Cosmetic Formulation: A Detailed Guide To Product Development
We are regularly getting questions like, how do I formulate and where can we get a formulation that works ? It's worth noting that, apart from on-line pharmacopoeias such as…
Technical Articles
Preservative Efficacy Testing (PET)
Antimicrobial preservatives are substances added to products to protect them from microbiological growth or from microorganisms that are introduced inadvertently during or subsequent to the manufacturing process. In the case…
Colours for Soap and Cosmetics
Colours for Soap and Cosmetics Colours used in Cold Process (CP) Soap, Melt and Pour or bath products (such as fizzy bombs, shampoos, conditioners) and hand-made cosmetics is important as…
Saponification
For the process of saponification to occur, all the ingredients must be in liquid form (this includes all of the oils, fats and the alkali). For this reason, we use…
HEMP SEED OIL
Hemp Seed Oil, What is it and What is it Used for? Hemp Seed Oil is a Cannabis derivatives that is amongst the most controversial and talked about ingredients in…
How to design a cosmetic label
Things to consider when designing a label. What you can and cannot write. Once you have sorted out the packaging for that exclusive skin care range, you need to consider…
