Cosmetify

JULY 3, 2023

This involves testing different combinations and ratios to achieve the desired product attributes in case of a new product and twitching and mixing ingredients with a set base in case of existing set formulations. This includes weighing, heating, and mixing the ingredients in large-scale equipment to create the product.

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Aesthetics Advisor

AUGUST 16, 2024

The number of chemicals restricted by the FDA is even more ridiculous when you consider there are over 84,000 different chemicals in use in your personal care products and only 1% of those have been evaluated for safety in humans. (1) 13 It is also a skin and eye irritant and a common ingredient in shampoos. 18 The U.S.

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The Beauty Brains

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Do shave minimizing products work? Are film forming ingredients easy to wash off? Remember, dermatologists are not necessarily formulators or know which are the best, most effective ingredients to use. They also are not unbiased, especially when they are pushing a product. This misinformation really harms consumers.

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The Beauty Brains

APRIL 11, 2019

Beauty Science News Here’s a story that was published in Elle about dangerous cosmetics. Fear based news stories are preferred for news organization and stories about cosmetic products are included. For a chemist it’s interesting to get more information about other people’s products. Petroleum is plants!

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The Beauty Brains

JANUARY 15, 2020

Pictures of complaints Ingredient list: Water (Aqua), Ethyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Algin, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Mica, Ascorbic Acid*, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Ethylhexylglycerin, Chlorphenesin, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance (Parfum), Benzyl Benzoate, Limonene.

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The Beauty Brains

JUNE 13, 2016

Are super foods effective beauty ingredients? Ingredients like acacia, coconut, grapeseed oil, berries, green tea, avocado, turmeric and resveratrol. Second, the food industry certainly has more stringent research requirements than cosmetics so there’s a lot of data on nutritional value. What the heck IS a super food?

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The Beauty Brains

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The article goes on to parrot the other standard, misleading talking points of the EWG…the idea that cosmetic products are not safety tested…they are. The idea that products with a low EWG rating are more safe than ones with a higher rating…they aren’t. Maybe we’ll do that some time.

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The Beauty Brains

OCTOBER 3, 2016

When discussing store brands, I don’t think we’ve ever said “there’s NO difference” if the ingredients are the same. Fortunately, she picked a great example because Listerine DOES list the percentage of its active ingredients so we can do a much more precise comparison to store brands. But look carefully at the wording.

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The Eco Well Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

The dark history of Cosmetics Safety From the 18th century’s use of lead carbonate in makeup to the use of radium in the 1920s and 30s, there have been many deaths in the name of beauty. Many of these practices stemmed from ignorance - we had no idea the safety risks when these products were placed on the market.

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The Beauty Brains

OCTOBER 17, 2016

According to Fisher’s Contact Dermatitis, acne can result from topical application of cosmetic products via two mechanisms. Hair care products have to have the right aesthetics or they don’t feel right on your hair – it’s tough to make a highly concentrated product that isn’t hard to disperse through your hair.

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The Beauty Brains

MARCH 4, 2019

They also have advice from a body called the scientific committee for cosmetic safety or SCCS, which is composed largely of academics with an interest in medicine and general science. This is a simply enormous database of every cosmetic formulation on the market along with its pack copy. Smaller producers? Not so much.

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The Beauty Brains

MAY 22, 2019

On today’s episode we answer beauty questions about : Should one be worried about tree nuts in cosmetic products? How does one spot a bad dupe versus an affordable product that works? Beauty Science Questions Should we be worried about tree nut allergens in cosmetic products?

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