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Advancing Hyper-Personalized Cosmetics: A Dual Approach Combining Regulatory Methodology and Live A/B Performance Testing
A made-to-order, direct-to-consumer (DTC) model enables cosmetic brands to manage complex regulatory compliance for millions of personalized formulas while leveraging live consumer data to de-risk physical product renovations.
Tech/Equipment/Production
Why Cosmetic Batches Lose Consistency During Scale-Up
A formula that performs beautifully in the lab doesn't always behave the same in production. Learn why powders, emulsions, viscosity changes, and air entrainment create batch variability—and what manufacturers can do to improve repeatability.
Anti-aging/Face
Haut.AI CEO on AI, Skin Intelligence, and the Next Phase of Skincare Personalization
From SkinGPT simulations to AI-driven clinical studies, Haut.AI’s CEO explains how generative AI is redefining how ingredient efficacy is demonstrated and experienced.
Safety/Stability
Is Your NPD Testing Keeping Pace With Cosmetic Innovation?
Ben Elmadi, Technical Manager – Cosmetics, at MSL Solution Providers explains why brands should re-evaluate their approach to NPD testing.
Methods/Tools
How In silico Innovation is Transforming Cosmetic Ingredient Discovery and Development
This article delves into in silico methods including AI and machine learning for cosmetic ingredient discovery and development. It covers virtual screening, QSAR analyses and molecule repurposing, and gives a case study in progress for psoriasis peptides.
Method/Process
Advances in Beauty and Personal Care Testing: Novel In vitro Models, Multi-Test Combos, ‘Evidence Packages’ and Real-World Exposure
Advances in analytics and in vitro models are revolutionizing R&D in cosmetics and personal care. This article explores trends, cutting-edge research and expert insights on how these technologies are shaping the future of ethical, efficient testing.
Balancing/Soothing
Sea Buckthorn to Calm Oxi-Inflammatory Assault in Sensitive Skin
A sea buckthorn leaf extract was developed to calm the oxi-inflammatory environment induced by exposome assaults, to protect epidermal lipids and to soothe sensitive skin. A model mimicking lipoperoxidation in the epidermis was used to assess its effects.
Sensory
Neuroscents: Leveraging the Predictive Brain for Fragrances that ‘Biohack’ Emotion and Cognition
The predictive brain constructs rather than observes product benefits, and imaging can reveal stages of this construction. This understanding was employed to design fragranced products that influence mood, perception and cognition, as demonstrated here.
Tech/Equipment/Services
Testing Trending Hair Care and Skinification Claims
Various test methods, some borrowed from skin care, can be used to validate hair product claims. This article reviews several, including conditioning, anti-breakage, hydration, skinification-related, damage repair, anti-dandruff, anti-hair loss and more.
Tech/Equipment/Services
Consistency of Vaselinum Album and Flavum - Hollow Cone Method (EU Pharmacopeia)
The penetrometer PNR 12 is suitable for consistency measurements required in the pharmaceutical industry. Various test kits are available for different pharmaceutical products and standards like the official WHO method European Pharmacopoeia 2.9.9.
Tech/Equipment/Services
Are Your Formulations Affecting DNA Methylation?
Determine how active ingredients and finished formulations impact DNA methylation produced by stressors such as UV, blue light and diesel particulate matter with DNA Methylation Services from Genemarkers.
Tech/Equipment/Services
Next-generation Sequencing for Personal Care Product Development
Introducing Genemarkers’ NextGen sequencing, a cost-effective method for analyzing differentially expressed genes to detect novel biomarkers. This method can help discover new pathways and biological mechanisms of action for ingredients and formulations.
Tech/Equipment/Services
Assessing the Effects of Blue Light on the Skin in New Validated Method
Studies have shown blue light can have damaging effects on the skin. Genemarkers has developed a reproducible in vitro method for measuring blue light effects. Learn how Genemarkers’ blue light testing can aid product development.
Magazine
Programmable Beauty to Enable Next-gen Personalization, A Proposal
Leveraging microfluidics for mixing, a system was designed and tested as described here for proof of concept. Proposed here is a next-gen approach to personalized beauty, allowing consumers to adjust formulas to their changing needs and preferences.
Efficacy
Lasting Impression: A Consumer-centric Approach to Measure Transfer-proof Lipstick
Described here is the development of a test method combining consumer input with instrumental measurements to assess the transfer-proof performance of lipsticks. Three lipsticks with varying transfer-resistance efficacy are then put to the test using this method.
Tech/Equipment/Services
“COSMETICS LAB” magazine – Quality Control
Read about techniques used for quality control of cosmetics in "COSMETICS LAB" magazine. How to benefit from greener extraction methods, chromatography, NIR and more when demonstrating product safety
Tech/Equipment/Services
Testing Tactics in Hair: Equipment—A 'Buyer's Guide'
This article is focused on these approaches and specifically looks at the relevant scientific instrumentation to provide guidance. There are no “standard” test methods for hair in our industry but the widespread use of several approaches has established them as “best practices."
Testing
Testing Tactics in Skin: Antiviral Response
In connection, with age, the skin’s immune system declines; i.e., immunosenescence. This largely unexplored area holds treatment and product development potential. COVID-19 is suspected of infecting the integumentary system and current literature reports related signs of cutaneous lesions.
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