By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science
In-cosmetics Global is without a doubt the biggest raw material exhibition in the world for the Personal Care industry. Its no surprise then that this is the ‘show to watch’ for the latest launches and trends for the year ahead when looking for the next...
Researchers at North Western University in Evanston, Illinois, have published work in the peer-reviewed science journal Cell that suggests it’s quite possible.
The biotech company has just launched Brontide, its first ingredient for use in beauty product formulations. Earlier this month, Cosmetic Design spoke with Damien Perriman, senior vice president of specialty chemicals at Genomatica, to find out more.
By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science
in-cosmetics Global is without a doubt the biggest raw material exhibition in the world for the Personal Care industry. Its no surprise then that this is the ‘show to watch’ for the latest launches and trends for the year ahead when looking for the next...
As everyone in the industry well knows, color cosmetics have been around for hundreds upon hundreds of years—at least since the reign of Cleopatra. And while somethings never change, the nuances of beauty formulations, benefits, and outcomes are constantly...
Canada-based Lucas Meyer has developed a raft of new active ingredient launches, ahead of next month’s in-cosmetics Global event, including a product that claims to restore color to gray hair called Grayverse.
Yesterday, the specialty chemical maker announced 2 new ingredients that it’s describing as next-generation silicone replacements. And in conversation with Cosmetics Design, Inolex global technical marketing manager Fana Makonnen explained why the company...
Newly formed GIObis Laboratories has teamed up with Oh Oh Organics to launch all-natural organic emulsifying and preserving systems for the North American market.
Research scientists from the company’s facilities in Calgary, Alberta, and Lambertville, New Jersey, published data on their work with spectrophotometric screening in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology last year and continue efforts to build industry...
At this week’s annual meeting event in Palm Beach, Florida, the trade organization held a dedicated session for press in an effort to better mitigate the proliferation of misinformation about personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance ingredients.
Holobiome Corporation and J&J are collaborating on the new project; and in a recent exchange with Cosmetics Design, Stefanie Dhanda, senior director of consumer scientific innovation at the health and beauty company’s Innovation Center, affirms, “there...
The dates for the FCE Cosmetique event are set for May 22 – 24 at the Sao Paulo Expo space and organizers NürnbergMesse Brazil is aiming to build on the success of last year.
In a paper published just this month, Sibani Lisa Biswal and Elaa Hilou share data on what they believe to be “the first study to measure the tunable interfacial stiffness of a 2D colloidal cluster by controlling particle interactions using external fields.”...
The Clorox-owned beauty and personal care brand shared clinical data at this week’s American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting comparing the benefits of Burt’s Bees sensitive skin care products to those of a “dermatologist-recommended synthetic control...
The developers of sciadonic acid—a new to the market anti-inflammatory fatty acid—have pivoted to topical products as they search for partners to more fully develop the substance as a dietary ingredient.
With the deadline drawing closer for the Beauty Industry Awards and the Cosmetics Design team would love to see more submissions from ingredient players.
The cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance ingredient maker has just announced the availability of a pharmaceutical grade of its bio-based squalane. Having a USP certified ingredient not only opens up the pharma market for Amyris but also bolsters the...
Late last month, Coty announced it has reformulated the well-know at home hair dye product. The new formulation promises less damage, longer lasting color, better scent, less risk of allergy, etc. Cosmetics Design checked in with James Corbett, Clairol...
The two companies have struck a deal that will combine their technological knowhow with the aim of creating “a stable oily active ingredient” by the end of the year.
The B2B events company Kisaco Research is hosting a Skin Microbiome Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, this spring. The two-day conference program will feature research, trends, regulations, and other topics that pertain to commercially viable beauty...
Henkel has recognized some of its leading suppliers in the personal care and home care segments as part of the annual American Cleaning Institute Annual Meeting and Industry Convention.
In a move that taps into the trend for formulations that offer protection from environmental pollutants and stressors, Mibelle AG Biochemistry has launched a new ingredient.
With cosmetic and personal care brands constantly on the lookout for new and exotic natural and organic ingredient, chokeberry seed oil may capture the imagination of formulators.
This month the almond growers’ agricultural collective announced its latest business initiative, supplying sweet almond oil to health and beauty care makers. Blue Diamond has been testing the waters for some time now, exhibiting at industry tradeshows...
The North American specialty chemical distributor was selected to be a key partner in Nanovetores’ expansion and to help the company begin to take its sustainable ingredient supply business global.
A new device, developed at AGH University of Science and Technology, has enabled an international team of researchers to better observe early-stage gel formation.
Researchers from the University of California San Diego and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory teamed up to develop the new technology, and late last year, published details of their method in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Protocols....
Targeting the massive hair care market in Latin America and world-wide, Brazil-based Beraca has launched a new hair conditioning ingredient, Capillus Pro 22, made with materials sourced from the Amazon rain forest.
The combined forces of Dow Corning and Dow Chemical have created a massive hair care ingreidents portfolio which the company’s development team believes is well poised to serve the massive Latin American market.
Chemyunion is science-based fine chemicals provider that is making the unusual move of breaking out of its home market in Brazil and into the North American market.
With the aim of further diversifying the Cargill business beyond the mainstay food arena, Cargill Beauty was born earlier this year. In this video, Cargill executives explain why both Brazil and the Latin American army will form a vital part of this ambition.
Research conducted by Michela Geri, Bavand Keshavarz, Gareth H. McKinley, and John W. M. Bush about when and why droplets of liquid sometimes float on another quantity of liquid before the two blend has likely implication for cosmetics and personal care...
The biotech laboratory behind the dry mask infuser technology made popular by Nannette de Gaspé has just announced a market-ready collection of dry masks available in a variety of active formulations, skin care shapes, and decorative patterns.
In our special newsletter on preservatives, we explore how an array of emerging and developed solutions are being released to replace chemical-based components that are rightly or wrongly feared by personal care consumers.
Researchers Ingrid Guha, Sushant Anand, and Kripa Varanasi have developed a scalable water-in-oil emulsification technique that doesn’t require mixing. And they believe that the new method has ready applications for cosmetics and personal care product...
Demand for effective and safe preservative ingredients has never been higher, but with consumers and regulators alike turning against some established synthetic preservatives, how can the industry keep up?
Several factors are driving the development of new preservatives for use in beauty product formulations. Perhaps chief among them are prospective new regulations, the green or natural beauty movement, and the unrelenting force of industry.
Cosmetics Design sat down with that company’s Kristen Agbato and Verna Talcott at last week’s tradeshow in Long Beach, California, to find out what the team—with the combined technologies of Dow and Dow Corning—is offering the cosmetics and personal care...
The National Society of Cosmetic Chemists will host its annual program in December at a new venue in NYC. This week, Cosmetics Design spoke with Anna Langerveld, the organization’s 2017 chair, to find out what’s in the works for this year’s two-day event....
Firmenich has been an early pioneer in harbouring biotechnology to advance its portfolio of fragrance ingredients, a move that has also helped to increase efficiencies and cut its environmental impact.
The specialty chemical company announced a new production capability of its New Castle, Delaware, facility this week. Croda, a multinational firm that serves a full spectrum of industries, will be offering the new biotech ingredient as a green option...
Four of the biggest beauty players in the market took up on this year's in-cosmetics North America Formulation Challenge. The four teams were Estée Lauder, Unilever, Shiseido and Colgate-Palmolive, The four teams fought a keen battle during the 90-minutes...
The personal care tradeshow takes place this week in Long Beach, California, on Wednesday, October 25, and Thursday, October 26. Keynote presentations on the opportunities and challenges of natural beauty will set the tone for the event. And the Cosmetics...
Today the companies announced a deal that will put advanced automation software to work in a new way at Gingko’s synthetic biology foundry and, in doing so, significantly scale its output capacity by 2022.
Japanese personal care heavyweight, Shiseido, succeeds in developing and applying two newly-advanced technologies: In Vivo visualisation of dermal capillaries and the involvement of vascular plexus malformation in hyperpigmentation.
Cosmetics Design caught up with in-cosmetics Latin America show director Daniel Zanetti to find out about his expectations for this year's show, the all-important exhibitor numbers and what is new on the show floor.
Twelve weeks of supplementation with hyaluronan – also known as hyaluronic acid – may improve the “luster” of the skin and reduce wrinkles, says a new study from Japan.
