The Innovation Zone at this in-cosmetics Korea was announced officially the biggest that the show has ever seen, led by 34 trend-driving ingredients launched within the last eight months. Among those attracting the most interesting were launches from Dow Chemical, Gattefossé, Givaudan Active Beauty, IFF-Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, KCC, LUBRIZOL, Rahn and Res Pharma Industriale.
The Innovation Zone was located in the center of the exhibition, acting as a pivotal setting for R&D professionals to identify the most inspirational ingredients and product concepts. The experiential zone allowed visitors to see, touch, feel, test and be inspired by a number of formulation prototypes on display.
in-cosmetics Korea hosted another highly regarded awards ceremony at the Innovation Zone, with all entries judged by an independent panel of judges including:
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You Ah Kim from Kolmar Korea
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Belinda Carli from the Institute of Personal Care Science
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Mike Sohn from KCII, and
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Chaewon Lee from BEAUTYSTREAMS
Celebrating the most pioneering new ingredients that combine innovative science and beneficial product features, this year Innovation Zone Award winners in Active and Functional Categories are:
Innovation Zone Awards
Active Ingredients Category
This year Givaudan Active Beauty won Gold Innovation Zone Award for its Agefinity™ product.
Agefinity™ is a mannose-6-Phosphate complex using a vegetal source and green chemistry to replenish the energy of the cells. With multiple anti-ageing benefits, Agefinity™ can significantly reduce visible age spots (a reduction up to 2.1 times more efficient), neck (-32.5%) and crow’s feet (-11.5%) wrinkles, remodel the Y-shape of the face and reorganize skin matrix similar to younger skin. 74% of the panel found the skin on their neck firmer (vs 45% for placebo) and 84% felt convinced by the effect of the product at the end of the trial (vs 60% for placebo).
Together with its powerful anti-ageing and multi-functional properties, Agefinity™ brings a solution for consumers of all beauty brands who seek to win the battle of using their smartphones every day and taking care of their beauty at the same time.
Further, IFF-Lucas Meyer Cosmetics won both the Silver and Bronze awards for active ingredients, with
SKINectura™ and
IBR-UrBioTect™ respectively.
SKINectura™ - Based on flower nectar for younger skin structure, this ingredient reportedly increases production of proteins in the skin and synthesizes collagen and elastin to decrease the appearance of wrinkles over time.
Functional Ingredients Category
Res Pharma Industriale scooped the Functional Ingredient Gold Award for its Moripure® Silk Aqua ingredient.
MORIPURE® SILK AQUA is an Aqueous by-product of silk production for skin, body and hair care applications (adding sustainable hydration to beauty routine). Moripure® brand is based on a circular sustainability process; complete recovery of sericin from silk by-products coupled with innovative bio-engineering to develop sustainable cosmetics.
Gattefossé took the Silver award for its
Emulium® Illustro ingredient. Launched in Feb 2019, Emulium® Illustro is a water-in-oil emulsifier that is highly compatible with pigments and UV filters, but also with a wide range of cosmetic ingredients. PEG-free and COSMOS approved, this new ingredient perfectly meets consumer requirements in terms of naturality and formulator expectations in performance and flexibility.
At the end, LUBRIZOL secured the Bronze award for its product,
CARBOPOL® AQUA SF-3. It is a novel, liquid, acrylic rheology modifier for high clarity, water-thin, surfactant formulations that provides elegant flow, and suspension of aqueous insoluble ingredients. In addition, this rheology modifier has broad compatibility with packaging dispensers.
Rising Star Award
Shining a spotlight on the industry’s best newcomers, this year in-cosmetics Korea launched the ‘Rising Star Award’.
The award was given to newcomer,
PnP Biopharm Co. Ltd. - The company was recognized for its expertise in the field of protein production and engineering, with products including Cellcurin Hair Ampoule, Protectide, Actinidin and Rubysco Moisturising Cream.
Source: in-cosmetics Korea