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Virtual learning experience online this month

in-cosmetics Korea will bring the region’s personal care professionals together digitally this month, during its first ever virtual learning experience that will run from 15-19 June 2020.

Winners of virtual awards for ingredient innovation announced

Held from 2-4 June 2020, the PCHi Fountain Awards Online Ceremony 2020 concluded after receiving nominations for 122 innovative products and 6 outstanding individuals for their contributions to ingredient R&D.

Study results reveal sebum control for skin and hair

Mibellle Biochemistry are presenting new study results for sebum reduction scalp and barrier enhancement for their product AstraForce.

US distribution agreement

Kinetik has announced that it is now the exclusive distributor for Terlys in US.

New formulations to delight and inspire

Playful textures to tempt digital-immersed Millennials, novel formats suited to active lifestyles, radiance nourishers for the over 55s. Clariant releases its first wave of inspirational formulations from trend insights BeautyForward Edition 4.

Celebrating 25 years of production

BASF is celebrating the 25th anniversary of producing alkyl polyglycosides (APGs) at the production site in Düsseldorf-Holthausen.

Fair for Life certification granted

Jojoba Desert has announced that the company has recently been granted Fair For Life certification.Fair for Life Certification ensures human rights are safeguarded at any stage of production.

Givaudan acquires Indena cosmetics division

Indena has signed the agreement which completes the sale of its cosmetics business to Givaudan. In order to sustain the acquisition process, the two companies have established a manufacturing and innovation partnership.

Menopausal Women: Redefining Their Beauty!

The fact: 930,000,000 women above 50 around the world with specific personal care needs.

Simplified and personalised beauty for the US

BASF has launched new personal care ingredients and concepts under the theme 'Your Beauty: Simplified, Inclusive, Personalized'. These include a textured hair concept, a new scalp microbiome ingredient and a concept of formulations.

Clinical study reveals additional efficacy for rose biofunctional

Ashland is celebrating the flowering of the Rosa Centifolia rose, that blooms fully during the month of May in the Provence region of France, with new clinical data for Rosaliss biofunctional.

Multifunctional fragrance acts as insect repellent

CPL Aromas has launched its InsectaGuard range, consisting of six fragrances. InsectaGuard presents a unique combination: a set of very pleasant fragrances which also are very effective insect repellents.

New production site opens in China

On May 18, 2020, Symrise opened its new production site for flavourings and fragrances in Nantong, China. In addition, the Executive Board, senior staff, plant workers and guests opened the facility virtually – in a video conference – for the first time.

Three products win first prize

Three Symrise developments made it to first place in their categories at the renowned BSB Innovation Awards 2020. The natural anti-dandruff active ingredient Crinipan PMC green received the award for Most Innovative Active Ingredient for cosmetics in the category “Scalp, Barrier, Redness.” In the category “Scalp, Hair, Moisture, Tan,” SymControl Scalp won first prize for Natural Products/Raw Materials. And the ingredient SymEffect Sun, optimised for natural sunscreen formulations, tops the list in the “Functionals” category.

Mild surfactant capacity increased in Europe and US

Clariant is expanding production capacity for its isethionates derivatives - Hostapon SCI - mild surfactants to support the increasing shift by personal care formulators and brands towards using mild surfactants to differentiate applications. It also supports the growing consumer trend for hygiene products.

Live Demo Showcase online this week

Following the success of the virtual conference in April, in-cosmetics Global will run another series of free webinars next week (27-29 May 2020), enabling the personal care industry to learn about the world’s most exciting new ingredients.

International business development manager appointed

Oat Cosmetics has appointed Liz Pezzali as International business development manager. Liz will be working alongside Angus Robertson, head of sales, and Oat Cosmetics' global distributor network to take their range of oat-derived, natural ingredients out into beauty and personal care markets worldwide.

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Exclusive Webinar TODAY 2pm BST - Introducing Trojan Q10 by Infinitec

Register for Infinitec's FREE WEBINAR hosted by Personal Care, Thursday 25 June, 2pm (UK time). Register here: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/6/m0mlvhk

Key workers honoured with fragrance

Nineteen Symrise fine fragrance perfumers from around the globe participated in a project to recognise and thank all the first responders who make lives better during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each perfumer added one ingredient to the fragrance to create the Hero, a unisex Eau de Cologne.

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