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[video] News and Insights from Cosmetics & Toiletries: 2/9/2018

Did you know Kiehl's tried and erred 88 times before settling on its latest anti-aging formula? And Aveda devised a system to ease brushing and reduce hair breakage? If you missed this week's news, you're missing out—check out our video recap.

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Alban Muller Launches Cream for Cloudless Skin

For clear, healthy, supple and “cloudless skin,” Alban Muller has introduced the Velvet Sorbet Cream—developed with natural extract ingredients—to reinforce the skin barrier, leaving the skin looking healthy and smooth, while also helping tighten on contact.

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New Source Discovered for Botulinum Neurotoxin

"By finding more versions of the toxin in nature, we can potentially expand and optimize its therapeutic applications even further," said Michael Mansfield, one of the lead authors on the study.

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Green Tea EGCG: Now with Moisture Benefits

The powerful antioxidant properties of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) from green tea are legendary. What's not are their skin-hydrating and moisturizing benefits, as new findings from AmorePacific and Sungkyunkwan University, in Korea, suggest.

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[podcast] How Nutrition Translates to Beauty, Part I

Can consumers “eat themselves” to beauty? Cosmetics & Toiletries posed these and other questions to two renowned dermatologists, featured in this five-part podcast series. Here, in part I, they discuss how nutrition impacts beauty.

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[video] News and Insights from Cosmetics & Toiletries: 01/26/2018

We covered a lot of ground this week in cosmetics R&D. Can Rachel Grabenhofer recap it all in under 3 minutes? Watch our video to find out.

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Multifunctional Products Feed Probiotic Market

Consumer demand for multifunctional skin care is helping the probiotic market to grow, according to Research and Markets.

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BASF’s Triple Threat Against Skin and Hair Aging

BASF has launched three anti-aging and anti-stress active ingredients to help both skin and hair. Volunteers helped confirm the efficacy of the actives, which help leave a youthful appearance.

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Horn Care Elements Partners with Nanovetores to Expand Actives Portfolio

“We are confident other formulators and chemists will also be impressed with the formulation-friendly characteristics of these actives. We have great expectations for the success of Nanovetores as Horn’s technical sales team introduces the unique technologies to formulation chemists throughout the U.S.”

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Rahn’s Three Actives to Fight Blue Light

Rahn has tested three cosmetic actives to help fight the negative impact of blue light irradiation for a healthy, youthful complexion as light from technology causes premature aging.

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Kobo Products Launches Infrared Blocker

To help skin against infrared radiation, which can cause aging and wrinkles, Kobo Products launched TiO2-IR300-ASG3, which was tested to block infrared with a variety of surface treatments.

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Chemyunion Launches Ingredient with Mitochondrial Protecting Properties

Chemyunion’s latest ingredient helps improve skin micro-surface and promotes corneocyte regeneration with its antioxidant properties, helping reduce the appearance of age.

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Patent Pick: Chicory and Yeast Extracts Give Skin's HA a Boost

What do you get when you cross yeast and chicory root extracts? Apparently, more than a fermented coffee substitute—possibly the latest and greatest anti-aging solution. A new J&J patent explains.

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Avon Partners with CDP to Test Users’ Compliance with New Product Duo

Cambridge Design Partnership and Avon partnered to confirm whether Avon’s new anti-aging product duo is an easy regime for customers to use and follow over a long term.

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BASF Actives are ‘Inspired by Life’

BASF dipped into wellness trends for three anti-aging ingredients introduced at Cosmetagora 2018, meant to soothe and rejuvenate skin and hair.

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Patent Pick: Sticking it to Dermal Delivery

The folks at Fujifilm have been poking around at ways to improve transdermal absorption sheets for the microneedle delivery of actives. A new patent application explains.

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A New Code for Skin Care, Part II: Breakthroughs in the Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics

As described in Part I, the cosmetics industry has been developing RNAi technologies for skin care applications. However, a major stumbling block has been their delivery into skin. This second installment briefly reviews new delivery methods for the implementation and commercialization of RNAi-based products.

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[podcast] Author Commentary: Fabio Apone, Ph.D., on Cold Stress Skin Damage

The mechanisms of cold stress damage in skin are a new focus for cosmetics research. In his January 2018 article, Fabio Apone, Ph.D., explains these mechanisms; in relation, in this Author Commentary podcast, he shares what drove his team’s interest in this area and the next steps. Listen now!