A new American study has highlighted a link between some chemicals in personal care products and early puberty in young girls. No significant link was found in boys. Despite certain limitations, (...)
As part of the Skin Biology Network of the region of Lyon, France, initiated in 2016 by the European Center of Dermocosmetology (CED) and the Lyonbiopôle healthcare competitiveness cluster, the (...)
Munich hosted the 30th IFSCC (International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists) congress over three days. This major event for the perfume and cosmetics market gathered over 1,200 (...)
In the wake of the launch of Ecobiotys, their new active ingredient designed to regulate the skin’s microbiota, Silab announced they have identified key features of the microbial signature of (...)
Mathieu Hébert, Professor and Researcher at Université Jean Monnet, in the city of Saint-Étienne, and at Institut d’Optique Graduate School ParisTech, gave a lecture at the Cosmet in Lyon Day held by (...)
At the time of Instagram, of social networks and virtual reality applications, changing of hair colour should be as simple and safe as changing clothes. Yet hair dyes are still perceived as too (...)
L’Oréal has unveiled a personalized skincare service that creates unique beauty solutions based on each customer’s needs. The concept, which is dubbed Custom D.O.S.E (D.O.S.E), was unveiled by the (...)
Results of an ongoing validation research show that full thickness reconstructed skin models can be used to conduct a genotoxicity test known as the ‘comet assay’. The 3D Skin Comet assay (...)
This year, the 24th annual IFSCC Conference (International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists) was held in Seoul, South Korea. On October 23-25, 2017, experts from all across the world (...)
Microscopic particles from tattoo ink can migrate into the body and wind up in lymph nodes, crucial hubs of the human immune system, revealed a study published in Scientific Reports. The tiny (...)
After 10 years of research, scientists from the Harvard Medical School have come up with a drug that could help people tan without exposure to the sun, thus potentially reducing the risk of skin (...)
After the success of anti-pollution actives, the fight against the nuisances to which human skin is subjected, is expanding to the concept of exposome. Explanations by Aïna Queiroz, Head of (...)
The 28th European Democosmetology Days organized by the European Centre for Dermocosmetology (CED) on the 30th and 31st of January 2017 focused on personalized genomics and epigenetics, two (...)
Described for the first time in 1994, frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) was relatively rare until the early 2000s. It has become increasingly common, suggesting that environmental factors are (...)
It is one of the oldest fragrances in the world. Nicolas Baldovini’s team at the Institut de chimie de Nice (CNRS/UNS) has just discovered the components that give frankincense its distinctive (...)
Luxe Pack, the business to business tradeshow dedicated to luxury packaging, will return to the West Coast for its second Los Angeles edition on February 27-28, 2019. As per last year, the event will be co-hosted with MakeUp in Los Angeles, B2B show for beauty and skin care accessories, trends, and formulation. Luxe Pack Los (...)
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Following the interesting November report from Aust & Hachmann (Vanilla Market Update - November 2018), we would like to emphasize a few points which - to our opinion- are quite questionable. The report is very optimistic, and we all hope that the unusual crisis on the vanilla market comes to an end as the current situation (...)
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