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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.

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Tools of the Trade for Sensory Testing

One challenge in manufacturing is the variance in quality of raw materials; another is the mixing process. Mechanical tests, described here in brief, will quickly identify cosmetics and lotions that should be rejected or reworked.

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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.

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Testing Tactics in Skin: A View of Visible Light Protection

Blue light, in particular, may be responsible for most of the adverse skin reactions caused by visible wavelengths. This column reviews methods to screen for materials that protect against blue light but also allow its benefits to shine through.

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Scale-up Success: Untapping the Potential of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Scaling up cosmetic products to manufacturing facilities is a common cause of formulation difficulties. Computational fluid dynamics offer a means to model and troubleshoot potential problems in advance, and could become a standard tool to reduce production costs.

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[video] Student Poster: The Use of a Spectrophotometer in Hair Color

According to Elvia Iniguez, who presented a poster at the latest Midwest SCC TeamWorks, "Our job as formulators is to always produce reproducible batches." Her poster explained how to do just that in hair color. Learn more from her video interview.

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Stroke of Genius: Successive Combing Force Yields Realistic Conditioning Results

Combing tests are widely used to characterize the conditioning performance of products at one snapshot in time. A successive combing force device was designed to more realistically simulate the entire shampooing and conditioning process. Here, the authors put it to the test.

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Good Vibrations: Spectroscopic Imaging to Visualize the Delivery of Actives

Understanding how actives are delivered is essential to product development and to provide scientific data in support of a product’s efficacy. Vibrational imaging spectroscopy is shown here to enable the visualization of the penetration of cosmetic actives into skin, hair and nails.

Patent Picks—Wearable, Digitized Skin Care and UV Protection

Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. This edition features inventions related to digitized skin care.

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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.

Beyond internal efforts toward sustainability are social implications and many suppliers engaged in such efforts were featured at the Sustainability Corner.

[in-cosmetics Global] Social Responsibility, Empowerment and Measuring Up

Perhaps one of the most novel aspects of sustainability presented at in-cosmetics this year was how to measure it.

Patent Picks—Diffusion Profiling, Optical Tweezer, Fluorescent Microbe Detection and More

Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources and cover recent patents issued, or applied for, in the cosmetic and personal care industries and relevant peripheral markets. This edition features methods and processes for analyzing and producing cosmetic products and materials.

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Is Your Microbiology Lab FDA-compliant? Part I: Personnel, Facilities and Equipment

This two-part article provides an overview of areas relevant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) inspection of cosmetic microbiology laboratories. Part II will appear in our July 2018 edition.

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Is Your Microbiology Lab FDA-compliant? Part II: Cultures, Growth Media, Reagents and Testing

This two-part article provides an overview of areas relevant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) inspection of cosmetic microbiology laboratories. Part 1 covered personnel, facilities and equipment, test materials and procedures, and documentation. Part 2 addresses microbial cultures and growth media, biochemical reagents, test procedures and more.

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