Cosmetic Chemistry Reviewer

Jadranka Cubrilo, Ph.D.

Cosmetic Chemist | Ph.D. in Chemistry | Skincare Formulation Specialist

About

Dr. Jadranka Cubrilo holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and has spent her career inside the skincare formulation industry. She is the BLC editorial team's primary reviewer for ingredient mechanism, claim wording, and citation accuracy.

Her testing focus is the chemistry layer of every review: parsing the full INCI, mapping branded complexes back to their underlying actives, cross-checking brand efficacy claims against peer-reviewed literature, and flagging where a marketing claim outruns the published data.

Every ingredient page in the BLC glossary, and every claim block on a review, is reviewed by Jadranka before publication. Where evidence is genuinely thin, the glossary calls that out explicitly.

Credentials

+Ph.D. in Chemistry
+Career-long skincare formulation experience
+Expert in cosmetic ingredient mechanism, stability, and claim substantiation

Areas reviewed

+Ingredient mechanism and what the chemistry actually does on skin
+INCI parsing and identification of branded complexes
+Peer-reviewed citation accuracy across the ingredient glossary
+Claim wording (separating substantiated claims from marketing copy)
+Pregnancy-safety, photo-sensitivity, and interaction caveats

Conflict-of-interest statement

Jadranka has held formulation roles inside the skincare industry. She does not currently hold equity, paid advisory, or any active commercial relationship with brands featured in the BLC catalog. Any past role with a brand featured on the site is disclosed on that brand's review page where relevant.