If there’s one product category that’s going to have to be innovative over the next few years, it’s make-up! Just as perfumers are being deprived of part of their palette of fragrances by regulatory or marketing restrictions (allergen-free fragrances), is the future of make-up under threat in the more or less long term? Estelle Dehier, from Labosphère, explains.
As head of regulatory affairs and also project manager, I deal on a daily basis with the technical and regulatory difficulties and problems encountered by our industry in achieving consumer satisfaction.
In formulation, the field of possibilities is infinite. Each formulator has his or her own area of expertise and, of course, his or her own signature. Galenic formulations developed for hygiene or skincare, for example, do not address the same issues or incorporate the same constraints.
The formulation of sun protection products is another kettle of fish.
But let’s take a look at our beauty kit. It contains :
• Foundations
• Mascaras
• Eyeshadow
• Lipsticks
• Nail varnishes
to name just a few of the most popular products…
Our make-up is undergoing a major overhaul as a result of regulatory changes! Are today’s make-up products the products of tomorrow? Formulators specialising in these categories have some exciting formulation and reformulation challenges ahead of them:
• Colour, at the heart of the problems faced by make-up products, which come in a wide range of shades (quality of pigments, pearlescents and colorants, development and consistency of shades, etc.)
• Make-up hold…
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