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Brands are turning sun protection into a broader beauty, wellness and performance platform.
When SPF Becomes a Lifestyle
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Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach
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Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach
Behind every cosmetic dropper lies a complex engineering process. Discover Lumson's approach to designing dispensing systems that combine precision, aesthetics, manufacturing expertise and consistent, reliable performance.
Aug 31st, 2026
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Sep 9th, 2026
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The Australian sun care brand has launched Unblock Screen SPF 50 Breakout-Friendly SkinScreen, what it claims is the first sunscreen on the U.S. market formulated with bemotrizinol (BEMT), following the FDA’s June 2026 addition of the UV filter to the U.S. sunscreen monograph.
Ultra Violette Makes U.S. Sunscreen History With First Bemotrizinol Launch
Sep 1st, 2026
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LOOKFANTASTIC Takes Beauty Discovery Poolside at Mondrian Ibiza
Aug 21st, 2026
The company was founded in 2020 as an Imperial spinout based on research by CEO Francisco Malaret, Ph.D. (pictured); its new facility is designed to support both commercial manufacturing and continued R&D.
Nanomox Disrupts the Zinc Oxide Playbook for Mineral Sunscreen
Aug 13th, 2026
Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach
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Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach
Aug 31st, 2026
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Rare Beauty Brands and JCPenney Reopen Applications for 2026 Lift Beauty Accelerator to Support Underrepresented Founders
Aug 5th, 2026
Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach
Sponsored
Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach
Behind every cosmetic dropper lies a complex engineering process. Discover Lumson's approach to designing dispensing systems that combine precision, aesthetics, manufacturing expertise and consistent, reliable performance.
Aug 31st, 2026
L'Oréal's My UV Patch pioneered battery-free UV sensors designed to translate exposure into behavior change.
From SPF to Sun Intelligence: The Race to Personalize UV Protection
Sunscreen is becoming part of a data feedback loop about aging, exposure, and lifestyle optimization.
Jun 15th, 2026
Luxury beauty brands desperately need new points of distribution, as traditional department stores increasingly fail to deliver true luxury experiences. The solution lies in infiltrating high-end, membership-based wellness spaces.
The New Alchemy: Why Longevity is Beauty’s Next Billion-Dollar Battleground
Brands must transition from being simple product providers to becoming indispensable, lifelong partners in a consumer’s personal growth and vitality.
Jun 12th, 2026
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SPF 50 Serum: High-Performance Sun Protection Meets Dewy Hydration
Jun 11th, 2026
Ilia Beauty’s Sun Serum Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50 further underscores how sunscreen is being redefined through the rise of hybrid formats that merge protection, skin care treatment and sensorial experience into a single step.
The Innovations Tackling the SPF Confidence Gap
May 15th, 2026
Set to the Divinyls’ 1990 hit “I Touch Myself,” the campaign reframes sunscreen application as an expressive, sensual experience rather than a functional skin care step.
Hawaiian Tropic Turns SPF Into a Social-First Dance Platform With Alix Earle, Expanding Creator-Led Sun Care Playbook
The campaign arrives at a time when sunscreen brands are increasingly competing on sensory identity and lifestyle positioning as much as UV protection.
May 13th, 2026
Supergoop! CEO Melis del Rey emphasizes that while awareness of sun safety is high, real behavioral change is driven by innovation that removes friction and makes the experience joyful.
NYSCC Preview: Supergoop! Main Stage Keynote Redefines SPF as a Daily Skin Care Ritual
May 8th, 2026
Symrise’s Dragosine FG is a biomimetic L-carnosine dipeptide engineered to protect and repair skin at the cellular level.
Future-Ready Skin
Precision actives, sustainable performance, visible results—skincare engineered at its core.
May 4th, 2026
By 2034, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history. Declining populations under 18 and rising life expectancy will drive this aging trend.
Beauty’s Demographic Destiny: Aging, Autonomy, and the 2040 Pivot
Population shifts are opening new avenues for growth as purchasing power redistributes across age cohorts, rewarding brands that strategically embrace these demographic transformations.
Apr 22nd, 2026
The Skin Cancer Foundation is set to spotlight advocacy and awareness at its annual Champions for Change Gala on May 13, 2026, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City—with a red carpet lineup that includes Michelle Monaghan.
Star Power Meets Purpose: Skin Cancer Foundation Gala Brings Advocacy—and Celebrities—to the Red Carpet
The signature fundraising event is themed “Fighting Skin Cancer from Every Angle."
Apr 9th, 2026
Luna Bronze successfully entered Ulta Beauty nationwide with a mission born from skin cancer awareness.
SPF Gets Skinified: Why 2026 Sun Care Is Built on Longevity, Recovery and Lifestyle
Growth is now driven by disruptive innovations in medical aesthetics, longevity science and experiential lifestyle marketing.
Apr 9th, 2026