International Magazine for Cosmetics and Fragrances
Oral care | New applications with beneficial claims to accommodate consumers’ demands are being offered for an ever-expanding oral care industry. This requires not only classic active ingredients but also ingredients of natural origin, together with the adaptation of basic formulations e.g. with pearl pigments to obtain both attractive and functional oral care products.
Camilla Marcus-Dew, Co-Founder of The Soap Co., talks about a luxury skin care brand produced by people with disabilities.
Ingredients | 20 years ago Nivea used Q10, an ingredient that fosters skin functions in several ways, for the first time. How does this anti-ageing ingredient work and what are the benefits when combined with creatine?
Zeze Oriaikhi-Sao, Founder and Director, Malée Natural Science provides insights into African luxury Indie brand Malée.
Dermatology | Prof Dr Jean Krutmann from the IUF discusses the latest findings in skin ageing, the effects on the skin caused by UVA and UVB light, infrared, blue light and pollution, and talks about the phenomena of sensitive skin.
Charlotte Libby, Global Beauty Analyst at Mintel provides a snapshot of the four major trends set to impact global beauty.
Helga Hertsig-Lavocah, trend watcher at Hint Futurology, explores how the latest global trends are dominating beauty packaging.
Interview | What are the main differences between synthetic and natural perfumes? Which challenges can be met and where do restrictions make it impossible to create satisfactory solutions?
Interview | Dr Rainer Wohlfart discusses Kneipp’s most important scientific findings in personal care and the product concepts that resulted from them.
Testing methods | This article shows that using the BUS standard testing method (with isolated perfused bovine udder skin as a natural skin model), the skin tolerability of Mesem Cosmetic Cream could be confirmed.
Christoph Knoke, Managing Director of Information Resources, explains how the company’s E-commerce panel works in the field of cosmetics and toiletries and summarises the first results.
In-cosmetics 2017: BASF ‘s personal care solutions are based on three “Dimensions of Science”
At in-cosmetics, BASF’s Florence Trombini and Andrea Tomlinson, both Marketing Managers Personal Care Europe, present BASF’s “Dimensions of Science” concept including launches like the new active ingredients Collalift™, Oligolin™ and Sveltine® ST or “Alive” – the 2017 preview of hair-styling trends.
Events | What new findings were brought to light at the latest SCC’s 71st Annual Scientific Meeting & Technology Showcase in New York? Dr Karl Lintner from Kal’Idées gives a concise synopsis of the key take-home messages.
Issue 03 – 2018 Here is what you can look forward to in issue 3/2018: Go Future: New ideas New ideas: Uncovering global beauty trends Caps & closures: Elegant eye-catchers in absolute perfection Dr Rainer Wohlfart (Kneipp): Best of science and nature VIP of the Month: Belinda Carli (IPCS): Micro-capsules: Unravelling the mystery inside Teaser e-paper … Read more
Michael J. Fevola, Ph.D., joins the company’s senior ranks as Vice President leading the company’s global research and development functions. “The addition of Mike enables accelerated pathways to commercialization for new products, which is critical as we continue to innovate in our fast-moving industry. Mike’s passion for green chemistry is a perfect fit with the … Read more
At Sepawa Congress in Berlin, Dr. Konstanze Mayer, Head of Business Development Consumer Care and Gerhard Köppikus, Sales Director WeylChem Consumer Care are presenting the latest launches and future plans.
Thomas Keiser, Managing Director at Industrieverband Körperpflege und Waschmittel (IKW), talks about the trends and tendencies in the German market for personal care, cosmetics and detergents in 2017.
Interview | Dr William Johncock from Symrise talks about the latest findings in sun care and explains what solutions there are to meet them.
