Testing

‘The value of validating claims’: New innovations in skin testing will help enhance claim support

14-Nov-2022 By Amanda Lim

The latest innovations skin testing such as multiphoton tomography and fluorescence-lifetime imaging will help to enhance cosmetic claim support, says one cosmetics expert.

Review

Alternatives to animal testing developing, focus on cruelty-free may be holding back

31-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Animal testing was the 20th-century answer to product safety issues, and as the 21st-century cosmetics industry turns away from it some replacements are still up in the air.

Microextraction advances offer ‘eco-friendly’ promise for cosmetics testing: Review

18-Aug-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Microextraction techniques continue to advance fast, offering promise for faster and more selective cosmetics testing, but more importantly a greener process, finds a review.

More plankton, more components: improving marine toxicity testing of sunscreens - Study

08-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

To accurately test marine toxicity of sunscreens, tests should become more thorough biologically and in what’s being tested, according to a new study.

Q&A

Lack of final product safety testing likely drove aerosol product recalls in 2021

26-Jan-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Last year saw a rash of personal care product recalls. CosmeticsDesign discussed the connection between the recalls and what to learn from them with Harpreet Sareen, Manager, Quality and Regulatory Consulting at Eurofins.

IWGACP recommends more comprehensive asbestos testing in cosmetic talc

18-Jan-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

The Interagency Working Group on Asbestos in Consumer Products said multiple types of testing should be used to catch as much of the contaminant in talc as possible.

Clinical testing techniques haven’t kept up with skin color inclusion, says expert

14-Dec-2021 By Ravyn Cullor

Skin care brands are increasingly interested in including all skin colors in their clinical testing, but testing methods don’t yet account for differences in aging symptoms.

Tissue engineering can help test on dark skin types in lab: Study

28-Oct-2021 By Ravyn Cullor

Observations indicate that different skin ethnicities experience aging differently, and using tissue engineering a French research team set out to show the value of vitro studies in research on dark skin types.

Burning issue: How the COVID-19 pandemic is putting pressure on sunscreen testing processes

12-Apr-2021 By Amanda Lim

COVID-related delays and demand for planet-safe products are among the challenges that sunscreen makers will have to tackle in terms of testing in 2021.

Stephens and Associates acquired by SGS

28-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The contract research and testing lab venture, based in the Southwestern US, is now part of the multinational inspection, verification, testing, and certification company SGS.