Cosmetic Chemistry Testing Design
Step 1
What is your product?
Our Product is shampoo.
What qualities are you testing your product for (please select at
least 5)?
Quality #1:Viscosity
Quality #2:Foaminess
Quality #3:Stickiness Ability
Quality #4:Fragrance
Quality #5:Moisturizing factor
Now you need to design a step by step procedure for testing those
properties (you may reference
this document
for assistance if needed). Your
procedures need to be designed in such a way that they can be repeatable
by anyone. You need to have a rough draft of your tests approved by
Charlene before the end of this class period.
Quality #1:Viscosity
step 1: get a 40 degree slanted surface that is 6 foot long and a timer
step 2: poor the shampoo down the surface
step 3: time how long it takes to get to the bottom
step 4: find the highest viscosity product.
Quality #2:Foaminess
step 1
:Gather three types of shampoo(The first is your main brand your
testing, the others are the brands you're comparing to.)
step 2:
Pour a 20 milliliter of the first brand into a 500 beaker. Then do the
same for the second brand with a different beaker.
step 3:
At the same time, pour 100 milliliters of water into each beaker at a
rate of 20 mL/s.
step 4:
Let beakers sit for 30 seconds
step 5:
Measure the height of the foam in each beaker and record your
data.
step 6:
repeat these steps with 30 milliliters of each brand into each 150
milliliters of water and 40 milliliters of each brand into 200 milliliters of
water. Use a 500 milliliter beaker for all trials.
Quality #3:Stickiness Ability
step 1: Take full size printer paper
step 2: use choice of shampoo to create a horizontal line across the middle
of the paper
step 3: take another piece of printer paper the same size as the first
step 4: line the paper parallel to the first
step 5: stick the top of the paper on the line of shampoo
step 6: hold the first paper by the corners in the air
step 7: record time it takes for second paper to part with first paper
step 8: repeat with other choices of shampoo (The shampoo with the longest
time holds the most stickiness, and the shampoo with the shortest time is
the least sticky)
step 9: compare and contrast data.
Quality #4:Fragrance
step 1: Gather a variety of 10 people
step 2: Have them smell the three different brands
step 3: Survey them on which is the best smelling, 2nd best smelling and
the worst smelling
step 4: record the results of the survey
Quality #5:Moisturizing factor
step 1: Obtain a clear plastic tube
step 2: fill the plastic tube the way with cotton balls (densely)
step 3: Pour choice of shampoo in the plastic tube and along the edge of the
plastic tube
step 4: allow and observe the shampoo as it sinks through the cotton balls
step 5: measure the distance shampoo has travelled through the cotton balls
step 6: compare data with different shampoos and the one that has
travelled the farthest, moisturizes the skin the most
Cosmetic Chemistry Testing Design
Step 2
What 3 specific brand name products are you testing?
Product #1
:Dove Men+Care Fortifying Shampoo+Conditioner, Fresh Clean
2 in 1
Product #2:
Axe Peace shampoo
Product #3:
Pantene Daily Moisture Renewal, Nourishing Shampoo
Tables
Viscosity
Product
Time to slide to the bottom
Dove
1.48
Axe
1.10
Pantene
2.13
Foaminess
Product
Trial 1: 20mL
soap, 100mL
water
Trial 2: 30 mL
soap, 150mL
water
Trial 3: 40mL
soap, 200mL
water
Dove
5 mm
4 mm
10 mm
Axe
3 mm
3 mm
5 mm
Pantene
2 mm
3 mm
6 mm
Stickiness
Product
How long the paper takes to fall
Dove
Paper did not fall
Axe
Paper did not fall
Pantene
Paper did not fall
Observations of residue
Fragrance
product
dove
axe
pantene
1st rate
2nd rate
3rd rate
4th rate
5th rate
6th rate
7th rate
8th rate
9th rate
10th rate
Moisturizing factor
Product
distance shampoo has travelled through the tissues (cm)
Dove
3.5 cm
Axe
3.8 cm
Pantene
3.7 cm
Step 3
Materials List
Viscosity
1 bottle of Dove
1 bottle of Axe
1 bottle of Pantene
1 foot long 45 degree ramp
stopwatch
Foaminess
1 bottle of Dove
1 bottle of Axe
1 bottle of Pantene
3 beakers
50 mL graduated cylinder
ruler
Stickiness
1 bottle of Dove
1 bottle of Axe
1 bottle of Pantene
2 pieces of printer paper
stopwatch
Fragrance
1 bottle of Dove
1 bottle of Axe
1 bottle of Pantene
do you need people?
Moisturizing Factor
1 bottle of Dove
1 bottle of Axe
1 bottle of Pantene
plastic tube
cotton balls
ruler
Length of time needed for testing:
We need about 15 minutes to complete each experiment.
