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Patent Pick: Compact Powders Ready for Impact

Cosmetic powders are pressing contradiction: one benefit can be optimized but at the expense of another. That's where LVMH inventors come in, with a new formula to survive its own impact on the marketplace.

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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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Color, Corrected: Perfectly Tuning to Black Skin Tones

Color-matching foundations that are true to skin tones is a challenge, especially for darker skin. Here, the authors describe a process using L*C*h* measurements to guide the formulator with iterative adjustments to pigments and levels, to successfully match black skin tones. Researchers noted further research is necessary to improve coverage without impacting overall skin color.

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Soft-focus for the Selfie-obsessed: Eye Tracking to Improve Color Formula Development

In cosmetics, soft focus refers to the blurring of light to immediately correct the appearance of wrinkles and skin imperfections. This parameter can be affected by the refractive index of the emollients used, as well as formula volatility and the dispersion of fillers. The use of eye tracking, described here, can help the formulator quickly select the best-performing formulas.

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Editor's Note: Vivid Possibilities

Let your cosmetic imagination run wild. Envision spectacular, glowing, even holographic color effects. Here, hypothetical illusions of perfection are mirrored by magical pigments—and FDA-approved, no less.

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Cues and Hues: Top 5 Highlights in the Color Sector

The color cosmetics market will expand with a CAGR of 3.4% from 2016 through 2020. Products leading this charge impart skin sensations such as texture and illumination.

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The Future of Color? Creative Layering

The color industry has done very well and continues to grow. Color cosmetics are fun, and consumers enjoy the effects they create. For the most part, the major trends we see fall into two categories: the natural look and the bold, dramatic look.

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Move Over Mood Rings: Hyper-reactive Hair is Here

If you haven't heard about color-change hair yet, you soon will. In fact, it's hitting headlines worldwide, and you'll be seeing it strut along the catwalk during London's Fashion Week starting in just a couple days.

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[video] That's a Wrap: Top News for 02/17/2017 from Cosmetics & Toiletries

Probiotics for dermatitis; cocoa vs. grape seed polyphenols; and more—if you missed this week's news from Cosmetics & Toiletries, you missed out. Check out our video re-cap.

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Color Me Red: Bacteria to Produce Natural Pigments

Researchers are at it again: outsmarting bacteria to do their "dirty" work. In fact this time, soil-inhabiting Serratia rubidaea were isolated for their naturally produced red pigment.

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Sky Blue's the Limit with Novel Pigment Discovery

New pigment discoveries with applications for cosmetics come along once in a blue moon; or in this case, sky. Researchers in Korea and Japan have developed new inorganic sky-blue pigments with light-absorbing properties.

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Manipulating Light in 3D

Researchers from the Australian National University don't take light lightly. In fact, they have mastered the art of manipulating it in what appears to be the best-yet holographic representation in three dimensions. This technology has potential for applications in imaging and augmented reality.

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Patent Pick: Smooth Moves to Attack Tacky Cosmetics

Icky or elegant? Beauty consumers are mindful of the sensory experiences you create for them. That's why L'Oréal inventors imparted tact into a new, non-tacky cosmetic emulsion.

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Dark Cherry Lips to Spark Your Fascination

A dark cherry color, hydration, protection ... all this and more is included in Givaudan Active Beauty's S3D Fascination lip gloss. Additionally, this product is formulated to have anti-aging properties among other benefits.

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Go Gold with Givaudan Active Beauty

At the end of Givaudan Active Beauty's rainbow, you find a pot full of PrimalHyal Gold. The active cosmetic ingredient is a new technology, part of the company’s hyaluronic acid range for a variety of oil-based formulas.

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Packaging: The ‘Silent Salesman’ of Cosmetics

Product packaging is nearly as important, if not more so, than the ingredients in it. This article examines a brief history, classes and properties of various types of packaging, and provides examples of the latest pack advances.

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Pinterest Predicts the Top 5 Beauty Trends of 2017

From charcoal to chrome, Pinterest reveals their predictions for the top five beauty trends of 2017.

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Lead Levels in Cosmetics: Comment Now

Want a say in the levels of lead allowed in cosmetics? Now's your chance. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking comments on its newly drafted guidelines.