Variblend-Powered Skincare System Wins Prestigious Innovation Competition

Dec. 3, 2015 - PRLog -- VariBlend, the world’s leader in custom-blending, variable-dispensing technology, announced that its customer, the UK’s Alfa Chemicals Ltd, has won the Society of Cosmetic Scientists’ (SCS) new Laura Marshall Memorial Award for the Year's Most Innovative Cosmetic Product.

         The winning product was the DUO-PUMP All-in-one Travel Kit from Alfa Chemicals.  It contains a hydric and lipidic gel, stored separately and designed to work together to produce a range of different skin care products depending on the proportions of each used.

Alfa’s platform allows consumers to choose the dosage of each gel and thus formulate custom-made products on-the-go.  The company chose the patented Variblend® dual dispensing system (http://www.variblend.com/how-it-works/), which delivers the two phases independently.  They can be instantly combined by massaging them together at the moment of application, into a smooth and stable emulsion.

According to Caroline Recardo, Head of Personal Care at Alfa, “This was truly a team effort from start to finish.  A big thanks to VariBlend, who supported and advised us fully in this project, and provided us with the ideal packaging solution.”  The international judging panel included industry professionals from leading trade associations and brands.

         Recardo also noted that the added benefit of the VariBlend dispensing system is that the amount of each phase delivered from the pump can be altered easily using the dial. The desired product can therefore be selected by the user depending on personal preference.

“Congratulations to the entire Alfa team – it was truly a team effort,” said Robert Brands, President and CEO of VariBlend.  “Alfa deserves recognition for its innovative approach to consumer skin care concerns.  The multi-position, custom-blending design of our dispenser helps consumers design a personalized, multi-element formula, by simply turning the dispenser head stop-by-stop.”

The Variblend system, which can also be fixed at specific settings, allows for precise delivery of two formulas of varying viscosities and flow rates. Simply rotating the dispenser head allows the consumer to select multiple formula strengths.  As the dispenser head is rotated, it changes the position of the actuating disc, which interacts with the pump pistons.  When actuated, this disc pushes each pump piston at different angles depending upon the selected mixing ratio.

About Alfa Chemicals Ltd

Alfa Chemicals is a UK distributor of specialty ingredients to the UK Personal Care market, offering substantiated actives, novel texturizing and functional ingredients for skincare, haircare, bath and body.

The company’s in-house range of 100 percent natural functional ingredients – the ‘AlfaCos’ range (http://www.alfa-chemicals.co.uk/personal-care/partners/al...) – was the inspiration for the development of its “All-in-one Travel Kit,” which contains both a hydric and lipidic gel which emulsify instantly when combined.

All of the AlfaCos ingredients contained within this formulation are COSMOS approved and 100 percent natural.

www.alfa-chemicals.co.uk

About VariBlend

VariBlend is the world leader in the manufacture of custom-blending, dual-dispensing technology.  By rotating the dispenser head, multiple formula strengths can be selected.  Fixed ratio settings are also available.  Variblend’s patented systems satisfy consumer demand for product personalization and freshness.  The patented technology behind VariBlend had previously been sub-licensed and marketed by Versadial Inc.

www.variblend.com