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[podcast] Taste the Crunch: How Products Engage Consumer Senses

Crunching sounds can make food taste better. Heavier lipstick tubes impress a sense of luxury. How might product developers benefit from these signals? Find out in this podcast series.

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Patent Pick: Enlightened Luxury Cues in Skin Care

According to P&G inventors, key to imparting perceived moisturization with light aesthetics is a dimethicone fluid that provides the desired tackiness. This patent application explains.

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In the Thick of It: A Primer on Polyelectrolyte Crosspolymer Rheology Modifiers

Polyelectrolyte crosspolymers are preferred rheology modifiers that function to confer thickening, product stability and sensory attributes to aqueous cosmetic formulations. This article reviews the relationship between structure and function for this broad class of rheology modifiers.

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Why Consumers Believe 'Green' Misinformation

What is greenwashing, and how does it make natural formulations so appealing with consumers? Read more on this, plus takes on natural textures and sunscreen, in this exclusive interview.

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in-cosmetics Latin America Shines a Light on Fragrance

Among the fragrance and ingredients offerings at this year’s show are the in-cosmetics Latin America Fragrance Trail, which will guide visitors through the fragrance houses, producers and extract and raw materials distributors who offer fragrance-related ingredients and solutions.

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Patent Pick: Lip-smacking Matte Maneuver

A new patent from Avon smooths out the wrinkles of comfortable, reduced-gloss matte lipstick formulas.

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Biosil Technologies’ Biosil Basics I-90

This silicone-based, non-ionic ingredient provides textural properties to emulsions, such as ease of spreadability and rub-in.

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MMP, Inc.’s Vegenolin CF

As a vegetal alternative to lanolin, this ingredient is a soft paste that has high water-absorption capacity, skin conditioning benefits and w/o co-emulsifier functionality.

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BASF Care Creations’ Cetiol Ultimate

Performance testing has shown that this natural emollient improves color stability and has comparable pigment-wetting properties as cyclomethicone, while enhancing formulation texture.

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Arista Industries, Inc.’s Sunflower Oil

For use in both the cosmetic and food industries, this emollient oil can be utilized as a carrier for other oils or as a replacement for higher-cost options.

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IFF/Lucas Meyer Cosmetics’ Siligel

This easy-to-use gelling agent is sustainably produced to leave a silicone-like skin feel in formulations.

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[video] Sensory, Men's Care, Preservative-free and More Top Chemyunion's List

Fluid and creamy textures, minimalism and flexibility, preservative-free, men's care and more rose to the top of Chemyunion's list during in-cosmetics Global. Learn more from this video interview.

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[video] It's Personal: Custom Beauty via Bite's Bespoke Lipstick

The current wave of personalization in the beauty industry is wide-sweeping. Here, experience a firsthand account and video of Bite Beauty's bespoke lipstick service, wherein consumers mix custom lipsticks on the spot.

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Biossance’s Squalane + Bamboo Deodorant

Bisabolol, licorice root and grapefruit join this deodorant’s namesake bamboo and squalane ingredients to reportedly neutralize odor, absorb moisture and nourish skin.

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Sephora Collection’s Melting Lip Clicks

This lipstick-oil hybrid “melts” into lips with a formula containing castor seed oil and hyaluronate to provide color and shine.

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Evonik Formulations Marry Actives with Texture

Created for the "new cosmetics consumer," the supplier's formulation line was inspired by the influence K- and J-beauty have had over consumers' desired sensory experiences.

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What Food Science Can Lend to Skin Care

What insights can personal care leverage from the foods industry? This article explores food trends, sensory language and metrics that translate across these categories.

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Clariant Polymer Delivers Sensory Effects to Challenging Formulations

The rheology modifier's wide pH range and high salt tolerance can be utilized to add sensory benefits in a variety of skin care applications.