With all the complexity and bureaucracy surrounding natural and organic ingredient certification it’s easy to forget the real reason for why it exists, which is simply to ensure safety and efficacy for personal care consumers.
Fragrance and flavors player IFF has revealed strong third quarter results showing that its fragrance division is the main driving force behind the upward trend.
Having lost the Burberry cosmetic and fragrance license at the beginning of the year, Inter Parfums is continuing efforts to plug the gap left by the departure of its biggest brand.
Personal care professionals are set to gather once again at Ashland’s symposium next month where the focus will be on the latest scientific advances in the acne treatment field.
The American Academy of Dermatology has identified five recommendations about treatments, tests, and procedures related to skin health and care that consumers may not need.
A newly released report about mergers and acquisitions activity in the beauty industry underlines the sector’s overall resilience in recent years, which bears testimony to an 8% growth in the number of beauty business deals.
Big changes are afoot in China for cosmetics regulation, but how far changes in animal testing will go remains to be seen, says Simon Chan, executive director of the Hong Kong Cosmetic Technical Resources Centre.
The Mexican natural ingredient supplier says it has developed a ‘groundbreaking’ way of extracting wax from the leaves of the Candelilla plant through the use of citric acid rather than sulfuric acid.
U.S. scientists claim that wearing sunscreen daily, using retinol creams and make-up with a sun protection factor of 30+ are the best way to slow the skin’s aging process, and this could, in turn, boost self-esteem.
A plastic surgeon in Turkey claims that the effects of gravity may explain the apparently paradoxical effects of testosterone in male pattern baldness, or androgenic alopecia (AGA).
Portugal-based consumer packaging manufacturer Colep has announced the acquisition of an aerosol personal care products manufacturing plant in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico.
Law firm Wites & Kapetan has announced an investigation into Coty’s $1 billion flotation, which was launched back in June of this year to raise money for further investments.
Revlon has now threatened legal action against three U.S. NGOs less than a week after speaking out against campaigns it felt were misleading in urging it to stop using certain cancer linked chemicals.
Aptar's new beauty tool 'Serumony', is said to deliver delicate skin care formulas, beauty elixirs, and even the likes of radiance-boosting serums to the skin in a new way by combining surgical precision with inspiration from cult make-up...
BASF Corporation has confirmed that California-based Ross Organic will become its exclusive distributor for its range of personal care ingredients in the West Coast region.
Researchers at the University of Southern California have delved into the origin of sweat. A project that the team reveals will ultimately lead to better treatments for tissue regeneration and excessive sweating conditions.
One of the highlights of last week’s in-cosmetics Asia event was the Best Ingredient Awards, with the top prize going to Canada-based Lucas Meyer for an ingredient targeting photo ageing damage from infrared light.
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