Milady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary

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. Lastly, it defines common cosmetic industry terminology used by cosmetic manufacturers, professional estheticians, marketers and the media. Part one puts cosmetics in the context of skin care. Milady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary, third edition, is a multi-purpose resource for cosmetic professionals and consumers alike. This vol

Varinia Michalun has specialized in international cosmetics marketing and new product development and has lectured on cosmetic ingredients and product use to professionals in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Her experience also includes skin care salon management and esthetics education. . Natalia Michalun was an international dermo-cosmetic expert and educator. She had lectured to medical and esthetics professionals in

. This book is a must have for all students and estheticians. Whenever a student asks me at a lecture or seminar what books I recommend, the first book that comes to mind is Milady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary, by Natalia Michalun. This book not only explains in an easy-to-understand style what the ingredients in a skin care product are, but also tells you what they do, how safe they are, and what side effects they might have. The book also explains what the skin functions are, how products penetrate, and the different skin types and conditions. Written for an esthetician by an esthetician, and anyone who works i

I enjoyed the appendix with botanical Latin names This book is okayI enjoyed the appendix with botanical Latin names. However, I was disappointed at how they rarely mentioned side effects of ingredients like phototoxins/ photosensitizers,cytotoxins,pro-oxidants, etc. They mentioned studys sometimes by some defenitions but never cited it. I also felt like there were a lot of ingredients they left out too like say: rayon, bimaprost, isopropyl cloprostenate,saffron,musk ambrette and others.I am not done reading this yet,so I'll update my review soon,but for now I recommend another cosmetic dictionary by Ruth Winters.. Well done Amazon Customer Very informative and helpful.. A must have for anyone in the skin care industry Ever wonder what your skin care products actually contain? Do you read the ingredient label and find yourself looking at what appears to be a jumbled line of misspelt words? Well now you can have Milady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary by your side to decode the cryptic lines of ingredients on products. I found it very useful to better understand the ingredients in skin care products that I use and work with on a daily basis. And lets face it, you'll never remember every single ingredient listed on every product in the world, so having a dictionary on hand is so useful!