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New tagline reflects innovation strategy
Azelis has launched its new tagline: ‘Innovation through formulation’, which the company says is a reinforcement of their continuous investment in technical expertise. In recent years, the speciality chemicals and food ingredients distributor has added new application laboratories in all regions, while offering formulation support to its customers.
Dr Hans Joachim Müller,
Azelis group CEO, said: “We have embarked on a journey from being a leading distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients to becoming a global, fully integrated and innovative service provider, with a wide-ranging expertise in the industry. An important part of this journey has been and remains
New meadowfoam product
Natural Plant Products has released Meadowfoam XPR, a mechanically extracted version of their Meadowfoam Seed Oil, their first new product introduction for the oil producer in eight years.
Meadowfoam seed, the
source of Meadowfoam XPR, is grown in the rainy Willamette Valley of Western Oregon, US, by the co-op’s close to 50 member farms. NPP supplies about 90% of the global market for the ingredient. More than twice as stable as popular jojoba oil, luxurious and fast-absorbing Meadowfoam Seed Oil is used
globally in a variety of hair, skin, lip and body product applications.
Developed to meet evolving consumer demand, Meadowfoam XPR is mechanically extracted and refined to meet
Ecocert/COSMOS Approved standard for cosmetic ingredients. This is appealing to formulators responding to clean beauty trends where supply chain transparency and responsible ingredient sourcing is seeing considerable scrutiny from discerning consumers. “Meadowfoam XPR matches
the specs of our flagship Meadowfoam Seed Oil, so is easy to plug in to existing MSO formulations,” explains Mike Martinez, NPP’s CEO. “It’s more expensive to produce at this point, but, given its slightly lighter colour and cachet of meeting Ecocert, COSMOS and NPA standards, commitments for industry uses have been strong so far. Also, since the product is essentially a uniquely Pacific Northwest story, that has a lot of appeal for brand managers looking for a great natural, ‘pride-of-place’, ingredient story.”
Multi-faceted agent for squalene delivery
The triterpene hydrocarbon squalene is the singular precursor for the biosynthesis of all plant and animal sterols, including cholesterol and the steroid hormones in the human body. All plants and animals, including humans, produce Squalene as a biochemical intermediate.
This common lipid is one of
several produced by sebaceous gland and has been identified as a natural component of human sebum. Not surprisingly, therefore, Squalene has a role in topical skin lubrication and protection and both Squalane
and Squalene are used in a variety of cosmetics at various concentrations. Animal studies indicate Squalene is slowly absorbed through the skin, while both compounds are poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. The acute animal toxicity of these ingredients by all routes is low. Formulations containing Squalene indicate it is not a significant human skin irritant, sensitiser or contact allergen. In cosmetics and personal care
products, Squalene is used in the formulation of a wide variety of products including bath oils, hair products, eye makeup, makeup
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foundations, lipstick, suntan and sunscreen products, body powders, nail products and in cleansing, moisturising, and skin care products. Squalene is an excellent skin moisturiser. Wilshire Technologies (WTI)
has introduced high purity, cost- effective Amaranth oil as a naturally occurring vehicle for the delivery of vegetal Squalene.
“Amaranth oil with its
naturally occurring high content of Squalene and other beneficial constituents (unsaturated free-fatty acids, tocopherols, etc.), avoids the
high cost and regulatory issues associated with pharmaceutical grade squalene while providing an ideal vehicle for the topical application of this valued cosmetic ingredient,” said Joe San Filippo, PhD Technology Development at WTI.
September 2019
organic growth with our partners and part of that growth is delivered through strong application and formulation support that comes from our laboratories. This additional value we create is very important to our customers and principals alike, it’s important to our owners and it stimulates sense of pride and loyalty in our employees.”
Recalibrating skin’s rhythm
We all have a master clock located in our brains. The preprogramed circadian rhythm is activated when our eyes perceive the blue light part of the light spectrum. With the help of certain clock genes such as CLOCK, ARNTL, PER and CRY, our circadian rhythm regulates all the clocks of our body and its organs. If this rhythm is disturbed, what occurs is similar to jet lag. Even our skin suffers from Epidermal Jetlag after long distance travel, long working days, usage of blue light-emitting media or UV light exposure which causes additional damage to the skin barrier and cellular DNA. Celligent from Rahn is a new way to recalibrate the biorhythm of our skin thanks to two powerful circadian antioxidants obtained from rice and rosemary. By resetting the master genes of the epidermal clock, Celligent immediately strengthens the skin barrier, increases moisture and eliminates redness. This results in a fresh appearance and smooth, moisturised skin.
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