Laboratory Analyses in Cosmetics

For cosmetics, we prepare safety assessments and marketability opinions. We identify and quantify

• the substances that do not belong there in cosmetics, such as bacteria, heavy metals, inadmissible dyes, allergens, etc.
• the substances which are advertised as having positive effects in the respective cosmetics,
• effects of functional substances.

We advise with regard to labeling (national and international).

Cosmetics registration

Cosmetics quality assurance

• Raw material analysis of cosmetics
• Product analysis (chemical, microbiological)
• Safety assessment
• Epicutaneous test
• Marketability assessment
• Notification for national authorities
• in-vitro markers like antioxidative potential (ORAC)

Health Effects of cosmetics

For the evaluation of the effect:

• Quantification of the active substances
• Transport and action mechanisms at the cellular level
• Expression of growth factors and catalase/dismutase, respectively
• Evidence of efficacy in skin models
• in vivo markers such as cellular antioxidative potential (CellORAC), isoprostanes

Stability test for cosmetics

To assess the stability:

• Migration tests cosmetic/packaging
• Rocking test to determine product stability
• Climatic chamber test to determine packaging stability

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