Tech Library - ingredients pigments

Jan 20, 2010 | Article

Nail care, color and treatment have increased in recent years, with consumers giving themselves more manicures and pedicures at home. A weakened economy has boosted sales of polish; and increased...

Jul 8, 2009 | Article

Beauty Trend Directions – Edelkoort Group

By Nancy Jeffries

Emmanuelle Linard, co-founder of Edelkoort Inc., which is the Edelkoort Group/Trend Union branch in the US, presented 12 seasonally-based vignettes on the dynamic nature of beauty. Exploring the...

Feb 20, 2009 | Article

Color Cosmetics - Customization and Innovation

By Nancy Jeffries

The Cool Beauty Collection from Jane Iredale for Spring 2009 supports the desire for healthy living with a range of mineral cosmetics that say beauty can be both cool and green. The Limited Edition...

Sep 26, 2007 | Article

Fall 2007 Color Trends

By Nick Morante

Fall and winter fashion trends should be in all the major department stores by now. That means that the fall and winter cosmetic colors and shades should be very close behind. The end of summer...

Aug 20, 2007 | Article

Natural Colorants

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...

Jul 3, 2007 | Article

June '07 Nails, Hand and Foot Care Newsletter Editorial

The nail and hand care category has expanded to encompass general skin and hand health, as well as color and aesthetics. Once the domain of enamel color, luster and longevity, nails, and...

Jun 5, 2007 | Article

Painting the market red

By Doris De Guzman

SHIMMERING BETWEEN functional and sensory cosmetic ingredients is an expansive color pigment market. Expanding applications, innovative effects, new formulation technology and stronger sales for...

Apr 6, 2007 | Article

Make-Up: How to Play with Color?

Make-up is a story of color. Whatever can help to catch the consumer eye or change the way of proposing color is welcomed by the manufacturer. A lot of different ideas are now arriving on the...

Oct 25, 2006 | Article

Pearls and Effect Pigments

Pearl and effect pigments are possibly the only area of color and decorative cosmetics in which new innovations can show a point of difference with the conventional ingredients the cosmetics...

Mar 29, 2006 | Article

Optical and color effects in skin cosmetic products

The function of all skin cosmetic products is to improve the inherent beauty of the skin, hiding all defaults, such as wrinkles, fine lines, dischromas... At the same time there is a strong consumer...