in-cosmetics 2012

Nail polish is the new lipstick effect, says Euromonitor

Nail polish is the new lipstick effect, says Euromonitor

By Michelle Yeomans

Last month Cosmetics Design caught up with Euromonitor’s Irina Barbalova at the in-cosmetics event in Barcelona to find out what trends were prevalent in beauty in 2011 and if the future looks bright for this sector... 

Cosmetics Compact: in-cosmetics roundup

Cosmetics Compact

Cosmetics Compact: in-cosmetics roundup

By Andrew McDougall, Simon Pitman, Claire Videau and Michelle Yeomans,

Welcome to the Cosmetics Design Compact, brushing up on the latest industry news – in miniature.

Lionel Genix, marketing manager, Dow Personal Care

Dow Personal Care launches new family of sustainable surfactants

By Simon Pitman

Cosmetics Design caught up with Lionel Genix, marketing manager for Dow Personal Care, at last week's in-cosmetics event in Barcelona to find out about the launch of a new family of sustainable surfactants and a waterproof polymer.

Mulberry root extract developed to help with eyelash growth

Mulberry root extract developed to help with eyelash growth

By Michelle Yeomans

A formulation featuring mulberry root extract to promote eyelash growth has been developed by Japanese based company Fuji-Sangyo. This comes as one of many hair growth tonics the company unveiled at in-cosmetics in Barcelona last week.

The in-cosmetics 2012 event as it happened... in photos

The in-cosmetics 2012 event as it happened... in photos

By Simon Pitman

We bring you some of the highlights of this year's in-cosmetics event in Barcelona. An extremely busy and highly eventful show, the sun care theme pervaded both in the in-focus area, the ingredients innovation zone and on many of the exhibitor stands....

Solar beauty shines at in-cosmetics 2012

Solar beauty shines at in-cosmetics 2012

By Andrew McDougall and Claire Videau

The in-cosmetics show returned to Barcelona this year, with solar beauty as the key theme, and more products than ever being introduced in the innovation zone.

In-Cosmetics ingredients launch round-up II

In-Cosmetics ingredients launch round-up II

By Katie Nichol

In the second of a two-part series, CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com continues its look at some of the new ingredients being presented by exhibitors at this years in-cosmetics in Barcelona from 17-19th April 2012.

New brand, new strategy as BASF hones its cosmetic focus

Dispatches from in-cosmetics

New brand, new strategy as BASF hones its cosmetic focus

By Andrew McDougall

After a year of dealing with mergers and creating a single focus for its personal care business, 2012 is all about delivering customer benefits and developing ingredients in line with trends, which are quick to market, for chemical company BASF.