Milady’s Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary
- ISBN13: 9781435480209
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Milady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary, third edition, is a multi-purpose resource for cosmetic professionals and consumers alike. Part one puts cosmetics in the context of skin care. It provides an overview of skin physiology. In order to understand how and why a product works it is essential to understand how the skin works. It gives an overview of the complexity of cosmetic chemistry particularly with respect to product penetration, and highlights the current challenges facing cosmetic formulators. In addition, it offers comprehensive discussion of the various skin types and conditions in order to help professionals in their product selection. Lastly, it defines common cosmetic industry terminology used by cosmetic manufacturers, professional estheticians, marketers and the media. The second part is dedicated to helping cosmetic users identify the function and purpose of specific ingredients. It is an alphabetical dictionary that lists and describes not only active principles but all other categories of ingredients that comprise a skin care cosmetic. As scientific knowledge of skin physiology and cosmetic chemistry advances, so do cosmetic products. This volume puts everything in context in an easy to read, easy to understand, user-friendly format.
Milady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary
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February 20th, 2010 - 18:00
I am a holistic practitioner and make natural holistic products for my clients. Milady’s book helped me tremendously in selecting the right ingredients and combinations. It is written in simple, easy-to-understand terms. With the success of my products, I am able to sell them at EnTheos-Holistic.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 20th, 2010 - 19:19
Being in the skin care industry, I am constantly asked by clients if they should use this product or that one. Knowing that ingredients are far more important than pretty packaging or a well-known brand, I’m happy I’ve got Milady’s ingredient dictionary to help me make suggestions.
I bought this 3rd edition to replace the 2nd edition I had. It’s been updated with more current terms and I appreciate the section discussing product packaging regulations.
I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because its section on skin types could have been written more carefully, “…oily skin often looks dirty and neglected…” I’m also hoping in future editions they adopt some sort of symbol or key system for ingredients commonly used for a certain product or skin type. This book is expensive enough to add that. My wish list also includes a quick reference list of comodegenic ingredients.
Rating: 4 / 5
February 20th, 2010 - 19:33
A great book to have if you are interested in knowing what the product you are using has for ingredients. Great must have for the licensed esthetician.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 20th, 2010 - 22:31
I ordered this book to help me in my esthetics class and it came in very handy. I did come across a couple of ingredients that were not in the book, but for the most part it was very helpful.
Rating: 4 / 5
February 21st, 2010 - 01:11
I found this book to be some what out dated. There were alot of ingredients that where not listed in this book and some our quite common when working with skin care products. It seemed to have some but not all of whats in your cosmetics so I did not find it to be very useful at all. Its on a shelf at home and not at work where it was intended to be.
Rating: 2 / 5