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

Apr 18, 2019 | Elvia Iniguez, College of Lake County

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.

MilliporeSigma’s Chromolith Columns Enable Sunscreen Analysis

Apr 10, 2019

These columns are reportedly ideal for sunscreens and other lotions in order to provide efficient analysis.

[podcast] Layering Experiences to Create Product Complexity

Apr 8, 2019

"[One] area where there’s quite a bit of interest ... is around the notion of complexity. ...In this idea of complexity, [we've done] work in sort of pairing, sequencing and combining." Learn more about this concept from Charles Spence, Ph.D., in this free podcast, sponsored by Berjé.

China Adds 9 More Animal-Free Tests

Apr 5, 2019

In a noticed issues March 22, 2019, the country’s National Medical Products Administration announced its acceptance of nine test methods, including Direct Peptide Reaction Assay (DPRA) for skin sensitization (OECD TG 442C) and Short Time Exposure Assay (STE) for eye irritation (OECD TG 491).

Courage + Khazaka Launch Visioscan VC 20plus

Apr 1, 2019

The tool assists in efficacy testing and claim support for cosmetics, regarding skin roughness and micro-topography.

Adaptive Measures: Translating UV Protection to Hair Claims

Mar 29, 2019 | Giorgiana Giancola, Ph.D., and Ernesta Malinauskyte, Ph.D., TRI Princeton, Princeton NJ

To test preventative hair care treatments against UV damage, sensitive techniques are required. Here, DSC was used to define a ratio between artificial and natural irradiance levels; from this, methods were built to substantiate claims for UV protection in hair.

Making Moves Toward an Animal Testing-free Future

Mar 18, 2019 | Rachel Grabenhofer

I think the cosmetics industry will agree: we want to see animal testing phased out in our lifetimes. Not only for ethical reasons, but because these methods are much less relevant than today's alternatives. The good news is worldwide efforts are getting us there; following are recent examples.

Words from Wiechers: Perception of Reality or Reality of Perception?

Mar 14, 2019 | Tony O'Lenick and the late Johann W. Wiechers, Ph.D.

"Suppliers promise quite a lot to their customers," Wiechers tells us. "And [manufacturers] love to insist on more...This attitude promotes a shift from reality to perception." Read on to learn this month's lesson from Wiechers.

[video] Novel In vitro SPF Test Method Validated

Mar 14, 2019 | Marc Pissavini, Ph.D., Cosmetics Europe

Validation criteria have been a shortcoming of in vitro SPF testing; until now. A new method recently was validated; Marc Pissavini, Ph.D., explains, in this video interview.

The Body Shop Teams Up with British Lab for Animal-Free Testing

Mar 7, 2019

Based out of Daresbury, Cheshire, England, XCellR8 claims to be “the only lab globally to make its tests entirely animal-product free in a regulatory environment, eliminating all animal components from their tests.”

Tress Stress: How the Environment Affects Hair

Feb 28, 2019 | Trefor A. Evans, Ph.D., T.A. Evans LLC and TRI-Princeton

The drive for "anti-pollution" personal care may not apply to hair care as strongly as other segments. Despite this, environmental stressors can impact hair's chemistry. This column provides a scientific basis by which formulation and claims strategies might be constructed.

MilliporeSigma Assays Dermal Diffusion and Fragrance Allergenicity

Feb 27, 2019

Two ready-to-use, IFRA-compliant calibrants and one animal-alternative substrate will be the focus of MilliporeSigma's presence at in-cosmetics Global.

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