FEATURE ARTICLES

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.

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].

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.)

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.

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.

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.