RECENT NEWS

More and more consumers demand products that not only make them look great, but are sustainable as well. This is a challenge for makeup manufacturers: their formulations need to last all day and contain a large percentage of plant-based ingredients.

Cornelius Group has announced that its Group CEO, Darren Spiby, is retiring after 17 years tenure at the company. His replacement is current finance director, Phillip Gibbons (pictured), who will assume the position from 1 October 2020.

CEW has announced the six finalists of the Supplier’s Award: Ingredients & Formulation, part of its Beauty Awards. Sponsored by NYSCC, the award category recognises role that ingredients and formulation plays in successful product launches.

The Personal Care Magazine team are excited to announce the launch of a new Global digital-only issue to complement the existing printed issues that have been a key source of technical content in the personal care industry for over 20 years.

BASF and The Estée Lauder Companies have partnered with the civil society organisation Solidaridad Network to provide COVID-19 hygiene kits to more than 1,000 smallholder farmers and their families in the Way Kanan District in Lampung, Indonesia.

The in-cosmetics Group has announced the launch of in-cosmetics Virtual - a new online meeting place for the personal care ingredients community. With many shows postponed for this year there are limited opportunities to meet face to face.

Lubrizol Life Science – Beauty (LLS Beauty) has introduced Go with the Flow Hair Makeup & Style. The temporary hair colour with built-in style-boosting properties is formulated to achieve an immediate, natural finished look that rinses out.

Kerfoot Group has revealed five of the natural oils that are currently resonating are currently resonating with consumers in personal care and cosmetic applications in the post-covid environment.

CPL Aromas has renewed their Brand Identity to better reflect the company’s strategy and their sustainability objectives.

With Lamesoft Balance, BASF launches a product for the stabilisation of ingredients in skin and hair cleansing formulations that is derived from 100 percent natural feedstock.

SGS has launched a dedicated service to help manufacturers and suppliers of cosmetics, personal care and household products remain compliant in a fast-changing regulatory environment.

Symrise created L’Appartement Etoile to re-conceptualise fragrance development as a collaborative creation process.

Azelis won the Ringier Technology Innovation Awards 2020 for Personal Care, for the sixth time in a row. Competing with 105 companies, the award was handed out for the advanced research and analysis Azelis did on Zinc Sebum by Novachem.

BASF's Colors & Effects brand focused on the global pigment business, will use a new finished goods warehouse and distribution centre. The new building will be located in the industrial area of Ladenburg.

CPL Aromas has launched its Biodegradable Fragrances set to assist with the creation of more sustainable products.

Croda International Plc has announced that construction is underway for their North American Headquarters and Innovation Centre, scheduled for completion before the end of 2020.

Praan Naturals has introduced Organic Kalahari Melon Oil (Citrullus Lanatus (Kalahari Melon) Seed Oil) to its range of more than 500 certified organic and conventional natural ingredients for personal care product development.

Formula Botanica, the online organic cosmetic formulation school, celebrated reaching the milestone of enrolling its 10,000th student when it opened its courses for summer term enrolment in early July.

Climate change could seriously disrupt the chemicals industry and have already caused hundreds of millions in damage, according to Lux Research's new report: 'In the Path of Destruction: Preparing for Climate Change in the Chemical Industry'.

Climate change and population growth are putting increasing demand on the Earth’s natural resources.