Cosmetic Chemistry - 2

Which plant oils are camedogenic and promote a break-out and which oils are non-comedogenic?

As a skin care formulator, you need to know whether there is any scientific backup behind the comedogenic scale of plant oils.

Shall we dose CO2 extracts like an oil, an extract or an essential oil? What are safety and legal limits for their application and how shall we blend them?...

To answer some of your questions about using natural gums in emulsions and as a part of our big R&D project, we compared 5 different gums in a simple O/W emulsions. Here are the results...

You certainly have heard about pre- and probiotics here and there and are aware that microbiome related skincare is one of the hottest topics in skin care and dermatology at the moment. What you probably have not heard about is the "post-biotic" skin care....

Almost for years ago we published a series of blog posts about natural gums and compared some of the most common gums in a gel, in an emulsion and in a scrub. This year, we are working on a big R&D gum project and we're testing some of the familiar and a few unfamiliar gums to understand their properties, differences, strengths and limitations.