Books in the Personal Care & Cosmetic Technology series

Novel delivery systems designed to facilitate the use of 'fountain of youth' and other functional actives is an idea whose time has come. This book has been designed for training, development and synergistic technology transfer across the personal care, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Each chapter is written by experts in the field.

Nutritional cosmetics is an area of research and marketing and encompasses that orally consumed dietary products can support healthier and beautiful skin. This book compiles the scientific evidence showing the potential benefits of the researched ingredients. It offers information on the benefits of ingredients consumed orally for skin health.

With the improvements in formulation science and certain transdermal delivery technologies, the non-invasive mode of drug delivery is now ready to compete with traditional methods of oral and injectible routes of drug delivery. This book includes both science and technological aspects of various drug delivery systems.

Focuses on the biochemical and clinical differences between Caucasian and other skin types. This book provides readers with the tools necessary to further research, develop, market, and sell novel products. It also provides a philosophical perspective on the growth of the anti-aging market.

Global Regulatory Issues for the Cosmetics Industry, Volume 1, emerged from the first annual Cosmetic Regulatory Forum organized by Health and Beauty America (HBA) in September 2006. It is the first of an annual book mini-series surveying issues in this critical and rapidly changing area. These changes affect the health, safety, and well-being of literally billions of consumers, their governments, and the corporations involved in the prodigious task of not only creating novel, effective and safe products, but also complying with regulations, that vary from country to country. This book begins with a discussion of the risks assessment of cosmetic products. This is followed by separate chapters on the regulatory system in some of the major export markets of Canada and Australasia; the evolution and purpose of the EU's REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization of Chemicals); the issue of cosmetic toxicity; and regulatory requirements and warnings for cosmetic products. Subsequent chapters cover the challenges of global chemical compliance; the development of nanotechnology-based products and their potential impact on human health and the environment; and the various packaging regulations relating to colors and additives for products marketed in North America, the EU, and Asia.