

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Beauty Comes Clean: Free Ebook

Clean beauty aligns with various tenets: minimal ingredients, consumer safety, social responsibility, transparency, etc. This Clean Beauty Ebook, sponsored by Grant Industries, combines these approaches and more into one resource to guide product formulators. Download it today, it's free!

Combining retinol and CBD could decrease the irritating effects of retinol and allow the potent ingredient to be used at higher concentrations.

CBD & Retinol’s Powerful Combination Potential

Combining retinol and CBD could decrease the irritating effects of retinol and allow the potent ingredient to be used at higher concentrations, per an article from Well and Good.

Comparatively Speaking—Creativity vs. Innovation

In this philosophical discussion, Tony O'Lenick considers the differences between creativity and innovation, and how they can lead to success in the consumer market.

Comparatively Speaking: Wetting vs. Superwetting

In this edition of "Comparatively Speaking," industry expert Tony O'Lenick discusses the terms wetting and superwetting in relation to the ability of a surfactant to wet a substrate.

Comparatively Speaking: GLC vs. GPC

Tony O'Lenick explains the difference between two types of chromatography: gas liquid chromatography (GLC) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC), both used to separate compounds in mixtures.

Comparatively Speaking: Amide vs. Protein

Proteins are made in living systems at low temperatures using enzymes. Low molecular weight proteins, referred to as polypeptides, can also be man-made.

Comparatively Speaking: Urethanes vs. Amides

Industry expert Tony O'Lenick explains that urethanes and amides differ in structure, in the raw materials used to make them, and in their function in cosmetic formulations.

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Comparatively Speaking: Genome vs. Epigenome

Reviving our highly popular "Comparatively Speaking" column, here, Tony O'Lenick asks Howard Epstein, Ph.D.: "What's the difference between the genome and the epigenome?" Read on to learn more.

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Comparatively Speaking: Soluble vs. Insoluble

What’s the difference between something that is soluble vs. insoluble? Tony O’Lenick explores this notion. At first, he writes, this may seem quite simple but a deeper investigation provides formulation insight.

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Scale-up Success Requires Compromise

The in-cosmetics Global technical session on scale-up success was, in and of itself, a scale-up success as it left standing room only for a crowd of attendees eager to learn tips, tricks and best practices.

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