Cosmetics : science and technology /
edited by Marvin S. Balsam and Edward Sagarin
- 2nd ed.
- India John Wiley 1972
- 605 p. Volume 1. 691 p. Volume 2. 787 p. Volume 3.
- Volume 1 : Chapter 1 to 15. Volume 2 : Chapter 16 to 33. Volume 3 : Chapter 34 to 46. .
Cosmetics: Science and Technology was first published in the year 1957 and was unique in the sense that it was written by sixty-one authors, with most of them being employed with firms manufacturing the products described. Volume one includes descriptive information on the manufacture and formulation of fifteen different products and classes of products. It also contains discussion concerning legal considerations, quality control, preservation of cosmetics and other areas of concern to the cosmetic industry. An author index, subject index and trade name index are also included in the book.