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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.

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[updated] Secrets to Shaping Beauty into Body Care: How Claims, Ingredients and Challenges Translate

What's driving the body care boom? Here, we explore new launches and insights from Anushka Nadkarni, Bentley Labs; Ron Robinson, BeautyStat; Rita Silva, DECIEM; Jean-Christophe Choulot, Caudalíe, and Philip Durocher, Cetaphil U.S., to find out.

Biomimetics: Beauty Ingredients That Mimic Bio Functions

Tell a story for your brand’s beauty products that is rooted in both nature and science when you use biomimetic ingredients.

U.S. hand sanitizer sales in the four weeks ending February 22, 2020, increased 73%, year-over-year, while that same month U.K. sales rose 255% year-over-year.

Defense & Care for the New Normal

How the need for hygiene and care are driving growth in hand-centric products.

Double-digit growth has been seen for body creams, lotions and cleaners; and consumer spending on prestige body products has increased by 25%. What's going on?

2024's Fastest-growing Skin Care Category Goes Beyond the Face

Body skin care led the category's growth, in part by coopting ingredients and claims associated with facial skin care. Here’s what’s happening in the category and how brands can tap into the growth.

Sole Searching

Knowing the condition of the skin on the feet and recognizing skin disorders is imperative to ensuring your customers are receiving the right skin care products.

A recent U.S. consumer survey found that 91% of women reported being likely or somewhat likely to find targeted products to help with menopause.

3 Trends Bringing Body Skin Care Forward

From menopausal solutions to circular product design, brands are adopting innovation to service consumers.

This 'Read the Label' focuses on natural deodorant and reusable packaging, and the product under review is Wild’s Bergamot & Grapefruit Natural Deodorant. The product contains tapioca starch, zinc ricinoleate, shea and cocoa butter, and more.

Read the Label: Wild–Bergamot & Grapefruit Natural Deodorant

This "Read the Label" focuses on natural deodorant and reusable packaging, and the product under review is Wild’s Bergamot & Grapefruit Natural Deodorant. The product contains tapioca starch, zinc ricinoleate, shea and cocoa butters, and more.

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Body Care Gets Smarter: From Skinification to Wellness, Climate Resilience and Waterless Innovation

From serums to sustainable soak: body care is shedding basic moisturizer status with climate-conscious actives and personalized performance innovations.

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Wizard Wellness' Walmart Launch Marks Mass Market Leap for Microbiome-Driven Allergy Care

Doctor- and allergist-recommended, the system targets long-term allergy wellness while supporting broader benefits including improved sleep, mood and energy.

Cosmetics and the Chemistry of Life

Amino acids—the building blocks of life—are providing interesting new opportunities for beauty product development.

Since December 2023, online searches for “whole body deodorant” have exploded, dwarfing traffic recorded over the last 20 years. Why is that?

The Whole-body Revolution

Simplicity, multifunctionality, gentleness, value and efficacy are driving exponential growth in launches promising all-over deodorizing benefits across multiple body sites.

In 2022, Lignopure commissioned the first GMP-compliant plant for lignin conversion, reportedly achieving the ability to recycle 90,000 kg of lignin annually.

Beauty Alternatives: Ingredient Trends

From upcycled technologies to improved oil-in water formulations, emerging ingredients are taking beauty to the next level.

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The New Standard in Effective Skin Care

Safe is the New Clean

Hygiene and wellness intersect amid beauty’s new reality.

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From Weight Loss to Whole-Person Beauty

As the definition of successful obesity treatment expands, a transformation-care market may emerge across pharma, beauty and consumer health.

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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Beauty in Two Worlds: K-shaped Strategies to Capture Both Premium and Value Consumers

Across tiers, transparency, multifunctionality, and demonstrable performance are non-negotiable.