Warm glow or cool glow? In today’s beauty market, radiance comes in more than one shade. While peachy, sun-kissed finishes continue to dominate complexion products, icy, violet-inspired highlights are emerging as a fresh alternative for consumers seeking a modern, luminous look. With SYNCRYSTAL Orange and SYNCRYSTAL Violet, formulators can explore both directions. Both effect pigments … Read more
Biosurfactants are gaining ground as formulators seek milder, biodegradable alternatives for modern hair care. Advances in production and formulation are helping address key challenges such as foam performance, compatibility, stability, and cost.
The personal care packaging industry has entered a new phase of innovation where sustainability alone is no longer sufficient to differentiate products. While reducing plastic consumption and improving recyclability remain important objectives, packaging is increasingly expected to perform multiple functions throughout a product’s lifecycle. Beyond protecting cosmetic formulations, modern packaging must preserve ingredient stability, enable circularity, improve dispensing precision, strengthen consumer engagement and comply with an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.
At Luxe Pack Monaco, Silgan Dispensing introduced its Melodie Pirouette SNI 13 pump for molded glass, an innovative solution designed to create new growth opportunities in the fragrance market by enabling perfume houses to extend luxury fragrance packaging across a full range of refillable molded glass formats. To deliver a customized, portable luxury experience for … Read more
The company paves a new path for the cultivation of lemon verbena extract in Valencia, Spain. This sustainable approach illustrates the deep connection of the botanical extract and the company while providing locally sourced, reliable and standardized botanical extract. Lemon verbena is an aromatic plant native to South America. Scientific probes have revealed its rich … Read more
Givaudan continued the first nine months of the year with good volume growth and maintained its operations and global supply chain at a high level, despite continuing geopolitical volatility. Fragrance & Beauty sales were CHF 3,150 million, an increase of 8.8% LFL and an increase of 7.8% in Swiss francs, compared to 8.0% LFL and … Read more
The ocean is a treasure trove of bioactive molecules capable of delivering unprecedented cosmetic efficacy, but many of these powerful resources remain out of reach. Most algae forms are simply too small, rare, ephemeral, or impossible to harvest in nature. To overcome this challenge and access the inaccessible, Seppic developed Celebrity™, a pioneering blue biotechnology. … Read more
CETES Cosmetics is closing its manufacturing and packaging facility, creating an opportunity for cosmetics and personal care manufacturers to acquire pre-owned production equipment through EquipNet’s online auction, running October 19–28, 2026. The auction features 350+ assets covering key manufacturing, processing and packaging operations. Featured equipment includes Groninger filling lines, Becomix mixing homogenizers, Norden tube fillers, … Read more
Next-generation hair care increasingly treats scalp and fiber as one connected system. Ceramides provide a useful example: they are endogenous lipids associated with barrier organization in skin and the lipid architecture of hair, while biotechnology and delivery systems are opening new ways to formulate them for scalp and fiber care.
How can the sustainability of a product be measured? One of the most common methods to date has been to calculate a product’s carbon footprint. This approach focuses exclusively on greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on climate change and global warming. It includes CO2 emissions from a company’s own production and from purchased energy, as well as the carbon footprint of the raw materials used and emissions caused by logistics.
Anti-aging care is expanding beyond the face. As consumers take a more holistic approach to healthy- looking skin, formulas targeting signs of aging across the body are gaining momentum worldwide. Discover a selection of formulations and ingredients reflecting the latest developments in anti-aging care.
Issue 10 – 2026 Here is what you can look forward to in this issue: Haircare:Next-Gen Hair and Sculp Solutions Science: Encapsulation vs. Micelles for Active Delivery Sources:Smart Packaging for Cosmetics Get an e-paper subscription Issue 10 – 2026 Here is what you can look forward to in this issue: Haircare:Next-Gen Hair and Sculp Solutions … Read more
Symrise has completed the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Floral Concept, the French premium natural ingredients house for fragrances headquartered in Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne in the Pays de Grasse region. Floral Concept now becomes part of Symrise’s Fragrance division. Following the July announcement, completion marks the next step in Symrise’s ONE Symrise strategy and … Read more
Seppic enriches its Sepilife hybrid polymer range dedicated to clean beauty concept with the launch of a new grade, Sepilife NEOS: a patented liquid polymer based on squalane of natural origin with high performance and unique sensorial signature. Meeting stringent clean beauty demands while maintaining high performance and premium textures is a daily puzzle for … Read more
At the request of L’Oréal’s digital marketing teams, Cosmogen has developed a blush brush branded "Lorealistar", the Group’s loyalty programme for content creators. Designed to accompany the programme’s presence at events, including VivaTech in Paris last June, the brush features an aluminium handle and ferrule, with screen printing on the handle. The PBT bristles are … Read more
We use a wide variety of different cosmetic products every day. These may inadvertently contain or be contaminated with substances in various ways, but not every substance compromises the safety and tolerability of cosme-tic products. As part of the safety assessment of a cosmetic product, consideration is given to the toxicological relevance of a substance and whether it may have a harmful effect on the consumer.
The Home & Personal Care industry is evolving rapidly. New raw materials, more sustainable formulations and increasing quality requirements are creating new challenges for manufacturers around the world. The free online seminar “Modern HPC Manufacturing in Practice” will provide a practical overview of the following aspects: Key technology trends influencing HPC manufacturing Modern approaches to … Read more
Beauty packaging in Europe stands at a decisive turning point: brands must simultaneously accelerate their time-to-market, comply with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, and maintain the functional precision and aesthetic standards that define their identity on shelf.
Formulating leave-on skin care requires balancing sensory performance, stability, efficacy at low use levels, and demand for traceable natural ingredients. Conventional shea butter is a well- established emollient, but its lipid profile can require additional formulation adjustments. East African shea butter offers a different lipid composition that may provide an alternative starting point for specific formulation needs.
Demonstrating cosmetic efficacy goes beyond clinical observation and volunteer feedback. The Tewameter® provides a scientifically established, objective approach by measuring transepidermal water loss (TEWL) – an important indicator of skin barrier integrity. TEWL measurement offers valuable insights when evaluating moisturising and nourishing formulations, products for dry or sensitive skin or scalp, skin tolerance and claims … Read more