Lip Balm, Chapstick, and Cosmetic Lip Improvement

Color Persistence, Clinical Lip Efficacy, Transfer Resistance, And All-Day Claims

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In Vivo Clinical Studies To Support The First Thing Most People Notice: The Lips

Where do you look first when you meet someone new? Their eyes, their hands, their hair, their shoes, or their smile?

If you lean towards the smile, your initial glances fall in line with the majority of people around the globe. You’re also said to be empathetic and in tune with how those around you feel and react.

Lip Enhancement Through the Ages at the Clinical Level

The first commercial lipstick was invented in 1884 by a group of French perfumers who had a very good understanding of sensuality. The concept, however, can be traced back much further to ancient Mesopotamia, where women ground precious gems and used their dust to decorate their lips

By making the lips an even more dramatic focal point of the face, a very powerful and direct communication technique was emphasized, and it still holds great emphasis today.

Your Lips are Way Easier to Read if They Have a Little Color To Them

While lipstick has gone through hundreds of iterations over its lifespan, and has been used for good, evil, and everything in between, there is no doubt that it has helped shape the face of the multi-billion dollar beauty industry which now more than ever, is driven by women.

Lip Enhancement is a very competitive market, and there are numerous product types and categories which all aim to focus on some type of visual or tactile improvement or health related benefits:

Lipcare Product Categories For Clinical Support

Lip Balms and Cold Weather Protection
Hydration and Moisturization
Lip Color and Vibrance
Lip Gloss and Shine
Color Last/Long Wear
Cracked Lip and Dry Lip Healing
Cold Sore and OTC Treatments

Lipstick, Lip Gloss, Color Persistence, and All-Day Wear Claim Support

Cosmetic lip care products are used world wide and are one of the most common forms of cosmetic enhancement. Generally these products are designed with beauty in mind as opposed to health and condition improvement.

All Day Claims and Long Wear Claims measure the durability of topical products such as lipsticks and lip glosses, and they involve controlled clinical evaluations conducted by technicians, self assessments, and/or clinical photography.

Color Persistence claims are closely related to All Day Claims, and they take into account how long color enhancement products last before they begin to fade.

Transfer and water resistance are also widely sought after claims for topical lip care products, and VCS can help to develop custom tailored clinical options to substantiate your claims.

Glosses and lipsticks can also be tested for hydration, barrier function and protection.

Film Forming and Barrier Forming Lip Care Support

Any lip care products can be tested to demonstrate their potential for film forming and barrier protection.

Oftentimes these studies are used to support claims such as “helps protect the skin’s natural barrier” and they can also supplement water resistance as well.

With clinical instrumentation, VCS can provide percentage based improvements that support objective label claims and consumer facing marketing claims.

Hydration, Cracked, and Chapped Lip Clinical Support

For lip balm and chapstick products, VCS can help document the percentage improvement in conditions such as hydration and moisture content.

VCS can also include one of our Dermatologists to support “Dermatologist Approved” claims.

As an FDA Registered Clinical Laboratory, VCS can test medicated chapped lip products to document healing, flaking, and extremely dry lip conditions.

These types of studies pair particularly well with our Validated Clinical Photography.

General Lip Product Safety

For all types of lip products, Safety In Use testing can provide cost effective consumer sensory feedback combined with a professional assessment of product tolerance.

Basic scoring for irritation, redness, dryness, and inflammation along with a 30 subject consumer panel can provide cost effective marketing and safety data.

Lip Care Related Clinical Claims

Cracked lip protection
Moisturizing Formula
Fights chapped lips
All Day Moisture
Increases Hydration by up to XX%
Water Resistant
Transfer Resistant
Helps fight cold sores faster
Barrier protection

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OTC and Drug Product Implications for Lip Products

Because Validated Claim Support is FDA Registered, we can run clinical studies on topical products that contain FDA approved active ingredients. VCS can handle medicated lip product claims that range from extremely chapped lips to cold sore outbreak treatments and beyond.

Not all studies are created equal, but generally speaking when drug and OTC actives are involved, a more robust study design is recommended for sponsors which results in improved quality for the global consumer.

Secondary Clinical Studies Training

Onsite SPF and UVA training conducted by Dr. Curt Cole (President, Sun and Skin Consulting) and Solar Light Company, America’s premier manufacturer of Precision Light Sources and the inventor of the first Solar Simulator in 1967.

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