Cosmeceuticals are the latest addition to the health industry and are described as cosmetic products with drug-like benefits. Сosmeceuticals have come a long way in recent years to become one of the fastest growing cosmetic options. Thousands of ingredients, tens of distinct claims, that is the wide open playing field of cosmetic product development and…
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Nanocosmetics and Henry Ford or Back in the future
The aim of this article is to try visually to familiarize a reader with some sphere of the nanoscience and nanotechnology. The field of nanoscience is occurred at the intersection of traditional science and technology, quantum mechanics, and the most fundamental processes of life itself. Nanotechnology describes how we use our knowledge of nanoscience to…
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Silver-containing preparation: analysis of advantages and disadvantages
Increasingly, the Russian market has seen products containing silver. There was knowledge about silver beneficial properties for many centuries ago. It was used for disinfection, sterilization of food and water, as well as for medicinal purposes. To date, we have scientific evidence that silver directly affects bacteria, inhibiting their growth. Therefore it is absolutely justified…
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Surfactants Which Looks as Green and Natural
Eco-friendly (‘green’) and mild surfactants derived essentially from vegetable raw materials are briefly reviewed. Demand for these surfactants is stirred up by a fast-growing market of natural and organic products, especially from the personal care market. Some recent developments in the field of green and natural surfactants from oleochemicals, lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and other raw…
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A touchless car wash
A touchless car wash uses high water pressure to clean the vehicle instead of brushes, minimizing the chance of surface damage to the vehicle. There are five primary factors to cleaning a vehicle successfully using a touchless system. These five factors are water quality, water temperature, chemistry, time, and water pressure generated by the equipment.…
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The market of natural cosmetics in Russia and Europe: look of the expert
More and more consumers worry about possibly dangerous ingredients in their daily cosmetics. That is why the international natural cosmetics market has been booming for several years. This has a growing impact on the conventional cosmetics industry. The market is changing because ”green” products become more and more successful.
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Hair coloring – technology, color harmony and identity
Over the last years an interest to coloristics has increased in the context of opportunity of its use in a hair color development field. Leading hair color manufacturers are in a phase of realizing the need to apply the latest methods for both as the development of coloring mixtures as for the objective quality control…
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Morden Technologies in Anti-ageing Skincare
According to Euromonitor, the global market for nourishers/anti-agers is in fine shape, having increased by more than £5bn to reach £13.8bn in 2011. By 2015, Euromonitor predict the world category to be worth close on £19bn. The biggest contributors to growth will be Asia Pacific and Latin America, although mature markets, including North America and…
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Nanoemulsions – perspective disperse systems for cosmetics and pharmaceutics
Nanoemulsions possess some properties that make them promising for usage in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The main features of nanoemulsions and their differences from other emulsion systems are considered. The high-energy and low-energy homogenization methods can be applied for nanoemulsion preparation. Nanoemulsions can be used as a template for nanoparticles, nanospheres and nanocapsules production.
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Cleaners, rim blocks, and potpourris for WC
Let’s examine compositions, properties, and problems of household chemical goods using in detail. Speaking about sanitary cleaners, basically, we mean detergents for toilet cleaning, urinals, and bidets, also rim blocks and the potpourris for washing off.