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Cargill 'Sensed' It: You Need a Natural Skin Care Polymer

Cargill "sensed" what formulators need with its new Lygomme VPC 50 and 30 nature-derived skin care polymers, which it will feature at in-cosmetics N.A.

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SustOleo: Reducing Environmental & Social Impact

The SustOleo line is a series of ingredients that are palm-free alternatives to categories historically derived from palm.

Shape-shifting textures can enhance the performance of products and add elevate the consumer experience.

Transformational Beauty Products Are the Future

New ingredient launches and emerging metamorphosing formats are enhancing the consumer experience and product efficacy.

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Fulfill Your Film Curiosity

Films impart more than just a tacky layer on skin—they've gained formulators' attention for the protection they afford and the sensory characteristics they can provide. Researchers from Imperial College London studied their behavior more closely using a film formed by the antiperspirant active aluminium chlorohydrate with water and glycerol.

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Heat Protection Getting Warmer: Specialty Silicones for Hair

The present study examines the ability of silicones to protect hair during heat styling, compared with other industry benchmarks and untreated hair. Also discussed are the mechanisms through which different silicones contribute heat protection in hair care products such as leave-in conditioners, serums and other product forms.

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Patent Pick: Side-stepping Surfactants for Fragrance Delivery

Surfactants are like club bouncers, keeping the peace between paying patrons, and removing less-than-desirable characters from the scene. But sometimes they can be too aggressive; for example, when night club owners want a nice fragrance to stick around. These inventors patented a way to side-step them.

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Avon Goes to Hollywood for New Scent

Vergara aimed for the fragrance to speak to today's strong, independent woman. It is a floral-based fragrance with warm and fruity tinges, launching exclusively through Avon this fall.

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Elizabeth Arden Adds a New ‘Voice’ to Fragrance Business

New acquisition of Christina Aguilera Fragrances is consistent with company’s strategy to acquire brands to grow their fragrance business in a global basis. Aguilera’s fragrance brand is the No. 1 celebrity brand in Europe.

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Patent Pick: Sensory Effects as Easy as Pudding

The "wow" factor in product effects isn't exactly as easy as pie. It's as easy as pudding—at least, that what the inventors on this Shiseido patent application believe.

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C&T's Crist to Receive WFFC Leadership Award

Women in Flavor and Fragrance Commerce, Inc. is honors Allured's own Paige Crist with leadership award.

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P&G Acquisitions Propelling Coty Financials Push to Top

By acquiring $9 billion in revenue via P&G brands, Coty is poised to become a top player in several beauty categories.

Smart Polymers Open the Door to Infinite Possibilities

From traditional cleansing chassis to complex, milder systems and across the full range of formulation pH, Carbopol SMART polymers deliver exceptional clarity, suspension, and elegant rheology to your products while also enhancing mildness, skin feel and foam aesthetics.

Symrise Expands to Iran

Symrise opened its own site in Iran to act as a trading hub between the East and West, showing the company's commitment to customers across the Persian Gulf.

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Patent Pick: Shower Yourself with Water-actived Fragrance

Naked, sexy women on TV are not the only ones enjoying steamy, hot showers. P&G inventors know we all enjoy this luxury, and developed a water-activated fragrance and surfactant system to enhance our experience, as this patent explains.

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Patent Pick: Not So Fast, Fragrance

Dear fragrance: What's the big rush? You're quick to drift into the ether, leaving barely a trace of you behind. We'd love for you to stick around, as this patent from Firmenich suggests you could. Consider this traditional cosmetic emollient.

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Solubilizer Formulating Oils and Water

Evonik has launched TEGO Solve 55, a PEG-free solubilizer for essential and perfume oils in water-based cosmetic formulations. The ingredient is completely based on renewable raw materials, which makes it most suitable for natural cosmetics.

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Patent Pick: A Soft Spot for Dandruff Care

In anti-dandruff hair care, sensory cues often are second to deposition/performance. Apparently, however, P&G inventors have a soft spot for both, as this patent for improving the feel of anti-dandruff conditioners demonstrates.

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Patent Pick: Scent that Sticks

Fragrances with extended effects have long been sought. This water-proof/sweat-proof scented cosmetic invention by Coty may prove to be something that "sticks."