ASSESSMENT OF SKIN CARE PRODUCTS 11 o/w 48 % o/w 36 % w/o 19 % others 40 % 23 % others 33 % for daily care for care at night Figure 3. Type of cream usually used. very bad 5,0 4,0 [] Product N [] Product 3,0 2,0 1,0 very good 2,52 BA BDF Be He Ho Ma Na R SchrSchwWe 3,36 2,85 3,83 3,55 3,52 i 3,74 .. 3,30 3,11 3,21 BA BDF Be He Ho Ma Na R SchrSchwWe Figure 4. Spreadability on skin. of penetration into the skin showed similar results (see Figure 5), with preferences for "N" at all centers. These results are not surprising, as oil-in-water creams in most cases show better spreadabilities and better penetrations than water-in-oil creams. Evaluation of the positive assessment of skin condition after the test period shows large differences between the centers, but no differences between the test products (see Figure 6). Similar results were found for the assessment of the change of the skin surface (see Figure 7). The reasons for the weak improvements in skin condition and skin surface smoothness

12 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS very bad 5,0 4,0 [] Product [] Product 3,0 2,0 1,0 very good 2,64 ii iii BA BDF Be He Ho Ma Na R SchrSchwWe 2,54 3,09 3,10 3,06 3,53 3,36 2,86 2,97 2,91 3,61 BA BDF Be He Ho Ma Na R SchrSchwWe Figure 5. Penetration into the skin. % 50 40 [] Product ,,N,, [] Product Mean Value = 16,9 % 37,1 30 22,7 20 18,3 • .... .. i i ...... 'l 2,6 ':' 3 i o [] o,o Mean Value = 20,4 % 5,5 34,3 18,5 15,2 15,2 12,9 12,5 1 O, 0 6,5 BA BDF Be He Ho Ma Na R SchrSchwWe BA BDF Be He Ho Ma Na R SchrSchwWe Center X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Figure 6. Change of skin condition, positive assessment. are probably the well-groomed pre-test conditions of the panelists' face skin. We an- ticipate better improvements performing such tests using panelists with clinically dry skin conditions.