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Mintel announced their key beauty trend for 2014 this week via press release. Their term for the trend, "Mixologiste," describes the "blurred lines between beauty technologies that are becoming … [Read More...]
The "Most Searched Products" section in Innovadex's New Trend Tuesday e-newsletter highlights several ingredients each week that are popular with users of the search engine. One that you may have … [Read More...]
Carbomers are an important class of materials every formulator should get familiar with. They are high molecular weight crosslinked polymers of acrylic acid with molecular weights of up to 3 - 4 … [Read More...]
Problems with thickening oil-in-water emulsions are generally caused by the presence of electrolytes in your formulation. Most oil-in-water emulsions use acrylate-based polymers as thickeners that are … [Read More...]