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5 Keys to the Future of Skin Care

Skin care was the fastest-growing category in prestige beauty based on units sold, per Circana. The category was also one of only two mass sectors that grew based on unit sales (the other was makeup).

New Ingredients Target Skin Care

Silab showcases skin care launches.

Knowing we have strains of C. acnes that are symbiotic in nature, companies and scientists can create products to target and help curate our skin biomes.

Is XYCM42 the Future of Probiotic Skin Care?

Specific strains of the skin microbiome could support the development of skin biome care.

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The Rise of Face-Grade Body Care: a Skin Care Transformation

From vitamins to fragrance to barrier defense, body skin care is undergoing a revolution.

Mark Prausnitz of Georgia Tech’s school of chemical and biomolecular engineering, one of the professors leading a U.S. team in finding a new mass delivery method for the flu vaccine, holds an array of polymer microneedles 1,000 microns tall. This photo, taken by Gary Meek and duplicated from the cover, is used with permission from Georgia Tech.

Skin Care Thinks Small to Deliver Big

High-tech delivery systems and active ingredients that slow signs of aging have prompted advanced marketing claims. Yet the future of skin care depends on further advancements in delivery methods, such as medical microneedles.

Merlot Skin Care gives back to local healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak by donating $100,000 worth of skin care products to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

Merlot Skin Care Donates $100K Worth of Products to Texas Hospital

Merlot Skin Care gives back to local health care workers during the COVID-19 outbreak by donating $100,000 worth of skin care products to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas.

Vice & Virtue Launches ‘Endocrine Conscious’ Skin Care

Vice & Virtue enters the skin care market with products that are designed to be gentle, addressing various skin concerns without compromising skin health.

Huda Beauty Launches Wishful Skin Care

Wishful, Huda Beauty's first skin care brand, has launched with the promise of never retouching the photos in its campaign or on its Instagram.

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Derm Skin Care and Emollients to Fall, Then Rise

The dermatological skin care market is expected to fall initially but once the shock of COVID-19 wears off, it will rise again, along with emollients, reports Fact.MR.

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Experienced Capital Invests in Swedish Skin Care Brand

Founded by Monica Kylén and Mats Johansson, L:A Bruket has more than 100 products across skin care, body care and home fragrance. It reported a turnover of €5 million in 2018.

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Findings Support Plasma-based Personalized Skin Care

Aesthetics Biomedical has published key findings in support of the benefits delivered by its SoME brand personalized skin care, which incorporates patients’ own plasma.

HCT Teams for Natural Specialty Skin Care Line

Partnering with Applied Minerals, HCT is developing the beauty line for skin care products, as well as applications in fragrances, deodorants, color cosmetics, nail products and more.

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Skin Care Gets Smarter: Exploring Advanced Ingredient Technologies

Skin care is evolving, and advanced ingredient technologies are leading the way. From smart formulas that adapt to the skin's needs to cutting-edge innovations like encapsulated actives, the future of skin care is all about precision and effectiveness.

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[update] Let the Skin Care Improvement Challenge Commence

JLABS is collaborating with J&J Consumer Inc. to award a prize or series of prizes to a one or multiple submissions of the best solution focused on transforming customer experience with improved patient outcome in skin care.

Double-digit growth has been seen for body creams, lotions and cleaners; and consumer spending on prestige body products has increased by 25%. What's going on?

2024's Fastest-growing Skin Care Category Goes Beyond the Face

Body skin care led the category's growth, in part by coopting ingredients and claims associated with facial skin care. Here’s what’s happening in the category and how brands can tap into the growth.

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Can the ‘Treatment in a Bottle’ Movement Revive Skin Care Innovation?

From needle-free fillers to microneedling-inspired serums, innovative products promise to transform the way shoppers approach facial skin care.

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Sunscreen and Daily Skin Care Are About to Be Disrupted. Here's How to Prepare.

Does sunscreen remain its own category, or does it become an increasingly integrated part of everyday skin care?

According to Euromonitor, 46% of U.S. consumers cite moderate or extreme concern over their skin health in 2024, up from 38% in 2023.

Skin Care Brands Are Racing to Join the Dermocosmetics Movement

U.S. consumers are becoming more sophisticated and savvier, increasingly searching for, and by, desired ingredients, claims and/or positioning to find the most efficacious, personalized, and safe beauty routine. What that means for skin care brands.