A group of scientists at the Columbia University Medical Center claim research they have carried out shows that suspending a certain family of enzymes in hair follicles can help restore hair growth.
IB2Market, a public project funded by the European Union, brought a number of new-to-market and biobased molecules to the market. Several new types of bio-surfactants (more specifically Bolaform, Acidic and Lactonic Sophorolipids) and specialty carbohydrates like Sophorose and Human Milk Sugars (more specifically Fucosylated Oligosaccharides) are now commercially available. These molecules have new and interesting…
Skin cells can protect themselves against stress even faster and more holistically than previously thought. Beiersdorf researchers Dr. Janosch Hildebrand and Dr. Marc Winnefeld succeed in proving the existence of this important mechanism together with cooperation partners from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH). The results of the four-year research project have…
PCC Consumer Products presents updated and expanded household products Brilless.
BASF presents Ingredients for Effective Cleaning Results at Low Washing Temperatures and new formulation concepts and ingredients for the personal care market from anti-aging face care to hair conditioning
As a result of Europe’s animal testing ban, cosmetics manufacturers are faced with the problem of assessing the toxicological profile of ingredients in different ways. For several years the European community invested significantly in the development and validation of alternative in vitro methods.
American study has shown that prolonged exposure to triclosan – antimicrobial component commonly found in soaps, shampoos, toothpastes and many other household items, can be caused liver fibrosis and cancer.
The benefits of snail mucus on the skin have been known to the cosmetics industry for a while, and having seen a big trend in Korea, it is now heading to American shores and is expected to be the ‘newest fad’.
The Commission has requested opinions on the safe use of three hair dye ingredients; HC Red No 17, Basic Blue 99, and HC Blue 18.
The EU-funded AGROCOS project is foraging through the plant world for natural substitutes to synthetic ingredients currently used in cosmetics and agrochemical products.
