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The Personal Care Spectator® is a web based technical information service that is intended to provide on information on topics related to personal care products, raw material analysis and testing and their applications.

Download our featured article: ‘ Oils and Butters in personal care‘.

We are pleased to add a new topic to The Personal Care Spectator® this section is entitled Skin Microbiome.  As will hopefully become clear the microbiome plays a significant part in both skin and gut function and is very important in the design of cosmetic products.

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The Surfactant Spectator® is a web based technical information service that is intended to provide on information on topics related to surfactants and their applications.

Download our featured article: ‘A Review of Guerbet Chemistry.’

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The Polymer Spectator® is a web based technical information service that is intended to provide on information on topics related to polymers and their applications.

Download our featured article: ‘Polymers 101‘.

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The Silicone Spectator® is a web based technical information service that is intended to provide on information on topics related to silicon, silicones and their applications.

Download our featured article: ‘ Altering organic oils with Silicones‘.

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The Personal Care Formulation Spectator® is a web based technical information service that is intended to provide on information on topics related to personal care formulations.

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We recommend articles on our Suggested Reading Page.

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The Scientific Spectator® Book Service is a web based technical information service that provides free technical books, providing information on topics related to the other areas covered by this site.

 

Download our featured book Surfactants: Fundamentals and Applications in the Petroleum Industry by Laurier L. Schramm.

Visit our Book Service Page to download other books in our collection.