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Section: Formulas/Products > Formulating Basics
Color Cosmetics
Read the Label: Glossier Balm Dotcom Reformulation — Before/After Comparison
The iconic Glossier Balm Dotcom launched ten years ago, drawing a cult following. In 2023, the brand reformulated its classic to meet vegan and cruelty-free specifications but this caused a backlash from fans. This article compares these formulations.
Consumers/Market
Secrets to Shaping Beauty into Body Care: How Claims, Ingredients and Challenges Translate
What's driving the body care boom? How do beauty trends translate? Here, we explore new launches and insights from Anushka Nadkarni, Bentley Labs; Ron Robinson, BeautyStat; Rita Silva, DECIEM; and Jean-Christophe Choulot, Caudalíe, to find out.
Skin Care
Formula Focus: Hydrating Lip Mask
Infused with nourishing ingredients, this lip mask is designed to provide deep hydration and repair for irresistibly soft and plump lips.
Anti-aging/Face
Formula Focus: Minimalist Brightening Sheet Mask
This minimalist, seven-ingredient serum is designed with an ideal texture to soak a sheet mask and features active ingredients for a skin-brightening action.
Methods/Tools
Evaluating Claim Substantiation Data: Separating Marketing Hype from Reality
Taken from our May 2001 archives, this Formulators Forum by Ken Klein acknowledges (even back then) being bombarded by marketing claims for the latest and greatest, making him skeptical of new products. Here, he proposes a course of action.
Hair Care
Formula Focus: Natural Hydrating Conditioner
This 100% natural rinse-off formulation not only conditions and strengthens all hair types, but also is designed to support the health of the planet.
Color Cosmetics
Formula Focus: Mrs. Kiss Natural Tinted Lip Oil
Mrs. Kiss is an example of how a tinted lip oil can be formulated following the “all natural” trend. It features phytosqualan and plum oil, both upcycled from the food industry.
Skin Care
Formula Focus: Ease Your Mind Serum
This serum features a neurocosmetic that acts on the skin’s immune system to reduce TRPV1-induced and other inflammatory processes, improving the skin through the skin-brain-endocrine feedback loop.
Magazine
Formulating Forum: Modern Hair Cleansing and Conditioning
This article describes the components to create two basic hair product types, shampoo and conditioner, for modern needs. Specific considerations include scalp and barrier health, greener ingredients and hair shine; hair biology is also briefly reviewed.
Hair Care
Silicones, Surfactants and Alternatives for Hair Conditioning and Mild Cleansing
This article discusses surfactants, silicones and alternatives for hair cleansing and care. It starts with a primer, considers traditional and modern ingredients, then looks to the future of these categories with specific examples from the industry.
AP/Deodorant
Formula Focus: Slick Stick Deodorant
This deodorant stick features ingredients for long-term moisturization and a silky skin feel.
Anti-aging/Face
Formula Focus: Rejuvenating Overnight Mask
This formula features a glossy, rich texture that is easy to spread on the skin. Fast-absorbing, it will leave skin moisturized and soft, and rejuvenated the next day.
Skin Care
Read the Label: Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
Laneige is a well-known Korean skin care brand that launched in the 1990s, perhaps known best for its Lip Sleeping Mask. The website boasts it is "the #1 lip treatment brand in the U.S." This column takes a closer look at the ingredients to see why.
Anti-aging/Face
Layering Efficacies to Reverse Photoaging: A Multifunctional Serum Case Study
This case study explains how ingredients with different efficacies were chosen to build a multifunctional serum to reduce signs of photoaging. Antioxidant, skin defense, keratinocyte renewal, increased HA and moisture content, etc., tests are described.
Formulating Basics
Maximizing Moisturization for Sustained Skin Health: The 4+2+1 Theory
This article explores the building blocks of skin and aspects that can be targeted to improve skin health. It also describes how to achieve these goals with key ingredients, serving as a primer or refresher of the basics behind a good moisturizer formula.
Formulating Basics
Read the Label: The Ordinary Soothing and Barrier Support Serum
This recent launch from The Ordinary is becoming popular due to its color, much like the brand's red exfoliating serum in the past. This barrier support serum is pink and especially appealing to consumer thanks to the new Barbie movie.
Formulating Basics
Formulating Zero Waste Cosmetics
Zero waste cosmetics help to address environmental concerns by minimizing waste. This article will describe how brands like LUSH, Garnier, Ethique and Beauty Kitchen have embraced this approach. It also will explain how to formulate solid products.
Color Cosmetics
Read the Label: MAC Cosmetics Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick
More than half the colors in this product range are sold out on the brand's site thanks to its virality on TikTok — but not for the reason you might think. Influencers are over-twisting and breaking the stick.
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