Let’s talk about the absolute hardest challenge in cosmetic chemistry: making your expensive actives actually enter the skin. Last month, a product development director called...

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Let’s step straight onto your compounding floor. Last month, a lead formulator for a clinical derma-brand called me in a panic. Their new 2% Salicylic...

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