How to clean cosmetic lab equipment

Do you want to learn how to clean cosmetic lab equipment to make sure it is always clean, ready for use and microbe free? In this video, Belinda Carli, Director of the Institute of Personal Care Science talks you through the essential cleaning steps so you can clean your cosmetic lab equipment easily and be sure its suitable to use. Find out how, watch now!

[VanillaAttila]

Can you talk about how you maintain a dust free environment?

[patrikchmelik]

Thanks for this video! I’ve been waiting for this one quite some time 🙂🤩

[theplanetaura]

What do you do if you don't have a process water source at home? Just purchase gallons of distilled water and rinse all materials that way? Seems like it'd be costly/a major potential waste of water.

[oyino]

Thanks for this video, so how would you ensure the product packaging is also free from contamination? Would you follow the same steps, how about a bottle though or anything with a small opening, it'd be almost impossible to get inside of it and clean dry?

[ivanmv]

Very good video!! How to get a free dust environment?

[ValeUlate]

How do you clean your cloth? And how do you clean your dish hanger and shelf?

[ivanapur]

Great video! Is reverse osmosis (used on good quality city water) or store-bought distilled water good enough for glassware rinsing? In cosmetic R&D lab I worked at we used DI water, but I see small labs using reverse osmosis or distilled water, due to cost. Thanks!

[gugugal]

Hi Belinda, I want to go back to school to be a chemist and work in cosmetics. But there is a lot of math required. Do you have any thoughts on how to get through all of the math to get to the fun science stuff?

[sonandpets]

Belinda,
What lab equipment do you use to check for heavy metals?

[dawnreine]

Hi! Im thinking to DIY my own Lip Balm/Lipstick/Linen Spray etc just for fun for friends n family but i have 3 cats at home :( what is your advise? Im thinking to use my guest room into a art room so my cats cant go in. 😮 Whats your advise?

[andrewbarone]

Should we prep the hypochlorite step with hot or cold water? Also, we got trace chloroform, is there anything we can do to avoid that?

[snehakaushikmarathe]

can i use a UV machine to sterlize the cosmetic containers?

[melindanicole]

Oh no, I have been doing it wrong. I wash with hot soapy water, rinse well, then I spray all my equipment with 70% isopropyl alcohol and then I allow to air dry, then used gloved hands to put my equipment into containers or bags that have been cleaned with alcohol, and then the bags or containers are closed and put into the cabinet with doors. I use a makeup brush acrylic container with a lid to store all my utensils.

When I need to wipe something down after its been sprayed I use kim wipes, the lint free lab wipe paper. I assumed a cloth towel wouldn't be sterile enough and could leave lint behind.