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Section: Testing > Sun Protection
SPF/Sun
Guiding Sunscreen Traffic Across the Globe
Sunscreens are classified and regulated differently around the world. For instance, the United States considers sunscreens as OTC products, while Canada has a two-part classification system; other places classify sunscreens as cosmetics. Labeling and registering differ worldwide as well. In some cases, labels require certain Drug Facts or safety registration numbers, among others. This article reviews these differences.
Sun Protection
SPF Debate Puts Derms to the Test
Is the word we're spreading about sunscreen efficacy wrong? A new paper in the
Journal of the American Medical Association
thinks so. It holds that SPF values above 30 do make a difference.
Sun Care
Safer Solar Protection Part II, Going Beyond UV Defense
Recent research has focused on nature’s ways of protecting living organisms, from plankton and cyanobacteria to humans, from the sun. With the proper topical delivery systems, some of these biomechanisms may prove beneficial to consumers and marketers.
Sun Care
Letter to the Editor: Criticisms of 'Safer Solar Protection' Article
"My feeling is that the paper by Stanek and Gupta, in its present form, might add to the sunscreen confusion." In this letter to the editor, Paolo Giacomoni, Ph.D., provides his opinion on what the authors missed.
SPF/Sun
Effective Sunscreens for Everyone Under the Sun
Today, we take the effectiveness of sunscreen products for granted. As the industry knows, this performance is not simply a happy coincidence. Here, we review the steps in the sun care R&D process and consider where questions may arise.
Methods/Tools
Unexpected Paths to Sunscreens
Teleportation was once science fiction. Today's it's somewhat of a reality, if you consider how
Facebook Live, Facetime, Skype,
etc., transport our
likenesses
through time and space. I sense this indirect path may be the future to sunscreens.
Sun Protection
The Best Sunscreen? The One People Will Use.
This guest advisor commentary comes from regular
Cosmetics & Toiletries
contributor and photochemistry expert Craig Bonda, president of Inception Partners, LLC, and technical consultant to the sunscreen industry.
Event Coverage
J&J Points to Collaboration and 6 Areas for Future Growth
“We need to openly publish our scientific data and challenge each other to progress,” said J&J's Josh Ghaim, Ph.D., during the IFSCC 2016 Congress. “We can then align standards and simply let the competitive technologies and products speak for themselves.”
Sun Protection
IFSCC Has Some Fun with Sun
Sunscreen failure, SPF as a myth, an alternative vitamin D and others were topics of discussion at the sun care session during the IFSCC Congress. Following are some highlights.
Skin Care
Anti-pollution Skin Care: It's Real
'No kidding it's real,' you're probably thinking. Like naturals, though, at first it felt more like a passing fad. Now we know better, thanks to new research, some of which was presented in London earlier this year.
Sun Care
Smart Sunscreen Packaging Shows How Long Until You Bake
Imagine smart packaging that tells the consumer when it's time to reapply another glob of sunscreen. Well, it's already on the horizon.
Sun Protection
SPF Testing: Who's Got Their 'Backs?'
"Isn’t it time for governments and industry to standardize an in vitro SPF test to replace human testing?" Karl Laden, Ph.D., of Alpa Cosmetics, asks in this brief commentary. What do you think?
Efficacy
Wet Skin Factor for Sunscreens: An In vitro Method, Part II
Sunscreens designed for application to wet skin are popular in part due to convenience, skipping the drying step completely. In relation, these authors propose a new in vitro test to compare the wet skin factor of sun care products. Here, 20 products were tested and compared according to several conditions in order to define the best parameters for the method.
Efficacy
Wet Skin Factor for Sunscreens: An In vitro Method, Part I
Sunscreens designed for application to wet skin are popular in part due to convenience, skipping the drying step completely. In relation, these authors propose a new in vitro test to compare the wet skin factor of sun care products. Here, 20 products were tested and compared according to several conditions in order to define the best parameters for the method.
Methods/Tools
What is Light? A Brief History of Light and Its Behavior
This primer provides cosmetic scientists, engineers and physicists with an understanding of light. The quantum mechanics of history continue today as a guiding paradigm for computers, satellites and mobile communications, in addition to the cosmetically related fields of photoprotection and visual effects imparted through makeup to change appearance.
Hair Care
Combing Through Sun and Pollutant Effects on Hair
Trefor A Evans, Ph.D., institute fellow at TRI Princeton and long-time
C&T
scientific advisor, offers his insights on the latest developments in hair science and what they mean to the cosmetic formulator.
Sun Protection
SPF Tests Reveal No Ideal In vitro Substrate Exists
In vitro SPF measurements are challenged by reproducibility, repeatability and correlation with in vivo values. Here, the authors assess sunscreen adhesion to the test substrate support, since poor adhesion produces bad results. Surface substrates are characterized by functional group, charge, wettability and surface morphology. Eight w/o and o/w emulsions also are tested. Results indicate an ideal in vitro test substrate does not exist.
Efficacy
How to Prove 'Rub-resistant' Sun Protection
Today’s consumers desire sunscreens that are not only more effective against UV radiation, but also provide water, sand, sweat and rub resistance. These authors propose a new in vitro test to assess and compare rub resistance factors, which they illustrate here by testing 20 sun care products.
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