COSMETIC PRODUCTS

Paola RUSSO COSMETIC PRODUCTS

0760300019
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF7
PHARMACY
2023/2024

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
648LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE PROVIDES KNOWLEDGE ON THE MAIN INGREDIENTS IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS, COSMETIC TECHNOLOGY AND EU LEGISLATION WITH REGARD TO PRODUCTION, IMPORT, SALE, INDICATIONS FOR THEIR LABELLING AND MARKETING ASPECTS.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL KNOW:
- ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND RAW MATERIALS USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COSMETIC PRODUCTS
- EUROPEAN LEGISLATION ON THE PRODUCTION, SALE AND CONTROLS OF COSMETICS
- COMMUNITY INDICATIONS FOR LABELLING AND PROCEDURES FOR MARKETING AUTHORIZATION.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
- SELECT COSMETIC INGREDIENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;
- USE THOSE INGREDIENTS IN THE DESIGN OF COSMETIC PRODUCTS;
- SUGGEST A COSMETIC PRODUCT KNOWING ITS COMPOSITION
- CONSULT THE EUROPEAN REGULATION ON COSMETIC PRODUCTS WITH ITS ANNEXES
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND HUMAN ANATOMY IS REQUIRED.
Contents
ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF COSMETOLOGY. FUNCTION OF COSMETIC PRODUCTS: HYGIENIC, EUTROPHIC, AESTHETIC. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SKIN.
CLASSIFICATION OF COSMETIC RAW MATERIALS: NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC INGREDIENTS. INTERNATIONAL NOMENCLATURE OF COSMETIC INGREDIENTS (INCI)
IDENTIFICATION OF THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL FORM OF A COSMETIC AND PURITY CRITERIA OF RAW MATERIALS.
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL FORMS OF COSMETICS. SOLUTIONS: GEL. EMULSIONS.
PREPARATION OF MONOPHASIC FORMULATIONS: AQUEOUS, HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC AND ALCOHOLIC SOLUTIONS; OIL-BASED SOLUTIONS; SHAMPOOS, BATH FOAMS AND GELS. PREPARATION OF BIPHASIC FORMULATIONS: EMULSIONS.
FUNCTIONAL SUBSTANCES IN COSMETICS: EMOLLIENT AND MOISTURIZING DERMOFUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS. ANTI-AGING PRODUCTS: SOLAR RADIATION EFFECT ON THE SKIN AND SOLAR PRODUCTS.
COSMETICS AND PERFUMES; THE NOSE AND SMELL; THE OLFACTORY PYRAMID AND OLFACTORY FAMILIES; EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION OF PERFUMES OF COSMETIC INTEREST.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, LABORATORY EXERCISES, PREPARATION OF MAIN COSMETIC FORMULATIONS. THE COURSE INCLUDES 40 HOURS OF LESSONS AND PRACTICAL LAB EXPERIENCES (5 CFU). IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE 24 HOURS OF CLASSROOM LESSONS AND 16 HOURS OF LABORATORY PRACTICE. THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY: CLASSROOM LESSONS ON ALL TOPICS OF THE COURSE; GROUP LABORATORY PRACTICES ON 4 MAIN COSMETIC FORMULATIONS: SOLUTIONS, GELS, TENSIDES, EMULSIONS. STUDENTS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS AND FOLLOW 4 LAB PRACTICES OF 3 HOURS EACH.
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TEACHING OBJECTIVES IS VERIFIED THROUGH AN EXAMINATION WITH EVALUATION OUT THIRTY. THE EXAM IS DIVIDED INTO A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL TEST WHICH TAKE PLACE ON CALENDARIZED DAYS, TO BE TAKEN IN THE SAME SESSION. THE FINAL MARK IS GIVEN BY THE AVERAGE OF THE MARKS OBTAINED IN EACH TEST. A MAXIMUM "CUM LAUDE" MARK WILL BE GIVEN TO STUDENTS WHO REACH THE MAXIMUM MARK OF 30/30 AND DEMONSTRATE TO BE ABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY APPLY KNOWLEDGE E
SKILLS ACQUIRED EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PROPOSED DURING THE LESSONS.
THE 60-MINUTE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IS PREPARATORY TO THE ORAL EXAMINATION AND CONSISTS OF A MAXIMUM OF 6 OPEN-ANSWER QUESTIONS, WHICH INCLUDE THE RECOGNITION AND LABELING OF A COSMETIC FORMULATION FROM ITS COMPOSITION. OTHER QUESTIONS RELATE TO THE REGULATION OF COSMETIC PRODUCTS AND SPECIFIC INGREDIENTS, FOR WHICH THE CLASSIFICATION, CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, CHEMICAL STRUCTURES AND ROLE IN A COSMETIC PRODUCT MUST BE INDICATED.
THE ORAL EXAMINATION MAY CONSIST IN THE SIMPLE DISCUSSION OF THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION, IF THIS HAS BEEN EXHAUSTIVE OR IN A DISCUSSION OF A DURATION NOT EXCEEDING 30 MINUTES, AIMED AT VERIFYING:
THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE THEORETICAL CONTENTS, THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE ACHIEVED: PROPERTY OF
LANGUAGE, LOGICAL-DEDUCTIVE AND SYNTHETIC SKILLS, ARGUMENTATION SKILLS.
Texts
G. PROSERPIO, B. AMBRECK, M. CEOLINI PRONTUARIO DEL COSMETOLOGO - CHIMICA, TECNICA, LEGISLAZIONE - ED TECNICHE NUOVE, COMO, 2001.
C. BRUNO, G. PROSERPIO, FISIOPATOLOGIA DELLA PELLE E DEGLI ANNESSI CUTANEI, OEMF, MILANO.
C. DE GIULI, LEGGE SUI COSMETICI (713/1986) E PROVVEDIMENTI DI ATTUAZIONE: TESTI, COMMENTI E NOTE, OEMF, MILANO.
G. PROSERPIO, A. MARTELLI, G. F. PATRI, ELEMENTI DI FITOCOSMESI, SEPEM, MILANO.
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