Current and Evolving Practices in the Quality Control of Cosmetics

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: accelerated ageing; active compounds; assay; botanicals; Chemistry; collagen type I; colorants; cosmeceutics; cosmetic product safety; cosmetics; creams; critical wavelength; dermal absorption; direct to consumer; endocrine disruptors; functional cosmetics; genotoxicity; HPLC–UV; labelling; Mathematics and Science; minimally disruptive formulas; n/a; non-animal-testing methodologies; non-melanoma skin cancers; permanent makeup; photoaging; Physical chemistry; pigments; PMU; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; refractive index; Research and information: general; retail model; retinoids; safety; sensory testing; shelf life; skin hydration; skin irritation; skin sensitization; solar elastosis; solar radiation; stability protocol; stability testing; tattoos; tocopherol; toxicology; TTC; turbidity; ubiquinone; β carotene

Cosmetic products undergo nowadays rigorous Quality Control testing to ensure that they are safe and stable and that their claims are substantiated by scientifically robust data. Quality Control tests used in the pharmaceutical industry can be applicable also for cosmetic formulations. However, clai...