The microbiome research has been expanded over the last decade with extensive research published in many fields – including dermatology, oncology, neurology – where some light has being shed on how the microbiome could be beneficial for our health rather …
The facts you need to know: new FDA proposed Sunscreen Regulation
Sunscreen Innovation Act
The Sunscreen Innovation Act sponsored by Jack Reed was introduced to the Senate Committee Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on March 13, 2014. It amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a process for …
Clinical Study Dos and Don’ts: Designing Safety & Claim Support Studies
Clinical Study Dos and Don’ts: Designing Safety & Claim Support Studies
Nothing makes an R&D director happier than providing a validated sound scientific dossier to his/her marketing team on a technology or formulation that has gone through months, if not …
Sunscreen Monograph Proposed New Rules and its Impact on Formulations-Part II
In my recent blog published in August, changes to the current sunscreen tentative monograph were proposed. These changes are probably the most drastic changes to the sunscreen monograph since its inception. In this section, I would like to tackle two …
Natural and Clean Cosmetics – The Science Behind the Ingredients
In recent years we have seen in the cosmetic market an increase of simplified products with fewer ingredients.
The marketing message of these products is often linked to the ingredients sourcing, functionality, and safety (including the absence of the so …
Phyto Complexes
As the quest for natural ingredients is growing, the interest in phyto-cosmetics is raising. Phyto in Greek means plant and phyto-cosmetics are products based on natural plant extracts or containing predominantly ingredients derived from plants such as polyphenols, vitamins, etc. …
Sunscreen Monograph Proposed New Rules and its Impact on Formulations
Introduction
In February of 2019, the FDA stunned the cosmetics industry one more time by publishing proposed rules for sunscreens in the Federal Register. As indicated by its name, these are only proposed rules but historically companies have implemented proposed …
Development of Color Products – From William Perkin to Urban Decay
Russian Red. 999. Ruby Woo. Pioneer. Androgyny. No. 1.
What do these words call to mind?
Beauty product enthusiasts the world over will recognize these iconic shade names currently inhabiting their purse. (The author tips her hat to the …
Protection from Artificial Visible Light (and not just Blue Light)
One of the most relevant cosmetic-industry trends in recent years – “blue light protection” – is also one of the most widely misunderstood; this article will help dispel some of the mysteries surrounding the concept of skin damage from exposure …
Basis for and Clinical Importance of Stratum Corneum Acidification
While long suspected to be an important regulator of cutaneous antimicrobial defense, the ‘acid mantle’ of the stratum corneum is also a critical regulator of three additional, critical functions – permeability barrier homeostasis, integrity/cohesion (desquamation), and restriction of pro-inflammatory cytokine …