Course offering number:0812-106
Course ID:
2239
Natural Ingredients in Formulating Skin Care Products
December 4, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST–New York time)
90 Minute Accredited Online Training
Who Should Attend
Individuals from the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries who are involved in the following areas related to development of skin care formulations will find this training very valuable:-
Formulation Chemists
- Regulatory
- Research and Development
- Business and Strategic Planning
- Marketing and Sales
Description
This 90-minute accredited training will offer the most updated status of the use of natural compounds in cosmetic and
personal care products. Their source, processing, safety and efficacy, stability and formulations aspects will be discussed.
The Natural Products Association (NPA) in the US suggests that only 20% of natural personal care products are truly natural.
This gap is explained by the existence of several competing standards regarding the definition of “naturals,” “green” or
“organic” in personal care products. There is confusion with the perception of “natural as safe”. Those compounds that have
been used in the industry for many years for which complete toxicological profiles were generated are now attacked for bad
publicity and are perceived as “non-safe and non-natural”. A major issue is the true value of use of “naturals” in topically
applied formulations.
Module 1:
• Agricultural aspects- location, season,
treatment
– Plant extracts
– Plant derived oils
• Implications of processing on natural
extracts
• The holistic approach of inclusion of a
whole extract vs. the
purification approach of isolating an active ingredients
Module 2:
• Processing on natural oils
– Definitions
– Implications on composition
– Stability
– Efficacy
• Chemical markers in plant derived
compounds
Module 3:
• Effective concentrations of natural
ingredients: in vitro and
in vivo testing
• Formulations aspects: pH,
incompatibilities, chemical and
physical stability
• Skin absorption and metabolism of
natural ingredients
• Safety assessment
Question and Answer Session