Nov 5, 2008 | Article
By Nancy Jeffries
A host of products, at a variety of price points, are meeting the desire for healthier, chemical-free alternatives sought by consumers. In the hair color market, the new Silk Degrees Naturceutical...
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Nov 16, 2007 | Article
In the US alone, total sales of bath and shower products were valued at $4.5 billion, including sub-sectors of bar soap, bath additives, body washes and shower gels. The global numbers, as of 2006...
Aug 20, 2007 | Article
By Nick Morante
Since all the rage is natural ingredients, why not go more in detail with natural colorants? If I were in Europe, I could use any colorant I want, natural or synthetic, in almost any cosmetic...
May 21, 2007 | Article
Bentonite is an absorbent aluminum polysilicate, a generally impure clay consisting mostly of smectite minerals such as montmorillonite with traces of other metals...
May 16, 2007 | Article
In Part 2 of this article we now get to more modern times. In the Middle Ages, women did continue to wear some form of make-up, although cheek rouge was worn only by prostitutes. Noblewomen...
Apr 23, 2007 | Article
By Barbara Olioso
After looking at the market trend in the natural field I am going to talk about how to translate the natural concept in technical terms from the purest to the modern definitions, what it means to...
Apr 13, 2007 | Article
Victoria Secret Beauty introduced Exotic Nectars, the new island-inspired fragrant body care line consisting of 3 nectars, Tahitian Vanila flower, Bali Orchid, and Moorea Passion Fruit. The line has...
Sep 4, 2006 | Article
By SpecialChem
If executives at U.S. companies think that they've got regulatory headaches, they should have a word with their European brethren. Many of the issues and controversies surrounding our industry ...
Mar 8, 2006 | Article
By Ava Caridad
For years, there was the notion of the "healthy tan," where the concept of baking brown in the sun was considered youthful, attractive and a sign of prosperity. That notion, thankfully, was...