Surfactants in Personal Care Products and Decorative Cosmetics, Third Edition

This book provides the scientific basis necessary for understanding, formulating, and testing surfactant-based personal care products, cosmetics, and cosmeceuticals. The new edition re-examines the function of emulsions, microemulsions, micelles, and nanostructures in formulation and delivery. It presents the latest noninvasive in vivo and in vitro  methods for verifying product benefit claims; optimal formulation strategies using specific surfactant raw materials for enhancing pigmented products; and ways to assess the effectiveness of UV sunscreens and self-tanners. Coverage includes surfactant solutions, cleanser/conditioner systems, pigment dispersions, and finished products.
• Surfactant Science
Physical Chemistry
Cosmetic Dermatology
Biochemistry
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