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According to a legend, Cleopatra soaked her sails in her perfume so that Mark Antony could smell her ships before they arrived. This is to say that, from soaps and shampoos to perfumes, conditioners and pomades, cosmetics have always been highly valued and used for their properties of aesthetic enhancement. Cosmetics are a broad class of topical agents applied for various purposes such as cleansing, protecting, beautifying, or otherwise altering your appearance. As a result, a wide array of processing equipment is used in the cosmetics industry.

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Horizontal cartoner for pharma and cosmetics

Most pharmaceutical and cosmetics products are packed in cardboard cartons fo...

Pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry products cartoner

A large number of cosmetic and pha...

Automatic cartoner for applications in pharma and cosmetics

For high capacity production...

High-capacity horizontal cartoner for pharma and cosmetics appliances

Cartoners take ca...

Blending tank for cosmetic powders

The production of high-quality cosmetics powders requires perfect mixing and dispersal o...

Manual cosmetic powder press

The design, manufacture and testing of new cosmetic powder products require a small-scale press...

Vibrating screen for cosmetic powders

Dense or viscous compounds can be difficult to prepare for use in cosmetic products. ...

Mixing tanks for liquid cosmetic products

When producing liquid solutions for cosmetics, such as eyeshadow, it’s vital to...

Cosmetic powder pressing machine

For the medium and large-scale production of compressed powder cosmetics, a fully-automatic...

Cosmetic cream filler

From thin liquid baby oils and perfumes to thicker lotions and creams for hair and skincare, cosmetic p...

Emulsifier for cosmetic creams

The process of making cream and lotion involves mixing of water phase and oil phase to create...

High performance classifier

For ultrafine classifying operations in inline mode of all types of fine to medium-fine products...

Air classifier mill

Suitable for the comminution of numerous products and it's utilized in every branch of industry. It is al...

Hammer mill

A hammer mill crushes aggregate material into smaller pieces; the most common applications can be found in food, c...

Spiral jet mill

Jet mills are frequently used in the pharmaceutical industry and also for the production of fine-grade chemica...

Laboratory high shear impact mixer

A Laboratory high shear impact mixer can be used to simulate different processes; from s...

High-speed small volume liquid filler

Fill liquid pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetic products in ampoules and bottl...

Small bottle checkweigher

Any small-diameter bottle, containing prescription medication or cosmetic applications, can be pro...

Small batch filter press for oil seeds

Getting a high-quality oil filtration can be a challenging task,  with a filtration ...

Cold oil press for seeds

With a cold oil press, you can optimize the process of extracting oil from a wide variety of oil see...

Vacuum tray dryer with clean-in-place system

Cabinet tray dryers can be difficult to clean, making their use difficult for...

Horizontal paddle vacuum dryer

Agitated vacuum dryers can be difficult to clean which makes them unsuitable for multi-produc...

Low speed can sleeve applicator

Flexible automatic low speed application of shrink sleeving to cans is used in various indus...

Low speed shrink sleeve applicator

A variety of industries require flexible addition of shrink sleeves to containers on the...

Shrink sleeve applicator - 400 per minute

Flexible medium to high speed application of shrink sleeveing to containers is u...

Shrink sleeve applicator - 600 per minute

Several industries require the flexible addition of shrink sleeves to containers...

Sterile filling line for injectables

Sterile filling of liquids and powders for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries ...

Flexible automatic inspection machine for ampoules, vials, cartridges

If you are looking to improve the efficiency of y...

Small automatic inspector for ampoules, vials, or cartridges

Inspect small batch production of ampoules, vials, or cartr...

Semi-automatic inspection machine for ampoules, vials or cartridges

If you need to increase the efficiency of your manu...

Visual and HVLD inspection for ampoules, vials and cartridges

Do you need to improve the efficiency and capability of yo...

Semi-automatic filling machine for nail polish

Do you need to automate a smaller cosmetic line without the large costs ass...

Compact monoblock filler

Filling and capping bottles and pots for food, chemical and cosmetic...

Flowmeter filler

For larger production runs of food, non-food and cosmetics industries, where ...

In-line monoblock linear filler & capper

In many food, chemicals and cosmetic industry...

Servo controlled filler

For food and non-food liquid products that are high foam or have a hi...

Pilot high pressure homogenizer

For maximum value, a high-pressure homogenizer that’s suita...

A two-component filling application tube filler

A wide variety of pharmaceutical, cosmetic...

Low speed tube filler

Increasing numbers of products in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food...

Medium speed tube filler and sealer

For scale-up filling of tube packaging for pharmaceutic...

Medium and high speed range automatic tube filler

When scaling up production of pharmaceu...

High speed automatic tube filler

For high-volume lines filling pharmaceutical, cosmetic or f...

Loading cassette for a tube filler

High performance tube-filling machines are used in the p...

Tube feeder for a small scale production tube filler

Low speed tube-filling machines are ...

Tube feeding unit for high volume and high speed tube filler

High performance tube-filli...

Tube unloader and feeder

The pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries utilise high speed tube f...

Vertical cartoner for pharmaceutical applications

Many pharmaceutical and cosmetic produc...

Wet Wipes Packaging Machine

Sachet packaging is a convenient and popular wrapping method for a wide range of products in the...

Modular HFFS Machine

A large range of sizes and types is available, with traditional horizontal form fill and seal machines b...

Continuous pack cartoner

High volume automatic cartoning is vital for large scale production ...

Entry-level chamber washer

When cleaning smaller products contacting filling or compressing ...

Bulk chamber washer

The production of cosmetics, nutraceuticals or unregulated pharmaceutical...

Homogenizer for creams

Homogenization (or pharmaceutical micronization) is the process of red...

Horizontal cartoner for pharmaceutical applications

Automatic cartoning for cosmetic or p...

Automatic lipstick filling machine

Lipsticks, lip balms and lip glosses are very popular cosmetic products that require hig...

Compact powder pressing machine

Pressed powder products are extremely popular in cosmetics, but their production has challen...

Filling machine for creams

Liquid cosmetics have particular requirements when it comes to filling and capping containers. Mo...

Benchtop mill for ointments

Pharmaceutical and cosmetic creams, ointments, gels and pastes can deliver a wide range of activ...

High shear lab mixer for creams

Lab-scale mixers are vital in the design or small-batch production of a range of pharmaceuti...

Drop tester for compacted powders

A key requirement for cosmetic compressed powder products is that they maintain their com...

Makeup blusher compacting machine

When producing high-quality compressed powder cosmetics, control of the pressing process ...

Powder pressing mould

Traditional powder pressing moulds are based on plain shapes or basic designs. In order to differentiat...

Reverse Osmosis water filtration system

Reverse osmosis uses a partially permeable membrane to remove undesirable molecules...

Industrial blister packaging machine for retail products

A blister can be simply defined as a type of packaging that cons...

Semiautomatic blister sealing machines for medical devices

Mostly used in the pharmaceutical and medical industries, bli...

Linear machine for wraparound label

Wraparound labels allow you to offer detailed information using a small space or fit ex...

Batch vacuum mixer for emulsion-based products

The production of creams or ointments can be either be a water in oil (w/o)...

Ultrasonic barbell for extraction

Conventional extraction methods are time-consuming, labour-intensive and can sometimes be...

Pilot ultrasonic extractor

In the herbal medicine industry, an ultrasonic extractor is a valid alternative to conventional e...

Shrink sleeve labeling machine

Shrink sleeves are new type of full-colour labels that give the opportunity to create a 360-d...

Steam tunnel for shrink sleeve labels

When it comes to the option of applying sleeves or film on a container without wrinkl...

Evaporator for heat sensitive products

The removal of solvents when making products in industries like food, cosmetics, pha...
Tablet press

Eccentric press for refill tablets

Hundreds of different refill tablets, of various shapes or sizes, are on the market toda...

Complete cutting, mixing, emulsifying and heating system

From laboratory scale to large volume food or cosmetic productio...

Continuous chocolate line with vertical ball mills

To mix and refine cocoa liquor, cocoa powder, sugar, and lecithin, sev...

Sachet Machine

If you want to pack into eye-catching 4-side sealed sachets between 40x50 mm and 250x200 mm in size, investing ...

Air flow classifier

Air-flow classifier (pneumatic product feed) for the fine classification of talc, calcium carbonate, bent...

Single-wheel air classifier

For medium-sized fines yields in the mineral powder and filler industry.

Ultrafine pin mill

Particularly designed for humid, oily, and greasy products.

Fluidized bed opposed jet mills

Fluidized bed opposed jet mills rely purely on particle-to-particle attrition in the center ...

Table roller mill

Table roller mills are robust and time-proven mills for soft to medium-hard mineral raw materials and indus...

Vertical peeler centrifuge

A vertical peeler centrifuge is used to separate solids, usually to separate fine particles from ...

Volumetric fillers for viscous liquids

When you are filling viscous liquids, you can reach good precision and high-speeds u...

Laboratory conical screw vacuum dryer

The laboratory conical screw vacuum dryer is particularly suitable for the final dryi...

Compact shrink sleeve applicator

Adding tamper prevention to product packaging can be expensive and difficult to set up. Thi...

In-line tamper evident applicator head

Integrating tamper protection equipment into an existing production line means addit...

Tamper-evident sleeve applicator for caps

Reliability, continuity and changeover time are key success factors for tamper-e...

High-speed unscrambler for large bottles

Large volume plastic bottling plants need high-speed unscramblers suitable for lar...

High-speed unscrambler for small bottles

Large-scale production of smaller volume bottled product needs a gentle, accurate ...

Low-speed unscrambler

Smaller plastic bottling lines need a lower cost, lower volume unscrambling machine that maintains gent...

Multi-head capper

For the stand-alone capping of bottles of up to 2.5litre capacity you need ...

Single head capper

For the stand-alone capping of bottles of up to 30 litre capacity for smal...

High pressure pilot homogenizer

Biotech and pharmaceutical development programs often requir...

High pressure industrial homogenizer

For any industrial pharmaceutical process that relies ...

High pressure electric laboratory homogenizer

It’s vital that small units for experimenta...

High pressure air powered laboratory homogenizer

Offering lab-scale to small pharmaceutica...

High capacity cartoner for pharmaceutical applications

Many pharmaceutical products are p...

Planetary mixer for confectionery and bakery production

For the best quality confectionar...

Centrifugal mixer for batters and creams

Batters, creams and other delicate sauces and emul...

Entry level HFFS Machine for flat sachets

Traditional horizontal form fill and seal sachet machines for lower volume lines...

HFFS machine with servo-control system

Traditional HFFS machines use mechanical cams to drive the production path through t...

High Speed Premade Pouch Packaging Machine

Pre-made pouches can be problematic for traditional cam-driven mechanical HFS m...

Portable IBC washer

The thorough cleaning of bulk containers and other storage and processing...

IBC bin washer and dryer

Many pharmaceutical processes use IBCs of multiple sizes throughout ...

CIP system for bulk tanks

Clean in Place (CIP) technology offers many advantages, but tradit...

GMP chamber washer

The thorough cleaning of small product contact parts has always been chall...

GMP washer

In order to guarantee zero cross-contamination between production batches, the prop...

Loading basket for GMP washer

To ensure perfect cleaning of contact parts they must be place...

Mascara filling machine

For smaller production volumes, a fully automatic filling solution for mascara, eyeliner, lip gloss a...

Acid filling machine

Traditional filling solutions are not appropriate for corrosive substances as they make extensive use of...

Liquid detergent filling machine

Filling of liquid detergents requires specialised equipment because of the foaming nature o...

Automatic bottle capping machine

Traditional bottle capping systems are inflexible, limiting the scope of your packaging and...

Automatic can sealer

If you need to cap paint, glues, and solvents containers and are currently manually placing the lids, yo...

Semi-automatic trigger capping machine

Trigger spray bottle are the ideal capping solution for many chemical and household ...

Flower oil extraction machine

The production of “essential oils” has traditionally involved using heat and distillation to...

Medicinal plant extraction machine

Traditional methods for extracting active compounds from medicinal plants or herbs use h...

Pharmaceutical formulation and mixing tanks

Preparation lines for formulating pharmaceuticals include fixed and mobile tan...

Semi-automatic blister sealing machines for retail

Blister packaging is mostly used in retail packaging for food, electro...

Thermoforming vacuum and pressure machine for tray production

Thermoforming is the process of converting a plain plastic...

Automatic blister sealing machine for retail products

Blister packages for retail are usually designed with a paperboard ...

Self-adhesive linear labeling machine for bottles

It is vital to have precise and long-lasting labels on bottles to avoid...

Continuous mixer for toothpaste production

When manufacturing toothpaste, dispersing and mixing powders into liquids to cr...

Hot air tunnel for shrink sleeve labels

Sleeves are very popular in food, beverage, Chemical and pharmaceutical industry be...

Automatic centrifuge for cannabis

Centrifugation is an effective method for producing cannabis extracts. The extraction pro...

Hand sanitizer capping machine

Bottled products such as hand sanitizers, shampoos, and liquid detergents, have different cap...

R&D bottle washer

Manufacturers of products that use bottles, vials, syringes, and test tubes as containers need to wash them...

Powder dosing system

Dosing of powder products must be done in a continuously controlled manner to provide a precise amount o...

Pilot plant homogeniser

From food to pharma, homogenization is an essential step in the production process that provides unif...

Gentle mixing solution for gelatin powder

The fragile nature of gelatin makes it a challenging material to blend homogeneo...

Hygienic Cartoning Machine For Pharma and Health Products

When packing single or multiple vials, ampoules or devices int...
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Natural chemistry, a shift towards more organic skincare

There is a growing dissatisfaction with the chemical constituents of traditional cosmetics and personal care products, especially among younger generations. Many newer cosmetics have dropped such problematic chemicals for natural alternatives much to the satisfaction of their consumers. Our understanding of natural compounds has dramatically improved in recent years, and these high quality alternatives often perform as well or even better than the chemicals they replace. Paraben preservatives may be replaced by plant-derived formulations of salicylic acid for example, and petro-chemical agents may be replaced by novel, natural polysaccharide compounds. Renewable, natural, and biodegradable cosmetics appeal to consumers wanting to live more in harmony with both their bodies and the environment.

Achieving regulatory compliance in making cosmetic products

All cosmetics are subject to some form of regulation, but the specifics vary from region to region. European guidelines provide rules for the whole of the EU constituents, while the US has its own set. While many aspects are similar, the EU has a significantly more extended list of banned substances in making cosmetic products such as parabens and formaldehyde permitted in the US. Among others, regulations generally emphasize safety, the appointment of a responsible party, directives for sampling, analysis, animal testing and labeling, and good manufacturing practices.

How cosmetic labeling forms the basis of regulation

A crucial aspect of the cosmetic regulatory process, proper labeling is essential for regulatory approval. A prospective cosmetic in the EU must include the list of ingredients, expiration date, warnings, purpose, batch number, and nominal contents at the time of packing. In addition, you must declare the business name and related information, such as the registered office and the responsible party. You may be asked to provide other data deemed necessary to meet regulations, so take care to check with your local authorities. Due to the broad range of products classified as cosmetics, the scrutiny given to a product may also vary, but more scientifically complex will generally be more heavily reviewed before approval.

In labeling cosmetics, the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients provides standardized names for over 16,000 ingredients. The list is maintained regularly, provides a reference for how ingredients should be consistently labeled worldwide, and independently assesses the safety of those ingredients in unbiased analysis. Ingredients are labeled in order from the most abundant to the least.

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