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WFFC and SCC Reconnect With Their Natural Experiences

Members of the Chicago Women in Flavor & Fragrance Commerce (WFFC) and the Midwest Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) came together to break bread and network at “Creating Natural Experiences Through Fragrance,” a joint meeting on April 11.

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How Damaged is Hair? Part I: Surface Damage

This article is the first of two that explores ways of capturing and quantifying the different forms of hair damage. Here, we begin with damage to the hair surface, or cuticle, while also exploring the implications of this occurrence. A second article will focus on damage to the internal cortex structure.

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Patent Pick: Straighten Up, Smooth It Out

Hair care is getting bossy. In this patent application, Unilever explores a sericin-based treatment that straightens and smooths hair, reducing volume to make it behave.

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Lip-smacking Results: Mixture Design ‘Pays Off’ to Optimize Wax/Oil Lipstick Ratio

This article explores Mixture Design for lipstick development. The approach models the blending surface with a suitable mathematical equation to identify ideal ingredient ratios. As is shown here, Mixture Design can effectively optimize lipstick formulations, saving development time and costs.

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The Brave New World of Silicone Alternatives

The road forward for cosmetic formulation doesn't include as many of the silicones of old, according to Tony O'Lenick, president of Siltech LLC.

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Patent Pick: A New Delivery Trick Up the Sleeve

Henkel inventors have a new trick up their sleeves, as this new patent for controlling the stability and release of deodorant actives explains.

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Global Guerbet Alcohols Market on the Rise

A boom in the beauty and cosmetics industry has many reaching for multifunctional products, which may lead to a rise in the global guerbet alcohols market in coming years.

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Provision Delivers Mindful Luxury

"If my products help people to take a moment for themselves each day, my dream will be realized.”

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World Essential Oil Market Expected to Reach $11.5 billion by 2022

With a compound annual growth rate of 10.1 percent from 2016 to 2022, the world essential oil market is expected to reach $11.5 billion in the next six years.

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Synesthesia is Music to Our Feel and Taste Receptors

"One of the next (applications) we could see is whether music can improve or boost skin hydration."

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Fantastic Feats of Protean Cosmetic Ingredients

Protean refers to flexible, versatile and adaptable ingredients, which assume many roles in formulations. Several notable multi-tasking ‘stars’ such as these are in the cosmetic raw materials universe. Their astonishing behaviors are described here.

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Scents, Sensibility and Struggles: Creating Loyal Scents

During the afternoon on day two of the 29th IFSCC Congress, presenters focused on human responses, measuring neurotransmitters and the struggles of essential oils “playing nice” during the "Creating Loyal Scents: The Science of Fragrances and Marketing to the Senses" session.

Patent Pick: Calculated Fragrancing

Ask any perfumer and they'll tell you: perfumery is an art. Just like cosmetic formulating is a craft. Now, P&G scientists are putting this creative process to modeling—not to take away its "soul," but to optimize it.

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Ones to Watch: Petya (Todorova) Ruda

"Ones to Watch" is a new series from Cosmetics & Toiletries featuring up-and-comers in and around our industry who have limited experience but unlimited potential. This month meet Petya (Todorova) Ruda, of LF Beauty.

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Slip Comfort into Skin Care with these Versatile Silicones

Biowax® is a series of water-soluble silicones suitable for a variety of personal care and cosmetic applications. Our PEG-8 Dimethicone provides significant slip and cushion in most skin care applications. It is an excellent texture modifier and can also provide secondary emulsification in challenging systems.

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Editor's Note: Positive Vibes

Intuition, vibe, instinct, gut feeling—most of us have experienced it. Science has tried to measure it. What does this have to do with cosmetics? Well, everything.

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VIDEO: Hydration is Grant's M.O. at in-cos North America

Hydration, moisture and sensory appeal were Grant Industries' "modes of operation" (M.O.) during in-cosmetics North America, as this video clip demonstrates.

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Sub-Micron Oil Particles Make the Patent Cut

“This technology represents a way forward ... to incorporate functional actives that are not water-soluble into a consumer-desirable product ... in a safe and effective manner,” reports LEI.