Where luxury is born
Events | The new developments shown at this year’s Luxe Pack in Monaco are bound to be inspiring enough to come up with plenty of new product concepts for 2019.
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Self-heating hair treatment
Product development | The Asian mask trend is taking the world by storm. With its Elseve Steam Mask, L’Oréal Paris has converted this trend to suit hair care needs by bringing a salon-like ritual to people’s homes.
A challenging issue
Sustainability | Green packaging is very fashionable at the moment, and yet such a challenging issue. Take a look at the latest developments.
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.
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.
BIO PET FILMS
Sustainable film solutions from Folienwerk Wolfen
FENSEBIOME™ peptide
Reconnect with your origins for healthier skin
BELSIL® ECO
Beauty meets Sustainability
Highlights 2018
Product development | Look at some inspiring key developments of 2018
Cegesoft® Peel: Gentle exfoliation by BASF
BASF offers an environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic microbeads
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.
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.
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.