Remove 2001 Remove Ingredients Remove Social Media
article thumbnail

Let’s Get Picky About Professional Skin Care Lines

California Skincare Supply

It’s also a good idea to keep up with fashion magazines, beauty bloggers, and other social media influencers to stay in the know about popular trends and products. Using natural, sustainable science-backed ingredients, the products address common challenges and triggers related to reactive skin and inflammatory conditions.

article thumbnail

Vitamin C in Cosmetic Products – Does it work? episode 211

The Beauty Brains

This is an ingredient that gets lots of positive press. So, it sounds like a great ingredient! Well, in a study published in Dermatologic Surgery back in 2001 looking at this exact question, none of the derivatives significantly converted to L-ascorbic acid in the skin. It’s the ingredient that works. In the US anyway.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

What makes a cosmetic chemist – Episode 168

The Beauty Brains

Heat protectants are products that contain ingredients that protect the hair from heat styling. In looking at the ingredient list, it appears they do not use standard, effective preservative like parabens but instead use a combination of things including Sodium Anisate and Sodium Phytate. These ingredients do not exist in nature.

article thumbnail

Are spray sunscreens illegal? And other sunblock questions – Episode 175

The Beauty Brains

Drug actives require a lot more safety and efficacy data than cosmetic ingredients. Unfortunately, instead of approving the sunscreens, the FDA told the makers of the ingredients that the sunscreens weren’t approved without more testing, specifically for long term exposure to for children and pregnant women. Support the Beauty Brains!