Your favourite cream has a story…
We all have in our bathroom one or more cosmetic products that we particularly like: a face cream that provides intense hydration and comfort throughout the day, or a shower gel with a gourmet scent that envelops us in softness and leaves cleansed and nourished skin. This product, that we can no longer do without, which can be found online, in stores or on advertising posters, has a history, and it begins in a research and development laboratory.
Behind each cosmetic product is a team of formulators who contribute their scientific expertise and creativity to bear daily to find the perfect formula and design the product of your dreams. Each validated formula is the source of deep reflection, scientific research, and several laboratory tests. Depending on the final galenic and the desired efficiency, the formulator will choose the raw materials that will make up his formula and will determine through various tests the exact percentages to be incorporated into the formula. Each ingredient will have its own function, and the precise dosage of each material is important: add 1% more shea butter and your cream will be too rich for the skin, remove 1% of this same butter and your cream will not nourish it enough. All these materials will work in synergy and find their place within the formula to obtain the best product with the best efficiency and sensoriality. And to guarantee your safety, the finished product will undergo various tests (microbiology, eye irritation, stability, etc.) which must comply with the risk of having to start over.
As you will have understood, the formulation of a good cosmetic product is a work of art, requiring scientific skills, rigour and above all patience. In addition, formulators most of the time come up against obstacles: constantly changing cosmetic regulations, incompatibilities of raw materials over time, new labels, sensoriality often difficult to achieve for natural products...
This product, which follows you every day in your handbag, was therefore not made in a day: more than 6 months of research, more than twenty tests were essential to seduce you.
With its expertise in cosmetic development, and with more than 200 different textures in our catalogue, Thépenier Pharma & Cosmetics will be delighted to support you in your projects and help you write the story of your products.