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May 06, 2013 | 01:21 PM CDT
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By: Rachel Grabenhofer, Cosmetics & Toiletries…
First, if you haven’t noticed, Suppliers’ Day is themed “Project Trendway: Your Stage for Innovation.” This is appropriate considering the industry celebrities, press and scrutinizing eyes of would-be buyers that will be watching as exhibitors strut their latest and greatest on the Suppliers’ Day catwalk.
May 06, 2013 | 01:10 PM CDT
Testing Tactics—Consumer vs. Scientific Language: Relating In vivo to In vitro
By: Trefor Evans, PhD, TA Evans LLC
It should perhaps go without saying that consumer products are sold using consumer language. Market researchers and consumer scientists spend a great deal of time studying their target audience and learning this vocabulary, which subsequently allows the recounting of product benefits in the same terminology.
May 06, 2013 | 11:57 AM CDT
Euromonitor Defines "New Beauty Power" at 2013 in-cosmetics
By: Abby Penning
With the beauty industry seemingly taking the divergent paths of multifuctional or targeted when it comes to product innovation, Euromonitor theorized on how current trends and industry standings will lead to future growth during a presentation at the 2013 in-cosmetics.
May 03, 2013 | 10:27 AM CDT
Water, Asia, Sensory and Sustainability Inspire Technology Launches at Record-breaking in-cosmetics 2013
By: Katie Anderson
More than 9,400 visitors and 650 exhibitors flocked to Paris for the April event, featuring the latest ingredients and technologies.
Apr 29, 2013 | 10:44 AM CDT
Letter from the NYSCC Suppliers' Day Chair
By: Juliana Rumbaugh, 2013 NYSCC Suppliers' Day Ch…
Suppliers’ Day provides a unique venue to showcase technology designed for the cosmetic industry. From its humble beginnings as a local event, Suppliers’ Day has grown into a premier, international show, with hundreds of exhibitors and several thousand attendees from more than 40 countries.
Apr 29, 2013 | 10:36 AM CDT
Raw Material State of the Industry
By: Rachel Grabenhofer, Cosmetics & Toiletries…
In the past year, the industry has witnessed continued progress in the R&D of anti-aging and skin repair actives, texture and sensory effects, green and natural ingredient sources, and methodologies to substantiate claims. While these currently remain major areas of focus for today’s personal care product developers, several emerging trends are worth noting. Following are the editor’s choice of top five areas to watch in 2013.
Apr 24, 2013 | 08:50 AM CDT
in-cosmetics Awards Lifetime Achievement and Ingredient Innovation
By: Katie Anderson, Cosmetics & Toiletries…
At the Awards Ceremony at in-cosmetics 2013 in Paris, in-cosmetics announced the winner of the Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Award and bestowed the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award to Karl Lintner, PhD.
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Apr 19, 2013 | 03:37 PM CDT
Next-generation Carbopol® Polymer Proves Highly Efficient at Lower pH Levels
Consumer demand for products that provide anti-aging and healthy-skin benefits is driving the creation of many new cosmetics. However, many of the active ingredients that are beneficial to the face and neck are most effective at lower pH ranges. In this Q&A, Lubrizol’s Bryan Moran, Sr. R&D Scientist, talks about Carbopol® Ultrez 30 polymer (INCI: Carbomer), a new rheology modifier, and how it can help formulators achieve preferred viscosity, suspension and stability in gels or emulsions containing challenging additives such as alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs) and beta hydroxy acids (BHAs).
Apr 16, 2013 | 04:20 PM CDT
Patent Picks—Bioactive Ginger, Coumarin, Heat Shock Proteins and More for Wellness Cosmetics
By: Rachel L. Grabenhofer
Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources in the cosmetics, personal care and peripheral markets. This edition features technologies related to wellness cosmetics, including ginger anti-inflammation, cyclic skin whitening, coumarin hair growth, an anti-cellulite beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonist, Heat Shock Protein inhibition and more.
Apr 10, 2013 | 10:44 AM CDT
BASF Launches a UV Filter, Anti-aging Formulation Concepts, BB Cream Pigments an Under-eye Sea Extract and More
At in-cosmetics 2013, BASF Personal Care will introduce a new UV filter, a multifunctional styling agent, a renewable microemulsion, natural platelets for mineral makeup, a sea extract for under-eye and formulation concepts for anti-aging and diverse daily activities.