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Compass: Skin Buzz

Tuning into the “buzz” of consumer demand for organic products, skin tanning and lightening, sensitive skin formulas and deeply penetrating treatments, C&Tmagazine offers this collection for your consideration. Nothing is more of a buzzkill on a product launch than consumer rejection.

Compass—Tulip Appeal

Whenever a given scent was first introduced, that’s how far back in our memories it can take us. This is something to bear in mind, especially as consumers try a product for the first time.

Compass—'Trying' Time

From cover to cover, this issue is packed with approaches to create and measure experiences in personal care, which nicely matches this year’s new “give it a try” sentiment—after all experiment leads to experience.

Anionic/Cationic Complexes

Understanding the interactions of surfactants is important to optimizing their properties in formulations. The author describes how the anionic/cationic interaction is critical to properties such as foam, viscosity, conditioning properties and minimal irritation.

Compass: The Diamond Issue

This “exciting” issue of Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine aims to quench your formulating fancies with additional features on texture analysis to quantify skin care claims as well as polyalphaolefins to enhance anhydrous stick formulations such as lipsticks. Pucker up—here’s another diamond of an issue.

Compass—Ties That Bind

Binding is not a new phenomenon, but interest in it continues for improved ingredient delivery and efficacy.

Compass: Sun Exposé

From preserving youth to expanding the limits of the color palette, this issue of C&T magazine serves as your guide to answering formulating conundrums.

Compass: Following Suit

In a world where customized products and special-order merchandise sells, consumers have come to expect nothing less than individualized attention.

Corneocare and Comfort Science

At the Skin Forum 2013 event in London, the seven pillars of “corneocare,” were introduced, which targeted: the epidermal tissue at the molecular, cellular and structural level; epidermal function; tactile experience; appearance and sensation. This is one of the first concepts in personal care to close the gap between consumer perception and a scientific approach.

Compass—Connecting the Dots

Whether your bubbles foam or lather, your hair takes a wild turn, or your wellness weighs on the health of microbes, Cosmetics & Toiletries aims to connect the dots.

Compass—Affinity to Water

While our path may appear to veer far from water, its status as the universal solvent will bring us back to the source.

Compass: Direct Routes

Will a flourishing category ever chance revealing this truth behind naturals to consumers? Perhaps so, as the naturals market becomes more saturated and key manufacturers seek ways to drive consumer interest into new areas.

Computer-aided Formulating

Informatics techniques have been developed that are capable of manipulating huge data sets that underpin modern formulation—from mining for information, to analyzing vast amounts of data. This article highlights how the use of computer technology can increase the efficiency and efficacy of formulating.

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Natural Without Compromise

Emulium® Illustro is a natural W/O emulsifier characterized by its flexibility, performance and ease of use. It is designed principally for use in pigmented formulations and sunscreens.

Compass—Feeling Out Consumers

Obviously, personal care is personal, which creates a challenge to not only design the desired physical effects but also to interpret those effects as subjectively as the users will. This becomes more complex since sensory experience relates to user skin type, as Steventon describes in this issue. To some extent, however, consumers experience similar effects, which is where ingredients such as silicones and nanoparticles can be employed.

Compass: Getting Into Skin

Research investigating the pathways into and out of the Stratum corneum has led ingredient innovation across the industry. This issue of Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine explores nanomeans to penetrate the skin, advises on formulating for sensitive skin, and describes nanoencapsulation to extract and release fragrance.

Comparatively Speaking: Dimethicone vs. Methicone

Dimethicone refers to a silicone compound that has “D” units, meaning only silicon atoms with two methyl groups attached. A methicone completely lacks the “D” unit.

Comparatively Speaking: Sterol vs. Stearyl

Many terms used in personal care formulating sound and look alike yet have vastly different meanings. This primer for novice chemists examines the terms sterol and stearyl.

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