Cosmetic ingredients description

CTFA Compendium of Cosmetic Ingredient Composition, Descriptions 1, Nikitakis, J.M. and McEwen, G.N., Eds., The Cosmetic Toiletry and Fragrance Association, Washington, D.C., 1990. 

International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook. In the unnsnal case that an ingredient does not appear in this database, other sources such as the US Pharmacopeia, the National Formulary, the Food Chemicals Codex and finally the United States Adopted Name (USAN) will be consulted in this order of preference. If the ingredient does not appear in any of the aforementioned databases, the name generally recognized by consumers will be used, or finally the chemical or other technical name or description. 

Morales ME, Gallardo V, Clares B, Garcia MB, Ruiz MA. Study and description of hydrogels and organogels as vehicles for cosmetic active ingredients. Journal of Cosmetic Sciences. 2009 60(6) 627-636. 

This article deals with the different types of cosmetic formulations (including toiletries), forms and functions, analytes of interest, pretreatment and sample preparation, and analytical techniques. A thorough description of the main ingredients of toiletries - namely surfactants, is given in another article and due to their particular relevance and special characteristics, perfumes are also considered elsewhere. 

The first detailed description of the drying of products in spray form was mentioned in a patent of 1872 entitled Improvement of Drying and Concentration of Liquid Substances by Atomizing (2). However, this process found its first significant applications in the milk and detergent industries in the 1920 s (3). In current times, spray drying is utilized extensively in many aspects of our daily life from food products, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals to chemicals, fabrics, and electronics. Typical pharmaceutical examples include spray-dried enzymes (such as amylase, protease, lipase, and trypsin), antibiotics (such as sulfathiazole, streptomycin, penicillin, and tetracycline) and many other active pharmaceutical ingredients, vitamins (such as ascorbic acid and vitamin B12), and excipients for direct compression (such as lactose, mannitol, and microcrystalline cellulose). 

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