This podcast is sponsored by: Ashland Specialty Ingredients
Cosmetic and personal care product microbial protection is essential to ensuring the safety and stability of formulations, but today's market dynamics require balancing efficacy and stability with naturality, sustainability and being microbiome-friendly, among others. How can the formulator respond?
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This podcast features a discussion with Isabelle Minoggio, team leader in global applications, and Tim Quaeschling, team leader in microbiology, both in the R&D Microbial Protection division of Ashland. The two experts address how the company guides cosmetic manufacturers to weigh all the options; from the bench, through production and to consumers. (Register now to listen.)
Topics discussed include:
- How do today's beauty consumers view preservatives? How do their demands/beliefs impact cosmetic product development for manufacturers? for suppliers?
- How do you approach preservation for newer products on the market with secondary claims like well-aging, soothing, odor control, etc.?
- What formulation challenges do these newer product types pose?
- Let's talk about your microbiological quality management (MQM) platform. What is it and how does it work?
- Based on your MQM experiences with customers, what would you say are the most common issues faced in terms of preservation? and where they can arise during the process?
- What general recommendations can you give to address these common issues?
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