The Cosmetics Testing News

Kao Corp. reports that a novel technique using artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor skin surface lipids (SSL) and their ribonucleic acid…

Antibact­erials and hand sanitizers have never before gained the public’s attention or demand as much as they have in the face…

BASF has developed a systematic approach to test standard cosmetic formulations for their anti-pollution efficacy. Related: [podcast] Anti-pollution, Genomics, Personal­ization and More in Hair Research…

Toxicology in Vitro will publish a study in December 2020 elucidating the partition and diffusion coefficients of some 50 compounds in intact skin and isolated…

In the interest of self-preservation, by now, most consumers have washed, sanitized and stripped their skin to squeaky clean to…

According to a report by Fortune Business Insights, the rising incidence of hair problems in urban areas, e.g., pollution and extreme changes in weather, is…

The ALT-SPF consortium, initiated by DSM Nutritional Products AG and Sun Protection Facilitator GmbH, aims to evaluate, characterize and compare alternative test…

‘Reef-safe’ or ‘reef-friendly’ claims have appeared on the labels of many new sunscreen products. This is due to concerns over organic UV…

Correlations between lip balm occlusivity and lip texture improvement were verified in work published by Kao Corp. earlier this year….

Beyond self-reports of sensitive skin syndrome and related compromised skin conditions, the underlying factors of this affliction have been largely unknown—until now….

On June 29, 2020, the updated cosmetic legislation, ‘Cosmetic Supervision and Administ­ration Regulation (CSAR),’ was officially published by the Chinese…

Individual hair fibers come in a variety of sizes, shapes and colors that collectively create the fundamental properties of a…

Sunscreens have improved immensely in the past 40 years thanks to advances in formulation and a deeper understanding of sunlight…

In the past, psychology has generally been dismissed as too soft a science to be seriously integrated with cosmetic chemistry—much…

Researchers from the University of New York-Binghamton have published on the ability to generate electricity from bacteria that feed on…

“The [PCPC] and our member companies support AB 2762 and thank Assembly Members Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) and…

Validating Alternative SPF Test Methods Two years ago, the current authors published the article, “SPF Assessment Revisited—Status and Outlook.”The present…

Testing Tactics in Hair: Consumer Perception Before Formulation The hair care industry has changed more over the past decade than…

The topic of the human virome is new, difficult and somewhat dangerous. In this moment, the scientific community around the…

While fibroblasts are collectively known to produce collagen and other proteins in skin and connective tissues, new data points to functional variances…