June 2023

The June 2023 issue of C&T magazine intertwines facets of holistic beauty in several ways. It spans the categories of hair, skin, color and sun; it aims to both improve and protect hair, skin and formulations in general; it also seeks to reduce mental stress and appeal to green tenets for beauty benefits.

Cosmetics & Toiletries June 2023

June 2023

This article serves as a primer (or a refresh) describing the compositions of popular oils for hair and skin benefits. It also explains how these structures impact properties such as melting point, viscosity, penetration and oxidative stability.

Choosing the Right Plant Oil for Hair and Skin Benefits

Oils and fillers are two categories of ingredients can greatly influence the quality of UV protection and product stability over time. The present work describes these ingredients and their properties in terms of UV-protective makeup.

Formulating Forum: Makeup Secrets Under the Sun: Oils and Fillers

This article examines EU and UK regulatory updates thus far in 2023, delving into the Brexit Freedoms Bill, packaging, labeling requirements and deadlines, and siloxanes. It also highlights MoCRA in the U.S., the Plastics Treaty and sustainability.

EU/UK Regulatory Update: Brexit Freedoms Bill, Siloxanes, Packaging, MoCRA Act and More

This article discusses the history of clean beauty, the definition of clean and how both terms are used today. It also debates whether or not clean beauty simplifies cosmetics.

Keeping Cosmetics In Check: Purging the Confusion from Clean Beauty

Hair cycling steps include: detox and clarify, repair and strengthen, and prep for styling. These present areas for innovation in the hair care space.

Industry Insight: Hair Growth Areas, Follicle Biology, Customizable Care and Devices

Globally, the sun care market was valued at $13.03 billion in pre-pandemic 2019, according to Fortune Business Insights (FBI). Following the upset of 2020 lockdowns, prestige sunscreens boomed by 60% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2021 alone.

Expert Opinions: Photoprotection and Skin Defense, Microbiome Modulating

Psycho-emotional stress is known to cause hair loss. Thus, an active ingredient from Prunella vulgaris was developed to de-stress the scalp, impart a sense of wellness and mitigate the effects of stress on hair.

An Anti-stress Adaptogen to Restore Hair and Scalp Wellness

α-Tomatine is an antinutritional alkaloid that was extracted using a novel eco-friendly method from discarded unripe tomatoes.

Eco-extracted α-Tomatine as an Antioxidant for Natural Soap

Upcycled Punica granatum peel was obtained as a byproduct of mature fruit processing to develop a punicalagin-enriched extract by aqueous extraction and purification.

Elemental Protection from a Punicalagin-enriched Upycled Pomegranate Peel Extract

The current issue of Cosmetics & Toiletries intertwines facets of holistic beauty in several ways. It spans the categories of hair, skin, color and sun; it aims to both improve and protect hair, skin and formulations in general.

Editor’s Note: Spanning the Spectrum