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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.

The Joyful Transformation Behind the Award-winning Parëva Beauty: Science, Transparency and Skin Longevity

"Running a startup feels like stepping into a boxing ring—every day is a mix of strategy, endurance and staying on your feet through unpredictable hits."

By decoding the hallmarks of aging, L'Oreal believes it can usher in a new era of beauty, one that focuses on root causes.

L'Oreal Previews the Future of Skin and Hair Longevity

From emerging diagnostics and ingredients to new launches, the beauty giant offers a view of beauty's future.

The connection between diet and the skin has long been known, but new research points to the connections between skin and gut health for a range of issues, including acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.

Gut Health as Skin Health: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Holistic wellness trends and emerging science are intersecting, providing new innovation targets for beauty products and claims.

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.

By boosting NAD+, called the skin’s “longevity molecule,” RejuveNAD is able to to optimize cellular processes to simultaneously address “at least” five of the 12 hallmarks of aging, including mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, loss of proteostasis, epigenetic alteration and genomic instability.

The Beauty Ingredient Agenda: Longevity x Anti-aging

The recently decoded 12 hallmarks of aging provide exciting new anti-aging targets for R&D and new claims for marketing.

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12 Top Trends and Buzzwords in Beauty at In-Cosmetics 2025

Here's a quick rundown of the top trends in beauty ingredients and concepts we saw at In-Cosmetics Global 2025; and this is just a sampling.

The latest launches include preservative systems, butters, oils, plant and berry extracts, skin brighteners and sensory modifying actives.

Integrity Ingredients Showcases Latest Launches

The latest launches revealed include preservative systems, butters, oils, plant and berry extracts, skin brighteners, and sensory modifying actives.

Ingredient stories and discoveries still dominate the consumer search for that ‘next great’ product because ingredients are still the star of the show.

Beauty Ingredients in 2025: What Consumers Want and the Trends Driving Innovation

Beauty consumers prioritize trusted skin care ingredients alongside trendy innovations. Ingredient trends, biotech advancements, and clear marketing claims play a key role in building trust.

The 'beautyspan' refers to the duration of one’s skin and hair health/wellness, centering the discussion on holistic, preventive and regenerative strategies, rather than solely aesthetic solutions.

The Beautyspan: Biohacking Longevity (Ingredient Trend Tracker)

“Today’s longevity-boosting ingredients are designed to tackle the root causes of aging at a cellular level.”

From Silab’s Longevicell, which harnesses the rejuvenating power of myrtle leaves to target cellular mechanisms for longevity, to Evolved By Nature's Activated Silk KDF-β peptide, designed to combat modern environmental stressors, these advancements are setting new standards in skin care ingredients.

Revolutionizing Skin Care: Innovative Ingredients Transforming Anti-Aging and Skin Health

Exploring the science, benefits, and sustainability behind these advanced ingredients, offering a closer look at how they address key skin concerns like aging, oxidative stress, and damage repair.

Current scientific literature points to “growing evidence that cellular senescence may be an essential mechanism that drives organismal aging,” including in the skin, leading to common issues such as “wrinkling, sagging, dryness or age spots.”

Beauty’s War on Senescence: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Regenerative technologies that clear the skin of zombie cells are reshaping beauty claims possibilities. PLUS: in-cosmetics Global 2024 ingredient highlights.

Parëva Beauty Brings 'Radical Transparency' to the Longevity Boom

All SKUs are broken down on The (F)actuals, the brand's disclosure program, which shares both formulation details and product testing results to arm consumers with more in-depth information.

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Top 10 Topics Affecting Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Regulation and Litigation in 2020

Customers looking to refresh in the new year are pushing for clean and personalized skin care. In addition, companies are blazing new trends by using cannabidiol (CBD), influencers and artificial intelligence to expand their consumer base.

How can brands of every price point innovate to break through the skin care category’s malaise?

How Skin Care Can Escape Its Innovation Slump

The skin care market is undergoing a shift as consumers seek innovative and effective products that deliver long-term benefits. Brands must adapt to evolving consumer preferences by prioritizing longevity, medicalization and personalization.

If an ingredient is not well-known by consumers, we must be prepared to handle the cost of making that ingredient known, and educating the consumer regarding its positive attributes.

Aligning Claims and Brands

What formulators and product development teams need to know about performance and claims testing.

Labeling Claims—Untangling the Rules

Dissecting what is allowed on an ingredient label and the types of label claims may have detrimental consequences to the industry overall.

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Welcome to PDRN's Regenerative Gold Rush: 10 Ingredients Competing to Set the Innovation Agenda