Consumer interest in skin-friendly beauty products continues its rise, prompting an acceleration in microbiome claims validation and product testing both in vitro and in vivo, say testing experts.
The European Commission’s Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS) has closed the comment period for its preliminary safety opinion on the two phytoestrogen isoflavone substances, genistein and daidzein.
The Long Read: In Conversation with Unilever Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC) executives
The beauty industry continues to be stuck between conflicting requirements on animal testing, with bans under the EU Cosmetics Regulation and new data calls under the European Chemical Agency’s (ECHA) REACH Regulation, and the scientific community is...
A study has identified a number of EU cosmetic ingredients tested on animals since the Cosmetics Regulation ban; data largely collected to prove worker and environmental safety under REACH or because alternative testing methods were rejected, researchers...
Ahead of a new Open Academy for the industry in Europe, we caught up with one of the speakers on the challenges facing formulators in the region when it comes to cosmetics testing.
By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science
We’ve seen some fantastic materials launched this year with strong science and significant clinically proven results. There is no doubt ‘high science’ was on the agenda. Here are industry expert Belinda Carli's top picks of the launches in 2016.
Specialty chemicals giant Merck has entered into a long-term agreement to develop dermocosmetic active ingredients with agro-industrial player Agrimer.
French ingredient supplier Silab has completed studies on its new natural anti-ageing active inspired by regenerative medicine, with the aim of stimulating a regenerative protein that naturally slows over time.
Green coffee oil (GCO), often used in cosmetic formulations due to its emollient and anti-ageing properties, is safe for topical application and displays good skin compatibility according to a new study.
The cherry blossom tree is itself a thing of beauty and now scientists have said that its extract is a promising functional ingredient in skin care products due to its anti-inflammatory properties which have been proven in vitro and in vivo.
A new market report by Markets and Markets which details the size and growth of in-vitro toxicology and toxicity testing markets across the world states that Europe is to hold its position as largest until 2018.
Having passed the halfway stage of its duration, the SEURAT-1 initiative is on course to develop safer science for the research, development, and assessment of ingredients in the European cosmetics industry.
Global enterprise Bayer has unveiled two new studies of two of its ingredients created by its Bayer HealthCare Division Serdex group that show good skin soothing and protection properties.
In part II of this article, we look at how the updated EU Cosmetics Directive has created potential ambiguities that need to be cleared up, according to industry consultant Dr. Karl Lintner.
A project co-funded by the European Commission will develop more effective ways of predicting the toxic effects of cosmetics and hygiene products on the human body.
Cosmed, the French association for small-to-medium cosmetic companies has blasted reports by the France-based consumer watch dog 60 Million Consumers that question sunscreen efficacy.
Air Products, owner of Germany-based Rovi Cosmetics, is launching its new Dermohydrine cellular active at the in-cosmetics event in Paris taking place this week.
With ever-changing trends and consumer demands, the in-cosmetics event in Paris will dedicate a workshop to the latest innovations in cosmetic hair science.
The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration have given the supplier of fragrance and cosmetic actives the go ahead on its first skin-whitening agent, SymWhite.
Hyaluronic acid has become the must have anti-wrinkle ingredient, but now France-based Silab has launched what it claims is a natural-based alternative.
The Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety has again compiled a revised guidance document containing relevant information on the different aspects of testing and safety evaluation of cosmetic substances in Europe.
The European Union has announced it is to put Roche’s xCELLigence System, an alternative animal testing technology through the paces as part of its SEURAT (Safety Evaluation Ultimately Replacing Animal Testing) initiative to see if it can be safely applied...
Gentronix, a specialist genotoxicity assay provider and Litron Laboratories, specialising in flow cytometry based micronucleus detection, have announced that Gentronix will be distributor of Litron’s MicroFlow suite of products in Europe and Scandinavia.
Answering the call for more comprehensive and efficient ex vivo skin testing models, Symrise and Cutech have jointly developed a new preclinical method.
Formulating a number of different actives with synergistic and additive effects is a more effective way of tackling the appearance of cellulite, according to scientists from Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has snared some of the biggest cosmetics names in regulatory traps because of their advertising claims. CosmeticsDesign.com spoke to Chris Gummer from Cider Solutions to discover who is to blame for...
The company that brought us anti-ageing products containing viper venom has launched a new anti-aging product including the skin tightening ingredient Pepha-Tight.
MatTek’s new skin irritation test has been validated by the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) as a reliable substitute for animal methods.
Having attracted a new investment partner, Biovator has announced
that its in vitro test for compounds that cause allergies
should be ready in 2009 when the EU animal testing ban comes into
force.
Janson Beckett Cosmeceuticals has launched DermaExcel 7, a
peptide-based skin care product that is described as an intense
spot-wrinkle treatment that offers the same sort of solution as
Botox dermal filler.
Cosmetic science is at the heart of an exhibition that started
today in Birmingham, UK. Organised by the British Society of
Cosmetic Scientists, SCS Formulate is a platform for a programme of
technical presentations dealing with new...