Regulation No 1223/2009 was created to simplify and streamline the registration cosmetics procedure within the EU, while ensuring a high level of control and safety of cosmetic products. The difficulties that may arise in the application of regulation primarily arise from new mechanisms ignorance of the control and registration.
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Глава Henkel: Россияне больше не покупают не глядя
Покупатели становятся все разборчивее: они выбирают товар до похода в магазин, по интернету, и не готовы переплачивать. Как в этих условиях держать двухзначные темпы роста, рассказывает гендиректор Henkel Каспер Рорштед. Россияне больше не покупают не глядя: теперь они тщательно продумывают приобретения, сравнивают цены и стараются сделать рациональный выбор. Причем так они относятся не только к…
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FOOD INGREDIENTS IN COSMETICS: SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS
A wide range of food ingredients are making their way into cosmetic & personal care products. Organic Monitor finds the trend is driven by consumer demand for health & wellness products, however it brings sustainability implications. As will be shown at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit Latin America, the move towards food ingredients is partly driven…
Cosmetics, Raw materials
Is it possible to create successful mass market natural cosmetics?
Whether inexpensive natural cosmetics to be good and true? This question was at first coming up from consumer side who mistrusted “low-price products” after years when natural and organic cosmetics always used to be expensive in Russia. But soon also Russian cosmetics companies started to get interested into the question if it is possible to…
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Dermofeel® viscolid – a new, natural oil thickener
Dermofeel® viscolid is a natural oil thickener for pure oils and W/O creams made purely from vegetable raw material. It solidifies liquid oil phases and creates a soft-creamy texture with oils with no change of sensorial profile. This product creates soft-solid oil gels that melt on the skin and is ideal for massage products.
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AAK Shea Butter Family
Since 1990, the company AAK, Sweden, has been developing original functional oil. Today AAK offers a wide range of products based on shea butter with desired properties – the so-called “family shea oils” that are suitable for all types of cosmetic formulations from light lotions to body oils, as well as shampoos and hair conditioners.
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PCHi-2015: Best show in eight years
Held between 12 to 14 March, the eighth edition of the Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) trade show (www.pchi-china.com/en) signed off successfully in Guangzhou after hosting 9,292 unique visitors over three days. Significantly exceeding last year’s figures, PCHi 2015 raised the bar as it achieved a 13,5% increase in visitors over PCHi 2014 (8,189),…
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ISO 41 981 – comparative evaluation guidance of the hand dishwashing effectiveness.
This International Standard establishes guidelines for carrying out comparative tests for determining the principal performance characteristics of detergents, solid or liquid, for domestic hand dishwashing which are of Interest to the consumer. It lists and defines the performance characteristics considered; it gives details of the variables to be considered, indicates their significance and provides a…
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Why products don’t work the way they promise…
When a product doesn’t work the way you’d hoped, there are 3 main reasons why. This article will take a look at some fundamental elements to improve the performance of your product range. Reason #1: Formulation incompatibilities There are some materials which can’t be used in the presence of other materials if you want to…
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Professional niche waiting for the domestic producer
Domestic manufacturers of professional cosmetics today have a good chance to substitute import products at salon business in Russia. It’s time to start collaboration with professional beauty salons and begin production of qualitative professional cosmetic products with competitive prices.