title: Cosmeceutical vehicles.
abstract: Consumers will pay a premium for high-performance skin and hair care products. The demand exists, and in return for the high cost, consumers expect the product to perform as claimed and to meet aesthetic standards beyond many products found in the mass market. To be successful in this highly competitive market, products must function as claimed or consumers will not repurchase. Effective contemporary high-end products must be properly formulated in nonirritating vehicles that consumers will perceive as elegant.
authors.affiliation: EMD Chemicals, Inc. (an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Gibbstown, NJ 08027, USA. hepsteinskincare@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000191:economics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000191:economics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016527:Drug Costs; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014677:Pharmaceutical Vehicles / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012869:Skin Absorption / Q000187:drug effects; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics; D003879:Dermatologic Agents; D014677:Pharmaceutical Vehicles