Miscellaneous

Cosmetic and
Personal Care
Products
October 2022
Program: Diploma in cosmetic preparations and
entrepreneurship
Department: Pharmaceutics
 Course instructors

A. Prof Alyaa Ramadan, BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr Lamia Heikal, BSc, MSc, PhD

 Course description
• This course will expand the students’ knowledge of cosmetic and personal
care products other than skin care and hair care products. These include
mainly
1. Colored cosmetics, include lip cosmetics like lipsticks, lip balms and
glosses as well as
2. Eye cosmetics such as mascara, eyeliner and eye shadow in addition to
nail polishes
3. Nail care, nail care products include mainly nail straighteners, nail polish
removers, cuticle softeners and removers as well as plastic fingernails
and elongators
4. Oral health products, including mainly dentifrices, denture cleansers,
and mouthwashes.
5. Shaving products include mainly shaving (wet and dry shaving) and
after-shave products.

• The course will cover the formulation, manufacturing technologies, quality

control and appropriate use of these products. The regulatory aspects of use
of coloring pigments in the formulation of colored cosmetic products will be
also covered
 ILOs
Knowledge a1- Define the term “ Personal care product” and define its
and different regulatory aspects
Understanding
By the end of a2- Identify different lip products including lip gloss, lip balm
the course, the and lipsticks and their related formulations
students
should be able a3- Outline different shaving and after shave products
to:
a4- Identify the principles of oral hyegine, oral problems and
oral health products
a5- Describe different eye cosmetics products

a6- Describe nail anatomy and list different nail products

a7- Identify miscillaneous personal care products such as

wipes, anitiseptics, ……etc
 ILOs
Intellectual b1- Differentiation between different types of eye cosmetics
products.
Skills
By the end b2- Differentiaition between different lip products
of the
course, the
students b3- Evaluating different shaving and anti-shave products
should be
able to: b4- Application of the basis of nail structure and function to the
development of nail care products for its protection and repair

b5- Understanding of the types of oral problems and differentiate

between products used for oral care
 ILOs
Professional C1Perform proper patient counseling regarding the precautions that
and must be taken on buying or using cosmetic products
Practical
c2- Raise awareness regarding counterfeit cosmetic products and
skills their health dangers
By the end of
the course, the
students should C3Recommend the appropriate non-drug treatment for oral hygiene
be able to: and nail products,

c4- Recommend the proper type of lip products and eye cosmetics
products

C5Estimate the cases where OTC therapy is not appropriate (physicia

n referring).

c6- Formulate different personal care products such as nail, eye , lip
shaving , oral hygiene products
 ILOs
General and
D1Communicate effectively with patients via proper consultation
Transferable
skills
By the end of
the course, the
students should
be able to:
 Course calendar
Week Date Topic Student name

1 15.10.22 Introduction
2 22.10.22 Antiperspirant/deodorant ----------------------------------------
3 29.10.22 Lip products Rehab, Sandy, Israa, Maha
4 0.5.11.22 Nail care products Nada, Fatma, Sara, Walaa
5 12.11.22 Oral hygiene products Toka, Ingy, Omneya, Dalia
6 19.11.22 midterm -----------------------------
7 26.11.22 Baby care products Sohaila, Mai, Yasmine, Basma

8 03.12.22 Shaving /after shave products Nadine, Nashwa, Menatallah, Eman

9 10.12.22 Eye products Omar, Hadeer, Nancy, Noran

10 17.12.22 General lecture ------------------------------------------

11 24.12.22 General lecture ---------------------------------------
Students experience

Lip eye Nail

Oral
(dentrifices, Baby care
shaving
mouth products
washs..)

Hygiene
Fragrance/deo
products
derants…
(sanitizers..)
 Students tasks
• 4 students / presentation

• Each student 10 min

• Final discussion
 Presentations
• Can u differentiate between products?
(Formulation)
• Photos/ formulation differences/ advantages or
claims!
• Prices? Cost effective?
• Complains?
• Most marketed!
• Any counterfeit?
 References
• Harry’s Cosmeticology, vol 1,2,9th edition

• Handbook of cosmetic science & technology

Third edition

• Cosmetic formulation (principles and practice)

• Cosmeceuticals & active cosmetics