The Beauty Professional’s Guide to Cosmetic Science 🧪 | Hair, Skin, Ingredients, FDA & Product Formulation

Ever wonder what’s REALLY happening inside the beauty products you use every day? 🧪💄

The Beauty Professional’s Guide to Cosmetic Science breaks down the science behind hair, skin, cosmetics and product formulation in an easy-to-understand format created specifically for beauty professionals and students.

Inside you’ll learn about cosmetic chemists and what they do, ingredient functions, pH and chemistry, hair-color science, cosmetic labels, FDA regulations and MoCRA, cosmetic vs. drug claims, product testing, product development, and careers in cosmetic science.

✨ PLUS: Student activities, an Ingredient Detective exercise, Build-a-Product activity, knowledge check and answer key are included.

Perfect for:

Cosmetology students • Esthetics students • Instructors • Licensed beauty professionals • Future product developers • Anyone curious about the science behind beauty

Beauty professionals work with chemistry every single day. Understanding the why behind your products can change the way you formulate, recommend, educate and troubleshoot.

Science creates the formula. Beauty professionals bring the real-world experience. 🤎