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To ensure every submission is rigorously and fairly evaluated, a wide-ranging panel of experts has been assembled, whose credibility and influence span the global personal care landscape.

Leading Experts to Judge the 2026 C&T Allēs — L'Oréal, P&G, SULA Labs, Selfmade, Supergoop!, Grupo Boticário, Estée Lauder Cos., Chanel, Shiseido ...

Leading industry experts from academia as well as L'Oréal, P&G, SULA Labs, Selfmade, Supergoop!, Grupo Boticário, Estée Lauder Cos., Chanel, Shiseido and many more will validate visionary concepts in beauty ingenuity for the 2026 Allē Awards.

“Beauty consumers are shopping the entire spectrum of mass and prestige products, blurring the industry more than ever,” said Larissa Jensen, global beauty industry advisor at Circana. “As the beauty industry’s growth streak continues in 2023, a clear and authentic understanding of the complete beauty market becomes particularly important for brands and retailers to determine white space opportunities and where to grow from here.”

Circana's Complete Beauty Captures the Blurring Between Mass & Prestige Categories

“Beauty consumers are shopping the entire spectrum of mass and prestige products, blurring the industry more than ever,” said Larissa Jensen, global beauty industry advisor at Circana.

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New Beauty Tech at CES 2025: Amorepacific and Shiseido

Amorepacific has earned its 6th consecutive CES Innovation Award at CES 2025 for its generative AI-driven makeup application, Wanna-Beauty AI. Shiseido will also be showcasing with the "Skin Visualizer," a device that analyzes skin condition in real-time.

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Revieve's Next-Gen AI Advisors Personalize Beauty Shopping

Revieve is set to unveil a new AI-powered beauty assistant. Leveraging Google Cloud technology, this innovative tool promises personalized beauty advice, product recommendations, and in-depth product information.

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AI-Powered Smart Mirror Redefining At-Home Beauty Routines, Beauty Discovery and Commerce

The Swan Beauty Mirror is powered by five technology pillars: an AI skin analyzer, a personalized routine builder, a smARt makeup artist, an exclusive marketplace and an embedded social community.

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How Brands Can Navigate Beauty AI with a Human Touch

The AI Beauty landscape is ripe with potential, and brands are using personalization to give it a human touch.

The new expansion covers an assortment of more than 25,000 products from more than 600 brands across makeup, fragrance, skin care, hair care, wellness and more.

Ulta Beauty x DoorDash Bring On-demand Delivery to All 50 US States

Ulta items will be housed on DoorDash's beauty "tile" in the app. Delivery times can be as quickly as less than an hour.

NielsenIQ data shows that Gen Z is prone to shopping at Sephora, Ulta, Target and TikTok, but not at department stores, while millennials tend toward Sephora, Target and Amazon.

TikTok & Amazon Are Rapidly Reshaping Beauty Retail. Brands Need to Be Ready.

Within specialty stores, Ulta has been hit by growth at Sephora, including its Kohl’s shop-in-shops, per NielsenIQ data.

Supplier Innovations Wanted: Enter the 2026 C&T Allēs to Showcase Your Beauty Breakthroughs

Calling all beauty and personal care suppliers! Enter the 2026 C&T Allē Awards to spotlight your latest innovation. From actives to prototypes, test methods to ingredient blends — show the industry how you're shaping the future. Submissions now open!

Beauty and technology are increasingly inseparable. From R&D and product development to marketing and logistics, digital innovation is central to the industry’s next phase.

Beauty Tech Trend Tracker: AI is Everywhere

From virtual try-ons to AI-driven trend tracking, tech is enabling brands to move more nimbly.

Verily’s R&D team and L’Oréal’s active cosmetics division will explore both the development of new technologies and tele-diagnosis solutions, e.g., sensors; and AI algorithms for dermatology and skin care.

L'Oréal, Verily Partner to Advance Precision Skin Health

The first-of-its-kind partnership in the beauty space will drive two programs to elucidate and characterize skin and hair aging mechanisms, and to inform L’Oréal’s precision beauty tech strategy and product development.

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Debut Unveils AI-driven BeautyORB Ingredient Discovery Platform and Partners with KDC/one

BeautyORB, developed by Debut, is an advanced AI-powered ingredient discovery platform designed to transform the future of beauty product innovation.

Anke Hadasch, Ph.D., global vice president of color science métier at L'Oréal R&I, France, revealed a holistic approach to color, connecting art, science and technology to create high-performing, desirable colors for all skin tones.

Diversity, Personalization, Sustainability and the Big Winners: Day Three of the IFSCC 2025 Congress

Diversity, personalization, sustainability and analytics led the IFSCC 2025 Congress on day three. Highlights included AI-driven personalization, sustainability and inclusive skin science. The closing gala celebrated research and education excellence.

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Think Like a Machine: Estée Lauder Takes GEO Global With Profound Partnership

In generative search, consumers increasingly ask an AI assistant to interpret their needs and deliver a recommendation.

CES 2024 unveiled the future as the industry steps into a new era of technological marvels. In the beauty and cosmetics space specifically, self-tech plays a significant role in driving innovation and transforming the way people approach skin care, makeup, grooming and shopping.

Beauty Tech Highlights from CES 2024

While many have become accustomed to the convenience of two-dimensional shopping from the comfort of their homes, the emergence of 3D virtual shopping at CES introduces an entirely new dimension to the consumer web.

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Unveiling Market Analysis Insights: Transforming Beauty Industry Analysis with Consumer Reviews, Product Deep Dives, and OEM Intelligence

Join us for an exclusive webinar, “Unveiling AI-Powered Insights: Transforming Beauty Industry Analysis with Consumer Reviews, Product Deep Dives, and OEM Intelligence,” where we talk with Karen Ho from Gravel.

Everyone scrutinizes themselves, but not every consumer wants to undergo professional/aesthetic treatments or procedures. New data points to consumers' desire for professionally inspired at-home beauty innovation.

Lift & Tuck: Consumer Attitudes Toward Aesthetic Procedures

How emerging consumer attitudes point to at-home and topical solutions inspired by professional procedures.

Dyson's first wet line styling products, the refillable Chitosan Pre-Style Cream and Chitosan Post-Style Serum ($59.99; refills at $54.99), are built around chitosan, a bioactive polymer.

Dyson Taps Mushroom-derived Chitosan for New Hair Styling Products

Dyson uses chitosan derived from the cell walls of oyster mushrooms, rather than shellfish. In mushrooms, chitosan "gives the fungi its shape," per Dyson, which inspired its use in the new styling products.