June 27, 2025

Theresa M. Callaghan, PhD - Help! I'm Covered in Adjectives - Cosmetic Claims & the Consumer: Navigating Science, Regulations, and Myths in the Beauty Industry, 2nd Ed. - 769

Theresa M. Callaghan, PhD - Help! I'm Covered in Adjectives - Cosmetic Claims & the Consumer: Navigating Science, Regulations, and Myths in the Beauty Industry, 2nd Ed. - 769
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Theresa M. Callaghan, PhD - Help! I'm Covered in Adjectives - Cosmetic Claims & the Consumer: Navigating Science, Regulations, and Myths in the Beauty Industry, 2nd Ed. - 769

Theresa M. Callaghan, PhD - Help! I'm Covered in Adjectives - Cosmetic Claims & the Consumer: Navigating Science, Regulations, and Myths in the Beauty Industry, 2nd Ed. This is episode 769 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.

Theresa M. Callaghan, Ph.D. is a leading biochemist and skincare scientist with over 35 years of experience in international corporate skincare research. She is the author of Help! I’m Covered in Adjectives: Cosmetic Claims & The Consumer – Navigating Science, Regulations, and myths in the Beauty Industry, 2nd Edition. She has also had more than 150 scientific and technical articles published. 

She sits on the scientific editorial review board of the International Journal of Cosmetic Science and is an active member of a number of professional societies including the British Herbal Medical Association, & the Scandinavian Society of Cosmetic Scientists. She is also an advisor to TKS Science Publisher; (HPC Today Journal) is Scientific Editor at EuroCosmetics Magazine, as well as writing a monthly column on Claims Insights for them. She contributes a monthly article to BEAUTYSTREAMS on ingredient technologies.  

Callaghan is a graduate biochemist from the University of Bath, with a doctorate (PhD) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). Following her PhD, she then moved to Paris, France as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Pasteur Institute. While she was working there, she was invited to support LVMH-Dior with their Capture project, and this is how she entered the world of cosmetic science, and the skin care industry in particular.

Over 15 years ago, she set up a cosmetics scientific development consulting business, working with ingredient suppliers, brands, and also service providers in clinical and pre-clinical testing and research. 

Born and raised in Wales, she now resides in Germany.

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Connect with Theresa M. Callaghan

Contact: https://www.ccintl.eu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tmcallaghan
Newsletter/Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/tmcallaghan
Claims Insights Monthly Column - EuroCosmetics Magazine: https://www.eurocosmetics-mag.com/cosmetic-claims/
Monthly Ingredient Technology Articles: https://beautystreams.com/ The book is available from Amazon, and the link to the article on Ai in cosmetics can be found here: https://www.personalcaremagazine.com/story/47067/ai-and-cosmetics-a-new-era-of-claims-washing   Rules & Regulations: https://www.personalcarecouncil.org/ (used to be the CTFA in the USA) https://www.ctpa.org.uk/rules-and-regulations https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/cosmetics_en https://cosmetic.chemlinked.com/   Early beauty culture (this is a fun one too):  https://www.cosmeticsandskin.com/index.php   Science Communication and Formulations (industry colleagues): The EcoWell: https://www.theecowell.com/about Lab Muffin: https://labmuffin.com/about-michelle/   All about Ingredients and Safety App: https://cosmileeurope.eu/de/home/ (readers will need to click on the appropriate language flag). Very informative site!  

Length - 01:00:27