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Cycle Testing

This document discusses stability testing for cosmetics, which helps ensure products maintain their functionality, aesthetics, and quality during their shelf life. There are no government standards due to the variety of cosmetic products, so manufacturers rely on industry guidelines and experience to develop specific stability tests. Stability tests evaluate how products maintain desired physical, chemical, microbiological, functional, and aesthetic properties under appropriate storage, distribution, and use conditions. Tests examine physical and chemical integrity, microbiological stability, and packaging stability. Common physical and chemical stability tests include cycling products through different temperatures and storing at high temperatures to predict long-term stability.

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Cycle Testing

This document discusses stability testing for cosmetics, which helps ensure products maintain their functionality, aesthetics, and quality during their shelf life. There are no government standards due to the variety of cosmetic products, so manufacturers rely on industry guidelines and experience to develop specific stability tests. Stability tests evaluate how products maintain desired physical, chemical, microbiological, functional, and aesthetic properties under appropriate storage, distribution, and use conditions. Tests examine physical and chemical integrity, microbiological stability, and packaging stability. Common physical and chemical stability tests include cycling products through different temperatures and storing at high temperatures to predict long-term stability.

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Stability testing for cosmetics helps ensure that a new or

modified product’s functionality, aesthetics and quality are


not adversely impacted during its intended shelf life and use.
There are no government standards for stability testing for cosmetics because
of the wide variety of cosmetic products. A good manufacturer will have
sound knowledge of industry guidelines and extensive formulating
experience, allowing them to modify testing protocols and develop specific
tests to assess a new or modified formulation.
What is stability testing?
Stability testing for cosmetics ensures product quality. Stability tests are
predictive tests, aimed at assessing the ability of a product to maintain the
desired physical, chemical and microbiological properties, as well as
functional and aesthetic properties when stored and used under appropriate
conditions by the consumer.
Stability tests also evaluate compatibility for market conditions in which the
product is sold and used. Market conditions encompass distribution
(transportation), storage and conditions during use.
There are three forms of stability tests:

1. Physical and chemical integrity


2. Microbiological stability
3. Packaging stability
1. Physical/chemical stability test

Physical and chemical stability tests help the manufacturer predict how well
cosmetic products react to common environmental stresses such as light and
temperature extremes. Physical and chemical stability testing for cosmetics
looks at the aesthetics (appearance, colour, odour, texture) as well as the
stability of the formulation itself.
Common stability tests include:

 Cycle testing. This involves cycling the product through different


temperatures. Each ‘cycle’ involves placing the product at -10°C for 24
hours, and then placing the product at 25°C (room temperature) for
another 24 hours. If the product passes 3 cycles, it
 Temperature variations.  Real-time stability testing for cosmetics is
not always feasible, so high temperature testing is commonly used as a
predictor of long-term stability. If a product is stored at 45°C for 3
months without issues, then it should be stable at room temperature for
a period of one year.
 Centrifuge testing. When oil and water are mixed in an emulsion,
there is a tendency for the product to separate. By placing the product
in a rapidly rotating container to recreate extreme

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