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Problem-solving Beauty Ingredients

From dandruff-causing yeast to clean beauty preservation to summer hair stressors, new ingredients resolve challenges for consumers and formulators.

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Seqens Debuts AdvensProtect OE Green 100% Biobased Multifunctional

The ingredient combines humectant, emollient, deodorizing and preservative-boosting properties.

The factory features a 2,300-square-meter greenhouse that houses stacked raceway ponds, creating 3,500+ square meters of algae cultivation capacity, with the potential to grow significantly further.

Swedish Algae Factory Scales Production of Revolutionary Diatom-Based Material for Beauty and Tech Industries

Diatom shells exhibit light-altering, absorptive, releasing and blocking properties, useful for various applications. Derived from the diatoms, Algica is an efficient moisturizer, cleanser, sensory modifier, anti-pollution agent and SPF booster.

Current scientific literature points to “growing evidence that cellular senescence may be an essential mechanism that drives organismal aging,” including in the skin, leading to common issues such as “wrinkling, sagging, dryness or age spots.”

Beauty’s War on Senescence: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Regenerative technologies that clear the skin of zombie cells are reshaping beauty claims possibilities. PLUS: in-cosmetics Global 2024 ingredient highlights.

Formulations are becoming simpler, driven by a desire for simplicity, as well as the introduction of many multifunctional materials.

Beauty’s Multifunctional Moment: Less is So Much More

Multifunctional technologies have the capacity to simplify formulations while enhancing performance across a wide range of functions and claims.

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From Carbon to Care: How Captured CO₂ is Revolutionizing Beauty

Can a common culprit in a warming planet be leveraged for greener beauty?

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.

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.

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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.

Gen Alpha is reshaping beauty and body care with tech-savvy, socially conscious choices—driving the future of consumer trends.

How Gen Alpha is Shaping the Future of the Body Care Industry

Discover how Generation Alpha's values, tech-savvy nature, and $5.46 trillion economic potential are driving innovation in the body care industry.

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Evonik Sells Indonesian Betaines Business to Aekyung Chemical, Advancing Sustainable Strategy

"As our focus shifts toward sustainable specialties, such as our investments in biosurfactants, this divestment aligns with our strategic direction."

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Face-Grade Body Care, Sculpting Actives and Next-Gen Ingredients: What’s Driving Performance in 2026

Across body care, the trend is clear: consumers now demand face-grade efficacy, ethical sourcing and inclusivity.

Givaudan Active Beauty's Illuminyl 388 is an augmented green tea polyphenol (EGCG; epigallocatechin gallate) prebiotic skin brightening active with universal efficacy against skin pigmentation for all skin types.

Skin Pigmentation 2.0: May 2024 Beauty Trend Tracker

With hyperpigmentation concerns on the rise, ingredient suppliers have launched technologies to address issues related to acne, psoriasis and more.

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Turning CO₂ into Beauty: The Palm Oil Alternative Designed to Save Rainforests

The project taps LanzaTech biotech processes to convert captured CO₂ into alcohol, similar to beer brewing.

Holistic wellness and body care are two of the hottest categories in the greater beauty space. During Beauty Accelerate's, Sakara Life x MAËLYS: Category-defining Buzz Brands, two experts—Tierney Wilson, CMO of Sakara (right), and Jessie Reder, SVP of product development and regulatory at MAËLYS (left)—will sit down to discuss the keys to their brands' category-defining successes and address questions from a live audience.

From Holistic Wellness to Body Care Innovation: Lessons from Sakara Life and MAËLYS [PROGRAM UPDATE]

This will be a rare opportunity for attendees to hear directly from two buzzy brands that can offer insights for R&D and marketing innovation at any scale.

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9 in-cosmetics Global Show Floor Highlights: Sneak Preview

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Curie Co. Redefines Clean Beauty Preservation with AmpliPQ-CF Sodium Benzoate Booster

By enhancing the antimicrobial activity of sodium benzoate, AmpliPQ-CF reportedly makes high-performance preservation accessible for mass-market and prestige brands alike.

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Inside the Beauty Ingredient Shakeup