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A Chilling Pine Ingredient to Benefit Skin

You don’t need to go miles high to give skin a cloud nine feeling. However, Mibelle’s pine ingredient, pinolumin is derived from the chilly Alps and is utilized to lessen skin irritation and inflammation.

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DSM’s Fair Play Leads to Award Certification

DSM Personal Care was awarded the Fair Trade certification for its ALPAFLOR portfolio. While the range was already certified as organic, the the company's policies were evaluated to receive this seal of approval.

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FDA's Sunscreen Guidance Focuses on Safety and Effectiveness Data

The guidance also sheds light on the FDA’s requests for safety and effectiveness data on eight active sunscreen ingredients that are already under evaluation, including the data on human absorption.

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10 Aspects of Cosmetics Data Mandated by the EU

Product safety: It's crucial. That's why European Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 requires the following 10 aspects of cosmetic product data to be provided in order to support a proper safety assessment.

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Provital Group Progresses with Promoting Marc Bañolas

After 12 years of working with Provital Group, Marc Bañolas will be appointed to marketing and sales director at the company headquarters in Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona.

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UK CRO Cutest Systems Acquires Reading Clinical Research

Cutest Systems announced the acquisition of Reading Clinical Research (RCR Aspect Ltd.) to expand its business. The acquisition will benefit beauty care, medical devices and pharmaceutical products.

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Symrise Launches New Programs to Boost Hair Care

Symrise presented two approaches to hair care: the KeraSym family of active hair care ingredients and Beauty+ Multi-Ethnic hair care program. The launch was at in-cosmetics 2016 in Saõ Paulo, Brazil, where the company's Global Hair Care Center will be located.

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You Think Your Product's Ready for Europe?

Europe's Cosmetics Regulation requires that, prior to their market release, cosmetic products undergo a safety assessment. From this, a safety report is drawn up for each product. In this column, we show you what elements of data you’ll need to gather.

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ICMAD Urges National Safety Standard for Cosmetic Regulations

“The safety of our cosmetics and personal care products is our top priority–without safe products those who manufacture and sell them would have no business."

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[video] How Antibacterial Cleansers Led to Preservatives in Cosmetics

This seventh and final video in our triclosan series with David Steinberg gives the history of how contaminated antibacterial cleansers led to safely preserved cosmetics. It also highlights how preservative-free and natural movements are unraveling product safety.

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VIDEO: Does the Triclosan Ruling Open Doors for New Product Types?

In this sixth video in our series, David C. Steinberg considers whether the FDA's triclosan ruling presents an opportunity.

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VIDEO: How Does Europe View Antibacterial Soaps?

This fifth video in our series with David C. Steinberg, recorded at in-cosmetics North America, continues the triclosan discussion with a brief look at how Europe regulates antibacterial soaps.

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VIDEO: Will the Triclosan Ban Leave Us Empty-handed?

Triclosan got the FDA's boot earlier this month. So now what? In this second installment of our video series, David Steinberg continues the discussion.

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VIDEO: Is there a Future for Hand Sanitizers?

In this third video in a series, David C. Steinberg predicts the outlook for future consumer hand sanitizers in light of the FDA's triclosan ruling.

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VIDEO: 2 Questions on the FDA's Triclosan Ruling

The FDA's ruling on triclosan raises two questions, which David C. Steinberg describe in this fourth video in our series. However, he concedes that fighting the ruling is like "doubling down on an already-lost bet."

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VIDEO: Triclosan Ban, The Backstory

Triclosan got the FDA's boot earlier this month, but why? In this interview with David Steinberg, C&T gets the backstory.

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EFfCI Brings Animal-testing Actions Before U.K. Courts

Court says EU law makes no distinction depending on where the animal testing was carried out.

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Anti-pollution Skin Care: It's Real

'No kidding it's real,' you're probably thinking. Like naturals, though, at first it felt more like a passing fad. Now we know better, thanks to new research, some of which was presented in London earlier this year.