Archive for October, 2014

October 30, 2014

Latest USDA Organic Cosmetics News

Chipotle Endorses Proposition 105 Requiring Labeling of GMOs in Colorado
I am a cosmetics chemist so I am all too familiar with the FDA and food grade chemicals and dyes as well as assumed safe levels and how to pay the FDA to get said chemicals approved. …. Jeffrey Von Stetten, here is a link to a pdf of permitted …
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10 Product Trends: Natural Products Expo East
New Hope Natural Media sent a team of editors and researchers to visit the 1200+ exhibitor booths at Natural Products Expo East. They identified the 10 most important trends influencing natural, organic and healthy foods, beverages, dietary supplements …
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October 29, 2014

Backstage Beauty: Makeup, hair tricks and trends spotted during fashion season

Backstage Beauty: Makeup, hair tricks and trends spotted during fashion season
Mr. Pelusi and his team of stylists help keep models' (and clients') hair healthy with Healer ($ 36, telanyc.com), dubbed “the BB cream for hair,” from the Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi collection. The USDA-certified organic product repairs …
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Haddonfield Middle School Students go gleaning for Gateway Community Action
Sometimes the vegetables have slight cosmetic defects that prevents the farmer from bringing it to market. Also, if a farmer can't get a good price for a certain crop, they might not even be worth picking to sell. That where the army of middle school …
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October 27, 2014

Latest Natural Cosmetics News

Lignin shown to enhance sunscreen effectiveness
This could turn out to be quite the discovery given that there have been safety concerns over the cosmetics application of the wood derivative. … “Second, lignin is an excellent natural antioxidant and it can protect other active ingredients in …
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How Cosmetic Companies Get Away With Pseudoscience
The cosmetics industry is happy to oblige. By 2015, the worldwide market for anti-aging cosmetics, including creams, serums, and salves, is expected to hit $ 114 billion, up from an estimated $ 1.15 billion in 2005, according to a report published by the …
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October 26, 2014

Bavarian Nordic Announces Additional Details Concerning the Issue of Shares

Bavarian Nordic Announces Additional Details Concerning the Issue of Shares
Bavarian Nordic's issue of new shares is directed towards J&J, a US company registered under the laws of the state of New Jersey, which will subscribe for Bavarian Nordic shares in the amount of DKK 251,000,000. Bavarian Nordic will issue a maximum of …
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The thing about Australia's superiority to Pakistan
Australia had to wait another six tours, and almost 40 years after then to register their next Test win on Pakistani soil. In between, some of Australia's – and cricket's – most celebrated names came here and went back frustrated, losing six of 13 …
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Why Are Republicans in Favor of Over-the-Counter Birth Control?
According to an article in The Wall Street Journal (registration required), men favor Republicans over Democrats by 17 percentage points, whereas women prefer Democrats by 14. For that reason, Republicans are finding ways to criticize their opponents …
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October 24, 2014

Natural Health from A to Z

Natural Health from A to Z
Many of our cosmetics and lotions have horrible chemicals in them and we don't even think twice about the toxicity of them. Think about even Vaseline – also known as petroleum jelly. Yuck! Or baby oil – also petroleum based. How about nice substitutes …
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It's a Glam Thing!
BANGS TO GO can easily add instant fullness to your hair plus it changes your look and gives you cute bangs. You can lose the head scarves, hats and turbans for a special night out. The human hair bangs are attached to a headband with a fall in the …
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Infections, burns, ulcers and anaphylactic shock caused by make-up Shocking
'It is a timely reminder as the trend to produce all natural and all organic products may increase pressure on manufacturers to produce cosmetics with less preservatives or less effective natural preservatives,' said Ms Rickard. This year, The ACCC …
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October 23, 2014

Daland, coach of swimming champions at USC, dies

Daland, coach of swimming champions at USC, dies
There's a strict set of standards for organic foods. But the rules are looser for household cleaners, textiles, cosmetics and the organic dry cleaners down the street.More >>. There's a strict set of standards for organic foods. But the rules are …
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Total CEO killed in Moscow runway crash
There's a strict set of standards for organic foods. But the rules are looser for household cleaners, textiles, cosmetics and the organic dry cleaners down the street.More >>. There's a strict set of standards for organic foods. But the rules are …
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October 21, 2014

Latest Natural Cosmetics News

The meaning of 'organic' can be fuzzy for personal care items, cleaners and
The industry has similarly been fighting overuse of the word "natural," which has no legal meaning at all. Ken Cook, head of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy group that publishes online consumer databases on cosmetics and cleaning, is blunt …
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R&D in the spotlight at in-cosmetics Asia
“The dual trends of ever more natural/gentle ingredients and the increasingly blurred lines between products – such as haircare and fragrance, means research and development (R&D) continues to push the boundaries of what has been achieved so far,” the …
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Symrise further invests in African market to strengthen presence
Futura Labs specialises in flavours and natural extracts for the food and beverage industry, and also produces perfume oils fine fragrance, cosmetic and household products. With production facilities in Cairo and Dubai, Futura Labs is operating in some …
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October 19, 2014

This Couple Spent Six Months Eating Garbage

This Couple Spent Six Months Eating Garbage
Baldwin: Well, that's cosmetics. So for example, the peach grower we met in California, he had 20 to 70 percent waste because of cosmetic reasons, whether there would be a blemish or whether the peach was too small or too large or the wrong color. He …
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“La Naturelle”, the first 100% organic beauty box in three versions
“We wanted to put an end to preconceived ideas about organic cosmetics, and offer consumers the possibility to discover the new age of the organic movement, which cultivates performance and sensoriality,” COSMEBIO Development Director Betty …
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October 18, 2014

Latest Organic Cosmetics News

EU invests €2.9 million in natural substitutes to synthetics
The researchers have to date, identified 30 promising molecules, which are now being tested by the consortium's commercial partners Korres, a Greek natural cosmetics company, and Germany's BASF, one of the world's largest chemical manufacturers.
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Chinese FDA gives DSM the go ahead on organic bioactives line
The portfolio, which has become a globally accepted standard for organic, Ecocert, Cosmos and Natrue certifications; includes organic bioactives which are produced at DSM's manufacturing site in the Swiss Valais. According to DSM, along with these …
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October 16, 2014

Latest USDA Manufacture News

Candidate hopes to shift tax burden away from property
He serves on the Board of the USDA North Central Region Rural Development Center and has previously served on the Nebraska Rural Development Commission, USDA Commission on Small Farms and the Board of Bread for the World, a Christian …
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Florock® Welcomes New Business Development Manager for State of California
Florock Polymer Flooring, manufactured by Crawford Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, continues its record growth in the U.S. and abroad, with a new Business Development Manager for the State of California and key areas of Mexico, Central and South America …
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