Archives for April 16, 2012

Students win innovation contest for corn chaff cosmetics line

Students win innovation contest for corn chaff cosmetics line A team of four Purdue University students in Indiana scooped a top prize in the annual Student Soybean and Corn Innovation Contests for their cosmetics line made from corn chaff.

Dispatches from in-cosmetics

New brand, new strategy as BASF hones its cosmetic focus

After a year of dealing with mergers and creating a single focus for its personal care business, 2012 is all about delivering customer benefits and developing ingredients in line with trends, which are quick to market, for chemical company BASF.

Full ingredient disclosure with a quick scan of your smartphone

Floratech, a botanically derived ingredient supplier, has launched a full ingredient disclosure system, which uses quick response (QR) codes.  

Controversy continues as UV nail lamp use is on the rise

The use of UV nail lamps has increased due to the overwhelming success of gel soak off nail polishes.