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Section: Research > Literature/Data
Organic/COSMOS
Words from Wiechers on 'Naturals'
In this installment of our Words from Wiechers series, the late Johann challenges us to question the concept of
natural
, as its meaning has become distorted.
Methods/Tools
Words from Wiechers: The Need for Fresh 'Blood'
In this edition of our Words from Wiechers series, the late author encourages the industry to bring outside ideas and people into the industry. While he wrote it in 2001, it remains relevant today.
Efficacy
Words from Wiechers: The Power of Suggestion
In this edition of our Words from Wiechers series, the late author explains the power of belief in product efficacy—and why products should be evaluated based on the perceived value they deliver to consumers.
Methods/Tools
Words from Wiechers on 'Shaken, Not Stirred' Cosmetics R&D
In this installment of our Words from Wiechers series, the late author encourages the industry to put more energy into products; i.e., "shaking, not stirring" them, for more innovative outcomes.
Consumers/Market
Words from Wiechers: Getting it Right or Being Right
In this installment of our Words from Wiechers series, the authors discuss contradictions between the universality of cosmetic science and local and ethnic preferences for beauty.
Methods/Tools
Words from Wiechers: Sustainability Yes, But of What?
How well has our industry adopted sustainability? Find out what Tony O'Lenick and the late Johann Wiechers, Ph.D., think in this edition of our "Words from Wiechers" series.
Literature/Data
Words from Wiechers: Too Stressed to Age Properly
In this month's "Words from Wiechers" series, we learn about the metaphysics of aging, why some anti-aging products seem to work while others don't, and how a little stress in one's life could serve as an anti-aging mechanism.
Literature/Data
Words from Wiechers: A 'License to Kill'
"Many patents are no longer filed to share our inventiveness...but just to prevent others from entering a market," Wiechers says. Instead, he encourages scientists patent findings in the spirit of the system's intent.
Literature/Data
Words from Wiechers: Too Often, Too Hot and Too Long. . .
In this edition of Words from Wiechers, product developers are reminded that if consumers deplete natural moisturizing factor from their skin, e.g., via long, hot showers, they damage their barrier and increase the penetration of anything applied to skin; including mild cleansers.
Methods/Tools
Words from Wiechers: Dry Skin or Skin Cancer, is That the Question?
In this series installment, Wiechers advises, "Let’s do our science properly and completely before we come up with new claims and completely confuse ourselves, our regulatory bodies and our consumers." O'Lenick agrees; read on to learn more.
Literature/Data
[update] Comparatively Speaking: Matter vs. Mind Claims
This "Comparatively Speaking" was revived from 2008 for its relevance today. In it, Tony O’Lenick posed the question: What’s the difference between a "mind" claim and a "matter" claim? Industry expert Johann Wiechers, Ph.D., explained.
Claims/Labeling
Is Cosmetics Science Really "Bad"? Part III: Evidence to Support Claims in the Real World
This is the third column of a series that applies Michael Shermer's "Baloney Detection Kit" to cosmetic science. This column tackles the fourth, fifth and sixth of ten core questions included in the "kit": those relating to claims substantiation.
Literature/Data
Formulating Focus: The Influence of Emollients on Skin Penetration
This column will discuss ways in which ingredients can positively affect the partition coefficient of the active between the formula and the skin. By carefully selecting the emollients used in a formulation, formulators can increase the delivery and clinical efficacy of a formulation without increasing the level of the active ingredient.
Literature/Data
Plant Oil Insight From the Skin's Perspective*
There is significant variability in plant oil compositions, and some oils can cause problems for impaired skin barriers. However, the right oils have been shown to benefit the right skin types, some of which are reviewed here.
Literature/Data
From Self Tanning to Tooth Whitening
Antimicribial cleansing compositions have a pH of 2.0-5.5 and comprise 0.001-5% of an antimicrobial agent, 0.01-20% of 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylic acid as a proton donating agent.
Efficacy
Modifying Hair’s Structure From the Inside
Changing hair properties is a regular function of daily-use treatments. But what other methods can be used? Altering the hair’s internal structure may be the next way to achieve these changes.
Literature/Data
From Green Tea to Dibenzoylmethane Derivatives
Katiyar et al. have published a review on green tea polyphenolic antioxidants and skin photoprotection. Green tea is consumed as a popular beverage worldwide, particularly in Asian countries such as China, Korea, Japan and India, and it contains polyphenolic compounds known as epicatechins, which are antioxidant in nature.
Literature/Data
Toxic Potential From Metals Absorbed Through the Skin
A review of literature suggests that metal compounds can be unsuspected allergens present in cosmetic products.
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