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Section: Testing > Sensory
Methods/Tools
Fluid Beauty: Biometric Measures to Innovate 'Genderless' Cosmetics
According to Mintel, the share of global fragrance launches taken by unisex products grew from 9.5% in 2015 to 11.9% in 2016 as brands respond to a new 'genderless' demand. Described here is a biometric approach to create a genderless perfume and a new methodology for its evaluation.
Sensory
Intersecting the Senses: Synesthesia to Connect Cosmetics with Emotion
Synesthesia presents a great opportunity for innovative concepts in the cosmetics field. Considering its potential, a study was undertaken to develop a product design model based on synesthetic evaluations of tactile, audio, scent and taste stimuli, and supported by neuroscience techniques and implicit and explicit evaluations.
Sensory
Author Commentary: John Jiménez and Mauricio Guzman Alonzo on Synesthesia in Cosmetics
Most everyone knows what it's like to be a consumer. More recently, product developers have been tapping into this experience to evoke emotional connections in consumers. John Jiménez and Mauricio Guzman Alonzo, authors in our latest issue, have been leading this charge for cosmetics development. Here, they share their insights.
Consumers/Market
Packaging: The ‘Silent Salesman’ of Cosmetics
Product packaging is nearly as important, if not more so, than the ingredients in it. This article examines a brief history, classes and properties of various types of packaging, and provides examples of the latest pack advances.
Method/Process
Much Ado About Nothing: Cosmetics Testing with a Placebo
In this column, the author investigates the source of the placebo effect. In addition, he asks the question: Must cosmetics testing always incorporate tests against a placebo?
Sensory
Tools to Predict, Assess and Standardize Successful Color Cosmetics
Cosmetic companies have borrowed quality control methods from other industries that have product attributes such as color, gloss and texture down to a science. Specialized in such areas, X-Rite has developed tools to enable cosmetic companies to predict future color trends as well as set standards by which future cosmetics will be benchmarked.
Sensory
In Sight--Extrasensory Perception in Product Development
Through his experience of working with consumers, Avery N. Gilbert, president of Synesthetics Inc., has discovered that the challenge is not so much discovering what consumers want as interpreting what they think they want.
Literature/Data
Comparatively Speaking: Inflammation vs. Allergy
Are you formulating for sensitive skin? Or is it really normal skin undergoing a typical inflammatory response? Where do allergic reactions fit in? In this edition of "Comparatively Speaking," Nava Dayan, Ph.D., explains.
Literature/Data
Patent Pick: Placating Intolerant Skin
Sensitive skin is irritating to the wearer, and in some cases the formulator, but Beiersdorf inventors have discovered an ingredient that placates irritated skin: alkylamidothiazoles.
Literature/Data
Manipulating Light in 3D
Researchers from the Australian National University don't take light lightly. In fact, they have mastered the art of manipulating it in what appears to be the best-yet holographic representation in three dimensions. This technology has potential for applications in imaging and augmented reality.
Sensory
Significant Statistical Differences in Sensory Research
My dictionary has two definitions of the term significant. As others have pointed out, a research finding may be true without being important. When statisticians say a result is “highly significant,” they mean it is very probably true. Importance and meaning are determined by the consumer.
Sensory
Evaluating Hair Conditioning with Instrumental Combing
When formulating a hair care product, there is often a need for testing that validates the product’s technical performance. This testing provides guidance to create formulas with appropriate performance, while also communicating the product’s message to the consumer. This article discusses the use of instrumental combing measurements when formulating hair conditioning products.
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.
Testing
Soothing Moves:
Cannabis Sativa
Cell Culture Alleviates Inflammation
The field cultivation of hemp is tasked by today’s large-scale demand. Here, a
Cannabis sativa
cell culture extract is proposed as a sustainable alternative. After initial characterization, the extract was tested as described here for efficacy against inflammatory markers for skin-soothing activities.
Consumers/Market
Opportunity in Diversity: Formulating for the Multiethnic Market
The expanding multicultural beauty market provides opportunity to formulate products specifically to the needs of ethnic skin types. Pigmentation is not the only difference between black and Caucasian skin, the skin barrier and other factors come into play.
Sensory
Sensory Insight: Emollient Profiling Accelerates Speed to Market
Sensory science allows cosmetic chemists to evaluate formulas by providing objective and scientific data on the sensory properties raw materials impart in formulations. This article describes a new sensory test called “Oil Sensory Qualification,” which provides formulators with a fast approach to emollient selection using sensory science.
Sensory
Testing Tactics in Skin: Keratinocytes as Sensory Nociceptors
Humans value senses of touch and warmth while enjoying their surroundings but pain and itch are also part of this experience. The present column explores Transient Receptor Proteins (TRPs), how they sense pain and itch, and their potential application in skin care and anti-aging products.
Magazine
The Emotion Paradox in Product Testing: A Commentary
A real challenge in the assessment of consumer emotional responses has been the need for validated but meaningful measures. Commentary outlined are benefits and drawbacks of various methods and asks the larger question of precisely what’s being measured.
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