Retinoids are powerful ingredients to prevent skin ageing. As a response to consumers wanting more vegan and sustainable products, Lipotec’s Stevisse, a stevia leaf-based extract, provides a retinoid-like wrinkle-reducing mechanism – without the side effects of retinoids.

Cb2-skin is a patchouli extract for skin-calming, soothing and age-defying as a response to CBD, a fast-growing trend for health and wellness. This non-controversial alternative to cannabis derivatives activates the CB2 receptor, improves skin comfort, reduces the visible signs of skin ageing.

Finding new pathways to rejuvenate skin remains a major focus for the development of new products in the cosmetic industry. Clariant’s Epseama helps regulate the expression of the long non-coding RNA nc886 and thus combats the three main causes of ageing: photo-ageing, chrono-ageing, and inflammageing.

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For the first time in cosmetic industry, an active ingredient targets chronoaging, photoaging and inflammaging, the 3 causes of aging, by modulating the expression of a long non-coding RNA: nc886. This granted Epseama the silver price at the BSB Innovation Award in the category “Actives and Naturals” for anti-aging at in-cosmetics 2019. To better understand … Read more

Sqisandryl, BASF’s superfood ingredient from the Schisandra berry prevents early ageing, promotes the expression of collagen XVII and strengthens the resilience, elasticity and firmness of fragile and slackened skin. 

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A new anti-aging active ingredient demonstrated outstanding results in clinical trials by reducing difficult-to-remove nasolabial wrinkles by 19% in volume and 10% in roughness in only one month. These results, are obtained with Epseama™, an extract of Laminaria japonica developed by Clariant Active Ingredients. It targets simultaneously chronoaging, photoaging and inflammaging through the induction of … Read more

Interview | Florence Trombini, Global Strategic Marketing Manager for Active Ingredients, explains how BASF is harnessing the rambutan tree’s potential for skin moisturisation, anti-ageing, and hair and scalp care – in close cooperation with Vietnamese farmers.

Codif | Rich in polyphenols from nature in her untouched state, Raykami neutralises redox cascades induced by radiation. It reduces the degree of carbonylation and its consequences in the epidermis and dermis, limiting signs of accelerated ageing and preserving the skin’s tone and youthfulness. It protects the skin from UV and HEV light damages to … Read more

Ingredients | Find out about photo-ageing and the ingredients and ingredient concepts with which you can combat skin-damaging effects.

Interview | Find out more about the latest developments in ingredients with long-lasting anti-ageing effects and the benefits of a combined topical and oral application. 

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Formulations | Benefit from our compilation of inspiring formulations for anti-ageing products, a category that keeps growing and thriving.

Ingredients | DN-Age, an anti-ageing active for hair care, protects the scalp and hair follicles from ageing. It decreases oxidative stress and markers of ageing in human hair follicle cells, slows down hair fibre greying and reduces hair thinning. 

Ingredients | Dr Meike Streker is convinced that skin care of the future will combine a cosmetic skin care regime, optimally matched to the skin type, with oral supplements with anti-ageing properties. The result is a promising approach to counteracting the signs of ageing. 

Anti-ageing products are important for the beauty industry, but the attitude towards ageing is changing as healthy living has turned into a megatrend. In Euromonitor’s survey on the major motivations for skin care purchases, “to prevent signs of ageing” and “to correct signs of ageing” were not in the top ranks. The motivations that topped the list were “to improve the look and feel of my skin”, “for clear and healthy looking skin” and “skin care is an important priority for me”. 

Product development | This month Michelle Strutton from Mintel looks at active ingredients in personal care products highlighted on the company’s GNPD*. 

Weener Plastics (WP) Group acquires Latin American packaging solutions provider Proenfar from Altra Investments. The agreement was signed on 23 April 2018. With this acquisition, plastic packaging supplier WP continues its expansion in emerging markets and strengthens its product portfolio. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The transaction is subject to … Read more

After 14 years of cooperation, Johannes Schick, CEO of the Stölzle Glass Group, will leave the Group end of April at his own request. He will face new, different challenges. Johannes Schick was very successful in shaping the Stölzle Glass Group which currently consists of six production sites and three decoration facilities in Europe. More … Read more

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

International beauty packaging manufacturer and provider Quadpack Industries has announced its corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, as it approaches its 15th anniversary. Since its foundation in 2003, a steady year-on-year growth has transformed the company into a global organisation. Now, with over 250 employees on four continents and an annual turnover approaching €100 million, it … Read more

Plastic packaging supplier Weener Plastics (WP) Group, headquartered in the Netherlands, has acquired bottle manufacturer Artpack in Russia. The transaction closed on 20 February 2018 for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition fits perfectly within WP’s global expansion strategy. Artpack, founded in 2003, is strategically located in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Region – approximately 400 km east … Read more