The Beauty Brains

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Do cosmetic products expire? Is petroleum in skin products like Aquaphor bad for you? What’s the difference between moisturizers and hydrators Beauty news How will the microplastic ban affect cosmetic products ? Do cosmetic products expire? This ingredient has been around for a long time!

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Aesthetics Advisor

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A cosmeceutical is essentially a skincare product that contains a biologically active compound that is thought to have pharmaceutical effects on the skin. Both pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical grade skin care products actively effect skin at a cellular level, whereas cosmetic products have a shorter-term effect.

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The Beauty Brains

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

And cosmetic marketers, and marketing people in general, definitely take advantage of this phenomena. If someone can get you to pay more money for a product, that’s a good reason for them to charge more. 3 major things that affect how much a product costs. And it is the marketing stories that create the trends.

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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. To sum up the article basically while there can be animal derived ingredients in cosmetic products, mostly there aren’t.

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The Beauty Brains

DECEMBER 24, 2019

In this study publish in the October issue of the Journal of Applied Microbiology, researchers wanted to investigate the nature and extent of microbial contamination in five categories of used cosmetic products (lipstick, lip gloss, eyeliners, mascaras and beauty blenders) and highlight the potential risk posed to consumers in the UK.

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The Beauty Brains

JANUARY 15, 2020

There is no reason to be scared but unfortunately, fear-marketers have made people afraid of anything with aluminum, especially antiperspirants and products that are applied to the skin of babies. It also has no known skin toxicity so there isn’t anything to worry about. But these ingredients have been tested and they are safe.

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The Dermatology Digest

AUGUST 11, 2023

I’ve never been a fan of stem cells in cosmetic products because they don’t penetrate well under the skin. The stem cells in skincare products are from apples and other plants and those are not the same as what we need, so those are useless. But there are all kinds of other exosome products on the market, she said. “I

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The Beauty Brains

MARCH 11, 2020

This skin can display a reaction as a result of reduced tolerance to an environmental exposure, such as the sun or a cosmetic product. That being said, if your skin is reactive to cosmetic products, it’s important to pinpoint which type of ingredient is causing the sensitivity. Lots of love from England!

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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. This is all just misleading marketing.

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Cosmetify

JULY 30, 2023

Third-party cosmetic manufacturing refers to outsourcing the production of cosmetics to a specialized manufacturer, often referred to as a contract manufacturer or a third-party manufacturer. This allows them to allocate more resources to areas directly impacting their brand identity and market presence.

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The Beauty Brains

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Lambert became one of the founders of the Warner-Lambert company that marketed Listerine until 2006 when it was bought by Johnson and Johnson. Before we get to the chemistry of Listerine here are a couple of fun facts according to Wikipedia: For a little while in in 1927 the company marketed Listerine Cigarettes. You know what that is?

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The Beauty Brains

APRIL 30, 2019

Anyway, shrimp shells are a source of chitosan which is used in some cosmetic products. Chitosan derivatives can be used as hair and skin conditioning ingredients & film formers like in hair sprays and styling products. Chitosan & Chitin are natural polymers found in many crustaceans of which shrimp is one.

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Aesthetics Advisor

AUGUST 16, 2024

Women are at greater risk than men from exposure as they routinely use nearly double the number of products per day. Under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, products do not require FDA approval before being sold on the market. 23 Their chemical structure mimic estrogen, which means they're endocrine disruptors.

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Cosmetify

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Indian beauty and retail market, particularly, has experienced a surge in newer products driven by Western trends and the rise of Indian entrepreneurs and start-ups. The global skincare market has been on a steady rise, with a valuation of $134.8 Cosmetic products are expected to serve dual purposes as skincare products.

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The Beauty Brains

AUGUST 23, 2017

In fact, we worked on the first successful mass market dry shampoo, Tresemme Fresh Start. Melissa Mary provided a link to a couple of example products. PR: Paul From France says…Goodbye marketing BS. Thank you Beauty Brains for providing an inside view on how marketing is constantly trying to screw you!

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The Beauty Brains

JUNE 13, 2016

Edible ingredients are a common source of inspiration for cosmetic products and it usually takes a few years for ingredient to “catch on” in the food industry before they become popular in personal care. Jana’s question comes at a good time because I was just asked this same thing by a reporter from R29.

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The Beauty Brains

JUNE 12, 2017

I’m also wondering if you can tell me if there’s anything else on the market that might be similar to this because this is very expensive. Bite Beauty, in case you’re not aware, is a Toronto based company that hand crafts lip products using “food-grade, or good-enough-to-eat ingredients.”

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The Beauty Brains

MAY 23, 2016

So, the bottom line despite all the fear mongering you hear about aluminum in cosmetic products the best evidence to date shows that there are no significant health concerns. They say it will launch onto the consumer market next year. One of our loyal fans asked me to share this study for the Personal Care Products Council.

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The Dermatology Digest

MARCH 14, 2024

1-4 Historically, many natural products have been applied to the skin, some of which are also ingested as part of the diet. Common additives to numerous moisturizers, cleansers, and other cosmetic products include foods such as oat, wheat, sunflower, and coconut, causing concern for potential transcutaneous sensitization.

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The Beauty Brains

MARCH 4, 2019

You don’t need to get any kind of registration of approval to launch a cosmetic, but you do need to register it on the Cosmetic Product Notification Portal. This is a simply enormous database of every cosmetic formulation on the market along with its pack copy. Are cosmetics really dangerous or not?

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The Beauty Brains

MAY 29, 2020

Question 3 – Paige asks – Is there a difference between an antioxidant serum marketed for blue light and a good antioxidant serum? Are these products actually beneficial or what are their shortcomings? The formulators & marketers of the product don’t expect those extracts to have any measurable impact on performance.

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The Beauty Brains

MARCH 18, 2019

You’re just using products that smell worse while enjoying the experience of doing skin care less. The position to be fragrance free is a unique one in the market and it carves out a niche for their products. But it smacks a little bit of fear marketing in my opinion. Mall intercept testing 3. Fragrance screening 5.

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The Eco Well Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

There is so much misinformation about animal testing in the beauty sector, and a lot of opportunistic, probably predatory, marketing to take advantage. 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.

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The Beauty Brains

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Right, but Tresemme is the first major brand to market a companion shampoo and conditioner to be used in this way. Beauty Science News Microbes in skin care Link Here’s a story that shows you the direction that the cosmetic market may be taking in the future. Beneficial microbes in your skin care products.

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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. For example Polyquat 7, which is a great condition agent used in shampoos, can build up on hair if you use to much and it can make the product very stringy and pituitous. Is Nugene Worth the money?

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