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Does Your Product Belong Among the
C&T Allē Award
Elites? Enter the 2026 Program to Find Out
The
C&T Allē Awards
have a long history of recognizing excellence across the cosmetic landscape. Does your innovation have what it takes to join them? Enter now to find out.
Color Cosmetics
Solésence's New CEO Details Mission to Revolutionize Skin Health
Sun Care
Univar Solutions Expands Personal Care Offerings in Brazil with Best Value Chem Partnership
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Launches & Claims
Safety Alerts in Beauty: TPO Bans, Heat Styling and Nanoparticle Emissions, Soap and Sunscreen Recalls and More
Here, we provide an overview of recent red flags relating to cosmetics and personal care product safety; from ingredient bans to product recalls and emerging research on nanoparticle emissions.
Sponsored
Garnier Targets Men with Innovative Skincare Solutions via Gaming Community
Garnier partners EA SPORTS FC Mobile Festival Bangkok 2025 to deliver skincare solutions for men. Garnier’s performance-driven expertise helps gamers level up their #GarnierGAMEFACE to be their best, confident selves – both in-game and IRL.
Skin Care
Turning CO₂ into Beauty: The Palm Oil Alternative Designed to Save Rainforests
The project taps LanzaTech biotech processes to convert captured CO
2
into alcohol, similar to beer brewing.
Launches & Claims
Beyond the Hype:
C&T Allēs
Honor Beauty Innovation Through Scientific Rigor
We've established comprehensive scientific evaluation criteria for the 2026
C&T Allē Awards
, ensuring innovations are assessed through evidence-based methodology that honors the technical rigor driving beauty industry breakthroughs.
Color Cosmetics
Biobased Ingredients Usher in the Era of High-performance Clean Beauty
Bio-based solutions meet consumer demand for safe, effective and eco-friendly products and offer a path forward for conventional clean brands in a dermocosmetic-dominated era.
Consumers & Markets
Safety Alert: Sunscreen 'Doping' and Foam Formats Raise Red Flags
Recent regulatory attention highlights both hidden sunscreen actives in cosmetic products, and the legal gray zone of mousse-format sunscreens — prompting calls for clearer labeling and format approval.
Skin Care
High-Performance Biotech: The Future of Beauty Innovation
According to recent projections, the global market for biotech ingredients—including those used in cosmetics—is estimated at US $2.59 billion in 2025, with expectations to reach $5.10 billion by 2034.
Launches & Claims
Ultra Chemical Spotlights Valida S+ for Smoother Skin, Stable Formulations
Ultra Chemical spotlights Sappi's Valida S+, a bio-based, highly fibrillated cellulose that stabilizes without emulsifiers, improves spreadability and more.
Color Cosmetics
Goodbye, Microplastics: Beauty’s Glow-Up for a Greener Future
From silicone-based alternatives to seaweed-derived cellulose, these newly launched innovations aim to deliver luxury and ethics.
Launches & Claims
How the EU's Proposed Regulation Clean-up Benefits Cosmetic Companies
The draft proposal reportedly "responds to growing concerns in the cosmetics sector regarding the interpretive rigidity of the current legal framework and the obstacles it poses to innovation."
Launches & Claims
How IFSCC 2025 Will Make Waves in Cannes — and in Beauty: Interview with Christine Lafforgue, Ph.D., Congress President
The 35th IFSCC Congress, to be held Sept. 15-18, 2025 in Cannes, France, will keep beauty innovators at the forefront of scientific progress in longevity, neuroscience, emotions and more. Here, Christine Lafforgue, Ph.D., congress president, explains.