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Mar 17, 2010- Color Trends for Spring / Summer 2010 by Nick Morante
The spring / summer color trends according to Pantone Corporation will involve what I see as mainly primary colors that can be blended easily to...
Nov 25, 2009- Tattoos and Permanent Makeup by Nick Morante
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerts the general public (as they do with many problems associated with foods, drugs and...
Oct 24, 2007- Summer 2008 Color Trends by Nick Morante
As fast as fall and winter come and go so does the next year's summer color stories. Summer 2008 is certainly no different. Summer 2008 describes an...
Jul 31, 2007- Trends - Anti-Aging Therapies by Nick Morante
Anti-aging has been a major source of concern in the lives of beautiful women throughout history. A youthful appearance at any age will reflect and...
Feb 5, 2007- Understanding Color - Part 13 by Nick Morante
This is the continuation of formulation/correction using instrumentation. I knew you couldn’t wait for this one. When building different types of...
Jan 29, 2007- Understanding Color - Part 12 by Nick Morante
As promised, this article will tell you a little bit about building colorant files to use for the formulation and correction of color cosmetic...
Jan 22, 2007- Understanding Color - Part 11 by Nick Morante
This is a continuation of the previous section. Here we will describe the specific measurement conditions for each common color cosmetic product type...
Jan 15, 2007- Understanding Color - Part 10 by Nick Morante
Let's talk a little more about measuring color using instrumentation. In past articles we have explained the different types of geometries available...
Jan 8, 2007- Understanding Color - Part 9 by Nick Morante
I like to call this section "COLOR – Beyond Cosmetics". Every day I keep telling people that color usage in the cosmetics business is only a very...
Jan 1, 2007- Understanding Color - Part 8 by Nick Morante
As we have been saying all along, sight and the evaluation of color is one of the 5 senses. We will now discuss exactly how we see and interpret...
Dec 25, 2006- Understanding Color - Part 7 by Nick Morante
The next set of ideas comes from some work I did when was in the Physical Chemistry Department at my old job some years ago...
Dec 18, 2006- Understanding Color - Part 6 by Nick Morante
As we move forward in this series, we will next discuss an area that most people still have some trouble with. That is when to use our eyes and when...
Dec 11, 2006- Understanding Color - Part 5 by Nick Morante
In this segment, we will discuss some of the various methods by which different color cosmetics can be measured and evaluated. Color cosmetics come in...
Dec 4, 2006- Understanding Color - Part 4 by Nick Morante
In this segment, we will discuss the specific uses of spectrophotometers. Essentially, they are used as laboratory tools: as a tool to perform quality...
Nov 27, 2006- Understanding Color - Part 3 by Nick Morante
Color Space. No, it is not something out of Star Trek. Although to some people it may just be the last frontier. Color can be defined electronically...
Nov 14, 2006- Understanding Color - Part 2 by Nick Morante
In this second article in the understanding color series, we will see the differences in visible light spectrophotometers as well as the advantages...
Nov 2, 2006- Understanding Color - Part 1 by Nick Morante
This is the first in a series of editorials that will be devoted to the understanding of color and how we can measure color using various forms of...
Oct 25, 2006- Pearls and Effect Pigments by Nick Morante
Pearl and effect pigments are possibly the only area of color and decorative cosmetics in which new innovations can show a point of difference with...
Mar 29, 2006- Optical and color effects in skin cosmetic products by Patricia Lemann
The function of all skin cosmetic products is to improve the inherent beauty of the skin, hiding all defaults, such as wrinkles, fine lines,...

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