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Mar 07 2019

Award winning cosmetic ingredient

Only a few months after its market launch, the cosmetic ingredient “Hydrolite 5 green” from Symrise has won an important award in Asia: The PCHi Fountain Award in the Category ‘Actives Moisturizing & Hydrating’. The Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) trade show in Guangzhou, China put the focus on...

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Mar 06 2019

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The science behind the trend “clean cosmetics”

Sonja Schulte

Clean cosmetics is everywhere — on national television and in best-selling books. It’s clear that clean is the newest beauty trend. But what is the clean cosmetics movement, and does the science support it? Molly Wanner and Neera Nathan from the Havard Medical School answer this questions in their latest...

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Jan 16 2019

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Petroleum-based personal care raw material has significantly higher global warming potential

Sonja Schulte

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of naturally-sourced and petroleum-based glycols commonly used in personal care products demonstrates that conventional 1,3-BG production processes starting from petroleum-based feedstocks have a significantly higher global warming potential (103% greater) and energy demand from non-renewable resources (85% greater) relative to the bio-based process used to...

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Jan 15 2019

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New active ingredients target skin conditions’ root causes

Sonja Schulte

Every day, our skin is exposed to harmful environmental influences and the negative effects of our fast-paced lifestyles. Oily skin, pigment spots, fine lines and wrinkles, or dry skin with itching and tingling sensations are common consequences. During Cosmet’Agora (http://www.cosmetagora.fr) taking place 15 and 16 January 2019 in Paris, BASF will...

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Women with yellow sun glasses in front of a pink background

Aug 15 2018

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Scientists find TiO2 from sunscreen is polluting beaches

Sonja Schulte

Scientists have found that sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting TiO2 (titanium dioxide) into the sea. This has the potential to harm marine life. This work, which comes from research on beaches in the South of France, was presented at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Boston. The researchers...

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Award winning cosmetic ingredient

The science behind the trend “clean cosmetics”

Petroleum-based personal care raw material has significantly higher global warming potential

New active ingredients target skin conditions’ root causes

Scientists find TiO2 from sunscreen is polluting beaches

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