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Personalized Cosmetics: Has the Time Come?*

Personalized medicine, aided by advances including pharmacogenomics, is ready for mainstream clinical adoption. These authors suspect such techniques could be applicable for personalized cosmetics, complete with tolerance and efficacy considerations. Click through to the digital magazine to read more.

In Sight—QOL Testing: Complementing Clinicals

Personal care efficacy tests are known to test the physical effects or toxicity of products, often omitting more abstract and possibly equally as important factors such as well-being.

Polyelectrolyte Complex for Mending Damaged Hair

Complexity theory is used here to explain the formation and properties of polyelectrolyte complexes, whereby organized structures built through self-association exhibit synergistic properties. These materials can create new compounds and offer new benefits, as shown by the present work in which a complex based on PVM/MA copolymer and polyquaternium-28 is used to treat damaged hair.

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THINKING LOCAL: GATTEFOSSÉ regional commitment

At Gattefossé, local commitment has always been at the center of our philosophy. Discover 4 active ingredients born from our regional supply chain.

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Editor's Note: Testing the Comfort Zone

Is it just me, or 10 years ago—perhaps even five—would we never have expected to see epigenetics or visible light emerge in the context of cosmetics R&D?

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Comparatively Speaking: Crossmodal vs. Lineal Perception

Lineal perception relates to a direct line between a stimuli and a single sensory interpretation. Crossmodal perception refers to responses and interpretations of various senses to a stimulus, offering product developers opportunities to create novel consumer experiences.

Comparatively Speaking: Natural vs. Hydrogenated Butters

Industry expert Tony O'Lenick asks Thomas O'Lenick, PhD, to explain the difference between hydrogenated butters and naturally occurring butters.

Comparatively Speaking: Trisiloxane vs. Dimethicone Copolyol

In this edition of "Comparatively Speaking," industry expert Tony O'Lenick explains the difference in stability between dimethicone copolyols and trisiloxane, a class of dimethicone copolyols.

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Infant Skin: Caring for Compromised Conditions

This column considers infant skin biology, especially during a time when globally, compromised skin conditions are on the rise. It also proposes formulating solutions to meet the specific needs of this immature skin state.

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Advanced natural solutions for compromised skin

SILAB Softcare is a department dedicated to the care of compromised skin. Discover its patented active ingredients, specifically designed to be used as part of dermo-cosmetic and dermatological care programs.

Comparatively Speaking: Precision vs. Accuracy in Formulating

Tony O'Lenick explains the difference between precision and accuracy as it relates to formulating; for instance, in the case of raw material consistencies between batches.

Comparatively Speaking: Pathogenic vs. Non-pathogenic Bacteria

To explain the difference between pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria, Tony O’Lenick looks to Kelly Dobos, who notes that nonpathogenic bacteria could become pathogens in immune-compromised hosts.

Comparatively Speaking: Disruptive Innovation vs. Sustaining Innovation

In this edition of "Comparatively Speaking" Tony O'Lenick tackles innovation, discussing the difference between a disruptive innovation and a sustaining innovation.

Comparatively Speaking: Sorbitan Esters vs. Sorbeth Esters

Industry expert Tony O'Lenick explains the difference between sorbitan esters and sorbeth esters to help the personal care formulator differentiate between their INCI names, emulsion stabilities and feel on the skin.

Pseudopeptidic Compounds for Biocompatible Gels: A Review

Simple pseudopeptides derived from natural amino acids can be designed and prepared as efficient gelators for a variety of solvents, and with a high potential for biocompatibility. The appropriate selection of structural components, reviewed herein, shows how to produce gels with tailored properties, including high thermal stability.

Comparatively Speaking: Issued Patent vs. Patent Applications

In this "Comparatively Speaking," Tony O'Lenick explains the difference between an issued patent and a patent application, noting the difference in numbering and pointing out that there can be many changes still made to a patent application.

Comparatively Speaking: Water Content vs. Water Activity

In this edition of "Comparatively Speaking," Tony O'Lenick explains the different between water content and water activity, since understanding water activity can lead the formulator to more effective product preservation and better product stability.

Comparatively Speaking: Proteins vs. DNA vs. Sugars

Industry expert Tony O'Lenick discusses the structural differences between the biopolymers DNA, sugars and proteins, which are all important to life but function differently in the cell and in cosmetic products.

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