Fashions come and go in the cosmetics and personal care world, and everyone is keen to be on the latest trend as soon as possible. …
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Flawless Beauty, LLC Issues Voluntary Recall of Unapproved Drugs
What is the difference between a drug and a Cosmetic? The simple answer is it depends on the claims you make for it. So if …
What Do All These Labels Mean?
We now live in a world where information is freely available in quantities much greater than we can possibly need. But information is not knowledge. …
Is There Asbestos In Claire’s Accessories?
People often assume that I spend most of my time in the lab formulating products. If only! There are people who can manage to do …
Sweet Almond Oil
Sweet almond oil is a viscous oil with a yellowy colour. Cosmetic scientists like it because it gives a rich lubricious feel to cream …
PEG-75 Lanolin
Here’s an ingredient with a mixed pedigree. Lanolin is a pure and rather lovely natural ingredient derived from wool. PEG-75 Lanolin is lanolin that has …
Hinoki Oil – A Natural Cosmeceutical
One of the good things about the job I do is that I come across interesting stuff all the time. For example Hinoki Oil, which is …
Silver Citrate
I don’t think that animal testing works the way some people commentating on the internet appear to think it works. This was brought home to …
Citrus Fruit Extract
I have just got off the phone from discussing a citrus fruit extract I have commissioned. I have been disparaging in the past about what …
The Palm Tree – The Cosmetic Industry’s Base
Some things I write about seem quite important to me but somehow don’t really resonate with the people who read my blog. For example I …