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This 'Read the Label' focuses on natural deodorant and reusable packaging, and the product under review is Wild’s Bergamot & Grapefruit Natural Deodorant. The product contains tapioca starch, zinc ricinoleate, shea and cocoa butter, and more.

Read the Label: Wild–Bergamot & Grapefruit Natural Deodorant

This "Read the Label" focuses on natural deodorant and reusable packaging, and the product under review is Wild’s Bergamot & Grapefruit Natural Deodorant. The product contains tapioca starch, zinc ricinoleate, shea and cocoa butters, and more.

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[updated] How Fragrance and Body Lotion Disarm OH Radicals Caused by the Human Oxidation Field

A new study in Science Advances examines how the natural human oxidation field can affect chemical exposures indoors – and how fragrances and personal care products such as body lotions alter these dynamics.

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Doré x Evolved by Nature Are Taking Clean Beauty From 'Less Bad' to Proactively Good

Evolved by Nature's bioactive peptides will be retroactively integrated into existing Doré products and the brand's future launches.

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6 Halal Ingredient Highlights at In-cosmetics Asia 2025 — Plus How Halal and Ethical Excellence are Taking Center Stage

In-cosmetics Asia 2025 will showcase halal-certified and other ethical beauty innovations among the industry's surging demand for clean, conscious and inclusive beauty solutions. Following are six ingredient highlights; plus market insights.

As skin care brands seek to tap into the shifting needs of emerging and established shoppers across generations, marketers and product innovation teams need to ensure their solutions are meeting consumers where they are.

Generational Skin Care: from Future-proofing to Rejuvenation

By delivering targeted care based on life stages, brands have immense opportunities to address the needs of everyone from Gen Alpha to boomers.

Innovative, eco-friendly ingredients are reshaping the cosmetics industry, offering sustainable alternatives without compromising performance.

Innovations in Sustainable Beauty: Exploring Eco-friendly Ingredients and Solutions

Discover the latest in sustainable beauty, including biodegradable ingredients, bio-based alternatives and eco-friendly solutions for skin care, hair care and cosmetics. Explore how brands are leading the way in clean, conscious formulations.

No Rx Needed

Consumers are looking for medical-level results from beauty products without medical procedures, and new ingredients and beauty treatments are offering more options for them to find such outcomes.

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Liposhield® HEV Melanin: Protection from the adverse effects of High Energy Visible (HEV) Light

A new sun care ingredient from Lipo Chemicals, Inc. aims to protect the skin from the adverse effects of high energy visible (HEV) light.

The personal care business has benefitted from breakthrough innovation platforms, such as Dove’s product expansions and advertising campaigns, including its high-visibility Super Bowl activation.

Unilever Q1 2025 Sales Growth Analysis for Beauty & Personal Care

Unilever has released its Q1 2025 trading update, showcasing its strategic focus and growth momentum in its Beauty & Wellbeing and Personal Care categories.

Cosmetics and the Chemistry of Life

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

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Deinde Unveils Radiance-Restoring Overnight Mask for a Morning Glow-Up

Clinically proven to improve skin texture, tone and brightness, this deeply moisturizing formula is said to melt effortlessly into the skin, delivering visible radiance by morning.

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Future-Ready Skin

Precision actives, sustainable performance, visible results—skincare engineered at its core.

Olay subjected its Professional Pro-X line to multistage clinical trials to substantiate claims that the products reduced the appearance of facial fine lines and wrinkles.

Pushing Boundaries: Claims & Substantiation in Skin Care

Brand owners and suppliers discuss the latest science behind the ingredients they say offer solid clinical test results.

Paraben and Formaldehyde Removal, in-cosmetics 2014 Launches, and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Late March 2014

Get the latest news from TRI-K Industries, BASF, Merck, Impact Colors and more, as well as in-cosmetics 2014 launches from Croda, Dow, CareSil, Corbion Purac and Momentive.

The bigger impact is that concerns over the potential endocrine-disrupting effects of bisphenols will no doubt put other cosmetic ingredients with the same alleged effects front and center (again), drawing interest from regulators.

Endocrine Disruptors in the EU, SCCS Opinions and NGO Pressure to Crack Down

From November 2022–February 2023, organizations in seven European Union member states tested 121 products and found bisphenols of high concern in 47 of them, per Chemical Watch. NGOs are urging regulators to impose stricter regulation on all bisphenols.

Since December 2023, online searches for “whole body deodorant” have exploded, dwarfing traffic recorded over the last 20 years. Why is that?

The Whole-body Revolution

Simplicity, multifunctionality, gentleness, value and efficacy are driving exponential growth in launches promising all-over deodorizing benefits across multiple body sites.

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Beyond Hybrids: the New Era of Skin-Care-First Makeup

BASF has launched a new synthetic peptide for skin care that aligns with the slow aging trend.

New Beauty Ingredients: from Pro-aging to Ingestible Sun Defense

To keep beauty innovators up on the latest technologies, Global Cosmetic Industry and Cosmetics & Toiletries prepare ingredient trend bulletins breaking down the latest emerging technologies, clinicals and more.