Emulsifiers enable seamless blending of oil and water phases into stable, luxurious products. Choosing the right emulsifier is crucial. It not only impacts texture and viscosity but also overall product performance. Learn how to select and evaluate the right emulsifier for cosmetics based on physical form, origin, HLB value, emulsion type, ionic nature, & chemical composition.

Cosmetic products require preservation against microbial contamination to guarantee consumer’s safety and to increase their shelf-life. Preservatives are essential ingredients that help preserve the integrity and stability of cosmetic products that can be damaged by microorganisms. While there is a wide variety of preservatives available, either synthetic or natural, choosing the right one for your cosmetic formulation could be a task. Explore what are the different types of preservatives, their features and get tips for making the right selection for your formulation.

Sun plays a major role in skin aging. Many daily-use cosmetic products consist of UV protection ingredients as consumers have become more aware. Today’s sun care formulator must achieve high SPF and challenging UVA protection standards, while also making products elegant enough to encourage consumer compliance, and cost-effective enough to be affordable in difficult economic times. Among a number of UV filters available in the market today, are you struggling to find the right product for your sun care formulation? Understand in detail here, different UV filter chemistries and factors that improve the product’s performance. Find out attributes to consider while selecting...

The scope of anti aging ingredients has widened; no one wants to look old when the cosmetics and personal care industry has offered several advanced solutions for the aging skin. Read on to understand the main challenges associated while formulating anti-aging formulations and choose the best anti-aging ingredients as well as other much needed ingredients & their performance characteristics while developing anti-aging formulations.

Exfoliating agents are gritty solids which provide sensory signals of cleansing when rubbed into the skin. The process of exfoliation eliminates the old cells and let the new ones emerge for skin renewal. Furthermore, they are used to combat aging signs and to reduce dullness of the skin, and hence, are becoming increasingly popular among consumers. But, how does exfoliation happen? What are the different types of exfoliating agents available today? And, what you should consider while formulating with exfoliating particles? Get answers to all your questions here!