On October 18, the National Bureau of Statistics officially released the main data of the total retail sales of social consumer goods in September. According to these data, we can see that in September, the retail sales of cosmetics reached 32.9 billion yuan, but compared with the same period last year, the figure showed a decline of 4.5%. It is worth noting that the year-on-year growth rate of cosmetics retail sales has declined for four consecutive months.

The decline in the year-on-year growth rate of cosmetic retail sales is rooted in the changing market environment. Consumer demand and preferences for cosmetics are also quietly changing. Firstly, with the improvement of health awareness, consumers have higher and higher requirements for the composition, safety and environmental protection of cosmetics, which prompts the cosmetics industry to constantly innovate and upgrade products to meet the new needs of consumers. Secondly, the intensification of market competition is also one of the reasons for the decline in retail sales of cosmetics. With the continuous influx of domestic and foreign brands, the competition in the cosmetics market is becoming more and more fierce. In order to occupy a place in the market, brands have increased their marketing efforts and launched various promotional activities to attract consumers' attention.

We, Anhui Newman fine chemicals Co., ltd, is the top leading manufacturer of carbomer and acrylates copolymer. As a water-soluble rheological modifier, carbomer has been extensively applied used in personal care products and pharmaceuticals, and industrial fields for more than 70 years due to its efficient thickening and suspension performance, high safety, and no irritation to human body and skin.

we have cosmetics grade carbomers, including carbomer such as NM-Carbomer 30, carbomer 10, carbomer 934, but also improved carbomer such as NM-Carbomer 20, 2020, 21, 1342, 1382 with INCI Name: Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Cross polymer. 

Especially, we launched polymeric emulsifier  NM-Carbomer TR series, such as NM-Carbomer TR-1, TR-2 and TR-3. They are an oil-in-water non-ethoxylated polymer, which requires very little amount to prepare stable and mild oil-in-water emulsions  Providing emulsion stability, smooth texture, and a pleasant fresh sensory for emulsions.

On August 22, 2023, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) on the determination of pH value of water-oil cosmetics and other 21 modification items into the cosmetic safety Technical specification (2015 version) notice (No. 41 of 2023), the new management limit of cosmetics prohibited components benzene (2mg/kg), If it is technically impossible to avoid benzene as an impurity into cosmetics, its limit value shall not exceed 2mg/kg" into the "Cosmetic Safety Technical Specification (2015 edition)" Chapter II of the prohibited components of cosmetics 1 note (3), implemented from the date of release. 

Since then, there has been growing concern about carbomer toxicity, and  the potential impurities such as  benzene in carbomer. "Benzene free carbomer" become popular.

For Strict control of potential risk impurity such as heavy metals, benzene etc. we have tested and checked every production unit,  from raw materials used in production, production process, packaging and so on. To ensure that the impurity benzene content of our Newman Carbomer meets the industry standards, and the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (ChP.), the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP/NF), the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph.Eur.), the British Pharmacopoeia (BP), the Indian Pharmacopoeia(IP), the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JPE) and relevant regulations.