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Feb 15, 2007 | Article
How far in advance can the cosmetics and personal care market predict trends for the forthcoming fashion seasons? The initial rollouts are based on the fashion shows in London, Paris and Milan...
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Feb 9, 2007 | Article
Two brand new laws will be affecting our industry (as well as others) and the consumer. California's Proposition 65, the original anti-cancer law, has been around for a while. Now California has two...
Feb 8, 2007 | Article
By Nick Morante
Mascara is probably the most difficult product in the color and decorative cosmetics category to formulate. It is difficult in that there are multiple facets of the product that must come together...
Feb 2, 2007 | Article
Powders are sometimes the messiest of the color cosmetic products that formulators have to work with. They are dry particulates that are designed to cover the skin with color and effect as well as...
Jan 30, 2007 | Article
Color Matching can definitely be considered an art but it should also be considered a science. It is an art because there are only a few gifted number of people who have mastered color matching and...
Jan 29, 2007 | Article
As promised, this article will tell you a little bit about building colorant files to use for the formulation and correction of color cosmetic products using instrumentation...
Jan 26, 2007 | Article
As well as seeing the FDA send out warning letters to potential violators of the US cosmetics laws and regulations, cosmetics and personal care companies do at times request product recalls when...
Jan 25, 2007 | Article
Depending on who you speak to, lipsticks can either be simple to formulate or very complicated. In my opinion they are a little of both. Simple because it is one phase made up of waxes oils and...
Jan 22, 2007 | Article
This is a continuation of the previous section. Here we will describe the specific measurement conditions for each common color cosmetic product type and the method by which color difference can be...
Jan 19, 2007 | Article
So you still can't find oil soluble active ingredients to put into a lipstick? That's a shame. I find it hard to believe, but who am I to call anyone a liar? So let me try and help a little by using...