Cosmetic and Personal Care Additives Electronic Handbook, Second Edition

Essential reference for Formulators, Product Managers, Cosmetic Chemists, and Quality Controllers. It is international in scope; contains the most comprehensive profiles of more than 28,000 trade name and generic chemicals used in cosmetic and personal care formulation with full contact information on manufacturers. It contains a comprehensive function/application cross-references facilitate searching for products to meet your specific needs.

This reference describes more than 22,000 name and more than 6000 generic chemicals (includes INCI names) and materials that are used in the formulation of products for the cosmetic and personal care industries.

These additives are used in a variety of products including:

• make-preparations (face powder, lipstick, mascara, eye shadows and liners, nail products);
• hair preparations (shampoos, conditioners, coloring rinses and dyes, waving solutions);
• bath preparations and cleaners;
• oral care products;
• shaving products;
• colognes and perfumes.

Additives are critical in the overall enhancement and delivery of these formulations.

This reference is exhaustively cross-referenced by chemical component, function, application, CAS number , EINECS/ELINCS number. More than 2000 worldwide manufacturers of these additives are contained within the Manufacturer Directory section with full contact information including email and internet addresses.

The electronic edition contains the contents of the book as well as:

• Full-text Search with boolean operators;
• 18 browseable keyword indexes;
• Hyperlinks enable instant access/previews of other reference topics;
• Web and Email access to Chemical Manufacturers;
• Click and Go Table of Contents: Left Pane Explorer-like icons enable you to instantly go to any section of this Title or any other installed Synapse Chemlib product.