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Body skin care is booming, defying softness in other categories.

Why Shoppers Are Choosing Masstige Skin Care Over Prestige and Mass (2024 Sales & 2025 Trends)

According to Circana data, mass body care retail sales volume totaled $6.9 billion in 2024.

Structured Surfactants

A new look at a well-known ingredient class yields new possibilities and a tool for innovation.

'Reviewing the environmental footprint of 200,000 product formulas is a massive undertaking, but critical if we are to advance sustainability across the beauty sector,' says Vildan Oenpeker-Cerci, head of beauty for Henkel North America. 'Each formula was assigned a compact sustainability report that summarizes information related to carbon footprint, biodegradability, data on ingredients of natural origin.'

How Henkel is Tackling Beauty's Circularity & the Consumer Use Phase

To get a better sense of how this consumer product giant is retooling its products, Global Cosmetic Industry interviewed Vildan Oenpeker-Cerci, head of beauty for Henkel North America.

When Clean Isn't Enough

Fresh strategic planning for bath and body meets market demands and offers the promise of growth.

When Clean Isn't Enough

Fresh strategic planning for bath and body meets market demands and offers the promise of growth.

Innovation Drives Sales Growth

Product innovation is the main driver of sales growth in the cosmetics and toiletries market as brands compete to achieve maximum standout on shelf and aim to win over new customers.

Ingredion operates in more than 100 countries and has built a network of 27 Idea Labs innovation centers around the world, including a flagship lab in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Complete Solutions for Fast Innovation

How Ingredion’s innovation strategy has been reshaped by speed-to-market and clean label demands, sustainability and more.

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CEW UK Announces 2018 Beauty Awards Finalists

Winners will be announced at the Winners’ Announcement Lunch, to be held April 20, 2018 at London’s Hilton Park Lane.

According to a May 2024 Exploding Topics Report, “Search volume for ‘sustainable beauty’ is up more than 200% since 2019.”

Performance & Sustainability are the Future of Beauty

A new generation of mass balanced ingredients offer the high-efficacy and verifiable sustainable credentials today’s shoppers demand.

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Beauty Under Fire: Why 2026 Will Be a Pivotal Year for Consumer Safety and Environmental Accountability

Recalls highlight the global push for transparency and safety in the beauty industry, as regulators and brands work to protect consumers from harmful ingredients and misleading claims. Keep reading for the latest regulatory updates.

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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.

Cosmetic companies often use the polyquaternium compounds PQ-7 andPQ-10 in the production of shampoos and conditioners. These polymers, also known as polyquats, make hair appear smoother, come with an anti-static effect and make it easy to comb.

Symrise Develops PQ-7 and PQ-10 Synthetic Material Replacement with SymFeel Quat Green

Cosmetic companies often use the polyquaternium compounds PQ-7 andPQ-10 in the production of shampoos and conditioners. These polymers, also known as polyquats, make hair appear smoother, come with an anti-static effect and make it easy to comb.

Safety First for Baby Skin Care

Consumers looking for brand offerings in the baby and child skin care market put a high priority on safety, ease of use and price.

Brands and formulators are focused on meeting regulatory deadlines for 1,4-dioxane.

Beauty’s 1,4-Dioxane Scramble

As formulators and brands race to address impending limits, innovation is ramping up.

Cosmetics and the Chemistry of Life

Amino acids—the building blocks of life—are providing interesting new opportunities for beauty product development.

Keen for Innovation: Standing Apart in Private Label

Private label beauty lines work hard to rise to the challenges of swaying skeptics.

Fragrance Is Beauty

The importance of a well-developed fragrance in a beauty product is not to be underestimated, as scent can help consumers connect to products—and brands—on a deeper, more emotional level.

Yes To Grapefruit Debuts

Brand founder Ido Leffler introduces new line, scheduled to hit Target shelves in March 2013; seven SKU line "targeted for people who are just starting to see the signs of aging, when age spots and sun spots start to appear on the face and body.”