Dow : Personal Care Unveils Cutting-Edge Innovations Promoting Skin and Hair Wellness at in-cosmetics Global 2024

Dow's commitment to sustainability shines through in its advanced Concept
Collections, featuring microbiome-friendly certified ingredients for sustainable
skin, make-up and hair care formulations.

MIDLAND, Mich. - April 15, 2024 - Dow (NYSE: Dow) will unveil its latest innovations at in-cosmetics Global in Paris, France, from April 16-18 (booth 1L80). Showcasing product launches promoting skin and scalp wellness through skin microbiome-friendly certified ingredients, Dow will introduce three concept collections for a complete skin, make-up, and hair care routine, along with offering an exclusive preview of four DOWSIL™ products, marking the pioneering carbon-neutral silicone elastomer blends.

New Collections Include:

• Dermocosmetics Concepts Collection, featuring 30 Dow products carefully chosen for their ability to address specific skin and scalp conditions.
• Hair Care Concepts Collection, emphasizing formulations that are sustainable, deliver shine, and align with key industry trends.
• Make-up Concepts Collection, designed with higher than 90% natural origin content formulations for a complete make-up routine.

"We believe in delivering the performance you love and the safety you trust through cutting-edge scientific innovations, which enable us to orchestrate customer success in the personal care industry," said Isabel Almiro do Vale, Global Strategic Market Director of Dow Personal Care. "With three exceptional collections tailored to different categories, we are prioritizing healthy skin with skin microbiome-friendly certified ingredients. Additionally, we are accelerating our journey towards a low carbon economy, providing an exclusive glimpse of the launch of the first Carbon-Neutral Silicone Elastomer Blends PAS 2060 certified for skin and make-up applications. This release underscores our commitment to both performance and sustainability, reinforcing our responsibility to meet the evolving needs of our customers and the planet."

Additionally, Dow will debut the promotion of its skin microbiome-friendly ingredients which have been recently certified by MyMicrobiome AG, including the first skin microbiome-friendly certified silicone technologies in the industry. These ingredients that respect the skin's natural microbial balance are featured the Dermocosmetics Concepts Collection.

Dow scientists will also host a live formulation masterclass on April 18 at 9:30 am in Lab 1, demonstrating the creation of "Revitalize My Face," a gentle and moisturizing night cream tailored for sensitive, dry-prone skin. This water-in-oil emulsion features four of Dow's skin microbiome-friendly ingredients.

To learn more about Dow's advanced technologies, visit the Innovation Zone, Sustainability Corner and Make-Up Bar, and meet with Dow experts at booth 1L80.

About Dow Personal Care Solutions
Dow Personal Care offers unique, innovative ingredients that empower customers around the world to create products with exceptional performance and exciting benefits that consumers can trust and believe in. Consumers that seek the confidence of a healthy appearance can see and feel the difference in our products through their lustrous hair or radiant and protected skin. We leverage our understanding of customer needs, deep market knowledge and technical expertise-combined with one of the broadest portfolios of technologies-to deliver personal care solutions with outstanding performance that are safe for people and the planet. We foster these innovations on global and local levels to meet the needs of diverse consumers through business centers, research, and development (R&D), manufacturing plants and customer applications centers around the world. Please visit www.dow.com/virtual/beautyexperience/.

About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world's leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visiting www.dow.com.

For further information, please contact:

Stefanie Hoffmann
+41 79 954 9620
shoffmann3@dow.com

Jackie Hart
1 (212) 697-2600
jhart@gscommunications.com