by Minty Hand | Jun 27, 2022 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, In Vitro Safety, News
Last week we hosted our very first webinar where our unique XtraMild™ mildness test took centre stage. Dr Carol Treasure and Chris Longmore looked at why mildness testing is so important, and how this super-sensitive method can be used to test a wide variety of...
by Sam Thistleton | May 3, 2022 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, News
Conversations about the skin barrier are mainstream nowadays, and a host of products available to repair, protect, soothe and calm are on the shelves of our supermarkets, pharmacies and beauty counters. Assessing the integrity and vulnerabilities of our skin barrier...
by Minty Hand | Apr 13, 2022 | Animal-free testing, In Vitro Safety, News
Dr Carol Treasure recently took part in a superb online event “Baby Skin and the Microbiome” organised by National Biofilms Innovation Centre and Cosmetics Cluster UK, sharing her knowledge about in vitro mildness testing for baby care products. Speakers...
by Sam Thistleton | Sep 30, 2021 | Animal-free testing, Efficacy testing, News
In a crowded personal care marketplace promoting the smallest benefit or point-of-difference can help guide the consumer to place your product in their shopping basket. In this week’s blog we talk about a skin irritation test method to identify the subtlest...
by Minty Hand | Nov 15, 2019 | Efficacy testing
In this eye-catching infographic, we summarise the results of our 2 year R&D programme into improving the accuracy of skin mildness testing. The infographic shares some of the background statistics about why a new generation of mildness tests is long overdue and...