The Rawess Journal · 2026
Field notes
from the bench.
Formulation science, quality culture, and regulatory briefings — written by the chemists who run the instruments, not the marketers who run the adjectives.
Why your COA is lying to you — and how to read one that isn’t.
A certificate of analysis is a story until you know how to interrogate it. Five tells of a COA written for the file, not for the drum.
Read article →Bakuchiol vs. retinol: what 41 formulators told us about stability.
The survey every "natural retinol" pitch should have to answer — oxidation, discoloration, and the packaging choices that separate a hero SKU from a returns ticket.
Read article →EU REACH 2026: what changes for peptide importers.
Tonnage thresholds, dossier expectations, and why a bonded Rotterdam warehouse turns a six-week customs conversation into a domestic delivery.
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