VIDEO: Croda's Gallagher Looks to Cosmetics' Future

Jan 25th, 2016

Rachel Grabenhofer

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In a recent exclusive interview with C&T, Kevin Gallagher, Croda’s retiring president of personal care/actives, gave a little insight on what he sees coming down the not-to-distant road for the cosmetics and personal care industry. See what he discussed with C&T’s Rachel Grabenhofer.

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Eri Kawashima, of KOSÉ Corp., presented her poster, "Impact of Daily Stress on Skin: Epinephrine Directly Affects the Barrier Function," during IFSCC 2024 in Brazil — for which she was a poster award finalist. Watch her poster presentation in this video.

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Product Spotlight: Hers Hair Regrowth Treatment Foam

Recent approaches to hair loss have focused on reducing stress and improving scalp health, although traditional tactics of improving anchoring and thinning, and manipulating the growth cycle remain prominent. The Hers foam product exemplifies the latter.

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Two Johns Hopkins 'Amino Artisans' Aim to Synthesize Snail Mucus Protein

Researchers at Johns Hopkins' Krieger and Whiting schools aim to synthetically produce they key protein in snail mucus known as epiphragmin. Once created, the material could be enhanced for given benefits and made available to skin care manufacturers.

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Two New Reasons to Reexamine PFAS Safety, Exposure: Pregnancy and Sleep

Two recent studies have raised new alarm over PFAS. One found higher levels of PFAS in pregnant women who use cosmetics. The other associated sleep disruption with PFAS in young adults. These findings add to the public outcry over "forever chemicals."

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The inactive microbial extract derived from plant-based compost and materials replicates the Finnish forest to give users rich microbial exposure, especially for those who are not in contact with nature on a daily basis.

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