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The minute you get back from the beach, reality hits. Your skin starts to burn, flake, and peel. And all you want is relief. Nourishing after-sun products can immediately soothe the skin from the stinging of sunburn.

Croda International is harnessing its technical expertise in the beauty industry to communicate its latest knowledge on sustainable innovation with independent beauty brands. Croda is pursuing its objective to make sustainability a point of difference by prioritising its responsibility to pursue sustainable growth and make a positive contribution to people’s lives and the world they live in.

Following significant industry growth, in-cosmetics North America is expanding its Indie brand program, by launching the Indie Trail and Tour, a hybrid of the show’s popular marketing tours and the hugely successful Indie Trail at in-cosmetics Global 2019, their sister show in Europe.

BioAktive has rebranded its range of plant based silicone alternatives as Natralite, part of a series of strategic changes that the company is making in the personal care and cosmetics industry.

Barentz International is continuing its expansion in South Africa. The company has announced its joint venture with SK Chemtrade Services, a leading supplier of high-quality raw materials to the life sciences industries in South Africa and neighbouring countries.

Ashland has re-launched its Chromafend biofunctional with new data that demonstrates how it can promote hair darkening and reduce the appearance of grey hair. Chromafend biofunctional is a golden flax seed extract designed to preserve hair’s natural colour.

Natural Plant Products has released Meadowfoam XPR, a mechanically extracted version of their Meadowfoam Seed Oil, their first new product introduction for the oil producer in eight years.

We all have a master clock located in our brains. The preprogramed circadian rhythm is activated when our eyes perceive the blue light part of the light spectrum.

Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions (RSE), organiser of the annual Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) trade event, has announced the agenda of its 3rd PCHi Technology Summit. Taking place from 26-27 August 2019 at Le Méridien Shanghai Hongqiao, this year’s Summit returns to address more than 500 trade professionals on trending topics such as Green & Natural Beauty, Sustainable Development, Clean Beauty, and Precision Skincare.

Univar Solutions Beauty & Personal Care Latin America and Cargill Beauty have embarked on a new partnership to deliver nature-derived, label-friendly and highly functional ingredients to the personal care market in South America.

Croda International Plc has announced their commitment to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Science Based Targets initiative. Croda is one of the few companies within the speciality chemicals sector to commit to Science Based Targets (SBT), with the aim of restricting global warming to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average.

They have been around for over sixty years, and their usage is still increasing. When it comes to beauty products, silicones are everywhere. Shampoos, conditioners, styling products, sunscreens, primers, foundations, lipsticks, mascaras and more all contain them. Anita Hall investigates...

CPL Aromas has opened its new Creative Centre in Paris. The new centre, in Suresnes, is double the size of CPL France's previous centre and offers new facilities to support the division's creative perfumery team. These new facilities include a state-of-the-art evaluation suite, a new lab and flexible work space.

As the largest beauty market in the world, US cosmetics brands are constantly looking to create and innovate through the use of new technology and ingredients.

The Lubrizol Corporation has announced a re-organisation of its Personal, Home and Health Care business lines, integrating them under a newly dedicated brand, Lubrizol Life Science.

The Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) has announcde the program lineup and open registration for the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting & Technology Showcase (SCC73), December 17-18, 2019 at the Sheraton New York Times Square.

From 19-20 November, the in-cosmetics Formulation Summit will return to London, providing R&D teams with an invaluable, deep dive into one of the most important trends driving the beauty industry.

in-cosmetics Korea celebrated a very successful show last week, with personal care professionals from across the country seeking out inspiration for novel beauty products that will keep the K-beauty phenomenon growing around the globe.

Living with skin sensitivities is an everyday reality among most Asian consumers and brands have an opportunity to help ease the burden. In fact, research from Mintel reveals that 44% of female facial skin care users in China say that having sensitive skin causes them to change or upgrade the skin care products that they use.

Acme-Hardesty has opened its new Innovations Lab dedicated to personal care product and formulation development. The lab will support Acme-Hardesty’s growth in the personal care market and help develop customer solutions for customers focused on color cosmetic, skin, hair, and sun care applications.