News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
The tear-away performance of Inter Parfums is showing signs of tailing off as third quarter sales growth slows to 12 per cent, against a nine month sales increase of 21 per cent, as the company is hit by increased royalty and advertising expenses.
Phenomenal growth rates in the US children's personal care segment are expected to continue into 2010 on the back of projected increases in the birth rate. Fuelling this, cartoon characters and natural ingredients aim to please both children and parents.
Crown Risdon has developed a unique decorating process for its Surlyn cap used on the new Hypnôse fragrance from Lancôme. The cap uses a new molding process which is said to save time and cuts back on production costs.
Colonial Chemical has unveiled its Cola Liqid Amide, a non-ionic surfactant based on chemistry that has been used to create traditional alkanolamide surfactants and which also incorporates a similar performance.