Cosmetics and Toiletries articles from April 1997

Cosmetics and Toiletries archives from April 1997

EU delays announcement on animal testing ban. (European Union)
April 1, 1997... The European Commission's (EC) deadline to announce if it will, indeed, put into effect a January 1, 1998, ban on the manufacture or sale of cosmetics containing ingredients tested on animals passed in January without a resolution. The ban was...

Regulatory review. (cosmetics)(Column)
April 1, 1997... What is a Cosmetic? When I looked up the word "cosmetic" in one dictionary, I found this definition: "a preparation intended to beautify the hair or skin."[5] Clearly, our lives as cosmetic chemists would be far simpler if this was the...

Notes from Europe. (environmental regulations affecting the European cosmetic industry)(Column)
April 1, 1997... On my way to the airport in Brussels recently, after having attended the annual Information Day hosted by COLIPA,(a) I sat anxiously in a huge traffic jam hoping to catch my plane in time. Each vehicle surrounding me appeared to contain only...

Bridging the Americas. (Cosmeticos Nuevos Third International Conference and Exhibition, Miami, FL)
April 1, 1997... Cosmeticos Nuevos Third International Conference and Exhibition January 29-31, 1997, Miami, Florida Cosmeticos Nuevos, an exhibition and conference for the cosmetic industry, was held in Miami, FL, and was a success for many visitors from...

African plants: skin- and hair-care materials from bark, leaves, oils and roots. (includes related article on the medicinal uses of the mango tree)
April 1, 1997... In my last article (January 1997), I surveyed some of the aromatic African plants used in the cosmetic and toiletry industry. In this paper, I am examining several of the emollient oils and aqueous extracts in the skin and hair treatments. Some...

Absorption of tocopherol into and through human skin.
April 1, 1997... A cosmeceutical study based on individual response Vitamin E, [Alpha]-tocopherol, is a fat-soluble vitamin. A lipid constituent of the cell membrane, it is an important antioxidant, and some believe that vitamin E donates reducing equivalents...

Patch testing bronopol: defining the optimal conditions for getting accurate readings on the allergenicity of bronopol.
April 1, 1997... The interpretation of patch-test responses is not always straight forward. For some chemicals - those with low irritant potential - a positive patch-test response will normally signify latent, past or present sensitivity. However, for many...

A new polymeric emulsifier.
April 1, 1997... An ABA block copolymer surfactant helps make stable water-in-oil emulsions and water-in-oil-in-water multiple emulsions This article discusses an ABA block copolymer of polyhydroxystearic acid (PHS) and polyethylene oxide (PEO), giving the...