Welcome to our Reference Room. Here you will find a variety of articles, links to articles and resources that we find informative and useful. We hope you will, too. We make every effort to check these links routinely, but we may miss some -- if you find a broken link please let us know!
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Rules, Regulations and Guidelines
CTFA Guidelines for Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practices
CTFA Cleaning and Sanitation Guidelines
CTFA Raw Material Microbial Content
US Food & Drug Administration
- USFDA - Cosmetics Labeling -Cosmetic Labeling Manual
- USFDA - Cosmetics Labeling and Label Claims
- USFDA - Color Additives and Cosmetics
- USFDA - Compliance Program Import and Domestic - Guidance Manual Chapter 29
- USFDA - Is It a Cosmetic, a Drug, or Both? (or Is It Soap?)
- USFDA - Labeling for Topically Applied Cosmetics Containing Alpha Hydroxy Acids as Ingredients
- USFDA - "Organic" Cosmetics
- USFDA - Parabens
- USFDA - Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetics - Guide for Industry
- USFDA - Small Business & Homemade Cosmetics - Fact Sheet
- USFDA - Sunscreens - Guide for Industry
- USFDA - Wrinkle Treatments and Other Anti-aging Products
Cosmetic Ingredient Review
- CIR Annual Report 2012 - Cosmetic Ingredient Review (including listings of re-reviewed ingredients)
- Cosmetic Ingredients Found Safe As Used
- Cosmetic Ingredients With Insufficient Data to Support Safety (thru Feb 2012)
- Cosmetic Ingredients Found Unsafe For Use in Cosmetics
- CIR Reference - Cosmetic Ingredients Prohibited/Restricted by FDA (59 total, thru June 2013)
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau - TTB.GOV
Laws and Regulations - SDA - Code of Federal Regulations and Public Laws relating to the Specially Denatured Alcohol (SDA) industry
European Cosmetics Directive
Volume 1 Cosmetics Legislation - Rules Governing Cosmetic Products in the European Union
Annex II - List of Substances Which Must Not Form Part of the Composition of Cosmetic Products
Specialized Search Engines and Databases
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
National Library of Medicine Medline Search - PubMed
USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
Formulating - The Basics and Beyond
Emulsions and the HLB System Maurice Hevey
Emulsification of Cosmetic Ingredients ICI Americas Inc.
Effervescent Technology Primer Allan Rau, Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine article
Phase Inversion in Liquid-Liquid Dispersions Matar, Hewitt and Ortiz
Solubilization - Solubilized Systems ICI Americas Inc.
The HLB System Uniqema Inc.
Ingredients
Cyclomethicone and Essential Oil Testing Lotioncrafter
Cyclomethicone and Fragrance Oil Testing Lotioncrafter
Petrolatum - A Useful Classic David S. Morrison, PhD
Sorbic Acid and Potassium Sorbate as Cosmetic Preservatives Eastman
Chelating Agents Brochure The Dow Chemical Company
Media Resources
Cosmetics & Toiletries
Global Cosmetic Industry (GCI) Magazine
HAPPI
