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Haruharu Wonder Brings Affordable K-Beauty Innovation to Target Stores Nationwide

Female-owned Korean skincare brand brings slow beauty, barrier care, and sub-$25 essentials to Target customers coast-to-coast.

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Color Cosmetics at a Crossroads: the Categories and Strategies Set to Restart Growth

Industry innovators are exploring new ways to bring energy back to the makeup aisle.

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.

The Demands of Natural Product Claims on Fragrance

As natural claims and positioning grow to meet the rise in consumer demand, questions arise regarding the use of natural and synthetic fragrance in beauty products.

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Regenerative Skin Care: the Anti-aging Killer

Brands are embracing the new longevity paradigm amid a boom in ingredient advancements.

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.

When Summer Fades, Skin Concerns Remain

Following a summer in the sun, consumers are now seeking out products to repair sun damage, as well as those that might help prevent future damage.

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Beauty’s New Class of Anti-Aging Ingredient Tech

As the industry prepares for a new year of innovation, we looked at the latest batch of novel materials poised to shape product development in 2026 and beyond.

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Retinol Reimagined: The Brands and Ingredients Gaining Market Momentum

Retinol or retinol alternatives: that is the question. Following is a breakdown of the recent retinol alternative products and ingredients on the market.

Avon Acquires UK's Liz Earle Beauty Co. Limited

Helping Avon enlarge its position in the antiaging skin care category, the company has acquired U.K. skin care company Liz Earle Beauty Co. Limited.

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2026 Beauty Preview: from Neuro Skin Aging to Cautious Shoppers

Specialists in ingredients, packaging, marketing and more speak out on what's ahead for the industry.

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.

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The Longevity Race to Slow Aging

Emerging ingredient technologies are building resilience for lifelong wellness and beauty.

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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Targeting Delivery to Areas of Concern

Products that increase skin elasticity, provide firming and toning, and add a smoothing effect to specific areas of the body are among the most popular being formulated today...

The Lure of Organic Ingredients

Despite some growing pains, organic ingredients in beauty products are on the rise, and brand owners need to know the parameters before they dive into this market arena.

The line offers a range of solutions for all skin needs, from a Clay Color-changing Mask and Nightly Clarifying Serum to a Milk-to-Foam Cleanser and Prebiotic Gel Moisturizer.

Brooklyn + Bailey McKnight Launch Skin Care Brand itk at Walmart

The cruelty-free skin care line, inclusive of 15 SKUs for a wide range of skin types and needs, is available in 3,800 Walmart stores nationwide and online on walmart.com.

The consumer continues to evolve its standards in sun care, skin care and color cosmetics.

What’s Trending? Sun Care, Skin Care & Color Cosmetics

Multi-beneficial and natural ingredients are at the forefront of these categories.