Search Cosmetics & Toiletries: Page 25

536 Results

Type: Article

Assessing the Targeting Conditioning Performance of Cationic Polymers

The distribution of a conditioning shampoo’s cationic polymers and silicone oils along the hair fiber defines its performance. Therefore in the present paper, researchers conduct spectroscopy and microscopy measurements to assess the polymer and silicone deposition of various conditioning systems on hair fibers, the results of which are used to compare efficacy.

Patent Picks—Esters for Feel, UV Protection, Salt-free Thickening and More

This edition of "Patent Picks" features recently issued patents relevant to bath, shower, hygiene and cleansing applications.

From Caper to Prickly Pear for Dermatitis to Dual Phase Mouthwash: Literature Review

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes money-making ideas for personal care product development, including indirect antioxidants for skin protection, caper and prickly pear extracts to address skin conditions, granulated shampoo and a dual phase mouthwash, among others.

Dendrimersomes for Ingredient Delivery

According to Virgil Percec, PhD, a professor at the U of Pennsylvania, dendrimers are the answer to the stable, effective delivery of drugs and cosmetic actives to the skin. Percec’s team has researched the fundamentals of dendrimers for years but more recently published work on using dendrimers to deliver drugs, cosmetic ingredients and other materials to the skin.

Polymers in Personal Care

Polymer use began in the 1800s with cellulose derivatives, the vulcanization of rubber, and styrene synthesis; but in reality, it started more than four million years ago with the formation of DNA and proteins. Polymers are a diverse class of chemistry. By definition, they are large molecules made up of chains or rings of linked monomer units—simple reactive building blocks. Smaller molecules or monomers are combined to form polymers that possess a characteristic chain structure of multiple repeating units that can be related or different.

Heated Sunless Tanning for Rapid Color and Other Topics: Literature Findings

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes money-making ideas for personal care product development, including whitening and skin wrinkle-fighting women’s underwear, heated sunless tanners for rapid color development and collagen stimulation via beta-thujaplicin, among others.

CT_NYSCC10_TN

NYSCC Showcases Global Technology Under One Roof

2010’s theme for the New York chapter of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists (NYSCC) Suppliers’ Day was “Empowering the World Through Technology,” and the event delivered a number of innovative raw materials and technologies from a wealth of companies located all over the globe.

Boosting SPF with Copolymers and Other Topics: Literature Findings

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care development, including an anti-inflammatory to soothe the skin post raw material irritation, lactulose for hair styling, reducing the damage caused by perms, boosting SPF with copolymers and the treatment of skin with heated lotion, among others.

Comparatively Speaking: Naming Cosmetic Raw Materials

In this excerpt, Tony O'Lenick looks to Perry Romanowski to explain how cosmetic raw materials are named for the benefit of novice formulators.

CT_InCos10_TN

Building Collagen, Boosting Immunity and Returning to Nature: In-Cosmetics Paris

Black pepper berries, anyone? How about bitter greens, manilkara leaf, corn, or a little stevia? These are among the numerous resources into which raw material suppliers have tapped to design new solutions for finished cosmetic and personal care manufacturers.

Comparatively Speaking: Homopolymer vs. Periodic vs. Statistical Copolymers

Tony O'Lenick discusses the differences between types of copolymers including: homopolymer, periodic (block) and statistical (random) and grafted.

Comparatively Speaking: Linear vs. Branched vs. Dendrimer Polymer Structures

Industry expert Tony O'Lenick explains the difference between polymer structures, the simplest being a linear chain with a single backbone, then increasing in complexity with one or more side chains or branches. Special types of branched polymers include dendrimers.

Microemulsions for Sprayable Delivery and Other Topics: Literature Findings

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care product development, including fish DNA fragments for antiwrinkle skin care, soy peptides in cosmeceuticals, improvements in the efficacy of DHA, organo-sulfur compounds for skin lightening, and silicone foaming and detergency, among others.

Solid Polyethylene Microspheres for Effects in Color Cosmetics

Advances in manufacturing solid polyethylene microspheres have enabled their development in various colors as well as controlled traits such as opacity, specific gravity, particle size distribution and electrostatic charge. These traits can be leveraged by formulators to create new effects in color cosmetics, described here.

Stable O/W Nanoemulsions for Skin and Other Topics: Literature Findings

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes moneymaking ideas for personal care product development, including stable o/w nanoemulsions for skin, inhibiting melanin production with pyrazolylpyrimidine, fluorescent pigment flakes for color cosmetics, enhancing the solubility of actives, and popping foam in aerosols, among others.

Comparatively Speaking: Biopolymers vs. Polymers

According to industry expert Tony O'Lenick, polymers are compounds made from monomers that are joined together in a chemical process. There are many different types, of which biopolymers have gained increasing interest.

Instant/Gradual Self Tanning and Other Topics: Literature Findings

This month’s survey of recent patent and research literature describes money-making ideas for personal care product development, including whitening with vitamin C and Opuntia ficus indica, a pulverulent for hair shaping and shine, an amino functional silicone treatment to use post-relaxing, and instant/gradual self tanning, among others.

Comparatively Speaking: Proteins vs. DNA vs. Sugars

Industry expert Tony O'Lenick discusses the structural differences between the biopolymers DNA, sugars and proteins, which are all important to life but function differently in the cell and in cosmetic products.

Page 25 of 30