This week the Environmental Working Group along with Women’s Voices for the Earth filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia in an effort to motivate the FDA to take action regarding professional keratin hair products.
This week the Roark Capital Group announced that one of the firm’s affiliates has acquired a minority stake in the Drybar brand of blowout salons and hair products, and the company is looking forward to growth in both areas of the business as a result.
After bidding from several prominent global beauty and hair care companies, Vogue will be sold to Johnson & Johnson for just over $3bn in cash, according to an announcement that company made late last week.
Formulation shortfalls meant that hair gels fell from grace years ago, but a new generation of cleaner, easy to use and more effective products looks set to shake up the hair styling category.
A new study carried out by Procter & Gamble with University Trier and the University of Groningen has found that individuals who are allergic to para-phenylenediamine (PPD) in hair dyes, better tolerate one of the manufacturer’s own derivatives; although...
Prominent ingredient brands are moving to manufacture, produce, and market polymers at a substantial scale for use in hair product formulations and market research pros are paying attention.
In 2014, the market value of haircare products formulated for Black consumers was estimated to be worth $774 million, a 12% increase since the recession in 2009. A rise Mintel attributes to hair playing a vital role in shaping image.
New research has revealed thirty-three hair-straightening products containing high levels of formaldehyde to still be on US markets, according to the Women’s Voices for the Earth.
Nutritional supplement company ‘Rise-N-Shine’ claims it has developed an all-natural pill that reverses and prevents grey hair without the use of colourants.
P&G experts from its Wella brand have predicted the top hair care trends for 2013. And it seems that sound and color are going to have a big impact on both styles and coloring.
In a battle that has spanned the last two years; a group of congress members have written a letter to the US Food and Drug Administration expressing concerns over the lack of progress or action taken against hair straightening treatments that contain...
The European Commission believes the use of methylene glycol/formaldehyde at 0.2 per cent formaldehyde equivalent is not considered safe in hair straighteners following a meeting held on the subject in June.
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) is requesting comments on a number of opinions including one on the hair dye ingredient HC Red No. 16, which it says poses a risk for consumers.
Active ingredients supplier Lubrizol is giving a presentation at the forthcoming Society of Cosmetic Chemicts Annual Meeting to highlight its latest research into hair styling fixatives.
ISP claims its new color retention technology, ColorTrue, is a
breakthrough in the growing niche for color retention shampoo,
conditioner and styling products.
The rise and rise of niche hair styling products is continuing to
drive modest growth in the category, but this belies big changes in
consumer spend patterns, demographic shifts and the type of styling
products consumers want to buy.
