Sleep, wellness and beauty
Product development | Imogen Matthews, consultant to In-Cosmetics, explains how evolving beauty preferences impact on new product development.
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.
The world of minis
Packaging | Sampling plays an ever-increasing part in marketing. Read about the latest options in product sampling.
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Eco-friendly options
Events | Eco solutions for compacts and tubes, new dispensing options and process improvements are the new developments to be presented at this year’s PCD exhibition from January 30–31 in Paris
A bouquet of fresh ideas
Events | January’s Cosmetagora in Paris with its numerous product launches gives a preview of what trends are to be expected in 2019 – more natural solutions, production processes and plenty of creative new approaches.
Natural styling at its best
Interview | The disadvantage of natural hair styling ingredients is their relatively poor performance. Covestro’s 50 % natural-based new film former Baycusan eco 1000 now provides a number of technical benefits.
Versatile minerals for targeted toothpastes
Interview | A new generation of advanced mineral particles offers versatile benefits and meets special consumer needs for tailor-made applications. Tanja Budde from Omya Consumer Goods explores current trends for state-of-the-art oral care formulations.
A customised printed sheet mask
Product development | Neutrogena’s MaskiD is a personalised 3D hydrogel sheet mask which is custom-printed. This development definitely deserves our Star of the Month this time.
A triumph for hair care
German beauty and detergents market | While in 2018, the sales of beauty products went up by 1.8% in comparison to 2017, the sales of household detergents went up by 2.1%*.
How to overcome the compliance challenge
Ingredients | Unfortunately, compliance of consumers in terms of using adequate amounts of sunscreen is still poor. What can be done to improve compliance? And what are the issues of sustainable sunscreens?
Identifying new needs is key
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 trend solutions for customers.
Ocean-safe protection in sight?
Ingredients | What impact does the concern around reef safety have on UV protection technologies? Find out in this interview with representatives from Croda.
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Formulations 2019: Face & Colour
What targeted face and colour care solutions do consumers seek? Our broad selection of formulations from a large range of ingredients suppliers provides food for thought to inspire even more creative concepts.
Full light protection
Interview | Find out more about the full light technology as well as the current situation concerning SPF evaluation methods.
All-round talents
Interview | Marcel Schnyder from BASF talks about the latest ingredients and products trends in sun care, natural sun care and sustainability.
Protection from photo-ageing
Ingredients | Find out about photo-ageing and the ingredients and ingredient concepts with which you can combat skin-damaging effects.
Where luxury is born
Events | The new developments shown at this year’s Luxe Pack in Monaco are bound to be inspiring enough to come up with plenty of new product concepts for 2019.
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.
A challenging issue
Sustainability | Green packaging is very fashionable at the moment, and yet such a challenging issue. Take a look at the latest developments.