BASF Personal Care: “Dimensions of Science”

In-cosmetics 2017: BASF ‘s personal care solutions are based on three “Dimensions of Science”
At in-cosmetics, BASF’s Florence Trombini and Andrea Tomlinson, both Marketing Managers Personal Care Europe, present BASF’s “Dimensions of Science” concept including launches like the new active ingredients Collalift™, Oligolin™ and Sveltine® ST or “Alive” – the 2017 preview of hair-styling trends.

Selfies: Leben für die Likes

Selfies sind bei Jugendlichen zur Selbstverständlichkeit geworden. 85 Prozent von ihnen machen Selfies, 39 Prozent klicken wöchentlich auf den Auslöser und 26 Prozent sagen, dass sie sich sogar täglich aufnehmen. Als Selfie-Macher sehen sich trotzdem die wenigsten. Nur 27 Prozent der Jugendlichen geben zu, dass Selfies eine zentrale Bedeutung für sie haben. In qualitativen Einzelinterviews* … Read more

The winners of Cosmoprof & Cosmopack Awards

The winners of the Cosmoprof and Cosmopack Awards have been announced. The initiative has been organized in collaboration with the international trend agency Beautystreams to celebrate the whole beauty industry and all its segments. The Cosmoprof Awards, recognising finished product companies’ projects with the biggest impact on the market, and the Cosmopack Awards, celebrating innovation … Read more

Farnesene: Strong cosmetics growth expected from Europe and Asia Pacific

Cosmetic & personal care application dominated the demand in the farnesene and accounted for over 35% of the total demand in 2015. Farnesene derived squalene, through biotechnological route, is used as a useful ingredient in anti-ageing and moisturizing cream formulations. Strong cosmetics growth expected from Europe and Asia Pacific market may promote farnesene demand and … Read more

Provital presents NELUPURE™

Selfies and photos for all our social media profiles are now an everyday part of our lives. We all want to look radiant and flawless, but not shiny.  The combination of two lotus flowers, the blue and pink ones, is the secret to remove excess oil, leave the skin more radiant and without shine and … Read more

Cosmopolitan: 15 products honoured with the magazine’s Prix de Beauté 2018

The magazine Cosmopolitan has honoured 15 product innovations of the international cosmetics industry with the Prix de Beauté. The competition of the 26th edition of the award had winners in 15 categories. In five categories it was the readers who chose their favourite products online. More than 500 products from national and international companies had … Read more

Cosmopolitan kürt 15 Produkte mit dem Prix de Beauté 2018

Das Premiummagazin Cosmopolitan zeichnete 15 herausragende Produktinnovationen der internationalen Kosmetikbranche mit dem Prix de Beauté aus. Bereits zum 26. Mal zelebrierten die Gastgeber zusammen mit den Gewinnern in 15 Kategorien die Schönheit. Auch die Leserinnen hatten Mitspracherecht: In fünf der 15 Kategorien stimmten Cosmo-Fans online ab, wer sich im Jahr 2018 mit dem Beauty-Preis in … Read more

The pleasure of texture in cosmetics

Heike Störmer-Kuk from SpringPool presents today’s most striking trends in textures: lacklustre and tactile on the one hand and light and rich on the other hand. Störmer-Kuk points out why textures are gaining more importance. She explains how consumers will influence textures for cosmetics and gives an outlook on the future of cosmetic textures. Textures … Read more

Trends in natural beauty

Imogen Matthews, consultant to In-Cosmetics assessing the latest global trends in natural cosmetics finds that using plant-based food waste can improve the sustainability credentials of brands. In 2016 the global market for natural and organic personal care products was worth $9.6bn. Europe and North America account for 90% of all sales and show the highest … Read more

Menopause erfordert angepasste Mundpflege

Wechseljahre – damit assoziieren viele Menschen vor allem Stimmungstiefs, Schwindel und Schlafstörungen. Dass von den Hormonumstellungen auch die Mundgesundheit betroffen sein kann, wissen die wenigsten. Das führt nicht nur zu Mundgeruch, sondern erhöht auch das Kariesrisiko deutlich. Eine Hormonersatztherapie bietet hier keine Abhilfe.3 Der Schlüssel liegt in einer angepassten Zahnpflege. Bis zur Menopause sorgen die weiblichen … Read more

Enhanced formulation convenience for sun care

In his interview with COSSMA, Dr Markus Schwind, enior Marketing Manager Sun Care at BASF, explains that BASF’s R&D has come up with plenty of solutions to make a formulator’s life easier in the challenging field of sun care. He points out what have been the most recent developments in sun care and points out … Read more

Global megatrends in beauty & personal care

Irina Barbalova from Euromonitor explains what megatrends are impacting on future product development in beauty and personal care. Global Beauty and personal care maintained steady growth. Smart diagnostics are shifting beauty purchases from mere possessions to experiences. Products for Micro-biome skin care and muscle recovery are emerging. Global beauty maintains steady growth Global beauty and … Read more

16. BSB-Innovationsfachpreis: Anmeldeschluss 28.2.2018

Am 17. April 2018 wird der 16. europäische BSB-Innovationspreis für Kosmetik, Naturprodukte und deren chemische Rohstoffe sowie Verpackung vom unabhängigen BSB Beratungs- und Servicebüro Dr. Riedel in Amsterdam verliehen. Dieser von der Industrie unterstützte Preis, der vom BSB-Gründer Dr. Jan-H. Riedel 2003 ins Leben gerufen wurde, hat das Ziel, neuestes Wissen weltweit zu vermitteln. Der … Read more