Cosmetic raw materials will usher in the era of green

Nov 25
07:26

2011

David Yvon

David Yvon

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In recent years, cosmetics have become increasingly serious security issues, from the residual surfactant Johnson dioxane to the King and ZPT storm event, a series of security problems caused by cosmetics, cosmetic raw materials for the public safety issues of great concern in China cosmetics manufacturing industry has also led to "green revolution."

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It is from the Shenzhen International cosmetics,Cosmetic raw materials will usher in the era of green Articles personal and household care products raw materials exhibition (PCHi2011) investigation, natural, organic green appeal has become a cosmetic raw material of the two main trends.

Today, natural and organic cosmetics in Europe and North America has become the core of care market in France, a survey showed that 37% of consumers are using natural and organic products, natural organic cosmetics, with the intention to purchase up to 87% of consumers , and this trend is increasingly to Asia.Five years ago, the world's few natural and organic products on the market, but now the market has a lot of similar products, turnaround occurred in 2008, when many brands have introduced a natural and organic products, astaxanthin such as Henkel for the introduction of BIO BIO almond pomegranate and two plants extract cosmetics. Natural organic trend in the development of Asia has been unstoppable, in addition to the popular concept of natural birth may also be the next trend - plant extracts, because the product contains only a few plant extracts can claim a natural. In many permission, these concepts have been able in a short time gave birth to a huge market, because the natural organic always reminiscent of a safer, more moderate.Chinese cosmetics raw material suppliers are keen to capture this opportunity, glutathione have taken up the green flag from the raw materials, part of the surfactant is more modest claim, and the other part is the third-party products to provide reliable test data or by natural and organic certification . Materials research and development in their concept of great importance for the green, all green materials that are cosmetic applications is a big trend, many companies have annual turnover of the previous year 5% of R & D, green materials are a focus of research and development of these companies direction, have made no small achievement. One company which has recently developed a new type of amino acid surfactants, mild, compared with SLS, SLES, and other surface active agents more moderate, more secure.Meanwhile, according to the development trend of green materials cosmetic pre-sentence investigation, the next few years, commercial products containing dioxane for raw materials and other substances demand will gradually decrease, while the CAB and the amino acid surfactant and other green materials will become increasingly popular . But with the increasing demand for green materials, green raw material prices will rise to a certain extent, cosmetics material such as field vegetables base prices since early February this year has risen 30-40%, while the fatty acids within a year the price is from 11 yuan / kg jumped to 26 yuan / kg, or more than 100%.