German natural ingredient supplier Cremer Care announces availability of "a natural, purely vegetable alternative to petrolatum." Commonly known as petroleum jelly or paraffin jelly, petrolatum has been used in the personal-care industry for roughly 150 years for its moisturizing, soothing and aesthetic benefits in products including bath and hair-care items, sunscreens and makeup. "Relying on fossil oil as the basis of petrolatum is definitively not up-to-date anymore," says Cremer March 31. After several failed attempts at a natural replacement for petrolatum, firm says it has "a real worldwide novelty" in the form of Cremerlin, developed by one of its subsidiaries. Firms seeking natural and organic certification may be particularly interested in the product, which will be displayed for the first time at the "In Cosmetics" exhibition in Munich April 21-23
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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Lisa Sequino returns to Estee Lauder to lead the strategic direction and global growth of its makeup brands. Church & Dwight has signed up two-time Olympic Gymnast Jordan Chiles as an ambassador for its Hero Cosmetics skincare brand. Plus more beauty news in brief.
The EU Council has introduced a key amendment to Article 51 (para 1, point e) of the new pharma directive: “A medicinal product shall be subject to medical prescription where it is an antimicrobial, unless intended for topical use.”
The Independent Beauty Association has launched an interactive Policy Map tracking state and federal bills and filtering by state or topic, pinpointing bills of great priority.
