RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Seppic has launched its Sepiplus K rheology modifier globally. This follows an initial launch a year ago in Asia, since when it has won Ringier Technology Innovation Award in China for its high performance and cold-processability

Soapworks has created a sustainable, signature body bar to celebrate COP26, which is being held in Glasgow in November

BRB Silicones, a Petronas subsidiary, is presenting the ‘So-Solid! - Concentrated beauty’ concept, a series of four waterless products which cover the men’s grooming, skin care, hair care and colour cosmetics

Seppic has launched Sepitone a natural ingredient that is obtained from fermented wild bilberry extract without additives or preservatives. This, the company says, has “a unique richness in proanthocyanidins”

The FermBiotic series from BotanicalsPlus is described as “a brand new skin-wellness platform of microbiome-supporting fermented complexes derived from extracts and microorganisms”

Microalgae Solutions has launched Synbiötik Phycoskin. This is described as a bioactive, multifunctional ingredient based on biofilms called phytoplankton holobionts found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

Gattefossé has developed EleVastin, a 100% biobased ingredient which it describes as an “all-natural solution designed to fight gravity-induced skin sagging"

Merck KGaA has launched RonaCare Epintegrity, which, it says “acts like an assistant to the skin by supporting its naturally occurring moisturising factor and providing essential ‘skin food’

Newly launched by BASF Care Creations, Hydagen Clean (INCI: Glucomannan) is a natural, cold-processable rheology modifier that is obtained from the tuber of the Konjac plant

Sun Chemical's new cosmetics trends programme, ‘Intuitive Nature’, focuses on seasonal trends and includes two major chapters: ‘Bloom’ for spring and summer 2023, and ‘Evolution for autumn and winter

Sytheon has published a new study highlighting the clinical safety and efficacy of its Synastol TC active ingredient in reversing pollution induced skin damage in Clinical, Cosmetics & Investigative Dermatology

WorléeScrub Olive is a new product from Worlée Cosmetics. It is made by grinding olive stones into powder after drying, using steam to ensure gentle sterilisation

Spain’s Eurofragance is to introduce L’Âme du Bois (the soul of wood) at Beautyworld Middle East in Dubai. All of the scents the company will present there as part of its Nomad Saga Experience will be crafted using this

Global minerals producer Omya has launched Cosmospheres, which it developed with its Swiss distribution partner, Rahn. These are based on natural microcrystalline cellulose plus either lactose or vegan mannitol

Codif Technologie Naturelle describes its newly launched Samphira Oil Bioactive (INCI: Caprylic/capric triglyceride (and) Crithmum maritimum extract) as “a natural and organic certified retinol-like active ingredient”

Lubrizol Life Science – Beauty (LLS Beauty) has introduced its 12-strong ‘Skin Caring Makeup Collection

Rahn’s new active ingredient Defensil-Pure is obtained by the fermentation of organic gold millet using a process with optimally adjusted parameters. This results in a greater release of active substances

Spanish firm Iberchem is using the Beautyworld Middle East 2021 show in Dubai on 5-7 October to present ARomatic, which it described “as an experiment that blends the world of fragrance with that of interactive technology”

DSM has launched Parsol EHT, an eco-friendly UVB filter. The company says that this has an E1/1 peak of over 1,500 in the UVB range, meaning that it “delivers the highest absorption in the market today"

Hamburg-based fragrance house Düllberg Konzentra has launched the Animalics range of five fragrances based on essential oils that were formulated especially for men’s personal care products