News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
Picking up on the growing trend for lipid-based products, Elizabeth Arden has reformulated its ceramide skin care capsules, claiming to make the treatment more effective in fighting facial and throat skin ageing.
Luxury cosmetics group Clarins has suffered a sharp decline in profits over the first half of the year following a sales crisis in the US.
Estee Lauder has made an out-of-court compensation payment after an employment tribunal in the UK ruled in favour of an epileptic woman who accused the company managers of bullying.
The advantages of deriving active ingredients for cosmetics products from plant cell cultures were discussed at this year's congress, 'Plants for Human Health in the Post Genomic Era', held in Helsinki.