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Water in cosmetics
World Water Day will be celebrated on March 22, 2025. Essential for nature, essential for humans, water is also essential for the cosmetics industry. Estelle Dehier, from Labosphère, has therefore chosen to celebrate it too.
“Cosmetics” for animals
Is it a misnomer to talk about “cosmetics” for animals? Estelle Dehier, from Labosphère, sheds light on the regulations governing hygiene and care products for our four-legged friends. How can we separate fact from fiction in what we read on websites, blogs, etc.?
Dupes: when consumers are misled!
In recent years, we have seen a tidal wave of foreign sales platforms such as Wish, Ali Express, Temu, and Shein offering items in all categories at unbeatable prices. All industrial sectors are affected, including cosmetics. Analysis by Estelle Dehier of Labosphère.
Artificial intelligence for cosmetic safety assessment
In a context of increasing computerisation of scientific and regulatory practices, artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually establishing itself as a promising tool for assessing the safety of cosmetic products. But how far can it go without compromising the rigour and responsibilities of stakeholders?
Inside the depths of a cosmetic product's development
One of the questions regularly asked of a service provider before developing a cosmetic product is: how long will it take? Often, customers (who are not formulators, it should be noted) think that it is “easy,” that all you have to do is add a little bit of xxx to a prototype formula, a recipe they have come up with themselves, etc. But it’s not that simple! Estelle Dehier, from Labosphère, breaks...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
The "Non-functional Slack Fill" phenomenon in the cosmetics industry
The phenomenon is not new, and even if it is not particularly ethical, it is also seen in cosmetics. Non-functional Slack Fill, which refers to this n...
Monday, January 20, 2020
Risk assessment of poly- and perfluoroalkylated substances in cosmetic products
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as fluoroalkyl, are an important group of substances used in a wide range of cosmetic products....
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The importance of monitoring the photodegradation of cosmetic active ingredients
The cosmetic product as a mixture or the active principle of a cosmetic can be easily modified in their compositions under the influence of environmen...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Focus on cannabis in cosmetics
“Everything is poison, nothing is poison, it is the dose that makes the poison”, according to the famous formula of Paracelsus (1537). Does it apply t...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Microbiome and metagenomics: the link with products for the skin
The marketing of cosmetic products requires mastery of their regulation, but also a good knowledge of disciplines as varied as biology, physiology, ga...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
More beautiful skin: a reflection on placebo effects and efficacy studies in cosmetics
This mood note was inspired by listening, a little distracted at first, then more attentively and even repetitively in a later stage, to a program of ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Preserving the preservatives?
In a recent information, we are told that the cosmetic preservative market is expected to grow exponentially to US$1.4 billion by 2024, despite the hi...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
The tyranny of convenience or the sheep victory
After a few periods of ill humour due to practices I do not really support, because they are associated with insidiously tyrannical approaches, like t...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The best of the beauty worlds!
In 1932, Aldous Huxley tried to imagine what the future beauty world would be like. He said that this world should be perfumed and that cellulite woul...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
AI: not easy to make sense of it, and yet!
I am sure regular readers of our mood notes were not surprised by the recent news about the notion of Artificial Intelligence (AI). For those that do ...
Monday, April 2, 2018
Cosmetics and Epigenetics: deciphering the genetic dream, between regulations and marketing
Cosmetics formulation requires being familiar with regulations, but also with most diverse disciplines including Biology, Physiology, Galenics, Toxico...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Mamamouchi nail varnish!
I recently discussed a much talked-about subject, ‘new varnish’, with one of the people we spent some of our time with working on nail varnish. Specia...
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