Front-running brands of nanocosmetics
It has been found out from different surveys that almost all the major cosmetic manufacturers use nanotechnology in their various products. Cosmetics giant Estee Lauder entered the NanoMarket in 2006 with a range of products containing “NanoParticles”. L’Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company, is devoting about $600 million dollars, of its $17 billion dollar revenues, to Nano patents, and has patented the use of dozens of “nanosome particles”. It ranks number 6 in nanotech patent holders in the U.S.[3] Other examples include Freeze 24/7, DDF (Doctor's Dermatologic Formula), and Colorescience.[4] An estimation of how the top 10 cosmetic companies of the world rank in terms of nano-related patents, based on Espacenet database