TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Cosmetics Hair Care Sun Care in-cosmetics
At this year’s in-cosmetics Global held in Barcelona from March 28 to 30, BASF’s Personal Care business focuses on new ingredients and concepts that sharpen the fields of well-being, sustainability, and transparency.
Reform, Reshape & Reinvent for a Sustainable Future
A New Biopolymer Built on Sustainability and Performance
Sustainability does not require a sacrifice in performance. This is proven by a purposeful advance in the field of biopolymers, which BASF is presenting at this year’s in-cosmetics.
Cosmedia® HP Starch is an effective thickening agent with texturizing properties that were designed for emulsion preparations and different surfactant systems. This readily biodegradable (according to OECD 301D criteria) biopolymer is not only characterized by its high quality, but also by its multiple ways of use.
This white powder has a non-ionic character that allows good compatibility with different ingredients such as cationics and amphoterics and offers the possibility of developing a variety of formulations for a wide range of applications. Its texturizing performance contributes to flow behavior and pleasant sensorial profiles.
Its properties allow for both cold and hot manufacturing processes, showcasing the high flexibility of this biopolymer. The sustainable benefits of this new ingredient are particularly noteworthy. Responsible use of resources is a driving motivation here. Cosmedia® HP Starch is derived from natural feedstocks. It is locally sourced and produced only in Europe, thus contributing to shaping the future of sustainability in the personal care industry.
Tinomax™ CC: A New Ingredient for Optimized Sun Protection
Growing consumer awareness is also having an impact on the sunscreen sector. Many consumers are actively thinking about the impact of their sunscreen products on the environment and human health.
The new natural-based functionalized particle
Tinomax™ CC is ideally suited for optimizing sunscreen formulations. In addition, it offers sensory benefits through homogeneous particle shaping. This ingredient lengthens UV protection with SPF and UVA improvement and has a positive effect on reducing the stickiness and greasiness of sun care formulations.
Euperlan® NL Pearl: First Wax-based COSMOS-compliant Pearlizer for Rinse-off Applications
With the launch of Euperlan® NL Pearl, BASF’s personal care business offers the first COSMOS-compliant wax-based pearlizer for personal care products combining excellent hair care performance with sustainability benefits.
This ingredient is readily biodegradable and suitable for certified natural cleansing concepts according to COSMOS standards. It is easy to formulate and cold processable. Some inspiring formulations developed with this new pearlizer have a natural origin content of up to 99% according to ISO 16128.
COSMOS-compliant Pearly Shampoo Formulation Concept in the Formulation Lab
The Formulation Lab offers R&D staff the opportunity to learn techniques first-hand through interactive training sessions in a fully equipped lab. This year, BASF will guide participants in formulating a high-performance and COSMOS-compliant pearly shampoo.
The formulation is based on
Euperlan® NL Pearl, the wax-based pearlizer with outstanding performance and sustainability. The resulting pearly shampoo not only offers excellent performance in the conditioning of wet and dry hair but also strongly reduces hair breakage and improves hair sensorics.
BASF expert - Werner Mauer Hans-Martin Haake - High performance and COSMOS-compliant pearly shampoo – Lab 2 – Wednesday, 29 March, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Re_think: Connecting with the Future of Beauty
BASF’s participation this year will center around the concept of “Re_think”. As the world emerges from the pandemic and its associated hardships, societies have gained a deeper sense of responsibility for individuals, the planet, and future generations. There is a fundamental change of focus and an aspiration to create a better world. Health and well-being as well as care for the environment form the new collective compass for decisions and day-to-day actions. More than ever, consumers realize the need to limit their environmental impact, reduce waste, resource, and energy consumption, and use products that are sourced and produced sustainably.
Re_think is BASF’s commitment to the personal care market, now and in the future. In close cooperation with its customers, the company will reform, reshape and reinvent personal care for a sustainable future. By seamlessly integrating innovation, responsible sourcing, transparent information, and digitalization, BASF’s personal care business offers resilient and sustainable solutions for tomorrow – to connect with the future of beauty.
“We are excited to be back at in-cosmetics in person after such a long absence due to the pandemic. We want to use the learnings we had as a society with the events of the last few years and the trends we see in the personal care segment, to shape, together with our customers the future of beauty,” explains Tatiana Kalman, senior vice president of Personal Care Europe.
Technical Seminars: Digital Services and Sustainable Alternatives
BASF experts will share their knowledge and market insights at two technical seminars at this year’s in-cosmetics. One seminar will focus on digitalization and how it can serve to enable the development of cosmetic formulations with high performance while being based on sustainable ingredients.
Modeling and simulation-based digital services are part of BASF’s answer to meet the latest demands of the personal care industry and lower the barriers to advanced formulation and product development. The seminar will introduce the two latest digital solutions for rinse-off applications. In the second seminar, Euperlan NL Pearl will be presented as the first wax-based COSMOS-compliant pearlizer for personal care products combining excellent hair care performance with sustainable benefits.
BASF expert - Sandip Bhattacharya - Modelling & simulation based digital services for Hair-Body-Oral formulations - Theatre 2 – Wednesday, 29 March, 3:40 – 4:10 p.m.
BASF expert - Werner Mauer - Euperlan NL Pearl: Combining sustainable benefits with outstanding performance benefits - Theatre 3 – Thursday, 30 March, 1:25 – 1:55 p.m.
These are but a few examples of how BASF’s Care Chemicals Division is addressing future challenges. Sustainability, digitalization, innovation, and new approaches to working together are the key cornerstones to Care 360° – Solutions for sustainable life.
Source: BASF
