Quality Testing Of Cosmetic Active Ingredients – What And How Are They Tested
                     Quality Testing Of Cosmetic Active Ingredients 
– What And How Are They Tested
Anil Kumar
Works for one of the quality Vinnerlabs
 cosmetics active ingredients suppliers. Writes on cosmetics 
active ingredients for personal care, home care, hair colour, 
sun care products, pigmentation dryer and dietary 
supplements including Iscotrizinol from Vinnerlabs, also 
called as Uvasorb Heb / Diethylhexyl butamido triazone.
    Active ingredients in cosmetics are those substances because of which these 
products show the results for which they have been manufactured. They are 
the key elements. Vitamins A and E, hyaluronic acid, Alpha-hydroxy acid, and 
Coenzyme Q10 are a few of the important cosmetic active ingredients.
    Worldwide, the sector of cosmetics is rapidly growing; more and more people 
are using cosmetics as a part of their daily lives. Therefore, It has become 
much more significant than ever before that the active ingredients are 
subjected to various quality tests.
    It’s only then that any cosmetic product will be able to yield the desired 
outcome. Improper/inadequate testing can also imperil the skin health of 
consumers. Now, it would be appropriate to succinctly elaborate upon the 
primary aspects related to cosmetic active ingredients quality testing.
•  Firstly, it must be understood that maintaining the quality of active 
ingredients and other substances in products is the responsibility of 
cosmetic manufacturers. It’s only when the manufacturers do justice to this 
responsibility that the end users are assured of getting quality cosmetics 
that take care of safety, too.
•  When it comes to the quality of active ingredients, the first crucial step is to 
thoroughly test the raw materials from which active ingredients are going to 
be derived. This includes physically testing the materials and then subjecting 
them to chemical tests.
•  This point is of paramount relevance to manufacturing units that procure 
the active ingredients from third-party suppliers. Cosmetic makers need to 
ensure that the suppliers have complied with all concerned regulations 
during the manufacture of active ingredients. Manufacturers have to carry 
out all pertaining procedures and tests.
•  Comprehensive testing has to be conducted to make sure that the active 
ingredients cause no harm when the skin and eyes come into contact with the 
ingredients.
•  Cosmetic manufacturers are necessitated to perform tests to make certain 
that active ingredients and other substances in cosmetics remain stable, 
irrespective of the weather. It’s pivotal that the key properties of these 
substances are unchanged in all kinds of climatic conditions. The products are 
used by consumers living in varied geographic locations; there should be no 
change in the curative effects. As a part of assessing this stability, the products 
must be made to undergo tests amidst diverse temperatures.
•  Microbiological testing is one more relevant procedure, concerning the 
quality of active ingredients. Here, the active ingredients and other elements 
are tested for vulnerability to pollutants like mold. These tests ascertain the 
extent to which there is a possibility of the cosmetics getting affected by these 
impurities, in everyday use.
•  This pattern of testing addresses another salient issue. When people start to 
use cosmetics, they can unintentionally pass on microorganisms to the 
cosmetics. The microbiological testing determines the susceptibility of the 
active ingredients and the overall product, in this connection. Based on the 
tests, the ingredients and the product can be made robust enough to 
remain unimpacted by these microorganisms.
•  Makers of cosmetics have to note that testing of active ingredients and the 
products is not something that is done just once or twice. It has to be an 
ongoing process. It is only upon fulfilling this requirement that the company 
will be in a position to consistently bring out quality products.
    Testing the active ingredients quality is a vast topic and all its points cannot 
be covered in a brief write-up. Yet, a sincere attempt has been made to 
throw light on the major points of the subject.
  About Vinner Labs 
    Vinner Labs specialises in the supply of 
functional and active ingredients for 
personal care, home care, hair dye 
intermediates, sun filter ingredients, FD&C 
pigments and dyes․ We have global reach 
and focused approach towards providing 
our customers with best products via our 
networked manufacturing and R&D 
facilities․ Vinner Labs aims to provide a 
wide range of functional active ingredients 
from a variety of technological platforms․ 
We are one of the unique players in this 
niche segment of specialty chemicals from 
India․ We consider ourselves as value-
unlockers in a variety of personal care 
categories including beauty care, skin care, 
and hair care․