Is There Really Now An "Ultimate" Sunscreen? Hot on the heels of a recent announcement about how DNA may be the secret to a more effective, longer-lasting sunscreen comes word out of the University of California San Diego about yet another innovation that may produce an "ultimate" natural defense against UV. How does this [...]
Best Practices in Sunscreen Formulation, Part II A review of critical requirements involved in creating effective sun protection products. By Amit Patel In Part I of this series, we explored how the rapid growth in global demand for sunscreen products has spawned many opportunities for formulators and marketers. To exploit them, however, requires following [...]
Best Practices in Sunscreen Formulation, Part I A review of critical requirements involved in creating effective sun protection products. By Amit Patel Complex challenges for formulators As we've mentioned previously, sunscreen and sun care products are in increasing demand, and the more protection they offer, the better they're selling. This means it's an advantageous [...]
As Sunscreen Demand Grows, So Does Its Ingredients Market We've previously mentioned how consumers worldwide are showing their desire for stronger sunscreen products, driving a growing global market for higher-SPF protection. Now there's even more research to show the effects that demand is having, and how it will continue into the next decade, by [...]
Anti-Aging Formulation, Part 2: Ageless Solutions, Innovative Answers By Amit Patel and Traci L. Cassell As we’ve discussed in Part 1 of this series, there are many exciting new innovations in the realm of reliable and customer-favored personal care ingredients, and they’re now available to formulators. By utilizing these new compounds and revolutionary research [...]
Anti-Aging Formulation, Part 1: Ageless Solutions, Innovative Answers By Amit Patel and Traci L. Cassell Growing demand meets growing innovation As the popularity of multifunctional personal care and beauty products continues to skyrocket, so does the demand for anti-aging products that offer multiple benefits, additives, and claims. With exciting new advancements in technology, formulators [...]
When Less is More: How SharoMix™ AMPLIFY Solves Preservatives Problems Now is a fascinating time to be involved in the world of ingredient technology. As the movement toward all-natural products picks up steam, researchers and formulators are being constantly tasked with applying their ingenuity to new challenges. Fortunately, they're equal to the task. We discovered [...]