FEATURE ARTICLES

We discuss topics from contract manufacturing to pandemic colour cosmetics with Gino.

The beauty industry is at the heart of the British economy. In 2018, UK consumers invested £27.2 billion in beauty products and services.

Anti-pollution has been one of the major success stories in skin care over the past five years.

With increasing urbanisation, the potentially negative effects of air pollution on the skin have moved into consumers’ focus.

Sunscreens are one of the most important products within the personal care sector. Their role in protecting skin from the sun’s harmful rays saves lives across the world, while also contributing to the rise of antiageing and skin lightening products.

Sun care products, once thought as musthave in summers around the globe, may have taken a beating in 2020, considering the shifting preference toward needs rather than wants.

Nothing makes an R&D director happier than providing a validated sound scientific dossier to his/her marketing team on a technology or formulation that has gone through months, if not years, of development.

The modern way of preserving a product means making a product unattractive for germs but highly attractive for consumers without any irritation.

In the era of COVID-19, hygienic practices for self-protection and limiting the spread of disease are currently the best defense against the pandemic

Today’s formulator is faced with the development of products that not only need to provide specific consumer attributes but many times impose requirements of ‘free from’ claims. It is not unusual to have be more creative to achieve the claims.

Hair styling products have the ability to dramatically alter a person’s look. Perhaps the epitome of this was the trend for oversized hair for both men and women during the 1980s. Since then, things have moved towards a more natural look.

Hair can never look good if it is not styled well. But it is not enough to create a great style – you have to keep it looking good. Styling gels therefore play a huge role in personal hair care and have become a mainstay of the hair care market.

Over the next 20 years, the chemicals and materials industries will face fundamental changes, forcing them to adopt new skills and develop new goals.

Coral reefs make up some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. Over half a billion people benefit from coral reefs as a source of food supply, as coastal barrier for habitat and agriculture, and through tourism. 1

The New York Society of Cosmetics Chemists (NYSCC) launched Suppliers’ Day ‘At Home Live Week Of Beauty’ featuring education, engagement, new products, awards and more for the beauty and personal care industry.

Hair loss is an issue that relates to both men and women of all ages.

Various hair treatments and environmental factors such as ultraviolet and pollution induce hair shaft damage. All these parameters refer to exposome.

Personal care products containing cannabidiol (CBD) have become extremely popular in the last few years.

Korean beauty (or K-beauty as it is often dubbed) has taken the globe by storm. Its secret to ‘looking as luminous as is humanly possible’ is now sought across the world, and the rise in K-beauty trends in the West over recent years has been rapid.

Megatrends are global and influential paradigm shifts that shape long term consumer behaviour. Euromonitor’s three key megatrends – Connected Consumers, Premiumisation, and Experience More manifest and impact consumer behaviour