Ada Ooi’s 001 Skincare: East meets West

Ada Ooi is the founder of 001 Skincare. This brand, based on naturals and cosmeceuticals, features an East meets West approach. Ada Ooi talks about the origins of her brand, her brand’s most successful product and the launches to be expected, as well as about what pitfalls to avoid when creating and internationalising a brand. 

Patch for early-stage zits

Product development | ZitSticka’s Killa, this time our Star of the Month, is a new approach to the treatment of pimples. When the microdarts of the patch with its synergistic potion of zit-melting ingredients dissolve, the actives are deposited inside the pimple to squash bacteria and halt the life-cycle of the pimple. 

Innovative Geräte für F&E

Das Visioscan® VC 20plus ist das ideale Werkzeug für Wirksamkeitstests & Untermauerung von Werbeaussagen in der Kosmetik hinsichtlich Hautrauhigkeit & Mikrotopographie: Hochauflösende, nicht glänzende Bilder durch LED-UV-Licht und Diffusor Autofokus SELS®-Parameter zur Beschreibung der Hautoberfläche Topografische Messung nach DIN mit Profil und Ergebnissen Linien und Freihandobjekte zur Messung von Haarlänge/-dicke oder Läsionen Alterungsparameter wie Richtungsabhängigkeit … Read more

Innovative Tools for R&D

The Visioscan® VC 20plus is the ideal tool for efficacy testing & claim support for cosmetics,  regarding skin roughness and micro-topography: High resolution, non-glossy images due to LED UV-light and diffusor Autofocus SELS® parameters for description of the skin surface Topographic measurement according to DIN with profile and results Lines and free-hand objects for measurement … Read more

Sustainable winner

Ecovia | Organised by Ecovia Intelligence (formerly Organic Monitor), the 2018 Sustainable Beauty Awards give recognition to organisations pushing the boundaries of sustainability in the beauty industry. About 100 international entries were received for the awards. In the packaging category REN Clean Skincare from the UK was the winner for using ocean plastic in its … Read more

Dropper for self-tanning product

Virospack | Collistar chose Virospack’s dropper dispenser for their face self-tanner Magic Drops Self-Tanning Concentrate Ultra-Rapid Effect as this helps to apply the liquid self-tanning formula in a controlled manner. www.virospack.com

International launches in sun care

Product development | This month Michelle Strutton from Mintel highlights a selection of interesting and innovative sun care products recently launched. The selection, recently highlighted on the company’s GNPD*, includes products which embrace several trends that will continue to develop during 2019 and beyond. 

Self-heating hair treatment

Product development | The Asian mask trend is taking the world by storm. With its Elseve Steam Mask, L’Oréal Paris has converted this trend to suit hair care needs by bringing a salon-like ritual to people’s homes.

Innovative Beauty Products: International launches

This month Michelle Strutton from Mintel highlights a selection of interesting and innovative beauty products launched during 2018. The selection recently highlighted on the company’s GNPD* includes products which embrace several trends that will continue to develop during 2019 and beyond. 

Energising green options

Events | At this year’s SEPAWA Congress from October 10–12 expect to find exhilarating options for green product creations from the more than 250 exhibitors showing their latest creations.