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Regional solutions: an interview with Ashland

While at in-cosmetics Korea in June, Personal Care had the opportunity to discuss in depth a range of topics with senior management at Ashland.

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/ Sep 20, 2018

Skin lightening via natural botanical oily composition

We aimed to develop a novel lipid-based skin whitener and personal care product to replace syntethic bioactives. Additional qualities were intended as safety, naturalness, preservative absence and thermal stability.

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/ Sep 20, 2018

Essential oils: the market and its issues analysed

It is important in the context of our business and in the personal care market as a whole to reconfirm that an essential oil is defined as a “natural volatile oil extracted from a specific botanical source and having the characteristic odour of the plant or other source from which it is extracted.”

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/ Sep 20, 2018

Modern life de-synchronises skin wellbeing

Wellbeing is a pleasant state resulting from the satisfaction needs of the body and the calmness of the mind. Ultimately, a healthy mind and body are seen as the way to reach wellbeing and happiness. People aim to find a better balance of life, adopting wellness activities.

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/ Sep 20, 2018

More than morning coffee for your eyes

The most delicate skin on our body is found around the eyes, so-called periorbital skin. Regardless of what skin type one has, you may assume that everyone has more or less sensitive skin in that area.

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/ Sep 20, 2018

A bright ‘star’ in the anti-acne universe

Among all the dermatoses, Acne vulgarisis the most common multifactorial disease in patients between 11 and 30 years old, as it affects up to 80% of people belonging to this age segment.

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/ Sep 19, 2018

Natural emulsifier with texture and skin care benefits

Emulsun® [INCI: Hydrogenated Sunflower Seed Oil Polyglyceryl-3 Esters (and) Hydrogenated Sunflower Seed Oil Glyceryl Esters (and) Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate] is a sunflower-derived o/w emulsifier, in particle form, that can be utilised in skin and hair care applications. This versatile, natural emulsifier helps create stable, aesthetically pleasing emulsions.

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/ Sep 19, 2018

Photostabilisation: for safe, pleasant sunscreens

During the photostabilisation process, the excited state energy of a light-absorbing species is removed by energy transfer and/or by an electron transfer quenching mechanism.

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/ Sep 19, 2018

Protect and repair skin from digital and photoageing

Beyond solar light, the artificial blue light coming from electronic devices, such as computers, TVs, smartphones and tablets, also contributes to the appearance of the main signs of skin photoageing, wrinkles and dark spots.

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/ Sep 19, 2018

Energise your skin for a glow of youth

In times of exhaustive lifestyles, we need to compensate the skin’s high energy demand in order to keep skin’s healthiness and radiance. Active, modern and conscious consumers thus strongly seek for energising and recharging cosmetic ingredients to maintain a radiant skin perfection with a glow of youth, even in periods of high intensity.

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/ Sep 19, 2018

Photostable sunscreens for sensitive skin

The market segment of sun care products to protect sensitive skin is growing. There is evidence that peroxide free radicals derived from certain formulation components are involved in inducing allergic skin reactions.

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/ Sep 19, 2018

Developing mild body cleansing products

With the increased health consciousness and change in lifestyles with time, it has become very important for companies associated with soap and cosmetic products to develop formulations which are safe and mild for their application on the body.

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/ Sep 19, 2018

Bringing innovation to the forefront

The Asia Pacific (APAC) region continues to present cosmetic brands with great opportunities. According to GlobalData’s latest analysis, its skin care market now accounts for 57.5% of the global market and is expected to reach US$90.9bn by 2022 – an increase of more than a third on 2017 data. J and K-beauty is taking the world by storm, but its success is down to one thing, innovation.

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/ Sep 18, 2018

Eight Asian trends impacting preservative options

Asian markets, like the rest of the world, are increasingly demanding natural and organic personal care products.

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/ Sep 18, 2018

Plant-based cholesterol aids pro-ageing moisturisation

The sterol cholesterol is among the most widely distributed, naturally occurring organic compounds in the animal kingdom.

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/ Jul 13, 2018

Tea Wax: a unique wax for hair and skin properties

Camellia sinensisis a species of evergreen shrub whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. It is of the genus Camellia of flowering plants in the family Theaceae.

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/ Jul 13, 2018

Solving formulation problems with natural waxes

Formulating cosmetic and personal care products can be a very exciting and rewarding process. As with anything exciting and rewarding, it can also be very challenging at times.

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/ Jul 13, 2018

Prevention of hair damage during multiple bleachings

FiberHance™ BM solution (INCI: hydroxypropyl gluconamide (and) hydroxypropyl ammonium gluconate) is a novel patent pending molecule that is proven to help prevent damage to hair during bleaching.

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/ Jul 13, 2018

A deep dive into marine ingredients

Exhibitions such as in-cosmetics Global are always excellent opportunities to discover new developments in ingredient technology and also speak with the experts behind them.

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/ Jul 13, 2018

Sustainable fermented oat extract for a balanced skin

Oat extracts are extremely complex and made up of a multitude of biochemical components, and for many centuries oatmeal (Avena sativa) has been used to treat and soothe a variety of irritating skin conditions associated with dry sensitive skin, especially atopic dermatitis.

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/ Jul 13, 2018

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