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Chandler Founds ACT Solutions Corp.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Mark Chandler has founded ACT Solutions Corp (Adaptive Cosmetic Technology Solutions), a consultancy focusing on speeding development of cosmetic products with the goal of enhanced aesthetic appeal and efficacy.

Chandler is a veteran of more than 25 years in the personal care industry, most with the Croda/Uniqema/ICI Surfactants companies as technical manager (though with early stints in marketing and sales.)

More info: Mark Chandler, Tel: 302-525-8110 or 302-559-1594 (mobile), Email: [email protected], Website: www.ACTSolutionsCorp.com

Prestige Beauty Sales Surge in China
•Total prestige beauty sales in China increased 21% last year, according to a new study by The NPD Group. The skin care and makeup categories each showed healthy growth of 23% and 17%, respectively.

In prestige skin care, all the segments (face essence, face moisturizer, face basic care, eye, sun treatment, body, and all other: hair, lip, nail, etc.) had steady growth, with face essence (+5%) and moisturizer (+21%) taking the lead by capturing nearly half of skin care sales.

By attribute, anti-aging continued to play as the driving engine by taking half of the skin care category sales and posting a robust growth of nearly 27% in 2011, compared to 2010. Hydrating (+19%) and whitening (+15%) skin care also played a big role in category growth, according to NPD.

In prestige makeup, the face segment captured 59% of the category’s dollar share and increased 18% in dollar sales from 2010. Products that make the face look lighter and smoother like foundation and makeup base continued to play a key role in China. Foundation and makeup base led the face category, up 24% and 30%, respectively.

In addition to face products, lip helped drive the growth in makeup, up 26.5% in 2011. Specifically, lipstick sales grew 31% and lipgloss posted a 22% increase.

On the other hand, sales of eye products were soft (+6%) due to mascara’s sharp decline of 3% in dollars and the slower paced sales of eyeshadow and eyeliner, according to NPD.

More Info: www.npdgroup.com

Sun Care Expert Chris Vaughn Dies
• Sun care industry expert Chris Vaughn passed away last month. Vaughn founded SPF Consulting, a contract manufacturing firm based in Pompano Beach, FL. In addition, he was an integral part of the development of the Florida Chapter of the SCC. Vaughn had been an SCC member since 1975 and was the Florida Chapter Chair in 1990 and again in 1999.

He will be remembered for his huge contribution to the sunscreen industry, all his tireless efforts and contributions to the FLSCC sunscreen symposiums past and for his very colorful personality.

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