While this year's in-cosmetics was statistically a triumph, with more than 9,400 visitors flocking to Porte de Versailles in Paris to interact with the 650-plus exhibiting companies, things were rather muted on the innovation front. This is not to say there were no novel ingredient launches, or intelligent new ways of meeting customer demand, only that many exhibitors opted to market existing ingredients, usually in the context of new data providing greater insight into known modes of action, or newly discovered benefits.
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