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Ingredients Leave Hair Irresistible & Skin Revived

Givaudan has launched a couple new ingredients. One ingredient helps enhance hair in a variety of ways, while the other ingredient benefits skin in a holistic way.

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Sex Lubricant Market on the Rise

Abstaining from many (not all) of the dirty puns we could slide into this report, here we describe what's behind the growing and virile personal lubricants market.

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Transformations in Anti-aging: A New Era [Free Ebook]

Four years ago, a prediction was made that the anti-aging market would experience a major transformation. Per Diagonal Reports, this already-mega category would explode by 80% due to two major changes in consumers: early intervention and extended lifespan. Has the market fared as well as predicted? It seems that yes, changes in consumers are driving growth. However, there’s more to the equation. Learn more from this free e-book, sponsored by Sabinsa. Download it today!

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[podcast] The Smell of Success: P&G's Wilkerson on Consumer-acceptable Scalp Care

What's that smell? Not the infamous selenium. In this exclusive podcast, Rolanda Wilkerson, Ph.D., principal scientist at P&G, shares how the Head & Shoulders brand was re-formulated for consumer-acceptance, among other insights. Listen now!

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Products Must Be Stable and Able: EU Mandate, Part 9

Cosmetic products need not stand up to centuries of storage under extreme conditions or in unforeseeable uses. They have a much bigger foe to face: the consumer. This ninth installment in our series explains stability requirements for products marketed in the EU.

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Pigment Discovery 'Blue' Scientists, and Now Crayola, Away

YInMn Blue was the first new blue pigment developed in 200 years. Now Crayola is inspired to add it to the box, which should officially be available by the end of 2017. Could this spark a new color trend?

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Shin-Etsu Relocates Cosmetics Application Lab to Paramus

Expanding from a 2,500 to a 14,000 square foot facility in Paramus, New Jersey, Shin-Etsu Silicones of America has relocated to provide increased R&D capabilities and resources under one roof.

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Patent Pick: Microbiome Makeover

"Love your bugs" is the bottom line to this patent application, rather than attacking the skin's microbiome with antibacterial agents. By doing so, this inventor aims to decrease mortality among the aging population.

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[podcast] EWG vs. the Industry on Cosmetic Ingredient Safety

On the surface, this seems like a story about an activist group stirring up unnecessary fear to target an "unregulated" industry. And a self-regulated industry allegedly putting dollars ahead of safety. But the reality is actually much deeper and philosophical in nature. Listen now!

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Patent Pick: Biophotonic Skin Therapy, Illuminated

Photon-based therapies have crossed from the dark side in this new patent application highlighting thermosetting block polymers for skin rejuvenation and more.

Naturex's Eliorelys ingredient, derived from cherry blossoms using deep eutectic solvents, won gold for the “best green ingredient” during in-cosmetics 2017.

[in-cosmetics Global] Thinking Greener: Alternative Materials and Processes

Supplier companies have turned chemistries around and upside-down in attempt to replace traditional technologies or processes with greener, more viable options.

Beyond internal efforts toward sustainability are social implications and many suppliers engaged in such efforts were featured at the Sustainability Corner.

[in-cosmetics Global] Social Responsibility, Empowerment and Measuring Up

Perhaps one of the most novel aspects of sustainability presented at in-cosmetics this year was how to measure it.

“Our ambition is to achieve more with less. This means we create more value for our customers and consumers at a reduced environmental footprint.” - Werner Shuh

[in-cosmetics Global] Sustainability Sustained at in-cosmetics

This series explores the three main approaches suppliers and manufacturers are taking toward sustainability, as presented during in-cosmetics Global. These include: social responsibility and empowerment; measuring sustainability; and greener chemistries and processes.

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Editor's Note: Little Jars, Big Effects

Cosmetic technologies are amazing. They pack big effects into little jars and boxes whose outer labels don’t (or can’t) do them justice. If they did, nearly every U.S. marketer would be the recipient of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning letter.

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K-beauty: Eastern Ritual vs. Western Pace, Adopting a Mindset

K-beauty appears to deliver its full benefits when embraced in its entirety, which due to time constrains, rarely happens in the West. This article reviews these important differences, as well as cultural views and biological implications.

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The Name's Bond, H-F Bond. Leveraging Divergent Fluorine Forces

Intermolecular forces such as dispersion forces and hydrogen bonds are the basis for a theory explaining the behavior and benefits of perfluoropolyethers and perfluorocarbons. The former, in liquid form, are explored here for their application in cosmetics and personal care; the latter are described for speculation purposes.

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Dermal-epidermal Separation, Part II: Enzymatic Digestion

Readers have expressed interest in understanding the most efficient and reliable methods to separate the epidermis and dermis as an important technique for basic skin investigation. This second installment in a three-part series reviews separation via enzyme digestion.

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Don’t Count On Genetics, Sunscreens are the Best Bet

In a podcast with P&G scientists Frauke Neuser, Ph.D. and Rosemarie Osborne, Ph.D., Cosmetics & Toiletries learned about genetic studies in support of the Olay brand, and more. Following is an excerpt.