News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
The Hungarian market for cosmetic and toiletry products is set to grow by a further 33 per cent, predicts Euromonitor. Accession into the European Union this week and increased capacity for consumer spending will boost the country's sales, writes...
Helix BioMedix has announced the results of a recently completed 12-week consumer product test that compared the company's anti-wrinkle peptide, HB168, with Renova, a currently marketed FDA approved product. The study was conducted by DermDx, an...
Improved fragrance sales in Europe, boosted by modest gains in currency conversions, increased first quarter results for the US fragrance giant International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF). Strategies in 2003, to help get the company back into...
One of the current needs of the personal care industry is to reduce the damaging effects that UV exposure has on hair. Nalco Company, in partnership with NK Chemicals Europe, thinks it may have the answer with its new UV-absorbing polymer, Solamer.
During InCosmetics 2004 in Milan last week, Pentapharm - a Swiss supplier of naturally derived active ingredients - presented its new anti-ageing products. Its Pepha-nutrix and Pepha-tight actives are claimed to help strengthen the skin by replacing...