CBD For Pain - How Science Doesn't Meet The Marketing 2021, A Harvard Health Study

CBD For Pain - How Science Doesn't Meet The Marketing 2021, A Harvard Health Study

April 08, 2021

Currently, more than 50 countries have adopted medicinal cannabis programmes while Canada, Uruguay and 15 US states have legalized its recreational use, with Mexico and Luxembourg having political debates as to whether to follow that path. - UN News & UN CND (Commission on Narcotic Drugs)

This market shift toward the wider cultural acceptance of therapeutic cannabis is finding consumer brands rushing to market to fulfil marketplace demands with unsufficient scientific alignment. The reality is, and many science institutions (FDA, UK Commission, WHO) have agreed, that there has not been sufficient testing, length of study, nor broad-scope subjective data collected on longterm human effects that is available to us today.

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Clean Green Silicones - Alkanes - C-13-15

Clean Green Silicones - Alkanes - C-13-15

January 02, 2021


Alkanes are plant based silicone alternatives that can be non-comodegenic and used in oil-free formulations, the material is ECOCERT approved, USDA certified bio-based. Additionally, as alkanes are organic compounds, it is fully biodegradable. 

Alkanes can be sustainably and ethically sourced very easily and every established global market relies on eco-strategic partnerships with farmers and agricultural bases. By chemical nature, coconut and plant sugar derived alkanes are stable, which applies to formulating cosmetics for extreme conditions (such as intense climates or highly acidic formulas). Read more...

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Innovation Superclusters - How They Will Help The Canadian Cosmetic & Beauty Industries

Innovation Superclusters - How They Will Help The Canadian Cosmetic & Beauty Industries

October 09, 2020

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PARIS In the Big Beauty AI Research Game

PARIS In the Big Beauty AI Research Game

September 18, 2020

Big Beauty is getting into the AI research game. L’Oréal and Kering are amongst the five founding sponsors of the new Hi! Paris research centre, according to WWD.com.  The research centre has been supported by the Haute École de Commerce Paris and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris and focuses on artificial intelligence and data.

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Natural -vs- Synthetic - Uncovering the Facts Part 1

Natural -vs- Synthetic - Uncovering the Facts Part 1

September 16, 2020

When nature meets science and science defines nature, we can find a harmony with which to move forward in natural product development.

Everything is a chemical. Water is a chemical (H2O), vitamins are complex chemicals, simple, one ingredient herbal extracts are volatile complex chemicals, therefore there is no such thing as chemical-free products.  Although, there can be certified natural ingredients, those from plants are considered by scientists to be extremely volatile chemicals that are known allergens, disruptors and pose issues when formulating.

 

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Barrier Beauty ::: Repair On Duty

Barrier Beauty ::: Repair On Duty

August 17, 2020

The significance of the skin barrier today is relative to the amount of cleansing our skin experiences during current the Covid-19 flux in order to stay free of foreign toxicants.

Barrier damage can be caused by

  • suffocating skin tissue
  • over treating skin
  • over cleansing skin
  • scraping, pulling, stretching of the skin excessively

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