FEATURE ARTICLES

Albert Lee and Angelito B Delos Reyes - Rohm and Haas, Singapore

Introduced by Rohm and Haas is a new, multi-functional rheology modifier - ACULYN 88 [INCI: Acrylates/Steareth-20 Methacrylate Crosspolymer].

Philip Orawski - Honeywell, USA

Rheological additives for lipids not only dramatically build viscosity but improve the aesthetics of emulsions and anhydrous systems for all types of personal care formulations.

Isabelle Van Reeth and Jinlong Yang - Dow Corning (Shanghai)

While consumers in the Asia Pacific became increasingly aware of the effects of the sun on skin, the region captured a 17.7% share of the global sun care market in 2005.a The market reached nearly $1 billion (USD) during this period and ranked ninth globally.

Andrea Mangiacavalli - Sinerga, Italy

Azelaic acid is produced by the microrganism Pityrosporum ovale (and other species), which is responsible for the cutaneous disease known as "pityriasis versicolor". This microrganism causes leucodermic spots on which melanin is not present. Its mechanism of action has been proved as a competitive inhibition of tyrosinase, the main enzyme involved in the formation of melanin.

Personal Care Ingredients Asia is the largest, most comprehensive personal care event in the Asia Pacific Region. Following the success of PCIA in China in 2004, the event returns to China, one of the most dynamic and challenging markets in the world to conduct business - the 2007 event will be held at the JinHan Exhibition Centre, Guangzhou, 13-15 March.

Anthony C. Dweck FLS FRSC FRSH - Technical Editor

The IFSCC event in Osaka, Japan, clearly stimulated the creativity of the exhibitors at CHi, which was held in Warsaw in October and which is reviewed here.

Shinobu Ito, Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Katsuhide Shimizu, Akiyo Saito - ITO, Japan

Considered in this article is the potential of an ascorbyl derivative with surfactant activity.

A.C. Bansal - Tradax, India

India is at the beginning of a strong growth cycle, with consumer spending increasing at a more than satisfactory pace.

Paula Lennon Ph.D. and Laurent Schubnel - Gattefossé, France.

When today's consumers decide to go to work on their appearance, they are seeking rapid and radical results. They are willing to go to more and more extremes in order to attain the appearance they desire and they do not want to wait for the results.

In-Young Kim PhD, Sayaka Nakagawa, Kinka Ri PhD, Satoru Hashimoto PhD and Hitoshi Masaki PhD - Nikkol Group, Cosmos Technical Center Co Ltd, Japan

The intercellular lipids of stratum corneum form a lamellar crystalline structure, which consists mainly of ceramides, cholesterol, and fatty acids as amphiphilic substances, demonstrating very important skin barrier functions.1,2

John R Warby - Technical Advisor to the Australian Society of Cosmetic Scientists

As scientists one of our key tasks is effectively communicating with not just our peers, who may understand a technical article but, more importantly, with the public. The key element in effective communication is understanding what is said and more importantly still, what is meant. (I will no longer use the term effective communication - just communication - if it is not effective then it is just a lot of sound in the same way that muzak is background noise, sometimes soothing - when we can doze off in the presentation - or annoying - in the way that makes us feel angry at the intrusion.)

Nobuaki Ohto - Research Center, Maruzen Pharmaceuticals, Japan

The number of men and women who suffer from hair loss and/or hair thinning is increasing due to changes in lifestyle and nutritional balance. Therefore, in response, new materials need to be developed.

Pam Jones - Special Correspondent and Kunio Shimada - NOF Corporation

Participants of the recent IFSCC Congress, held at the Osaka International Convention Centre (OICC) in Japan, enjoyed an unforgettable three days - both professionally and socially - as Personal Care correspondents reveal.

Alexei Sheptitsky - DDF (Australia)

The study of microorganisms' sensitiveness to subcritical CO2-extracts is completely defensible because the method of extraction of chemical ingredients from vegetative raw material by fluid CO2 produces a different spectrum of components compared to other common technological methods.

Fred Zülli and Esther Belser - Mibelle, Switzerland

When it comes to love we are all at the mercy of biochemical reactions in our body. Hormones such as phenylethylamine, oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin and endorphin play an import role in our behaviour. These "love hormones" control to a large extent our feelings such as happiness, excitement and the desire for sex.