The global overview highlights the current drivers of the specific market of clinical evaluation for ingredients and personal care brands. In this first part of two, the focus is on Europe and the preconditions for clincial testing. This market concerns skin, hair, scalp, and nail studies, for efficacy, safety and tolerance, consumer tests and sensory analysis.
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Corporate philosophy | Edson Barros talks about building on scientific competences that have always been at the company’s core and enhancing the customer experience with an approach inspired by the hospitality industry.
Digitisation has been revolutionising how we access the world – including the personal care market. The entire value chain is nurturing innovative ideas to fulfil the demands of today’s consumers.
Preservatives have a bad reputation, especially among consumers, but are necessary to prolong the shelf life of cosmetic products. Tom Fricke and Petra Schaal explain how their share can be reduced by using natural-based boosters.
They are smart, they are selective, and they are changing the game. A new category of consumers is emerging to challenge beauty brands’ claims, armed with self-acquired knowledge and an ethical mindset.
The cosmetics industry is moving fast to adopt life cycle assessment. Many individual steps can be optimised in the manufacturing of a product. Ella Ceraulo explains what is possible.
Getting rid of non-recyclable materials – the beauty industry is familiar with this wish and demand. But how can this work in the packaging sector? Stefano Manfredini and Harald Pichler are involved in the Bionanopolys research project and explain which trend-setting developments can be expected.
Since customers like to use products that are easy to use but have a variety of effects, the market for multifunctional active ingredients is growing more and more. Protection and care are also increasingly in demand when it comes to sun protection. Latest research results show that Dunaliella salina has special properties for this topic.
When it comes to makeup, lipstick, and the like, it is not only the colours and their effect that are an important selling point, but also how pleasant the application is for the consumer. Emulsifiers play an important role here. Fabio Costiniti talks about new developments and their possibilities in the field of colour cosmetics.
NOREVO | The company distributes candelilla wax throughout the EU, which complies with the high organic and natural cosmetics standard Cosmos. ‘eLife candelilla wax’ is certified as 100% organic by Ecocert Greenlife according to Cosmos Standard for organic formulations. It enhances the stability of lipsticks and other pencil formulations. Also, it is popular in hair … Read more
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Whether for skin care or hair care, the advanced products from Evonik make it easy to develop beauty formulas with profound and truly impressive effects. So, it’s about time we take a look at the ceramide portfolio and focus on three products. Excellent skin care The skin-identical lipid concentrate SK-INFLUX® V MB moisturizes and protects … Read more
Preservatives in cosmetic products have long had the reputation of not being good for the skin. But left out, the product runs the risk of becoming contaminated quickly. The combination of new technologies shows how the shelf life of the product can be extended without the use of preservatives.
The trend for products with dermocosmetic properties is gaining momentum in the cosmetics industry. But what exactly is behind it? Why are these products so popular among consumers? Lucilene Veira Nunes shares her insights about the available solutions for cosmetic manufacturers in this expanding category.
Invaders | To ensure consumer safety and the shelf life of cosmetics, product purity is essential. But despite great care, bacteria, yeast, and mould can get into the products. Dr Bernhard Fellenberg explains which are the most common in cosmetics and what a contamination can cause.
Especially with natural ingredients, quality but also sustainability in production plays a role if availability and price stability are to be maintained. Using the example of avocado oil, Sophia Steinmetz shows how a holistic, environmentally, and socially responsible concept for cosmetic ingredients can work.
Redness and itching on the skin are often a sign of diseases in which the skin microbiome is no longer in balance. Scientists managed to identify a bacterium that could help restore this imbalance. Prof Dr Christine Lang reports on the positive effects it can achieve.
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Wearing protective masks is still impacting our skin health. Reducing inflammatory acne induced by Cutibacterium acnes remains a primary target to fight maskne. To support its customers in defining the efficacy of innovative ingredients, StratiCELL is continuously increasing its panel of anti-inflammatory in vitro assays.
For many consumers, the first grey hairs are the starting point for the use of anti-ageing products. Even in hair care there is an opportunity to stop and even reverse the signs of ageing with the right active ingredients. Petra Schlegel presents promising study results.
Clay masks are mainly well-known for their natural purifying properties. One of the markers used to indicate the degree of skin purity is the number of bacterial porphyrins present in the skin.
