FEATURE ARTICLES

Antiperspirants are one of the most widely-used products under the personal care umbrella. These products enjoy daily use across all income sectors and by both men and women.

As technical people we want our formulations to be governed by clear technical rules and to use simple concepts to organise our world. If we organise our world according to simple definitions,1 we would observe:

Personal care is one of the most attractive sectors for the chemical industry. Global sales of finished products are approaching $300 billion at the retail level, realising global growth of at least 4.6% per year over the past five years (2004-09).

Age, stress, sun, hormonal changes; there are multiple reasons for pigmentation disorders, which are also drivers of the global boom experienced by skin lightening products.

For years the beauty industry has touted the men’s grooming market’s growth prospects. Despite rising interest in personal appearance among men and a greater acceptability of using products such as skin care, over the last three years the UK’s £484 million men’s grooming market has grown only marginally.

For cosmetic enterprises in China, 2010 was a very turbulent year, because of the rapid and controversial changes on cosmetic regulations, well-publicised and broadly implicative quality issues and related product testing and inspection issues.

The skin has evolved to be a protective barrier; impermeable to water substances above 0.4 nm and lipid based substances much above 30 nm.

The hydrolipidic film covers the surface of the skin and actively contributes to the skin surface smoothness and the skin barrier function. We have developed a biomimetic ingredient of the hydrolipidic film as per its fatty acid profile.

The use of oats in skin care dates back to around 2000 BC in Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. In various forms (food, tea, baths), oats were used to treat insomnia, anxiety and skin conditions including eczema, burns and other inflammatory eruptions.

Oleosomes are naturally-occurring, specialised organelles found within seeds in which plants store energy in the form of oil.

SCS Formulate returned to the Ricoh Arena for a second time and once again built on the previous year’s visitor figures, indicating this event is showing no sign of slowing its expansion.

Ten years ago, few people would have linked cosmetics with rainforest destruction. Now, consumers are increasingly aware of the presence of palm oil in their products, and the environmental damage caused by rapid expansion of the palm industry.

The use of conditioning polymers for attributes such as hair smoothness, feel, and static control has become a norm in hair care products designated for daily use. With the decline in the use of 2-in-1 shampoos, preference for a total care system is increasing.

Microspheres, typically defined as spherical microparticles between 1 micron and 1000 microns (1 mm) in diameter, have been widely used in personal care and the cosmetics industry over the past decade.

Ageing may be regarded as a cellular process that, partly genetically determined, is influenced by endogenous and exogenous wear and tear.

This paper summarises the essential points behind emulsion theory which can help the formulator in his or her approach to preparing stable creams and lotions for use in personal care products.

Hippocrates, often called the “Father of Medicine”, is reported to have said: There are only two things: Science and Opinion The former begets Knowledge, the latter Ignorance.

In the present study, isopilosine, an imidazole alkaloid extracted from the leaves of jaborandi, was evaluated for its benefits in skin whitening using 2D and 3D models.

The article will describe three single natural cosmetic ingredients extracted with water and propylene glycol from Indonesian Euphorbiaceae plants, namely Jatropha curcas L. leaf extract (JE) and Euphorbia hirta L. herb extract (EE*).

This article describes the benefits of using organic pracaxi oil (Beracare BBA) as a substitute for synthetic cationic surfactants commonly applied to hair care formulations.