Personal Care Insights

Let’s take a look at this week’s industry highlights, reported by Personal Care Insights. Check out the slideshow below and share your thoughts! 👉 Unilever’s Vaseline integrates new #recyclable pump into Intensive Care #lotions in North America | https://lnkd.in/ecA9HdDK 👉 UK government requests data on #cosmeticingredients to assess safety | https://lnkd.in/e_5aE7Vm 👉 Barracuda Technologies Maiden modular bio-refinery project launches in India for cosmetic and packaging applications | https://lnkd.in/eRaBGFmx 👉 Sustainable #sunscreen: New study harnesses natural polymer for high-performance #cosmetics | https://lnkd.in/e2aDHyRX 👉 Estée Lauder releases Social Impact and #Sustainability report and eco-friendly #packaging updates | https://lnkd.in/efx8CGRc Reported by Benjamin Ferrer, Alexandra Branscombe, Mieke Meintjes and Sabine Waldeck.

The UK government’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) calls on the #beauty industry to submit scientific information about cosmetic ingredients before safety assessments. The OPSS is targeting prostaglandins, alpha- and beta-arbutin, and #vitamin A. Prostaglandins and prostaglandin analogs are used in #cosmetic products to promote eyelash growth. Eyelash growth #products are becoming increasingly available in the UK market. Reported by Sabine Waldeck Read full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eyrujm8x

Barracuda Technologies launches its first modular bio-refinery project, Maiden Modular, in India, employing a proprietary #biomass fractionation process to convert agricultural #waste — including rice straw, wheat straw, banana stems, hemp and more — into valuable materials like clean lignin, #cellulose, bio-silica and hemicellulose. Navin Singhania (Fiberman), CEO and founder of Barracuda Technologies, tells Personal Care Insights: “Our biodegradable packaging will also be very useful for the cosmetic industry.” Reported by Mieke Meintjes. Read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eaAZtzSU

Osmo recently launched three new scent molecules—Glossine, Fractaline, and Quasarine—using #AI technology to speed up fragrance #innovation. By screening billions of molecules, they aim to create unique, long-lasting scents with enhanced #safety and compliance. Which benefit do you find most compelling? Read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehHrBKkG

A promising breakthrough in sunscreen #technology brings the natural ultraviolet-blocking ability of lignin, which comes from #plants, one step closer to high-performance use in commercial #cosmetics, offering a potential alternative to synthetic sun-blocking #ingredients. Reported by Alexandra Branscombe. read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/emhherfb

The #beauty industry is pushing past the skin barrier, creating microbiome-friendly products after consumers indicate a craving for skin microbiome support. Personal Care Insights speaks to ADM, MyMicrobiome - The microbiome company and Uute Scientific Oy about how the #clean beauty trend penetrates deeper than the skin’s surface, with #cosmetics consumers and formulators highlighting the #microbiome. Reported by Sabine Waldeck. Read the full special report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/egBPKpnv

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.’ annual Social Impact and #Sustainability report showcases the company’s activities around #climate, energy, sustainable #packaging, responsible sourcing and ingredient transparency. “In fiscal 2024, we achieved several sustainability goals ahead of schedule, including surpassing our water withdrawal targets, publishing our new corporate ingredient glossary and reaching our palm oil objectives before our 2025 deadline,” says Nancy Mahon, chief sustainability officer at ELC. Reported by Benjamin Ferrer. #ingredients View the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/epuKWcPj

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Let’s take a look at this week’s industry highlights, reported by Personal Care Insights. Check out the slideshow below and share your thoughts! 👉 “Dermatological deserts:” L'Oréal looks into lack of access to #skin disease treatments for billions worldwide | https://lnkd.in/eNtp5av7 👉 Earnings season: Luxe lifts L’Oréal, Unilever sees strong Dove sales and Derma boosts Beiersdorf | https://lnkd.in/ekRYZVks 👉 NGO claims #European Commission is letting “dangerous #chemicals flow” into personal care products | https://lnkd.in/eSw9twDN 👉 Cosmetics climate: Coty, LVMH and Ulta Beauty predict slower growth amid “headwinds” | https://lnkd.in/e6Y-ZP7t 👉 Sino-High (China) Co., Ltd sees hydroxyacetophenone preservative solving #sensitive and allergy-prone skin concerns | https://lnkd.in/eVtWiffK Reported by Benjamin Ferrer Sabine Waldeck & Anita Sharma.

Lucas Meyer Cosmetics - by Clariant releases an oil-in-water surfactant-free emulsifier and encapsulation system based on Lucas Meyer Cosmetics’ quinoa starch #technology that creates a “positive mental reaction.” Pickmulse promises an “improved tactile experience,” with #scientific studies suggesting it stimulates #wellbeing and reward areas in the brain, aligning with emerging market trends in #neurocosmetics. Reported by Sabine Waldeck. Read the full article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/euzp6CbF