Service Centre category(ies)
Description of the Service Centre
We start by looking for the best active ingredients and excipients to use, designing a theoretical formulation for each product.Then, the experimental procedure takes place and formulations are optimized according to organoleptic and sensorial characteristics, preliminary stability studies and of course, according to the client’s input.
Service Centre web address
Contact person's name
Contact person's name (if different)
Contact person's e-mail
patricia.neto@inovapotek.com
Contact person's telephone
220301531
Last edited on
2018-10-31 11:17:47
Service
Formulation Development and Optimization
Available for external use?
No
Comments
To help our clients innovate, achieving fully customized, innovative, stable, safe, effective and regulatory compliant products, we provide formulation development of customized and unique cosmetic formulations: 1 - Search for the best ingredients 2 - Formulation Design 3 - Experimental development 4 - Formulations optimization according to organoleptic and sensorial characteristics,preliminary stability studies and client’s input. Cosmetic products are all about the appearance, the touch, the comfort, therefore reaching the desired texture is of outermost importance during a formulation development. We are experts in developing different textures and products such as emulsions, very rich or really light, ointments, lotions, oils, gels, gel-creams, bb creams, products for sensitive skin, baby products, among many others.
Service
Stability studies
Available for external use?
No
Comments
As cosmetic products need to be stable along storage time and during its use by the final consumer, we provide: - Preliminary stability test - Accelerated stability test (3-months or 6-months) - Stability test in real time conditions - Period After Opening (PAO) estimation according to the norm Recommandations relatives a l’estimation de la Period Apres Ouverture (PAO) - PAO determination (lab test) - Product/packaging compatibility test; - Stability studies in customized conditions. - Samples are submitted to different conditions of accelerated ageing (thermic and physical stress), and the subsequent alterations are evaluated by microbiological, physical and chemical assays.
Service
Microbiology
Available for external use?
No
Comments
The microbiological control of cosmetics is also crucial for most type of products therefore inovapotek also performs: - Challenge test (CT) - Total viable count (TVC) - Detection and Identification of pathogens: Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Enterobacteriaceae - Detection of specified and non-specified microorganisms - Bactericidal test