Recognize the change
The year 2020 will be remembered as the year in which public life stood still from one day to the next due to the corona pandemic. Trade fair organizers were particularly affected and still are today.
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Closing an important gap
Preservatives, emulsifiers, functional emollients and other additives play a role in skin care products in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the active ingredients and product safety. The newly founded company Evident Ingredients wants to be a good partner for formulators providing knowledge and experience.
Awarded alternatives
More than a trend, the topic of sustainability is an essential criterion for many customers when choosing a product. Creative minds are discovering more and more ways of doing without plastic in packaging. Good reasons to award successful concepts with a prize.
Sound as an ingredient?
Sensoriality is at the heart of beauty care, with a strong focus on texture and scent experiences. According to Helga Hertsig-Lavocah, we have forgotten sound – and it is sound that will revolutionise beauty care, home fragrance and even home care.
Versatile in use
In the cosmetics sector, tubes are one of the longest-used forms of packaging, with major yet inconspicuous changes in the past few decades. What do consumers value today? Juan Ignacio Valpuesta gives us an insight.
Time for change
Emulsifiers play a major role in the manufacturing process and texture of cosmetic products. A new w/si emulsifier should pave the way to a so-called “new normal” with fewer ingredients, less energy consumption and shorter production times.
Nourishing cannabis stem cells
Many end customers enjoy skin care and see it as their little daily ritual for greater wellbeing. But what if an ingredient can objectively ensure this? Òscar Expósito reports on the latest research results.
Well-being with Neurocosmetics?
What if a cosmetic product not only had a positive effect on the health and beauty of the skin but also had an impact on the overall condition? Prof Andrea Wanninger explains what role neuroreceptors play and what is actually possible.
Green Gold
Specialist media have touted CBD as the new miracle ingredient for beauty, health and well-being. But is it really? Rosa Porras Mansilla presents the advantages and challenges of using it as a cosmetic active ingredient.
Consumers want Results – immediately!
Face care is a very broad and diverse field within skin care and is closely linked to everyday beauty for end customers. There are now numerous active ingredients on the market, and research is still ongoing.
Clean Skin care
Almonds and their components have long enjoyed the reputation of being beneficial for the body. Not only as a superfood but also in facial care, they prove their versatility. Pure sweet almond oil impresses with several advantages
TAIKI COSMETICS EUROPE – One Cut Brushes
At this time of contact-free and clean-contact concerns, makeup applicator is more than ever part of the beauty routine of consumers. However, they do not forget the ecological issues, and turn further towards more responsible products.
Going climate-neutral
Many children took to the streets almost every Friday for a better and greener future. Cosmetics companies must take responsibility – for customers, employees and the environment. Care and respect for nature should therefore be deeply rooted in corporate thinking every day.
The rising of ecommerce
While the physical market in China suffered severely due to the lockdown at the beginning of the year, ecommerce in the cosmetics sector was able to record clear and stable growth. Rongmei Hui-Drobnik reports on the current developments.
On the way to bioplastics
The demand for ecological raw materials is unbroken. But not only ingredients are subject to this demand. A significant development is also emerging in the field of packaging materials. Maurizio Ficcadenti talks about the role of biopolymers as an alternative basis for cosmetic packaging.
Clean beauty
Natural is no longer enough. The latest trend is called clean beauty and attaches great importance to sustainability and safety. Is it just hype, or will it be the future?
Thinking about green ingredients
The coronavirus pandemic is raising demand for natural ingredients from the personal care industry. Ecovia Intelligence expects demand to remain buoyant after the current crisis.
Sustainable beauty
Active ingredients and additives in cosmetic products do not always have to be obtained in an unsustainable way. Really sustainable economy can be demonstrated, for example, if emulsifiers are obtained from waste products from food production and the living and working conditions of the population in the countries of origin are positively influenced.
New way to plant extracts
The plant milking technology is designed to lower the impact on environment, providing thoughtful ingredient solutions. With this technology it is possible to produce sustainable and locally sourced active ingredients from plant root extracts. Their effectiveness is proven by experimental and clinical data.
Natural cosmetics and corona
The cosmetics industry is facing several challenges because of the measures in place to contain the coronavirus. Birgit Corall explains why natural cosmetics are affected even more by this than traditional cosmetics.