Editor’s Note
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WHAT ARE THE COSMETIC HOUSES
DOING?
Several cosmetic houses around the
world are racing to increase their sales. To do that enormous amounts of
money and work is being spent in introducing new innovative products to
consumers. At the same time, the consumer has shown willingness to pay high
prices for products that are effective and elegant.
On the part of the
manufacturer, the effective and elegant products have put significantly more
quality control demands during the manufacturing process. This is also
evidenced by the introduction of Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Guidelines by
the FDA. Furthermore, new legal guidelines are introduced to control the use
of new ingredients in cosmetic products. This has led to introduction of new
technologies to produce consumer-friendly products. All of these processes
have added new cost to the price of cosmetics. This by no means has stopped
the consumer from paying for these new products. This is shown by the
increase in the value of the global market for skin care, makeup, hair care,
fragrance and toiletry products, which is estimated to be $ 125 billion.
In order to develop these
innovative and better products, many cosmetic houses are spending huge sums
of money on Research and Development, controlled manufacturing process and
approved suppliers for raw materials. More money and effort is also spent on
new consumer-friendly products as well as new techniques to manufacture
products more efficiently.
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Currently cosmetic
sciences are actively engaged in developing two technologies: delivery of
cosmetic actives on the site of action in intact form via a carrier, this
carrier is the LIPOSOME, which is widely used as high tech cosmetic delivery
system. The other aspect of these technologies is new and improved cosmetic
materials to improve the finished product both practically (effective) and
aesthetically (elegance and look).
It is clear that our local
cosmetic houses need to review their standing. They must seriously consider
the introduction of quality control measurers in their manufacturing process,
as well as use new technologies to improve the delivery of their cosmetic
actives to the skin. This will, eventually make them more competitive in the market.
Editor-in-Chief,
Dr. Abdalla Elkhawad.
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