Vehicle exhaust, industrial emissions, dust particles – pollution is a growing global concern. Levels of emissions are rising in many countries, especially across the Asia-Pacific region, and awareness is growing on a worldwide scale. Worries about the effects of pollution on the hair and skin are also increasing.
A recent survey by the market research company Mintel, for example, found that 63% of adults in the UK feel that the stresses modern life, including pollution, are damaging their skin. In China, Mintel determined that 55% of consumers want to know more about how to protect themselves from pollution. And the Korean e-commerce company revealed that 75% of Korean customers had bought a product to protect against fine dust particles.
In response, BASF Personal Care has developed the concept Hairmony, a threefold approach to hair protection.