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To be personalized and made upon request, tailor-made products still need to meet GMP quality requirements. And yet, how can those be implemented at p...

This datasheet contains exhaustive basic information: chemical identification, technical data, functions, origins, regulations, sa...

As more and more trades are getting ‘uberized’, the beauty industry has been creating different consumption patterns. You no longer need to go to beau...

The practice of shaving is often, if not almost automatically, associated with the use of products that either facilitate or complement it, or take in...

It is widely known that sea water is good for the skin, because it is filled with various trace elements. That is the reason why the cosmetics industr...

How are the French doing with their perceptions and knowledge of the hazards related to sun exposure? Do they know everything they need to? Have recei...

No, it is not an image beauty is keen on, but real flower petals that beautify our face care products at first sight! Similar to small paintings, they...

Production subcontracting is common in the cosmetics industry, and it is specifically dealt with in standard ISO 22716 on GMPs. At the first Rencontre...

If you have a close look at the History of cosmetics, it is pretty easy to identify several periods corresponding to quite different practices. After ...

The 2017 London edition of the in-cosmetics show was an opportunity for cosmetic ingredient suppliers to showcase their new actives launched over th...

Summer is coming! And that is good news: at last, we can get lightly dressed and show our feet. However, after several months confined in their shoes,...

Even today, neither steam distillation nor extraction with volatile solvents can correctly capture the essential oil of the lily of the valley. Many p...

During the last decade, the natural and organic cosmetics market has developed rapidly. Worldwide, the industry is booming, but also confronted with c...

Demineralized water does not lay down the law in cosmetic formulation: there are a number of alternatives available to enrich beauty products, like fr...

Everyone thought that was it. But we had buried self-tanners a little too soon… If the market has been slowing down – because of the ‘glow’ and desire...

Fighting against the invasion of rodents and insects in cosmetics companies’ production premises is an obligation imposed by GMP standard ISO 22716, a...

The 2017 London edition of the in-cosmetics show was an opportunity for cosmetic ingredient suppliers to showcase their new actives launched over th...

"This is the end of the French exception. Gemey Maybelline officially becomes Maybelline New York. That was in the trade press some time ago. This is ...

The JRC's European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) has published its recommendation on the use of non-anima...

China, Korea, Japan, ASEAN, Russia, USA, Canada, Mercosur, Australia, South Africa, the Near and Middle East region… On June 9th, COSMED and Business ...

Demineralized water does not lay down the law in cosmetic formulation: there are a number of alternatives available to enrich beauty products, like fl...

How can you transform daily products into magic innovations? Always by combining packaging innovation with formulation innovation. Here is a selection...

You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban ...

The European Chemicals Agency launched a call for comments and evidence on Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5). Th...