Cosmetic products for sensitive skin: challenges and opportunities
Sensitive skin is a term generally used to describe skin with reduced tolerance to the application of cosmetics, temperature changes, pollutants, physical and chemical factors. In surveys, approximately 50% of…
From paper to screen: The major push towards more sustainable and efficient cosmetic trials
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has spearheaded the uptake of digital alternatives to traditional practices in the world of clinical trials. Previously understood as a typically conservative industry hesitant to move…
To regulate or not to regulate, that is the question!
Current regulations involving cosmetic products in Australia are mostly concentrating on two aspects: product safety and fair business practices. With respect to safety, the Australian Government assesses the risks associated…
Longer lashes: truth or hype?
There has been a trend in the last few years in the cosmetic industry that definitely doesn’t go unnoticed and it is involving eyelashes. There are a multitude of products…
Caring for your skin through extreme weather and a third La Niña
It is well documented that over the last 50 years we have witnessed almost double the rate of global surface warming compared to the 100 years prior. Depending on the…
Substantial changes in cosmetic trials due to the Pandemic
The last two years of the Pandemic have greatly changed both our personal habits and working practices. A heightened sense of social distancing, a focus on hygiene, working from home,…
Do you have enough data?
Since the increasingly higher use of the internet in the late 90s, people have had access to a variety of resources and information, allowing them to learn about anything and…
The result of a cosmetic trial: Do I get a certificate or something?
Research service providers specialised in skin care products’ trials are commonly approached when cosmetic companies need to test their cosmetic products. Trials are in vivo studies, meaning they involve human…
Placebo Heroes
When testing a new cosmetic product or treatment, one sets out to confirm its effects are actually due to the treatment and not to chance or other factors. The most…