FEATURE ARTICLES

Smoothing out cellulite consists of deflating the adipocytes by activating lipolysis, and firming up the underlying tissues by stimulating collagen synthesis. These two processes are connected to the integrity, vitality and thus energy reserves of the adipocytes and fibroblasts: ATP which is synthesised by the mitochondria.

Ever since the inclusion of boric acid and sodium borates on the candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) in June 2010 these substance have been the subject of greater attention in a host of industries.

Recently, there has been a great potential to use nanotechnology in cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications. In many cosmetic products including moisturisers, hair care products, make up and sunscreen one can find the traces of nanotechnology.1

Skin is the largest organ of the human body, and the one most visible to other people. Its appearance reflects not only the outside damage and topical care, but the general health and wellbeing of the person.

Atopic dermatitis (AD), also known as atopic eczema, is an inflammatory skin disease that is pruritic and recurrent. Since the 2000s, the discovery of a preventive treatment for this severe dermatosis has been a special line of research in the dermatological industry.

The effective protection of cosmetic formulations with safe and reliable preservation systems is an important responsibility of the formulator. This selection has to account for criteria such as consumers’ desires, country regulations, formulation type, as well as technical and company requirements.

Marine ecosystems are a valuable source of diversity at all levels, as they cover a vast area of our planet containing almost all its total water content.

Modern society endeavours to discover the next breakthrough – the leap to a higher level of understanding which transforms science, healthcare, manufacturing or transportation.

The choice and application of effective preservation technology is an essential part of R&D work during the development of cosmetics. It is not only a disaster for the image of a brand if the finished product is found to be contaminated on the market.

Hair products currently on the market are based on increasingly specialised, innovative and high-tech formulations and product ranges - similar to products launched on the skin care market in recent years.

Despite the increasing usage of silicone polymers in personal care products, the selection of the proper polymer for a particular application remains somewhat elusive. This directly results in inefficiency of formula development.

Increasing demands from consumers requiring enhanced sensorial feel from their products have proven challenging for sun care formulators. Advances in silane coating technology for inorganic filters has led to the development of a new titanium dioxide (TiO2) dispersion with a novel skin feel.

The 2013 in-cosmetics will take place at Hall 1, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France on 16-18 April. in-cosmetics brings together the world’s leading personal care ingredients specialists exhibiting the most diverse range of innovative cosmetics ingredients and technologies.

So called ‘Neurocosmetics’ are based on and formulated by the NICE (Nervous, Immune, Cutaneous, and Endocrine systems) and the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) approach.

Anti-ageing products have become the most important area of the personal care market in Europe. Anti-ageing is the highest grossing facial skin care segment in the UK, Italy, Spain and France.

By Daniel Whitby - Cornelius Group, UK - The first sun care ingredients were believed to have been introduced in the late nineteenth century leading to the eventual launch of the sun care brands, Hamilton’s Sunburn Creams and Ambre Solaire in the early to mid-1930s.

In efficacy testing and claim support for cosmetic products, objective measurement systems became indispensable long ago, especially since subjective clinical assessments are often prone to bias and inter-observer variation.

Solar radiation is essential for life on Earth from photosynthesis in plants to vitamin D generation in humans.1 However, excess sun exposure causes various damaging effects in human beings.2,3 The Sun emits radiation in a wide spectrum of wavelengths (see Fig. 1).

The range of clay-based additives manufactured by Rockwood Additives Limited is perhaps best known for its rheology modification properties in both aqueous and organic based formulations, enabling the formulator to exploit the extremely shearthinning and thixotropic properties of these products to provide suspension, viscosity and storage stability in formulations that range from high viscosity gels that can be sprayed, to pourable liquids capable of suspending particulates.

Skin ageing is commonly revealed by the appearance of wrinkles and loss of tone. Those cutaneous signs of ageing are predominantly caused by an excessive exposure to UV radiation – actinic ageing – and thus more apparent on skin sites exposed to the sun. In addition to an obvious change in surface topography, skin ageing in UV-exposed skin areas is also betrayed by the appearance of age spots that are characterised by a localised hyperpigmentation.