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The Retail Insurance Rules Beauty Brands Can’t Ignore

"Rising insurance costs are changing how beauty brands operate in a pretty fundamental way."

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11 Award Winners Highlighted at Cosmoprof Asia 2025

This year, the awards attracted 424 submissions, and winners were selected across 11 categories.

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Daily Essentials: Sonni Launches Skin Care System to Redefine Mineral SPF

Sonni redefines mineral SPF as a daily essential upon the launch of their science-backed SunDay/SunDown system.

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DSM-Firmenich's Parsol SLX Said to Boost Sunscreen Performance by 50%

The technology could potentially allow brands to minimize chemical loads in formulations.

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Garnier Targets Men with Innovative Skincare Solutions via Gaming Community

Garnier partners EA SPORTS FC Mobile Festival Bangkok 2025 to deliver skincare solutions for men. Garnier’s performance-driven expertise helps gamers level up their #GarnierGAMEFACE to be their best, confident selves – both in-game and IRL.

Ultralight Face Fluid SPF 50 is ideal for individuals seeking high-performance sun protection without compromising on comfort or skin care benefits.

Byoma Launches Ultralight Face Fluid SPF50

Byoma's Ultralight Face Fluid offers advanced sun protection with skin care benefits, setting a new standard in the sun care industry.

The news of the acquisition follows Biolie’s successful product launches showcased at Cosmet’Agora in January 2025, including an SPF-booster from pomelo.

Sensient Acquires White Biotech Expert Biolie to Expand Active Color Offerings

Sensient will apply Biolie's solvent-free enzymatic extraction to create novel sustainable ingredients. The deal follows two recent Biolie launches at Cosmet'Agora: Paradisyl, an antioxidant and SPF booster, and Garnet Red, a skin conditioning agent.

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Top 14 Macro Trends for Beauty Innovation in 2025 and Beyond

The fourth quarter of 2024 was jam-packed with events — and ideas to spark beauty innovation. Here, we've grouped them into 14 macro trends we see for beauty innovation in 2025 and beyond. Brief notes, buzzwords and "honorable mentions" also are included.

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Spate Predicts Top 10 Skin Care Trends of 2025

In its 2025 Beauty Trends Report, Spate predicted all of the trends it sees in beauty based on growing online searches. The beauty trends were organized into skin care, hair, makeup, bath/body and fragrance categories.

'My entire career I've been looking for products that are engineered for performance and built for me as a professional athlete, but that are not detrimental to my body or the planet,' said Slater. 'With Freaks of Nature, we've finally cracked that code, enabling athletes to go harder at their sport for longer.'

Surfer Kelly Slater's Freaks of Nature Lands on Amazon

The new brand is designed for "outdoor enthusiasts + athletes," per Freaks of Nature, and preserving the environment.

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Top 15 Beauty Predictions for 2025: Insider Insights

We prompted a variety of leaders within the beauty industry to share their thoughts on the oncoming trend forecast for 2025.

Dearcloud Launches Supreme & Paul Frank Collabs Amid Ulta Expansion

Dearcloud is an AAPI-founded brand that claims all product formulas are curated from South Korea, featuring a blend of elements (niacinamide, AHA and BHA) to promote skin radiance, clarity and youthfulness.

The merger will be executed by Crown acquiring all outstanding shares of Revance's common stock for $6.66 per share in cash. Revance will then be wholly owned by Crown and Revance's stock will no longer be publicly traded on Nasdaq.

Crown Laboratories x Revance to Merge, Forming Skin Care & Aesthetics Giant

The combined organization will reportedly have a reach of about 10,000 medical professionals, mass retailers, specialty retailers, club retailers and an ecommerce channel.

'Ulta was the first retail partner for LolaVie, a decision that was very intentional as we wanted to select a retail partner that met the same values as LolaVie: high-performing products with high-quality ingredients,' says founder Jennifer Aniston. 'I'm excited to continue our partnership and grow with Ulta Beauty at Target, ultimately bringing LolaVie to even more consumers in an accessible way.'

Beauty Retail Expansions: Dr.Jart+ x Amazon, Jennifer Aniston's LolaVie x Ulta Beauty at Target, Isdin x US Sephora & Curology x CVS

Dr.Jart+ has launched its own U.S. Amazon Premium Beauty store, featuring key SKUs and "Skin-a-gram" educational and entertainment videos focused on product details and ingredients that address skin issues.

This educational initiative was sponsored by Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Clinique, EltaMD, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble.

The Skin of Color Society Releases Educational Video Series on Dermatologic Conditions & Diseases Important to People of Color

Additional educational video content will be released later in 2024.

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Kenvue Drives Home the Clinical Efficacy Message, Uncovers Microbiome, Lipids, TXA, Acne and Other Findings

Kenvue highlighted 22 clinical findings from studies presented at this year's AAD. Topics included oats and the microbiome, NMF + lipids for a skin barrier boost, ZnO skin protection, acne care hydrocolloid patches, TXA + niacinamide, anti-aging and more.

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Squared Circles (Freaks of Nature, Magic Molecule) Gains $40M in Funding to Launch 5 More Health & Wellness Brands

Squared Circles' platform is build around a "Conscious Maximalist" philosophy, built around a "new conscious consumer mindset shift shared by 46 million Americans."

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9 Top Trends + 30 Beauty Insights from in-cosmetics Global 2024

Nearly 200 new launches were on display at in-cosmetics Global, held April 16-18, 2024, in Paris. Here, we've captured some of the top trends we spotted — but this is merely a sampling.