Plant extracts offer plenty of active cosmetics promise, but the colourful flowers of some plants also offer up natural dye potential in addition to providing a bioactive punch, say researchers.
Japanese fine chemicals specialist DIC Corporation has agreed to purchase BASF’s global pigment business in a multi-billion deal it says will broaden its reach into functional pigments and cosmetics.
![The common poppy [pictured] along with safflower and blue pea offered most promise as natural cosmetic dyes, offering stable and permanent yellows, oranges, blues and purples [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/headlines/formulation-science/flower-extracts-for-natural-cosmetic-dyes-that-are-stable-and-active-show-promise-finds-study/13230548-1-eng-GB/Flower-extracts-for-natural-cosmetic-dyes-that-are-stable-and-active-show-promise-finds-study.jpg)
