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Cosmetics & Toiletries Color Formulary

The following color formulas, including a two-in-one eye liner and shadow, and lip dust, are offered as a basis from which to build and create your own. Readers should note in some cases, companies or ingredients may have changed. Read on for more.

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Lipstick Lowdown: How Pigment Dispersions Change Sensory Traits

Pigment dispersions play a key role in cosmetic lip products from both a functional and sensorial perspective. This article explores various carrier oils in pigment dispersions and investigates their behavioral traits, overall impact and influence on the final texture of a lipstick.

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Expert Opinions: Color Pause*

Featuring insights on cruelty-free, inclusivity, sustainable, renewable and more, this month's collection of "Expert Opinions" is all about the pause on color cosmetics. Click through to the digital magazine for the complete article.

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Coloring Outside Traditional Makeup Lines

From ethical treatment and sourcing, to dramatic and lasting effects, color cosmetics have adopted some strategies of their product-sector counterparts—with a flair only they can achieve. Following are some examples from in-cosmetics Global.

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Zooming in on HD Cosmetics: Soft-focus Effects

High definition images capture minute details on the face, thus allowing imperfections to be more noticeable. Several formulating techniques and ingredients exist to create cosmetics that impart a “soft focus” effect.

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The Depths of Hair Dyes: Understanding Users, Formulating Answers

The present article touches on misconceptions about ammonia- versus monoethanolamine-based hair dyes. It also analyzes the facts about these ingredients to arm formulators with both the consumer perspective and scientific rationale for ingredient choices.

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FDA Weighs in on Holographic Cosmetics

Holographic, iridescent and other special effect color additives have been allowed to shine in recent consumer trends. Click through for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's take on how these additives are regulated.

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Cosmetics & Toiletries Formulary: Face Care

Technavio reports the face care market will register a modest CAGR of 4% between 2016 and 2020. However, multifunctional solutions, especially in color cosmetic formats, will raise the stakes in the game. As such, here we present our latest face care formulas for your consideration and adaption; perhaps to up the ante.

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Leveling Up: Passion Fruit Drives Color Cosmetics Into New Dimensions

Passion fruit seed extract is shown to exhibit antioxidant, skin whitening and sun protection capabilities in color cosmetics. This novel, natural and sustainable source for cosmetic actives demonstrates a near totality of claims for formulators and marketers.

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Shin-Etsu Silicones Introduces Multi-Dimensional TSPL-30-ID Film Former

Shin-Etsu Silicones has recently developed its new, multi-functional TSPL-30-IDsiliconized pullulan film former in isododecane. The patented TSPL-30-ID product offers simultaneous properties engineered to achieve anti-transfer benefits for long wear lip applications, comfort and a non-tacky feel without compromising the adhesion properties.

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Cosmetics & Toiletries Formulary: Foundation and Color

Autumn is around the corner for at least half of our readers, bringing with it dramatic color-change across the landscape. For others entering spring, the refreshed earth is awakening with color. In both cases, a color formulary seems appropriate; so we've included one here.

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In the Mind's Eye: Color Science to Expand the Multicultural Palette

In recent years, the demand for multicultural cosmetics has grown, putting pressure on formulators to extend the shade range of product offerings. The present article reviews the basics of color science, pigments and formulation concepts to support developers for this segment.

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A Century of Cosmetic Regulation [Timeline]

The modern FDA began to take shape after color additive misuse came to light in The Jungle. Personal care regulation has come a long way in the century that followed—Click through to learn more.

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Read the Label: Nude Wear Touch of Glow Foundation

Physician's Formula Nude Wear Touch of Glow Foundation is a weightless fluid foundation that claims to provide skin with an illuminating veil of radiance. This column will review the ingredient listing for claims substantiation and functionality.

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Make the Color Connection: The Art and Science of Shade-matching with Pigments

Conveying the right color and imagery can fulfill consumer desires for a given persona. Making this color connection is up to not only consumers, but also product developers. This article describes tips and tricks to ensure shade-matching success.

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Patent Pick: Compact Powders Ready for Impact

Cosmetic powders are pressing contradiction: one benefit can be optimized but at the expense of another. That's where LVMH inventors come in, with a new formula to survive its own impact on the marketplace.

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Soft-focus for the Selfie-obsessed: Eye Tracking to Improve Color Formula Development

In cosmetics, soft focus refers to the blurring of light to immediately correct the appearance of wrinkles and skin imperfections. This parameter can be affected by the refractive index of the emollients used, as well as formula volatility and the dispersion of fillers. The use of eye tracking, described here, can help the formulator quickly select the best-performing formulas.

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Patent Pick: Vanishing Act to Heal Scars and Wrinkles

Has your teen ever tried to put concealer over his/her zit cream? Or a raw wound? This inventor, from Beauty Blend, has a new trick to make unsightly wrinkles and scars heal as they disappear.

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