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.
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
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%*.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Interview | Find out more about the full light technology as well as the current situation concerning SPF evaluation methods.
Interview | Marcel Schnyder from BASF talks about the latest ingredients and products trends in sun care, natural sun care and sustainability.
Ingredients | Find out about photo-ageing and the ingredients and ingredient concepts with which you can combat skin-damaging effects.
Ingredients | What impact does the concern around reef safety have on UV protection technologies? Find out in this interview with representatives from Croda.
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.
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.
Sustainability | Green packaging is very fashionable at the moment, and yet such a challenging issue. Take a look at the latest developments.
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.
Interview | Dr Andrea Mitarotonda from Oriflame talks about the innovation potential of the industry, the latest trends in active ingredients, in anti-ageing and the impact of dermatologists, in preservation and in natural cosmetics.
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.
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.