Cognis Care Chemical has chosen the recent IFSCC congress in Barcelona to unveil a number of new ingredients, including natural, active and eco-friendly offerings.
Although the Indian market remains weighted towards basic personal care and cosmetics products, a growing and increasingly affluent middle class is behind the switch to more sophisticated products.
Symrise has partnered with a Californian producer of botanical extracts as part of plans to become the number one global supplier of green cosmetic ingredients.
Croda profits rocket by over 60 per cent as the company successfully curbs cost inflations and sees healthy growth in its sales for the first half of the year.
Scientists have hailed carbon dioxide laser resurfacing as a highly effective treatment for facial wrinkles but warn of complications in the short term.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against Basic
Research for failing to substantiate anti-ageing claims attributed
to its "stem cell" cream.
Poland cosmetics player Eveline Cosmetics has signed a distribution
deal to with ProConcepts Marketing to expand into the US,
Canadian and Mexican markets.
Until now it has been raw material and chemical providers that have
been increasing their prices, but Germany-based active ingredients
player Symrise now joins the growing list.
Care Chemicals, the personal care division of ingredients giant
Cognis, has been awarded the Association of German Industries and
Trading firms (BDIH) natural certification.
The adage goes that if an ingredient is to gain favour with food
and supplement makers as well as the public it should first get its
scientific house in order.
The European trade body for silicones has hit back against claims
that the chemical family is threatened in personal care by
alternatives and alleged environmental risks.
A line of shaping underwear impregnated with skin care actives will
be debuting at Macy's this week designed to slim the silhouette and
help rid the wearer of cellulite.
Dragon fruit is the latest addition to the growing collection of
anti-ageing solutions based on exotic fruit extracts, according to
an Israeli ingredients supplier.
Germany-based Dr. Straetmans says it has combined active
ingredients with symbiotic capabilities to create an effective hair
and skin conditioning agent.
France-based ingredients supplier Alban Muller has launched two new
fruit-derived exfoliating scrubs as well as extending its Botamix
antioxidant range.
BASF Corporation is the latest leading specialty chemicals
manufacturer to announce major price hikes among its offerings to
the personal care industry.
In response to increasing pressures over the regulation of
cosmetics ingredients in the US, the Personal Care Products Council
(PCPC) has expanded the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Panel (CIR).
Scientists in South Korea claim to have uncovered a fat molecule
with strong anti-aging potential from tests on the ability of
lipids to fight skin aging.
Having acquired Kanebo Cosmetics in 2005, the logistics operations
for the two businesses are now in the throes of a massive
integration operation as part of aims to fully synthesize the
business.
Sea-derived skin care player H2O Plus says that Goldman Sachs Urban
Investment and Cordova, Smart & Williams have made a
significant investment in the company to help it expand.
US Organic consumer goods player Whole Foods Market has launched a
new hair and skin care line containing an extract from the South
American plant Yerba Maté.
Lavender oil is a frequently used fragrance for personal care
products but as it has been linked to contact dermatitis
formulators have been known to steer clear of the ingredient.
Faces Cosmetics has appointed a new CEO for international
markets who will be charged with growing the business in
some of the world's fastest growing developing markets.
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