Ingredients round-up - some of the more unusual launches in 2009
Prickly pear seeds, milk extracts, snail serum, bog myrtle and grape stem cells are just a few of the more unusual ingredients that have cropped up this year.
Archives for December 3, 2009
Sales of prestige beauty products continue to fall
Since the beginning of the year, sales of prestige beauty products have fallen as a result of consumer spending patterns in the current economic climate.
International regulation bodies move towards global nano regulation
Following on from a series of workshop between global regulatory bodies held in Italy this summer, further steps have been taken towards the global regulation of nanomaterials in cosmetics.
IFF targets Russian tastes with new Moscow facility
International Flavors and Fragrances cut the ribbon on a new facility in Moscow, which will help it get closer to its customers and understand tastes in the high-potential Russian market.
No restrictions on phthalates probe vows budget body
Moves that would have hampered the scope of a US review of six controversial chemicals, including phthalates, appear to have been defeated.