Skin and hair remain two of the most popular areas for treatment
with naturals or naturally derived sources. “In hair care
and skin care, optimization of color for both skin and hair
is a huge market,” says Sonia Dawson, marketing executive,
botanicals, Croda. Nut extracts such as Croda’s Castanha
do Brasil, from the company’s Crodamazon line of Amazonian
oils, contain juglones that have been shown to work in combination
with tanning actives such as DHA to create a more bronze color.
Further, the company found that the same effect can be achieved
in hair care applications. “The oil improved hair color
washfastness by 30% when used in a hair color dye formulation,”
said Dawson.
