RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Earthoil has introduced a tea tree condensate which gives an immediate organic boost to personal care and cosmetic products. Distilled from organic tea tree, Earthoil’s Organic and Fair Trade Tea Tree Water substitutes water in formulations, increasing the organic ingredient content and creating the potential for ‘100 per cent organic’ labelling.

At in-cosmetics 2012 in Barcelona, Greentech presented new solutions for major skin problems. Clerilys W, a strong and natural lightening ingredient fights against age spots thanks to its exfoliating properties and its whitening function, inhibiting activity at three levels on melanogenesis.

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company has partnered with Bio-Botanica to create a new line of botanical extracts called ZeaBasics. These products, manufactured by Bio-Botanica, feature the proprietary ingredient Zemea propanediol.

ID Bio has been promoting its new TitrExtract Chamomile, one of three new extracts to be added to the range. TitrExtract Chamomile features the soothing and restorative properties of chamomile, titrated in bisabolol oxide.

Germany based Dr. Straetmans GmbH has won the BSB Innovation Prize in the category of functional ingredients at this year’s in-cosmetics in Barcelona. The members of the Jury from Henkel, La Prairie, Mibelle Cosmetics and Procter & Gamble highlighted the excellent performance of the natural ingredient.

in-cosmetics is an important event in Innospec’s trade show calendar and this year the company captured the attention and imagination of the visitors to Barcelona.

Riding on the wave of growth and changes within Basildon this year, in-cosmetics did not disappoint, with more interest than expected seen in the company’s new speciality product lines.

Vitamins C and E are considered essential vitamins for the skin. Vitamin C, also called L-ascorbic acid, is an antioxidant, which means it can reverse oxidation in liquids, and thereby help with the condition known as oxidative stress.

In the second of a two-part article, Rick Williams outlines examples of commercial skin lightening ingredients, percutaneous absorption enhancers and product stability, which follow on from his discussion on the problems associated with getting an active ingredient into the skin via topical absorption.

Germany-based Dr. Straetmans GmbH launches highly effective natural deodorant active and W/O-emulsifier with unique skin feel at this year’s in-cosmetics in Barcelona.

At this year's In Cosmetics, Croda launched an innovative hair conditioning agent, KeraDyn HH. Proven to deliver ‘Healthy Hair Dynamics’ to damaged hair, KeraDyn HH provides the hair care sector with a new, exciting marketing platform for the next generation of hair care products.

Vivimed’s Nisarg Soapnut Extract is the natural extract from the fruit of Sapindus mukorossi, the Indian soapnut tree, rich in natural saponins, forming a generous, stable foam that has been used for centuries for its natural cleansing ability.

One of the results of ageing is that the communication process between skin cells, which is mediated by growth factors, is reduced. As a consequence, the activity of fibroblasts decreases. Unfortunately, this strongly affects the extracellular matrix (ECM), the structural network of the skin. The result of this is a reduction in the skin’s firmness, elasticity and density.

Croda’s Keramimic 2.0 is a new keratin quat that takes biomimetics to the next generation. Developed using the most recent advances in proteomics, the amino acid sequences of the peptides found in Keramimic 2.0 match those present in the keratin proteins found in cuticular and cortical regions of human hair. Combining the best of science and nature, Keramimic 2.0 is a highly substantive conditioning active that provides targeted repair to the most damaged areas of the hair’s surface.

This year at in-cosmetics the IMCD Personal Care team showcased a range of innovative new formulations inspired by the new cosmetic trends:

Syntran PC5620 is an aqueous acrylic polymer dispersion specifically designed for the formulation of water-based nail polishes. When properly formulated this polymer exhibits very interesting properties such as quick dry time, high gloss, excellent adhesion, durability and wear properties.

The demand for natural ingredients remains on the increase. Being a challenge for raw material suppliers it is a consequence of the market trends in major cosmetic markets worldwide.

Zemea1 bio-derived propanediol, manufactured by DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products, can be used to replace petroleum based glycols such as propylene glycol (PG), butylene glycol (BG) or glycerin in cosmetic and personal care formulations.

Highly Polymerised DeoxyRibonucleotide (HPDR) or DNA is a molecule well known to biologists since the fundamental works of Watson and Crick and continues to attract a lot of attention.

Skin ageing is a complex phenomenon involving two simultaneously occurring processes: intrinsic ageing, known as chronological ageing, which is genetically determined, and extrinsic ageing which is due to environmental factors such as chronic sun exposure, known as photoageing.