Beauty

Ingredients, dietary supplements, and functional foods and beverages from Israel.

It began switching over two years ago because the USDA’s organic-certification program does not provide specific organic standards for personal care products.

At the HBA Global Expo trade show, botanicals specialist Naturex (Avignon, France) revealed new results from a study showing that its Aurealis bitter orange flower extract significantly increases skin moisture.

The company’s Nivea brand inferred that applying its Nivea My Silhouette! topical cream to the skin would result in slimming effects.

BioCell Technology LLC (Newport Beach, CA) has put its BioCell Collagen II ingredient to the test by finishing a human clinical on women with "UV-intensified" skin.

It says these ingredients, based on corn or sugar beets, help meet consumers’ demands for natural ingredients.

Notably, the rules include guidance on ultraviolet A (UVA) rays, the type of ray linked to skin cancer and early skin aging.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) announced a new milestone in May.

Green Seal Inc. (Washington, DC) says that its GS-50 seal is the first green certification seal to cover a comprehensive package of environmental standards in personal care and cosmetic products.

The product also features a “beauty cocktail” of vitamins, natural antioxidants, and natural sleep-enhancing extracts to promote restorative sleep and healthy, vibrant skin.

DSM Nutritional Products (Basel, Switzerland) is supplying a 100% pure form of Moroccan argan oil, intended for skin and hair applications.

Research published yesterday in the Journal of Nutrition has linked consumption of a green tea beverage to improved skin protection and skin structure in women.

The company says that Dragon’s blood extract, standardized to taspine, stimulates the early phase of wound healing by stimulating fibroblasts.

was designed to protect and repair damaged hair, nails, and skin. The company says it is the world’s first-ever solubilized keratin.

The product is described as a skin-revitalizing fruit chew.

The company calls it a stable, naturally derived and deeply penetrating form of natural vitamin C.

The line already bears organic certification from Ecocert.

The renewable, raw-material surfactants will be used primarily for cosmetic and laundry-care products.

It is a dry extract of the Carthaginian berry (Punica granatum), which is concentrated in polyphenols, particularly in tannins (punicalagin) and ellagic derivative, and stabilized in a maltitol carrier.

Regu-Fade uses pure, natural-identical resveratrol.

The company is now launching into the personal care market with the creation of a new division, Kemin Personal Care.

The company has introduced GEM 2-ethylhexyl palmitate, the first skin-care and color-cosmetic ingredient produced using the company’s GEM green manufacturing biocatalytic process.

Based on Marrubium vulgare cultured stem cells, the ingredient contains forsythoside B, which aids in endogenous skin defense by activating the Nrf2 transcription factor.

Winners and losers in the newest batch of EFSA health claims.

Arkema (Paris) is showcasing its Oleris range of renewably sourced intermediates used to create fragrances as well as cosmetic and personal care products.