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Comparatively Speaking: Inflammation vs. Allergy

Are you formulating for sensitive skin? Or is it really normal skin undergoing a typical inflammatory response? Where do allergic reactions fit in? In this edition of "Comparatively Speaking," Nava Dayan, Ph.D., explains.

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Read the Label: BAKEL Malic Lightening and Renewing Serum

To address non-uniform or dark spots on the skin, consumers can utilize this product to recover skin uniformity, compactness and luminosity.

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Read the Label: SVR Laboratoires Sensifine Crème

This hydrating gel-cream is specially developed to help soothe and comfort allergic and hypersensitive skin. This column will review the ingredient listing for claims substantiation and functionality.

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Indie Focus: The Virtues of Perpetual Beta

Gold Label Cosmetics founder Kristen Elise Brown discusses how she harnessed consumer feedback to develop her range of color cosmetics, effectively allowing consumers to "mold the brand."

Respiratory Safety

Understanding allergens and advancing testing will reinforce the industry’s strong position on consumer safety.

Fashion Group Meets on Health and Beauty

FGI addresses the Convergence of Health and Beauty...

The Current State of Preservatives

Once straightforward and rarely questioned, preservatives have become mired in controversy in recent years.

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Current consumer trends drive multifunctional ingredients in skincare

Climate change. Skin fasting. Skip care. With all these trends what’s a brand to do? The answer: formulate with multifunctional ingredients to meet consumer needs for simplified skin care.

TCM in Skin Whitening and Lightening: The Eternal Pursuit in East Asia

Statistics have shown that products with TCM claims account for a large share of the skin whitening product market—nearly 33% in 2011, which has risen year after year.

Chemical Reaction: When Looking Back is Looking Forward

The beauty industry has an insatiable craving for innovation. Evaluating the foresight and acumen of the founders of the modern beauty business informs where the industry’s been, the methods of its advancement and where it can still advance.

Chemical Reaction: A Deep Breath

In response to changing demands, an evolution in fragrance safety protocols has ensured that an already safe segment works to continually improve its tools and data.

Seeking the Perfect Complexion

Understanding the cause of hyperpigmentation and the action of ingredients that address hyperpigmentation is key to developing impactful skin care products.

The Pitfalls and Burdens of Claims

Is there a sizeable regulatory risk looming in the industry’s near future, or is the industry itself at risk?

Sunscreens for Today's Consumers

With recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration changes to sunscreen legislation, a review of sunscreens is in order.

CEW Hosts Skin Care’s Power Players

Leading skin care executives from Clarins, Clinique and Elizabeth Arden shared details on trends, issues and improvements being made in one of the most lucrative categories in the beauty industry.

The Demands of Natural Product Claims on Fragrance

As natural claims and positioning grow to meet the rise in consumer demand, questions arise regarding the use of natural and synthetic fragrance in beauty products.

According to a May 2024 Exploding Topics Report, “Search volume for ‘sustainable beauty’ is up more than 200% since 2019.” At the same time, clinical beauty has begun to eclipse pure-play “clean” beauty.

Future-forward Sustainable Beauty Ingredients: What's Next?

New innovation is merging performance and eco-friendly credentials to generate consumer-winning claims across categories.

U.S. prestige skin care sales in 2020 declined 11%

Skin Care 2021

New ingredients, packaging formats and market-driven brand positioning are elevating beauty’s self-care leader.