Personal Care

“Beauty is truth - truth, beauty - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” John Keats.

The personal care industry is driven by the need to constantly identify, develop and market new, natural ingredients for skin-care, cosmetics and toiletries  which confer anti-wrinkle, skin-smoothing, anti-oxidant and even skin lightening activity.  Many of these and other ingredients may be found in plants.  Trends include using extracts from fresh foods such as broccoli and tomato, and new superfruits like Acai.    

MacTavish:West specialise in identifying new ingredients for skin-care and other personal care products, and in developing or identifying supply chains for these ingredients.  We can search based on bioactive or bioactivity, and we can source organic, UK-grown or sustainable  sources of just about anything. We team up with experienced academic researchers who can test the composition or bioactivity of your extract or formulate it in a specific way to suit your needs. 

We can also help you with the supporting technical information for your product specification/information sheets, for efficacy claims or for promotional and marketing activities.

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