For this installment of Two Views, Cosmetics Design asked science communicator Louise Hidinger, Ph.D. and indie brand founder Kari Gran about what consumers know and want to know about chemical ingredients in personal care and cosmetic products.
Market analysts say demand is high and continuing to grow for beauty products in Brazil, and with consumption reported as nearing that of America and the UK, more and more cosmetic companies are investing in the country's markets.
Internet shopping and online research use for beauty products is fast becoming a common practice for consumers giving suppliers a major opportunity to increase their eCommerce sales.
Health and beauty products are being targeted by organized crime
rings and resold on internet sites, according to the National
Retail Federation (NRF).
Claims that collagen extracted from the bodies of executed
Chineseprisoners could find its way into European beauty products
have sparkedcalls for immediate controls on substances used
ascosmetic 'fillers'.
Only a fifth of health and beauty products purchased by ethnic
consumers in the US are specifically formulated for that market,
according to a report published by market research company Packaged
Facts.
