FEATURE ARTICLES
Ingredients that deliver natural styling at its best
The range of ingredients available to formulators looking to create natural styling products has grown considerably. Azelis discuss their choices for effective natural styling products.
Ingredients focus: natural and multifunctional styling
Modern hair styling formulations now need to deliver much more than just hold. Here we round up the latest ingredients that offer natural, sustainable and multifunctional benefits to formulators.
“Classic” biophysical methods for hair & scalp
Testing hair and scalp product efficacy needs accurate testing equipment and study design. Courage & Khazaka give an in-depth overview of the options
Sustainable surfactants set to thrive
For many years, surfactants have been a difficult area to introduce natural and sustainable ingredients, but we are seeing real developments in this sector.
INTERVIEW: Dr Fred Zülli, Managing Director, Mibelle Biochemistry
We discuss the incredible advances in the world of natural actives with the founder of Swiss ingredient company, Mibelle Biochemistry.
Analysing a well-known plant-based preservative
Alban Muller analyse the efficacy of a wintergreen-based preservative that fits the booming clean beauty trend.
Skin care solutions for the anti-pollution trend
Millennials are switching on to the negative effect a wide range of pollution sources have on skin health. Seppic has an array of ingredient solutions.
Face and neck firming care with teff natural peptides
TRI-K’s ingredient stimulates collagen production to offer structural skin support in this key anti-ageing target area.
Antimicrobial booster with skin benefits
Ashland’s raspberry ketone-based ingredient helps boost preservative performance while also providing natural skin care efficacy.
Mycelium shielding for optimal hair protection
Active Concepts demonstrate the hair protective qualities of a sustainable Lentinus Edodes Mycelium Extract.
Reishi offers hair health and growth efficacy
Ricera reveal the hair care benefits of Reishi, also known as ‘the mushroom of immortality’.
Driving positive change in ecotoxicity testing
The cosmetics industry needs to lead the way in championing alternatives to animal tests say XCellR8.
Moisturising care and hygiene go hand in hand
DSM offer help with the important issue of maintaining skin health in safe and effective sanitisers
Ingredients focus: enhancing textures
A selection of some of the latest texture enhancing products from leading global ingredient suppliers.
Development of a colonised skin model
Perfectus Biomed discuss their in vitro skin models to improve new microbiome product development.
Addressing sensitive skin and the microbiome
A new carrot cell active from Vytrus can calm and soothe sensitive skin by re-balancing the skin microbiome.
Investigating the microbiota and beyond
Silab demonstrate the importance of understanding the relationship between skin biology and the microbiome.
The personal care industry: challenges in cleaning
Distributor, Azelis, offer some innovative formulations to help create men’s grooming products that fit men’s rapidly changing lifestyles.
Five waxes and an infinite range of textures
Koster Keunen present the enormous range of potential texture benefits from five natural waxes.
A novel approach to assess skin and hair protection
Cobiosa reveal the results of a study that assesses the anti-pollution protective effects of a Moringa leaf extract on skin and hair.
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