03 May 2024 --- This week in industry news, Evonik opens an Indian R&D facility and ELF partners with tennis icon Billie Jean King to promote more diversity in company boardrooms. Meanwhile,... Read More

02 May 2024 --- New research highlights efficacious, eco-friendly switches for commonly used synthetic cosmetic ingredients. Demonstrated in three skin care products crafted using an... Read More

02 May 2024 --- Quadpack is launching a new glass airless packaging range branded Crystal Ballet. The solution is a refillable, double-wall, airless pack featuring a high-end glass bottle. Its... Read More

01 May 2024 --- Ingredion enters a distribution partnership with LBB Specialties (LBBS), supplying specialty chemicals and ingredient across North America. LBB Specialties will be... Read More

01 May 2024 --- The Federation of Beauty Companies (FEBEA) is proposing three measures relating to manufacturing and packaging standards and streamlining regulations in the cosmetics sector in... Read More

02 May 2024 --- Join Oliver Boldt, chief sales officer and co-founder of Uute Scientific, as he delves into Re-Connecting Nature. The ingredient is presented for skin health and bringing urban individuals closer to natural biodiversity. One gram of the ingredient reportedly holds 700 beneficial bacterial species from side streams for boosting skin barrier and microbiome balance.

24 Apr 2024 --- Evonik is leveraging its biotechnology platform to create “high-value” system solutions for personal care. Anne Mu, global head of Applied Innovation Bioactives at Evonik, tells Personal Care Insights why the company’s bioactives “address both the market pool for ethical consumerism and the technology for sustainable biotech.” 

23 Apr 2024 --- Sarah Bachir-Levy, international marketing manager for Cosmetics and Personal Care at Eurofins explains how the company uses its global solid footprint to implement testing that supports clients in locating PFAS in product formulations and water. Bachir-Levy also talks to Personal Care Insights about growing trends in hair care and the company’s sustainable hair care innovations for greener products.  

22 Apr 2024 --- Dow Personal Care talks to Personal Care Insights about its commitment to sustainability with its Concept Collections for makeup, skin and hair care. Alessandra Marelli, EMEA marketing manager for Hair Care and Selin Ozbek, EMEA marketing manager for Skin Care, discuss the importance of skin and scalp wellness using skin microbiome-friendly ingredients and also preview the company’s Dowsil carbon-neutral silicone elastomer blends. 

15 Mar 2024 --- On the show floor of the Natural Products Expo West (NPEW) trade show in Anaheim, California, US (March 13 – 16), we catch up with Maggie McNamara, marketing director at Gencor, and Christopher Bailey, PhD, the company’s director of scientific affairs, to discuss the latest research on Gencor’s women’s health ingredient Levagen+. McNamara and Bailey detail the ingredient’s mechanism of action, its health benefits as well as its potential for topical applications.

18 Sep 2023 --- Creating with biotech materials solves a myriad of challenges inherent in commercializing natural fragrances and combats the negative effects of over-dependence on synthetic ingredients.Sensegen has The Way Forward™.Download our Perspective Paper to discover more about the future of fragrance.This Technical Paper is from Sensegen.

06 Sep 2022 --- Deodorants are a key part of people’s daily hygiene routine. While the routine itself is second nature, the ingredients of deodorants are widely discussed. Natural and sustainable ingredients are in demand, and minimalist formulations are preferred. Ingredients with multifunctional properties and high efficacy like Jungbunzlauer’s zinc lactate and CITROFOL® AI support formulator’s work.This Technical Paper is from Jungbunzlauer. 

14 Nov 2023 --- Sustainability is at the forefront of the cosmetics consumer mindset, with 90% of EU shoppers considering sustainability when buying beauty & wellness products. In fact, even in a time when money is tight for many, 15% of beauty consumers in the US and Europe consider sustainability information more important than price, efficacy or product description.The Cargill Beauty Sustainable Ingredient Score is a scoring system for our personal care ingredients, resulting in a final score, which indicates how sustainable an ingredient is.This third-party verified scoring system is based around criteria that are in line with the UN’s SDGs. It brings clarity to personal care manufacturers on the sustainability credentials of our ingredients by assessing their sourcing, transformation, and environmental impact.

15 Sep 2023 --- Consumers today expect their skin care products to have a cleaner label, with more “natural” and sustainably sourced ingredients. According to Innova Market Insights, 46% of global consumers always take sustainability into account when buying personal care products. Vegan claims also grew to 23% of launches in 2022. However, consumers also expect their skin care products to offer high performance and an innovative, sensory experience. In this webinar, experts from CP Kelco and Innova Market Insights discuss how to reformulate serums, lotions and creams to meet new consumer demands.

03 Jul 2023 --- As international leaders, civil society groups and environmental campaigners continue to negotiate legislative solutions to the global plastics pollution crisis, we look at Innova Market Insights’ Top Trends 2023, with “Plastics Circularization” ranking top. In this exclusive webinar, we debate the viability of turning our linear economy into a loop, whether this is even possible, and how start-up and mainstream packaging innovators are rising to the challenge. We discuss how circularity efforts are impacting greenwashing litigation, boosting renewable material sourcing, and how connected technologies and reusable designs are aiding the industry’s transition toward a more sustainable future.