In line with the FDA’s new sunscreen monograph announced earlier this year, ingredients supplier Croda has launched a new sun care ingredient aimed at providing increased formulation flexibility and broad spectrum protection.
As news leaked this week that L’Oreal is developing a fruit extract pill to prevent gray hair, an expert has cautioned on potential effects to skin and body organs.
New research has shown that a compound that gives red and purple fruits and vegetables their colour could hit store shelves within the year as a new ingredient in both cosmetic and food products, with the former due to be developed first.
A week-long residential course, entitled Principles and Practice of Cosmetic Science, will look at some of the key challenges currently facing cosmetic formulation experts.
A new Mother Cell Biotechnology allows companies to program sustainable, highly efficacious plant cells to perform a specific function for skin care use.
Answering the call for more comprehensive and efficient ex vivo skin testing models, Symrise and Cutech have jointly developed a new preclinical method.
In the second of a two part interview, CosmeticsDesign spoke to Michel De Poortere, secretary general of the European Silicones Centre (CES), to find out how developments in silicones are give way to a new generation of formulations.
France-based ID Bio has completed its latest range of natural actives for the cosmetics industry with its milk protein active designed for the skin care and anti-ageing markets.
German flavours and fragrance supplier Symrise has launched a three pronged plan to develop, identify and research innovations in two additional application areas, by creating a Scientific Advisory Board for Fragrance and Oral Care.
As skin care continues to drive the men’s grooming market, personal care ingredients company Croda has tapped into the latest trends in men’s care and introduced its latest natural formulations aimed at providing men with the complete daily skin regimen.
Scientists have found a long lasting soap foam made from a natural substance that disappears when needed to and could have use in the cosmetics industry.
Swiss ingredients company Mibelle Biochemistry launched its latest active ingredient designed to combat ageing and add value to sun care products by also reducing oxidative stress as well as providing proection, and has been honoured with an award for...
A team of UK scientists at the Kings College London say that research they are conducting could lead a sunscreen in the form of to a pill made from a coral compound .
A Spanish team of researchers is developing a whey protein coating for use in packaging for industries such as cosmetics and food as a natural replacement to traditionally used plastic.
The first one million hectares of certified land for sustainable palm production marks ‘a turning point’ for industry, according to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
Swiss specialty chemical provider Clariant has formed a manufacturing partnership with Kitozyme, that will help it break into the evolving area of biopolymers.
Fenchem is launching a herbal extract formula developed to lighten the skin, targeting the growing skin lightening market in both the Asia Pacific region and worldwide.
Science is always exploring new ways to stem the tide of visible ageing, and the industry is always open to developing the next generation of alternative ingredients, which has led industry experts to explore the properties of bio-fractions of pea, rice-bran...
With bio technology increasingly playing an important role in the development of cosmetic formulations, Rainin has developed a new tool to avoid the risk of contamination in labs.
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have found a cell-based alternative to animal testing that could be used to detect allergies and the strength of the response in cosmetics products.
An independent Expert Panel of interdisciplinary scientists has called for information from the Research Institute for Fragrance Ingredients’ (RIFM) Human Health Group Summary on fragrance ingredients.
The European Commission has highlighted nanotechnology as a Key Enabling Technology (KET) highlighting the benefits and promises the technology can provide for the future.
Scientists from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) and the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen claim that selected artificial nanoparticles have a direct effect on heart rate and heart rhythm, following a series of tests they carried out.
A team of researchers in Peoria, Illinois, focusing on yeasts, claims to have found it to be a possible source of ‘green’ surfactants for use in industries such as cosmetics and personal care.
Some compounds that can be found in grapes could protect the skin against ultraviolet rays and could be utilized in sunscreen and sun protection products.
Marine biotechnology company Aquapharm Biodiscovery has signed a research and development agreement with specialty chemicals company Croda to develop a range of skin care products from marine microbes.
Specialty chemical company IMCD has opened a new personal care applications laboratory in Selangor, Malaysia to target significant growth potential in that market.
French cosmetic and personal care ingredient company Soliance has partnered with CPL Aromas to create a solution to mask odours found in self-tanning formulations.
At the recent HBA Expo in New York, CosmeticsDesign caught up with Karen Young, CEO of The Young Group to discuss relevance of sensory connection in cosmetics products.
An extract of stem cells from leaves of the tomato plant can help protect the skin from heavy metal stress, according to researchers in Italy and Switzerland.
A group of researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have found for the first time, that Wnt signaling between hair follicles and melanocyte stem cells can dictate hair color and regeneration.
Responding to the recent FDA announcement regarding sunscreen ingredient testing and labelling; IBR ltd has put forward its IBR-Photo(flu)ene, colourless carotenoids as a supplement to protective sun care.
Formulating a number of different actives with synergistic and additive effects is a more effective way of tackling the appearance of cellulite, according to scientists from Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
A biodegradable hair conditioner that can be formulated into shampoos, conditioners and leave on products has been launched by ingredients supplier Croda.
A focus on telomere activity has been playing an increasingly important role in high-tech anti-aging skin care solutions, and new research may point to further developments for the application of this technology.
Despite the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) having strict rules governing claims that can be made about sustainable palm oil, manufacturers should be careful of the advice they are given from suppliers to avoid falling into the ‘claims trap’.
Malaysia's active representation and contribution in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has seen it set the record as the world's largest producer of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) accounting for over 50 per cent of total CSPO...
Specialty chemicals provider Amyris has established a colloboration with Wilmar International to help it to expand into the global market for surfactants.
Speciality ingredients company Gattefossé has secured GreenPalm certificates of sustainable palm oil or palm kernel oil to cover all the palm/palm kernel oil needs of its worldwide cosmetic business until the end of 2011.
With skin care still showing strong growth in the BRIC markets, Euromonitor senior researcher Virginia Lee will highlight how Brazil is expected to steal all the thunder in her forthcoming presentation at the first ever industry VTS, Skincare Ingredients...
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