The Skin Care Ingredient Handbook

A comprehensive listing of skin care ingredients written for anyone who deals with skin, retails skin care brands, or uses skin care products. Designed to be an easy reference for individual ingredients, as well as general terms and concepts, The Ingredient Handbook can help you eliminate "ingredient intimidation" and the fear that every product you buy for yourself or your practice will be obsolete in a week.
The first part consists of five chapters with topics that include:
13 key functions in skin cells that active ingredients are designed to help
The difference between "natural" and "organic" and how they are regulated
Controversial issues like green, sustainable and synthetic
Definitions of need-to-know concepts like "nanotechnology"
New trends (using new ingredients) in the skin care industry
The second part of the book is an easy-to-read listing of more than 1,500 most common skin care ingredients. Every entry includes the common name, INCI name, uses and an icon thatlets you know the best use for that ingredient.
Also included are eight appendices that have practical data for additional reference, including:
Simple definitions of key terms such as "antioxidant"
Cross-reference for finding a common name when all you have is the INCI name
How to read labels, both cosmetic and over-the-counter (OTC)