Major highlights at a glance
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.
Innovating through experimenting
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.
Interview with Thomas Keiser, IKW
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.
Transparency in skin care
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.
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.
Market survey: service providers
How to find the service providers you need for the development or creation of your products? The answer is: here!
Beat the (winter) hair blues
Ingredients | Clariant’s Genadvance is a new generation of sustainable conditioning ingredients to combat daily hair stresses, with each delivering specific benefits for three major customer concerns – damaged, dry, and thin, lifeless hair.
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Formulations 2019: Creams & more
Formulations | Our selection this month shows a broad range of creams, gels, lotions, fluids balms, scrubs and exfoliating products.
Botanical alternative
Ingredients | Alexandra Jeanneau from Alban Muller International presents Glucohyami, a skin-identical booster to hyaluronic synthesis and plant-derived alternative to conventional glucosamine and hyaluronic acid.
The art of skin care innovation
Interview | May Shana’a explains why an innovator in skin care has to be more than just a scientist.
Easy and reliable scale-Up
Production | Ludger J. Fischer et al. explain that the exact analysis of the behaviour of laboratory equipment and production machines is a prerequisite for achieving reproducible results and thus a reliable scale-up when dispersing in emulsion production.
Setting trends for droppers
Packaging | Droppers used to be just a side issue, but now they are taking the world by storm. Rosa Porras from Virospack explains why.
Focus on natural beauty
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.
Improved sustainability
Inteview | What are the challenges concerning the sustainability of aerosol cans and what is the future potential for increasing their sustainability? Leopold Werdich from Tubex explains.
Key trends shaping the aerosol market
Aerosols | How is the market doing and what are the latest developments? Together, the members of the international organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers (Aerobal) produced nearly 3.3 billion cans in the first half of 2018, substantially more than in the same period the year before. Adjusted for the production output of new member companies, this figure represents remarkable market growth of about 5%.
A new type of hair dye
Ingredients | Diazo dissociative dyes are a new class of physical direct hair dyes which have qualified as November’s Star of the Month as they create a multi-layer dyeing patterns in the hair’s cortex which leads to a 3D reflection of light, thus changing hairs’ colour depending on their movement.
Scientific digest
Ingredients | The 30th IFSCC Congress in Munich with its more than 400 presentations offered a wealth of scientific research. Andrea Weber from Babor sums up the most relevant trends and findings.
Highlights 2018
Packaging | Be inspired by 2018’s key developments in packaging: Corpack’s Sughera cork-blend material, Neopac’s 95% bio-based Picea wood tube and the Polyfoil dropper tubes, Schubert’s preconfigured case packer and Virospack’s new dropper with a subtly curved bulb and cap.
The world of cosmetic science
Events | The 30th IFSCC Congress 2018* which took place in Munich, September 18–21 with its 85 podium presentations and 448 posters attracted a total of 1,094 individuals from 53 countries.