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Efficacy
Colorfast Effects: Reflectance to Assess Lip Gloss Water Resistance, A Proposal
This approach is tested for its ability to distinguish waterproof and non-waterproof products, and compared with in vivo results. Proposed here is in vitro method to measure the waterproof properties of lip gloss based on UV/Vis spectrophotometer reflectance values.
Animal Alternatives
ECHA on Combining Animal Alternative Data to Assess Sensitization
Event Coverage
IFSCC Awards Transfer Resistance, Gentle Touch, Psychological Anti-aging and More
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Methods/Tools
AI Meets Metabolic Diagnostics for Precision Skin Care at SCC National
Personalized skin care can reach precision medicine levels when AI and machine lining are combined with imaging to assess several metabolic parameters. During the SCC Annual Meeting, Liyuan Ji will explain how.
Safety/Stability
Analyze, Optimize: Ensuring Pollution Won’t ‘Get Under Your Skin’
Anti-adhesion, removability, anti-penetration and cleansing properties were assessed in steps, as described here, to optimize formulas for effective anti-pollution protection. An approach was designed to test cosmetic ingredients and formulas for their abilities to suppress the negative effects of pollution in skin.
Sensory
[video] Cosmetics R&D Vlog: How Fragrance Inspires Emotion and Wellness
Perfume can tap into deep consumer emotions to elicit happiness or tranquility and help them through today’s COVID-19 reality. Daniela Garcia, ésika Executive Brand Director for Belcorp Latin America, explains how, with this look at the company's recent research.
Sponsored
Joybliss™, a novel green active ingredient with a plumping efficacy
Discover how to increase positiveness in your mood and decrease your vocal stress markers by filling the wheel of plumping with Joybliss™
Event Coverage
[updated] Virtual Roundtable: Inclusive Design for Universal Beauty
Gabriela Daniels of the London College of Fashion will participate in a virtual roundtable chat on inclusive design for universal beauty during
Beauty Accelerate Virtual
.
Method/Process
Researchers Engineer Hydrogel-based Skin Substitute Complete with Rete Ridges
According to the authors, this work provides a simple and powerful way to mimic the structures of human skin and can contribute to skin tissue engineering and wound healing research.
Companies
BASF Opens Skin and Hair Care Evaluation Salon in Nigeria
The salon will provide in-house evaluations to assist in developing products with relevance to and consumer acceptance in the sub-Saharan African market.
Method/Process
Beauty Accelerate Virtual
: Inclusive Design Means Better Beauty for All
Designing products to meet the unique needs of disabled consumers can translate to better product experiences for all. Hear more about this during our panel discussion at
Beauty Accelerate Virtual
—to be held Oct. 18-21, 2021.
Tech Transfer
Neural Networks Predict Material Structures, Behaviors Faster
A recent interview on Phys.org with Argonne National Laboratory Engineer Mark Messner explores how neural networks in AI could be used to predict material structures, given preferred properties, some 2,000+ times faster than standard simulations.
Method/Process
Gattefossé Reveals Effects of Sunscreen, Moisturizer, Film Former Layering
Gattefossé analyzed the efficacy and sensory effects of sunscreens applied to skin on top of other products. Results suggest film formers are a key ingredient.
Method/Process
New Anti-dandruff Efficacy Data for Symrise's Crinipan PMC Green
Current in vivo data reportedly shows Crinipan PMC green to be as effective as conventional solutions for dandruff.
