Recent Posts Tagged With 'chemicals'

• Um, What?! Wednesday: PPG Stearyl Ether

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 12:12 in cosmetics, lubricant, chemicals, emollient, moisturizer, propylene glycol, ppg-11, ppg-15, polypropylene glycol stearyl ether, polypropylene glycol butyl ether, stearyl alcohol

  Polypropylene glycol stearyl ether is mainly found in 'moisturizing' personal care products. It is written as PPG-11 or PPG-15 stearyl ether in the ingredients lists. This ingredient is made by the reaction between propylene oxide and stearyl alcoh...

• Um, What?! Wednesday

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 10:44 in Chemistry, skin care, cosmetics, hair care, chemicals

  This is the very first Um, What?! Wednesday! Every Wednesday I'm going to break down one ingredient commonly found in personal care products; giving you the good, the bad and the ugly. Today its all about EDTA, my absolute favorite chemical (don't a...

• What "Green" Really Means...

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 18:16 in science, Chemistry, environment, cosmetics, eco, green, chemicals

  I stumbled upon an article in an issue of Cosmetiscope-- a journal for cosmetic scientists-- detailing what 'green' means in the cosmetic industry. What I once thought to be no more than an eco-fad has quickly become quite important to a great major...