The Formulation Guide to High Oil Phase Emulsions and Cleansing Balms

Over my 15 years of consulting for global cosmetic brands, I have found that formulating an elegant, stable product becomes

How to Use a Cetearyl Glucoside Emulsifier in a Hot-Process Cream

Over my 15 years in cosmetic R&D and troubleshooting emulsion scale-up at plants around the world, I’ve seen countless brands

Over my 10+ years of hands-on experience in cosmetic R&D, I have watched Clean Beauty shift from a niche marketing

In the complex supply chain of personal care raw materials, procurement managers and R&D engineers frequently find themselves battling information

You replace an emollient to improve a lotion’s after-feel. The new batch looks good, the viscosity is on target, and

A useful preservative screen should leave you with a cleanser that passes its microbiological evaluation and still pours, foams and

The toner is transparent until the preservative goes in. A pale swirl appears, the stirrer runs a little longer, and

Two lotion samples can look identical on Monday and give you quite different reasons to worry by Friday. One might

Imagine that your lotion prototype needs another round of preservative trials. You want to change the ethylhexylglycerin level while keeping

Your formula sheet may list a phenoxyethanol ingredient, a preservative blend and a liquid extract that already contains preservative. Counting