Log In
Register
Facebook icon
LinkedIn icon
Instagram icon
Cosmetic Ingredients
Formulas/Products
Research
Regulations
Testing
News
Leaders
Multimedia
Calendar
Home
Search
Search Cosmetics & Toiletries
Article
Company
Document
Event
News
Podcast
Video
Webcast
Cosmetic Ingredients
Formulas/Products
Multimedia
News
Regulations
Research
Testing
Sun Protection
Enter search phrase
Search
12 Results
Type: News
Section: Testing > Sun Protection
Sun Protection
Analytical Device Raises the Bar on UVA-PF
A new UV transmittance analyzer has been designed to exceed Colipa's UVA protection factor (UVA-PF) requirements to support the development of higher protection factor sunscreens.
Literature/Data
Patent Pick: Progress on the SPF/UVA-PF Front
The sun was shining on Unilever inventors when they uncovered a new chemistry combination to improve SPF and UVA-PF factors for enhanced sun protection. A new patent application explains.
Event Coverage
Sunscreen Symposium Day One Enlightens Attendees
Cosmetic scientists from around the world descended on Walt Disney World for the two-day 2015 Sunscreen Symposium featuring skin safety, boosting sunscreen efficacy, testing, formulations and more.
Literature/Data
Patent Pick: Shiseido Sets Sights on Sun
Whitening may be a preference for skin care actives, especially in the East, but when it comes to sun protection, it's all about transparency. That's where this Shiseido invention is 'clearly' focused.
Regional
US FDA Pushes Sunscreen Reform on Three Fronts
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced three new efforts to advance its framework for sun protection products including Maximal Usage Trials (MUsT)—just ahead of summer vacation and in line with #DontFryDay.
Sun Protection
Report: Superdrug Commits to Increase Sunscreen Testing on Darker Skin Tones
Superdrug has reportedly committed to include at least 35% of skin types 5 and 6 in its sun cream and skin care trials.
Method/Process
AmorePacific, Hanyang Univ. Dynamically Visualize UV Dose on SPF-protected Skin
Work by AmorePacific and Hanyang University, Seoul, published in
Skin Research & Technology
, reveals a dynamic approach to visualize UV dose based on MED, weather, outdoor activity, etc., on SPF-protected skin.
SPF/Sun
FDA Publishes Opinion on Two Sunscreen TEAs and Is Urged for More Action by PASS
The end of February was busy for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which published two letters on the Time and Extent Applications (TEAs) for diethylhexyl butamido triazone (Uvasorb HEB) and amiloxate (Neo Heliopan E 1000), finding insufficient scientific evidence to claim either as generally recognized as safe and effective (GRASE) and denying their addition to the OTC Sunscreen Monograph.
Sun Care
Patent Pick: L'Oréal Steps Up the Sunscreen Game
Pop Quiz: What does it take to achieve a high SPF, high UV-A rated sunscreen within the U.S. FDA's sunscreen filter constraints? This isn't a game; it's the focus of a new patent application from L'Oréal. Read on to learn more.
Efficacy
Kao Takes the Heat Off Infrared-exposed Skin
By focusing on principle factors related to light wave interference, Kao researchers have identified a means to selectively block the NIR wavelength.
Sun Protection
SPF 100+ Efficacy Put to the Test in ‘Actual Use’
Recent research in
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
sought to find out if, when used under conditions that users typically apply sunscreen, SPF 100+ products provided higher protection than their SPF 50+ counterparts.
Sun Protection
7 Years in the Making: CE Recommends In vitro SPF Double Plate Test Method
"... No in vitro method had [previously] advanced to the stage that CE could recommend it. So those who did not want to use an in vivo method could use any ... unvalidated method; this should no longer be the case."
Page 1 of 1
