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...
Azelis has confirmed that it has secured the exclusive distribution contract US-based Genomatica’s award-winning Brontide butylene glycol throughout Europe.
The World Perfumery Congress, an educational conference and expo will address the future of the fragrance industry is set to take place 5-7 June 2018 in Nice, France.
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...
In this interview with an industry expert, we discover what is meant by the term ‘athleisure’, and how it’s being applied in beauty and personal care trends.
How can green formulation be applied to hair care, and what does the future of its application in the segment look like? This expert interview reveals all.
Here, we reveal exclusive expert insights into the rising trend of probiotic-inspired skin care that works with the skin’s natural microbiome, and how it relates to the anti-pollution trend.
With the deadline drawing closer for the Beauty Industry Awards and the Cosmetics Design team would love to see more submissions from ingredient players.
Looking to make the show accessible to young scientists and formulators from the ‘least developed’ countries, IFSCC organisers have launched a travel grant this year.
The specialty ingredients player has launched a tool that aims to be ‘ahead of market trends’ when it comes to offering manufacturers inspiration at the formulation level.
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.
Last week at the Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles, California, 150 brands specializing in cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance were on hand for the two-day event, which attracts top media, retail buyers, and consumers alike. Cosmetics Design was there...
Specialty chemicals player BASF has teamed up with a cell therapy research institute, and have announced the first results of their collaboration on 3D human sebaceous glands tech for skin care applications.
Ingredients player Naturex has announced the results of a comet assay for its Eliorelys ingredients, noting that it is seen to provide a ‘significant decrease’ in DNA damage.
At a very-well attended breakfast event in New York City on Wednesday, the foundation’s new president Linda Levy sketched out the organization’s refreshed vision for the future. Plans include an annual day of fragrance; involving and supporting a growing...
A research project between Brain AG and Mannheim University of Applied Sciences is seeking to lead the way on development of 3D skin models for health and cosmetics applications.
Want to get an expert insight onto which beauty and personal care trade shows should not be missed in 2018? Featuring shows across packaging, formulation and market trends, we give our recommendations.
This year’s edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit Europe industry summit took place in Paris in November, and its organisers have released a roundup of its major outcomes, from insights on green values to a paper from H&M on key sustainability...
As part of its occasional series of educational events, the global research and consulting firm will run a full-day event in San Francisco, California, early next year about the opportunities, challenges, and regulations pertaining to formulating personal...
One of the core events in the beauty industry calendar is set to take place in April next year: we take a sneak peek at the plans for in-cosmetics 2018.
BKolor Makeup & Skincare won the top prize for the Compack Asia awards in the skin care category for a product offering that company founder Mario De Luigi refers to as a "magic product". Cosmetics Design caught up with the company boss...
With UV protection never more sought-after, boosted by the rise in interest in protection more broadly (particularly due to the anti-pollution trend), DSM has announced the launch of its Sunscreen Optimizer tool.
We caught up with expert formulator, Barbara Brockway, head of personal care at Applied DNA Sciences, on her insights from the show floor at this year’s SCS Formulate event in the UK.
Naturex, a manufacturer of natural specialty ingredients for the food, health and cosmetic industries, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Scientific Officer.
December 7, Cosmetics Design convenes a panel of industry insiders with expertise on hair care ingredient and formulation trends that go beyond the category’s most basic functions of cleaning, maintaining, and treating hair. This webinar delves into scalp...
The major pharmacy-led retail company has announced it will be using Fareva for the manufacture and supply of its own beauty brands and private label products.
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?
The president of IFF’s natural products unit as well as group president of fragrances at the company, Mirzayantz was fêted at the start of the month during the Fragrance Foundation’s Circle of Champions Award event in New York City.
BASF has expanded its footprint in the expanding areas of 3D bioprinting, a move that is expected to further increase its offerings in this area to the cosmetics and personal care industry.
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....
The new partnership will give the global beauty market greater access to certified organic fucoidan ingredients that offer skin brightening and anti-ageing properties.
Two companies in the beauty industry have partnered to share technology, expertise and know-how to explore how screen light, sometimes called blue light, can affect the skin.
The application of rigorous animal testing alternatives remains a focus at formulation level in the beauty industry, and a new platform has been launched that gathers data on testing methods and offers an index of testing laboratories.
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