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Type: News
Section: Testing
Polls
[poll results] What is Your Preferred Method of Product Stability Testing?
There are a number of ways to measure the stability of formulas. Last week, we asked which is your favorite way: Real-time, accelerated or both? Here's how you responded.
Efficacy
Data Confirms Symrise Deodorant Active is Microbiome-friendly
Symrise reports, in a first-of-its-kind study, the company's antiperspirant active was shown to be safe for the axillary microbiome.
Polls
Poll Results: What is Your Biggest Concern Regarding Consumer Safety in Cosmetics?
Recently, we polled our audiences on social media about their biggest concern for safety in cosmetics. Their responses surprised us.
Polls
[poll results] When Formulating, What is Your Main Criterion for Selecting a Preservative System?
Whether or not a brand aligns with consumer beliefs when it comes to ingredient choices depends on the business strategy. Last week, we asked: When formulating, what is your main criterion for selecting a preservative system? Here's what you said.
Methods/Tools
MIT Mixes Emulsions That Stick
As the cliché goes, oil and water do not mix. Research in
Nature Communications
may have found a way around this, forming emulsions from the bottom up using condensation and cooled oil.
Event Coverage
What Beauty Innovations Qualify for the 2025
C&T Allēs
? What Are the Requirements?
What entries compete in the
C&T Allēs
? From ingredients, blends and prototype/finished formulas, to test methods/tools, devices and digital tech, entries span the cosmetic R&D process. Read on for more and enter now - the deadline is Sept. 13!
Literature/Data
Patent Pick: Sticking it to Dermal Delivery
The folks at Fujifilm have been poking around at ways to improve transdermal absorption sheets for the microneedle delivery of actives. A new patent application explains.
Oral Care
What’s Your Environmental Impact?
Eurofins encourages consumers and formulators alike to monitor the environmental impact of cosmetic products. One way to achieve this is through an ecotoxicological test, which can pave the way for "green" products.
Claims/Labeling
What Dermatologists, FDA Say about Halloween Makeup
Spooky makeup fills novelty shops this time of year, but what did dermatologists and other experts have to say about safety and ingredients?
Consumers/Market
What’s in My Jar Analyzes Product Efficacy and Irritant Potential
What’s in My Jar is an app that analyzes unsubsidized company claims and marketing language for skin care products to educate consumers about how effective or potentially irritating products are.
Companies
What's Next:
Cosmetics & Toiletries
2019 Calendar and Call for Papers
In 2019,
Cosmetics & Toiletries
looks to you for insights on skin radiance, anti-pollution, hair repair, skin sagging, microbiome, bespoke beauty and more. Announcing our new editorial calendar—submit now!
Sensory
Patent Pick: Isopulegol Arousal
We consumers take things too seriously. This is evident from the growing demand for products that boost our morale or relax us. While marketers offer numerous (profitable) solutions, perhaps good, old-fashioned fragrance is the answer; that's what a new patent application suggests.
Sun Protection
ISPE Presents Complete Immersion SPF Testing
ISPE Laboratories presents a new method to evaluate the solar protection factor of water-resistant products.
Cleansing
When Water is Hard on Eczema
Hard water contains minerals that are tough on the skin, especially those predisposed toward atopic dermatitis. Recent research in the
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
looked into how hard water affects the skin barrier.
Literature/Data
Study Reveals Pathogen Resistance is Sexy
I love the the smell of a man who doesn't stink; who takes time to wash and apply deodorant. Apparently I'm not alone. In fact, according to a new study, pathogen-prevalent regions see increases in consumer grooming time to give an air of pathogen-resistance and attract mates.
Animal Alternatives
Is Mexico Next to Ban Animal Testing?
Recently, Mexico made the move to initiate a ban on animal testing of cosmetics. This would make it the first North American country and the 40th country worldwide to do so.
Literature/Data
Bee Venom is Back in the Buzz
Bee venom is back, this time with data. According to a thesis from the University of Strathclyde, previous reports of its effects were anecdotal and incomplete. Now there's science backing it; especially in terms of safety.
Regional
FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Topical Drugs
Contact dermatitis from topical drugs and human safety are the topics in a recently issued guidance document made available by the FDA. Comments are sought through May 8, 2020.
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