Fragrance Packaging Takes Center Stage - Beauty Packaging Magazine

Fragrance Packaging Takes Center Stage - Beauty Packaging Magazine

Let us help you with your fragrance advertising and marketing needs. Lipo Technologies has products to help your product stand out from the rest.

Lipo Chemicals Merges with Vantage Specialty Chemicals - HAPPI

Lipo Chemicals Merges with Vantage Specialty Chemicals - HAPPI

What industries does Lipo Technologies work in?

We break our customer’s down into the following categories:

1. Fragrance Printing

2. Cosmetic/Personal Care

3. Food Grade/Nutraceutical

4. Industrial - This is the broadest category and encompasses anything that does not fit into the other categories such as: adhesives and catalysts, flame retardants, phase change materials, insect repellents, pet care, lubricants, leucodyes, etc.

The only industry that we do not work in is pharmaceutical. We consider versatility our greatest strength. By working in so many different industries we can apply our research and development advances to benefit so many of our customers.

For more news on microencapsulation, contact Lipo Technologies today!

5K for the Dayton VA

Lipo Technologies employees Cristen, Larry and Brad and their families participated in a 5K for the Dayton VA this Memorial Day weekend to raise money for the organization. Thank you for your participation in our community and congrats on your achievement!

Lipobeads

Lipobeads are a uniform, spherical, semi-solid matrix of lactose or mannitol, microcrystalline cellulose and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose colored by pigments.

- Supplied as dry microbeads
- Hydrate in aqueous formulations in approx 4-6 hours
- When the product is applied, microbeads disappear upon rub out.
Can withstand high shear processing without breaking
* Two size ranges:
* 700 microns average
- 1500 microns average
- Can contain hydrophobic or hydrophilic core materials.
- Popular internal phases:
- Vitamins A, E and C
- Natural oils such as Tea Tree Oil
- Antibacterial agents such as Triclosan.
- Lipobeads™ contain a maximum load of 5%.

Lipobead™ Product Usage Tips:
The Lipobead™ product line is very easy to utilize when formulating and processing. Follow these simple guidelines to facilitate trouble-free processing and to optimize the stability and utility of the final product.
- Avoid a pH below 6.5 especially when using Lipobeads™ containing ultramarine pigments
- When using Lipobead™ products, avoid strong solvents like:
* Toluene
* Ketones
* Butyl Acetate
* Cyclohexane
* Aromatic Solvents

Formulations must contain a minimum of 15% water for the Lipobeads™ to fully hydrate.

For more information on Lipo Technologies microbead products, please contact us!

Brittney Participates in MS Walk

On 4/17/2010 Brittney and her team raised money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society by taking part in the annual MS Walk. Way to go Brittney!

Congratulations Kristi & Michael

Austin Michael was born on 4/15/2010. He was 8 lbs. 11 oz. and 22 inches long. Congratulations on your handsome new addition from everyone at LTI!

TransluScent

TransluScent is the newest method of advertising fragrances. It answers the call for an application of a fragranced product on conventional ink, varnish or aqueous coating application units. This product has great capabilities, as it can be printed directly over oil or water-based inks. The fragrance varnish, when scratched or rubbed, emits fragrance. Fragrance varnish does not require any specialized finishing equipment. This allows more printers the opportunity to produce fragrance promotions.

TransluScent Properties and Applications
* Can be water- or solvent-based
* Microencapsulated fragrance oils incorporated into conventional varnishes and coatings
* Supplied to printers:
o In press-ready form
o As powder, to be mixed into printer's binder system
* Applied as varnish, after ink application, but before drying ovens
* Application methods include:
o Flexo
o Offset web
o Sheet fed
o Gravure

*Please contact our technical service group for further advice on using fragrance promotion sampling products. Specific press recommendations are available for each product.

When Appearance Counts...

Cosmetics… Personal Care…Beauty…Wellness…however you describe it, this industry has become a multi-billion dollar international market. To succeed, your product must stand apart in a crowded, competitive field.

Microcapsules play an important and growing role in the health & beauty industry.
They offer an ideal and unique carrier system for active ingredients. Their striking effects can enhance the tactile and visual appearance of a variety of cosmetic and personal care products.

Lipo Technologies is at the forefront of microencapsulation, designing applications for bath gels, lotions, tanning, makeup, aromatherapy-the list goes on and on. From controlled release to the isolation of actives, our comprehensive line of technically innovative delivery methods offers you virtually unlimited formulation possibilities.

In the world of Cosmetics & Personal Care, opportunity is all around you. With Lipo's talent, experience and technology, opportunity never looked so good!

Product Spotlight: Lipoarticle

Lipoparticle™ products consist of an entrapped material, which can then be encapsulated in a Lipocapsule™ or Liposphere™. An advantageous property of this system is that hydrophilic materials can be incorporated into the product.

* Examples of Lipoparticle™ substrates:
o Cyclodextrin
o Porous Nylon
o Silica Based Materials
o Cellulose

* Size range from 5-500 microns

* Examples of Active Ingredients:
o Salicylic Acid
o Tocopherol
o Menthol
o Triclosan
o Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate
o Optical Brighteners

Please contact our technical service group for further advice on formulating with Lipoparticle™

In the Zone

The right delivery system takes key ingredients where they need to be so they can be the most beneficial to the skin.

By Christine Esposito Associate Editor

Imagine that you are a manufacturer selling amazing widgets. Your soon-to-launch hero SKU has major buzz. Celebrities are talking about it. Consumers are ordering it in droves. You’ve packed up your widgets, and are ready to hit the marketplace. But the delivery truck never arrives; your products never make it to their intended destination.

The same thing can happen in skin care. A formulation can have all the“right” ingredients, but without an effective delivery system, they’re going nowhere.

“Featured ingredients sit proudly on the label of skin care products, and then often sit frustrated on the surface of the skin,” said Mark Chandler, technical manger, skin care innovation with Croda.

What’s worse, your product is doing nothing for consumers either. And now is hardly the time for a misstep, especially in the upper end of the skin care category, a market that has been slowed by the troubled economy. According to data from The NPD Group, Port Washington, NY, October 2009 marked the 12th straight month that prestige skin care sales in the U.S. fell both in dollars and units.“Today’s market is more demanding for quality, immediate performance that can be seen, and cost-effective products,” noted Sam Shefer, executive vice president of Salvona Technologies Inc.

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Smelly Facts

Did you know...
1. Everyone has a unique smell, except for identical twins.
2. Taste is about 75% smell.
3. Women are born better smellers than men and remain better smellers over life.
4. Smell acuity peaks in women at ovulation.
5. Some people can't smell skunks, while others can't smell freesias.
6. Smell function falls off dramatically in men after their mid-50s, a decade earlier than in women.
7. In a recent study, men thought women wearing a Citrus Floral scent were 12 pounds lighter! Can you believe it!
8. Recall can be enhanced if learning is done in the presence of an odor and that same odor is present at the time of the recollection. (For this reason some teachers burn chocolate scented candles in their classroom and then again at Mandatory National Tests like the SAT.)
9. Green apple and cucumber scents create the impression of a larger space, while the scent of roasted meat creates the impression of closer quarters.
10. Astronauts in space tend to lose their sense of smell and taste. Because of the lack of gravity, their sinuses fill up with fluid, causing stuffiness similar to a cold.
11. The smell of lavender can help with insomnia and sleep disorders.
12. The aroma of Green Apples can help control appetite.
13. In a recent study, men thought women wearing a Lily of the Valley scent were 12 pounds lighter!
14. ALL the scents in the world are created by 7 conglomerate companies and then sold to "brands."
15. Whiffing lavender oil during your next dental visit may blur the memory of your pain. Researchers at the University of Florida College of Dentistry exposed 13 men and 13 women to uncomfortable heat and pressure on muscles in the jaw and back and then had them inhale lavender or an odorless control for 10 minutes during different sessions. The lavender oil significantly reduced the memory of pain's intensity and unpleasantness. How to use it: Shake 5 to 10 drops of lavender essential oil onto a tissue; inhale freely during dental work. - Prevention (January 2005)

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