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The Performance Pivot: Stains, Serums and the Science of Life-Proof Beauty

The makeup sector's 2026 outlook centers on advanced lip technologies, mature skin solutions, high-performance tubing mascaras and all-things hybrid.

Defining the Future of Naturals

GCI magazine discusses future of the global natural and organic product market with a cross section of natural and organic retail brand owners and suppliers.

Ingredients With Global Flair

Ingredients with a global edge offer brands the opportunity to build a marketing story or brand identity that resonates with consumers around the globe.

Lifeology Waterlily & Pink Pepper Fragranced Quick Dry Body Butter

Brands To Keep An Eye On From The 2019 CEW UK Beauty Awards

Skin care products have dominated the awards this year, in an amazing array of formats available to the beauty consumer.

SPF, Efficacy and Innovation

As the long-term beneﬁ ts of protecting skin from harmful rays become clear, sun protection attributes are being added to products designed for daily skin care regimens.

Silvi ’59 harvests the grapes grown in Italy’s Faenza vineyards to produce its skin care line.

Wine Grapes Propel Personal Care Industry

Wine grapes propel the personal care industry...

Mark Prausnitz of Georgia Tech’s school of chemical and biomolecular engineering, one of the professors leading a U.S. team in finding a new mass delivery method for the flu vaccine, holds an array of polymer microneedles 1,000 microns tall. This photo, taken by Gary Meek and duplicated from the cover, is used with permission from Georgia Tech.

Skin Care Thinks Small to Deliver Big

High-tech delivery systems and active ingredients that slow signs of aging have prompted advanced marketing claims. Yet the future of skin care depends on further advancements in delivery methods, such as medical microneedles.

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[slideshow] 23 Australian Beauty Brands to Keep on Your Radar

This year, Beauty Expo Australia highlighted the brands that are proudly Australian-owned, as well as products that are Australian-made.

Source of Innovation

From exotic, global locales to looking at an old product in a new light, beauty ingredient innovation is a thriving field.

Looking to in-cosmetics, New Facilities, New Approvals and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Early March 2013

Get a preview of the beauty ingredient launches from AkzoNobel, Grant, Lipotec, Lubrizol, and many more from in-cosmetics 2013, as well as new on new locations and collaborations, innovations and more.

Examining Skin: A Functional Barrier

New research reveals that we need to let the skin protect itself, and product development strategies should focus on restoring the skin barrier and, more importantly, not impair skin’s function.

Beauty Ingredients with an Eco Edge

A recap of the ingredient offerings launched over the last year, in alphabetical order by supplier, that can help brands make more environmentally friendly claims.

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Future-Ready Skin

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

The uptick in prestige skin care sales comes at a time when brands are tapping clinically effective ingredients, holistic wellness concepts and more.

What’s Driving the Prestige Skin Care Boom and How Can Brands Get in on the Growth?

A potent blend of wellness, Gen Alpha shopping habits, emerging high-efficacy ingredients and professionally inspired beauty are creating significant growth opportunities.

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The Rise of Face-Grade Body Care: a Skin Care Transformation

From vitamins to fragrance to barrier defense, body skin care is undergoing a revolution.

Wellness has touched every industry, from real estate to nutrition to fitness and workplace initiatives.

Special Report: 5 WellBeauty Trends

Beauty sleep, ingestibles, minimalist products, environmental defense and microbiome-friendly care.

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Special Report: Skin Care & Holistic Living

New research reveals consumer attitudes and behaviors toward alternative therapies, skin care and holistic wellness lifestyles.

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.