INGREDIENTS GOURMAND
enough to eat
Good
In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, Julia Wray discovers how to create cosmetic formulations with a gourmand twist
I
n 1953 child star Gayla Peevey scored a festive hit with the single ‘I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas’. Fast-forward 60+ years and it seems handmade cosmetics company Lush is likewise poised for success with the I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas bath bomb.
“I was sitting down with our press team – when we still could meet IRL – and we were talking about Christmas songs, as you do most of the year when you work for Lush,” Lush Product Inventor, Alessandro Commisso, tells Cosmetics Business.
“Someone mentioned this American song about a hippo. They showed me the YouTube video and the rest is history. I couldn’t stop singing the tune for weeks, so it had to become a bath bomb!” Lush’s festive floating critter is the star of its 2020 Christmas collection and is designed to fizz around the bath leaving a trail of raspberry fragrance and popping candy in its wake. “We have been using vegan popping candy in many bath bombs and bubble bars, as it really adds a bit of magic,” Commisso explains.
14 December 2020
“In the same way as it melts in your mouth releasing its tiny gas bubbles, it will also slowly melt in the bath water.
“The cracking noise is amplified in the tub, and depending on how much you use, it can sound like sitting by the fireplace, or like a full-on fireworks show.”
As well as being potential cosmetic ingredients, our delectable foodie favourites can also inspire the beauty industry to create products that look, feel and smell good enough to eat. And with feasting and food being such a vital component of the festive season, there seemed to be no better time for Cosmetics Business to explore the appeal of gourmand beauty.
A FEAST FOR THE SENSES “I think food-like textures is a trend that reappears regularly in cosmetics,” comments Flora Bollon, Product Marketing Leader – Personal Care Texture & Applications at Gattefossé. “Consumers want sensory and innovative textures, and food is a relevant source of inspiration since it appeals to several senses:
cosmeticsbusiness.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76
