• DATA
  • TRENDS
  • BENCHMARK
  • HUMAN

How to research brand formulations with your AI

Connect your AI to the Open Beauty Facts database. Once connected, your agent can pull ingredient data and spot formulation trends across entire brand catalogs.

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Short answer

How can I use AI to analyze brand ingredients?

Your AI uses search_beauty_products to pull ingredient lists from the Open Beauty Facts database. It identifies which specific ingredients are used most frequently across a brand's lineup, giving you a clear view of their formulation patterns.

The research outcomes

What your analysis yields

The AI turns database queries into organized ingredient intelligence.

DATA

Ingredient lists

The AI pulls exact ingredient decks for any brand or product you specify. You get the raw composition without manual searching.

TRENDS

Formulation patterns

Your agent flags which specific chemicals or extracts appear most often in a brand's catalog. This shows you their core formulation strategy.

BENCHMARK

Brand comparisons

Compare how one brand uses a specific ingredient against its competitors. You'll see who relies on certain actives more than others.

HUMAN

Manual verification

You review the AI's summarized ingredient counts against the raw data to ensure the specific chemical names are correct for your needs.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

The AI acts as the bridge between your questions and the global beauty database.

  1. Fetch product data

    The AI searches the database to find all products belonging to a specific brand or category.

    search_beauty_products

  2. Extract ingredients

    It pulls the full ingredient list for every product found in the initial search.

    search_beauty_products

  3. Analyze composition

    The agent counts ingredient frequencies to see which substances are staples in a brand's lineup.

    search_beauty_products

  4. Summarize findings

    The AI presents a clean summary of the ingredient trends it discovered.

    search_beauty_products

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off your research.

Starting points

Swap out the brand names and ingredient types for the ones you actually want to study.

Open Beauty Facts Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_KGiRTak27s6xECYfZQ4vVbjuNeVdQA11yd6cKaN3/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Open Beauty Facts capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-beauty-facts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_KGiRTak27s6xECYfZQ4vVbjuNeVdQA11yd6cKaN3/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Search for all products from La Roche-Posay and list the most common preservatives they use.

  • Compare the ingredient lists of CeraVe's moisturizing creams against Cetaphil's moisturizing creams.

  • Find all products in the 'sunscreen' category that contain Zinc Oxide and tell me which brands use it most.

  • Analyze the ingredient profile of Neutrogena's facial cleansers to see if they all use the same surfactant.

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Windsurf
  • Claude Code
  • JetBrains
  • Cline

Start here

Connect Open Beauty Facts once, then ask.

Click to connect the MCP to your preferred client. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can start querying the database immediately.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI add new products to the database?

    No. The AI can only read and query existing data from the Open Beauty Facts database.

  • 02

    Does the AI decide if an ingredient is safe?

    No. The AI only reports what is in the formulation. You must perform your own safety assessments.

  • 03

    Can I search for products by specific skin type?

    Yes, as long as the product metadata in the database includes skin type classifications.

  • 04

    Will the AI find products not in the Open Beauty Facts database?

    No. The AI is limited to the data available through the search_beauty_products tool.

  • 05

    Can the AI create a spreadsheet of the ingredients?

    The AI can format the data into a table for you to copy, but it cannot directly write to your local files.

  • More questions about Open Beauty Facts? The Connector page answers them. See everything the Open Beauty Facts Connector can do

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