Gut Health as Skin Health: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Feb 1st, 2024
Jeb Gleason-Allured, content director, Global Cosmetic Industry; and Rachel Grabenhofer, managing scientific editor, and Peter Smedley, assistant editor, Cosmetics & Toiletries
Cosmetics & Toiletries
The connection between diet and the skin has long been known, but new research points to the connections between skin and gut health for a range of issues, including acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.
The connection between diet and the skin has long been known, but new research points to the connections between skin and gut health for a range of issues, including acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.
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When Trendalyticsa unveiled its 2024 ingredient trends to watch, it highlighted many familiar and traditional materials, including whole-body wellness materials such as magnesium, antibacterial mugwort, anti-inflammatory castor oil and magnesium, hydrating sea buckthorn, moisturizing sodium hyaluronate, Ayurvedic turmeric, anti-aging orris root, hair health secret weapon rosemary, and retinol-like rambutan. While the list proves that what’s old is new, a wide range of new ingredients and emerging claims provide new innovation opportunities.

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