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What are the three dimensions of Nø – no make up? Andreas J. Kroll, Managing Partner of Kroll Cosmetics and co-founder of the brand Nø, a new clean beauty brand, explains that the brand stands for no harmful ingredients, no make-up and no models.
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The skin’s microbiome has become a buzzword recently. To gain an understanding of how complex the topic is and what research has already gone into this topic, Dr Bernd Becker provides invaluable insights
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Michael Nolte, Creative Director from Beautystreams, predicts that beetroot, as 2020’s trend colour, will be taken as a starting point for happy eco concepts. The colour exemplifies the shift to colder colours, as reflected by the latest launches of...
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This tabular market survey shows you at a glance what ingredient supplier provides what type of ingredients. What is more, it also shows what each supplier’s specialialiy is andprovides contact details.
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While sustainability is on everybody’s lips, combining it with fair trade is the indispensable next step, as this story about castor oil demonstrates.
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Acting sustainably is more than just offering ingredients from renewable materials. Dr Raphael Haase from Croda shows the complexity of a holistic approach.
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Interview | Remo Bernardi, Dr Vera Maienschein and Dr Isabelle Stussi explain the challenges involved in the past 100 years of transforming a small trading company into a very specialised service provider.
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Dr. Adolf Klenk talks about how the company’s hair organ culture model which helped the company study the effects of caffeine. Caffeine lengthens hair’s growth period as it improves the release of certain proteins. He also explains how caffeine...
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Legal requirements | What are the legal requirements concerning the microbiological quality of cosmetic products? When do microbiological contaminations occur and what causes them? Dr Bernhard Fellenberg from BAV Institute illustrates with the help...
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How does CBD work on the skin? According to Elsa Navarro from Khiron Life Sciences, CBD has a more potent antioxidant effect on the skin than vitamin E. She also explains the regulatory challenges in internationalising their personal care products...
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IKW, the German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association, has recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Birgit Huber recounts the major milestones that the industry has seen in the past 50 years.
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Elie Papiernik from the design agency, Centdegrés, explains the main challenges of meeting the requirements of sustainability in the field of premium beauty products. He also looks at this year’s Cosmopack factory project which displays a production...
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Our updated market survey of processing, packaging & laboratory services will show you at a glance what company provides what service and also points out what field each company specialises in.
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Alessandra Batelli, Global Project Lead, BioActives, and Maggie Ellis, Business Development at Lonza present the company's new launches: Lonza’s premium skin-care ingredient, XPressEV™ bioactive functional is suitable for formulations designated for...
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Ingredient distribution | Find out about the strategic steps, Brenntag, the global market leader in chemical and ingredients distribution1, has taken not only to provide a broad ingredient portfolio today and tomorrow but to provide future-driven...
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Events | This selection of new products presented at this year’s SEPAWA in Berlin clearly shows that products suitable for natural cosmetics continue to lead the way.
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Thomas Keiser from the German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association explains what personal care categories were particularly successful in 2018 and which ones suffered a sales decrease and why.
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Marketing | Only 30% believe that beauty brands are portraying a realistic beauty standard in their marketing. Some indie brands show that simplifying the complexity of skin care claims is a solution.
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Events | What were major take-home messages from the 11th Natural & Organic Cosmetics Conference 2018 in Berlin? Find out about the prospects of a market segment subjected to constant change.