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Dec 28, 2011 - Palm Oil - Production Overview by Amanda Foxon-Hill
As a cosmetics industry we want natural but for many, palm just doesn’t cut it. We take a look at the production of palm oil and the work of the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil to see if this... (1 Member Reaction)
May 19, 2010 - When skin deep is not enough by Amanda Foxon-Hill
We all know that cosmetics can only affect the look of the skin but that doesn’t stop us from trying to enhance what’s outside by boosting what lies beneath. We take a look at how good cosmetic...
Sep 11, 2007 - Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: Fact or Fantasy? by Lori Stryker, B.Sc., B.H.Ec., B.Ed.
1. Symptoms repeat themselves and are similar with repeated exposures. 2. The condition is chronic. 3. Low levels of exposure trigger symptoms, which worsen ove r time 4. Symptoms can be reduced...
Aug 23, 2007 - Makeup Color Matching by Cell Phone by Nick Morante
I found another little neat article on the Internet. I wasn't really surprised at what it contained but I'm sure that our SpecialChem readers would be very intrigued at what it has to say....
Dec 20, 2006 - Blue-sky thinking on cosmeceuticals by Imogen Matthews
Imogen Matthews Johnson & Johnson-owned skincare company RoC has brought out a future-gazing report to predict where the anti-ageing industry will be in 10 years time. Some of its predictions move...
Nov 23, 2006 - Micro-Dermabrasion - NEW state of the art technology from Depilatoire by SpecialChem
Diamond Oxy Fusion is a Natural anti-aging oxygen therapy and an exciting new transdermal oxygen delivery system to reverse the signs of aging. By the age of 30 skin has already lost over 25% of the...
Nov 17, 2006 - Basic Rheology by Nick Morante
For many of us, rheology is the science that deals with the characteristics of flow. For some of us it is a word that is difficult to say and spell. To describe rheology as simple as possible, it is...
Nov 6, 2006 - Process optimisation for making stable emulsions using accelerated dispersion analysis by multisample analytical centrifugation by S. Küchler, C. Schneider, Prof. D. Lerche & Dr T. Sobisch
This technique allows the separation process to be measured rapidly and thus gives the user a fast and accurate means of evaluating emulsion dispersion stabilities1. The LUMiFuge stability analyser...
Sep 13, 2006 - Emerging Technologies and the Future of Cosmetic Science by Randy Schueller and Perry Romanowski
As regular readers of our columns know, we usually look to the past to provide historical background on the basics of cosmetic science. But this article is different; it looks forward to what cosmetic...
Sep 12, 2006 - Enabling Advanced Emulsions in Microchannel Architecture by L. Silva, A.L. Tonkovich, D. Qiu, P. Neagle, K. Pagnatto, S. Perry, and R. Lochhead
Laminar flow emulsification is possible with microchannel processing. Microchannel processing for chemical process intensification has seen significant worldwide development over the last decade.9...
Aug 3, 2006 - Quality Specifications? . . . Not really! by Mort Westman
There were no indignant calls from Marketing or Sales. No finger pointing among QA, R&D, Operations and Purchasing. Wal-Mart's biggest order of the decade was not shipped because the batch of body...
Apr 26, 2006 - A Surge in Demand for Testing Services by Tom Branna - Editorial Director
Two trends-high demand for new products and an older population base-are creating a greater need for the services of product testing companies. Whether a marketer is rolling out a new hairspray,...
Mar 30, 2006 - Trends in cosmeceuticals by Alexandra Johnson
Cosmeceuticals is a term that has been used in skincare for some years to describe products containing ingredients capable of producing a visible change to the skin. Technology has moved on in leaps...
Mar 29, 2006 - DNA in Chinese skin rapidly repaired by Yoelle Guiserix
At the LVMH laboratories near Orléans, France, researchers examined and analyzed the skin of Asians from various countries - Korea, China, Japan and the Philippines - and thus highlighted their...
Mar 27, 2006 - Biotechnology and cosmetics: a green combination by AMP
Science in the service of beauty: biotechnologists have been working with the cosmetics industry for a good 40 years. and this collaboration is not about to stop, given new regulations and constant...
Dec 28, 2005 - Skin Care Delivery Systems by Vispi Kanga
The U.S. market for drug delivery technologies is expected to increase from $19 billion in 2000 to more than $41 billion by 2007.1 Technological advances utilizing drug discovery approaches such as...

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