Are you looking for a specific method on volunteers to substantiate the effects or the safety of your cosmetic product or ingredient, but don't know how to go about it?

You've come to the right place.

Filters let you create search combinations and refine your criteria to find the most relevant methods. Some filters refine your laboratory preferences ("Service providers" and "Countries" filters), while others refine the definition of the test method that matches your criteria.

The filters are interconnected, which means that their content depends on the selections previously made in the other filters.
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For example, by first selecting the "Cutometer" in the "Devices | Methods" filter, you will see in the "Claims" filter only the claims that can be substantiated with the "Cutometer" device.
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Conversely, if you first select the "moisturizing" claim in the "Claims" filter, you will only see, in the "Devices | Methods" filter, the devices capable of validating the "moisturizing" claim.

Once you understand how the filters work, you also understand that a great deal of information is contained not only in your search results, but also in the remaining available criteria of your search filters.

Indeed, the search results list the methods matching the selected criteria, and the laboratories offering those methods. But the filters are a good way to get an overall view of the information, by cross-referencing the data.

For example, if you are looking for the devices that can validate the "moisturizing" claim, you will first select "moisturizing" in the "Claims" filter, then look in the "Devices | Methods" filter at the remaining devices available for selection.

This information is available from your search results, but by looking directly at the filters, you don't have to go through all the methods offered to note the device used.

Each filter lets you refine your search according to important business criteria. Depending on the market in which you want to launch your cosmetic product, the effect you want to claim, the type of results you want... you will find the most suitable method.

On the clinical platform, the search starts with the choice of a test category, then is refined with the following 9 search filters:

Before using the filters, choose the test category you are looking for. There are 7:

With the "Types of product" filter, filter the methods by the type of product you want to validate. There are 7:

Test methods are linked to the claims they can validate: with the "Claims" filter, you can therefore filter the methods directly by the effects you want to substantiate.

Over 200 claims are currently listed on the clinical platform.

The "Study parameters" filter is a very precise filter, giving an overview of the methods offered at a given stage of the search. Its criteria generally concern one or two methods, so it refines the results very specifically.

The "Devices | Methods" filter lets you select the instruments you want to use for your testing project. You can then access all the methods offered, and the laboratories around the world that have this device.

298 measuring devices are currently listed on the platform.

With the "Types of results" filter, under "More filters", you can choose the type of results you want for your testing project from:

Also under "More filters", the "Degree of novelty" filter lets you select more or less recent quantitative or visual measuring devices. The higher the degree, the newer the measurement principle. For the instruments listed by Skinobs, we chose the following scale:

With the "Countries" filter, locate the geographical area where you want to carry out your test. The results will be the tests performed by the laboratories located in the selected areas (headquarters or subsidiaries).

Nearly 50 countries are currently listed on the clinical platform.

The "Methods promoters" filter is the device manufacturers' filter. It lets you filter the available methods by the devices of a particular manufacturer. It is useful if you have a partnership with a manufacturer, for example.

Over 100 manufacturers are currently listed on the clinical platform.

With the "Service providers" filter, directly select the laboratories whose methods you want to see in your search results. You can also get an overview of the laboratories offering the methods at a given stage of your search.

Over 250 providers are currently listed on the clinical platform.

What is the next step, once your search is done and you are satisfied with your results?

You can save the methods from your search for later by clicking the bookmark icon of the method you want:

Each saved method must be linked to a project. You will therefore need to select the project for which you want to save this method, or create a new one.

Once your methods of interest are saved, you can access them from the "Saved services" page, in the "Search" section of the platform menu.

You can display the methods according to the project(s) for which they were saved:

Add notes to the methods to remind yourself of certain details. Each note is linked to the method and to the project(s).

Click "Comparison mode", directly from your search results or from the "Saved services" page, then select two or three methods to compare. Edit the notes if needed.

Export the comparison interface to share the information easily with your teams: make the decision easier, faster and better informed.

The last step is to contact the laboratories that offer the chosen method. To do so, open the method from your saved methods, select the laboratories you want to contact, and send your request!

Your request will be sent to all the selected laboratories, and you will be able to read their replies in the messaging, directly on the platform.

Don't worry: you will be notified by email as soon as a laboratory replies!