This is the first edition of Sweep the Sun. Let me explain what qualifies me as a writer of a...
In this month’s column we take a look at the challenges faced with the never ending question of comparative claims...
We have all had the experience of walking past a bakery and smelling freshly baked bread which definitely makes us...
Products, People, and the Beauty-Being Axis The Beauty-Being Axis is all about the brain-skin connection, about the gut-skin connection, as...
“As some of you may have noticed, I’ve been releasing quite a few books recently, many of which began back...
In the first two Sweep-the-Sun columns in summer 2022, we looked at the revised ISO 24444:2019 Gold standard and at...
I was inspired to write this column by a recent post from a Spanish company that I saw on LinkedIn...
Background A key challenge in formulating sunscreens is deciding on the UV filter platform, as recently described by Hanay and...
At the end of last months column I wrote that I would attempt to answer the student’s questions: “why can’t...
Dopamine is a key neurotransmitter in the body. It acts in both the central nervous system and peripheral tissues. In...
In this column we will discuss how good intentions can lead to unintended consequences. To set the stage, ChatGPT (OpenAI,...
In this month’s column we take a look at the challenges faced when the use of figurative language in cosmetic...













