Carbomer
Carbomer gives cosmetic formulations texture and elegance.
ingredients
Cetearyl Alcohol
We all know what fat is. And we all know what alcohol is. But how about a fatty alcohol?
Glyceryl Monostearate (aka Glyceryl Stearate)
Glyceryl monostearate, or gylceryl stearate as it appears on ingredient listings, is a widely used emulsifier.
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At last, a real cosmetic ingredients database
There is an old prayer that goes, dear God please make all the bad people good and all the good people interesting.
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Triclosan – Why you should use it, and why it should be banned
In a recent post on antibacterial products I deliberately avoided talking about individual antibacterial ingredients. Most of them are interesting enough to deserve a post in their own right, and none more so than triclosan.
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Dead Sea Salt
To say that the beauty business is prone to fashions and fads is a bit of an understatement. Andy Warhol said that in the future everybody will be famous for fifteen minutes.
Dry Shampoo
I was intrigued on visiting Lee Stafford’s website to see that one of his offerings is dry shampoo. This seems to be some kind of powder that is applied from an aerosol. There are rave reviews of it on the website from satisfied users, but I suppose there would be wouldn’t there. They seemed pleased
Vanillin – Meet One of my Friends
I am a chemist and I regard chemicals as my friends. Just like people, they all have their own personalities and there are some you like more than others. Also like people they all belong to families and the families themselves also have personalities. Some can be a bit dull. Hydrocarbons for instance are plodding,
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The Benefits of Olive Oil on the Skin
There is a big movement towards natural products across the board, and certainly in the personal care market nearly everyone is going natural.
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