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Korean app Hwahae offers consumers ingredient information for beauty care products, flagging ingredients and allowing users to match products to their specific skin type, age and skin issues.
[in-cosmetics Global] The K-Beauty Cookbook
K-beauty ingredients from Korea's Jeju Island are expanding across the globe, including innovations from Clariant and SK Bioland.
Apr 25th, 2017
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K-Beauty: A New Model of Product Development
Beauty brands must move faster, deliver iterative innovation and evolve their storytelling in order to survive today’s environment of constant newness and shorter product lifecycles.
Nov 9th, 2017
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365 Days of SPF: Sun Care Shines Year-Round
Growing consumer awareness opens up opportunities beyond traditional seasonal and format conventions.
Nov 3rd, 2025
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Does Beauty Desperately Need a New Hero Ingredient?
What's old is new again, according to cosmetic industry expert Akshay Talati. While this puts a creative spin on tried-and-true ingredients, are we stick in a chemistry loop? Talati explores this further in the following commentary.
Jun 28th, 2021
Per Google Trends, searches on 'talc-free makeup' are up 350% in the past seven days, which may be due to The Guardian's June 10, 2024, headline: 'Is there asbestos in your makeup? Why women with cancer are suing big beauty brands.'
7 Trends in Beauty — Talc-free Makeup/J&J Settles, Unsafe Products in Sri Lanka, Hair Bonding, Peptides and More
Each week, we dig into growing trends in web searches and hashtags related to cosmetics. Emerging this week are: talc-free makeup and J&J's settlement, unsafe products in Sri Lanka, hair bonding, Argireline hexapeptide products and more.
Jun 15th, 2024
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15 Beauty Innovation Trends
A sampling of highlights from this year's NYSCC Suppliers’ Day and Luxe Pack New York.
Jul 6th, 2018
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Top 9 Ingredient Trends of 2019
From regional ingredient concerns to emerging ingredients ready to take the industry by storm, these are the biggest ingredient trends of 2019.
Apr 4th, 2019
Men are expanding their personal care routines, creating new innovation opportunities.
6 Trends Shaping Beauty and Personal Care Innovations
Evonik’s Kunal Kumar, Ph.D., on experiential products, athleisure beauty, telling better sustainability stories and more.
Jun 30th, 2017
Kojic acid has become increasingly popular, as seen in Peace Out Skincare's Dark Spots Serum, featuring kojic acid alongside 3% tranexamic acid and alpha-arbutin.
2025 Beauty Ingredient Trend Preview: What’s Next?
From silk-derived biotech to microbiome sexual wellness and beyond, new ingredients point to future innovation opportunities.
Nov 4th, 2024