FEATURE ARTICLES

Butters, oils & waxes: moisturising is key

These ingredients deliver texture benefits, but are also key moisturisers. Jarchem showcases these incredible natural products.

Food trend butters delivering premium feel

The food trend is growing in our industry and butters from food ingredients are a great way of tapping into it.

Transformative textures with oil gel emulsifier

Pleasant textures are so important, and here Solvay reveal the benefits of their transformative oil gel emulsifier.

Routes to happy hand hygiene formulations

Croda discuss the history of hand cleansing and how modern ingredients can create more effective and skin-friendly products.

Hacking maskne: A plant stem cell story

Maskne has been a global issue emerging over the past 12 months, and Vytrus have a natural-derived ingredient to help.

Ingredients focus: solutions for cleansing

A selection of the latest ingredients from global suppliers to aid the formulating of your next cleansing product.

An insight into a scrutinised industry

Preservatives are vital for all aqueous formulations, but the range of options is limited. MSL presents an overview of the current situation.

Sun protection: formulation as easy as winking

Symrise’s UV blend and emulsion base makes it easy for formulators to create a wide range of sun care products.

Soothing scalp active is mild to microbiota

The scalp area requires special attention and focusing on microbiota ensures the epidermal barrier is maintained.

Benefits of natural clay based additives for sun care

Elementis guide us through the wide range of benefits of clay-based additives in these key products.

INTERVIEW: Lorraine Dallmeier – CEO, Formula Botanica

Online organic training school owner, Lorraine, discusses natural ingredients, the pandemic, and new approaches for the industry

Top rising ingredients analysed

Spate analyse search queries to reveal which ingredients are starting to make waves among consumers. Spate analyse search queries to reveal which ingredients are starting to make waves among consumers.

Analysing skin benefits of a heilmoor extract

Premium Ingredients demonstrate the dermocosmetic properties of a new Alpin Heilmoor Extract

Mastering clean beauty formulation challenges

Replacing petrolatum in clean beauty formulations can be tricky to achieve, but Sonneborn have an ingredient to do just that.

Anti-pollution effect: a complex claim objectivation

Since the pandemic, antiviral claims have become part of the anti-pollution trend. Here we discover the growing range of ways to test anti-pollution claims.a

The natural solution for damaged and curly hair

Curly hair needs specific treatment to look after its physical attributes Cobiosa have developed a natural ingredient to achieve this.

Marine algae goes skin deep

Biotechnology is making a big impact on the way ingredients are being developed sustainably for cosmetics, food and pharma.

Nature-derived texturiser offers ocean of opportunity

Seaweed can be a source of natural texturisers for the personal care industry and here Cargill explains how they produce their ingredients sustainably

Powerful marine active corrects dark spots

Givaudan’s marine active delivers a natural way to reduce the appearance of hyperpigmentation issues.

A CBD hybrid with enhanced flexibility

CBD is big news, but it can present challenges in formulations. Gelest has solved some of the problems, as shown in this article.

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