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To win in today’s booming, competitive beauty market, brands need smart science, sustainable innovation, a broad palette of impactful ingredients, differentiating formulations, and trusted innovation partners.

4 Keys to a Total Beauty Solution

From sustainable ingredients to smart science to innovation services, Croda is optimized for a fast-moving market.

Twenty-one percent of girls and 12% of boys expressed interest in beauty/personal care before they were 7 years old. While this may seem shocking compared to past generations, it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Gen Z’s & Alpha’s Parents Tell All on their Kids’ Beauty Obsessions

A new survey delves into the early onset of product interest, the role of social media, parents’ expectations and more.

Clariant and Plant Advanced Technologies have developed Rootness Mood+ (propanediol, Sanguisorba officinalis root extract), a technology that reportedly mimics sun-like effects.

The Skin Care & Beauty Ingredient Agenda: July/August 2023

From renewable sources to sun-mimicking extracts to ocean-derived technologies, suppliers are delivering cleaner label opportunities and unique claims.

Exosomal Beauty is Here: Small, but Mighty

Beauty ingredient suppliers and brands are tapping tiny, powerful particles to rejuvenate the hair and skin.

Kojic acid has become increasingly popular, as seen in Peace Out Skincare's Dark Spots Serum, featuring kojic acid alongside 3% tranexamic acid and alpha-arbutin.

2025 Beauty Ingredient Trend Preview: What’s Next?

From silk-derived biotech to microbiome sexual wellness and beyond, new ingredients point to future innovation opportunities.

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What Can Beef Tallow Do For Skin?

Although beef tallow used to be the cooking fat of choice for fast food chains due to its high smoking point, it is now the skin care of choice for some Tik Tok influencers.

Consumer demands for holistic SPF-infused beauty are shifting rapidly, encompassing new formats, emerging claims and much more. How can brands tap into these trends and capture market share?

The Sunification of Beauty: Top Innovation Opportunities for 2024-2025

New ingredients, claims and consumer preferences are shaping multifunctional product innovation for UV defense.

The transition toward 'clean,' sustainable and vegan formulations hasn't been linear; despite this, high-functioning alternatives continue to proliferate.

'Clean' Beauty Swaps: New Ingredients & Headwinds

The transition toward “clean,” sustainable and vegan formulations hasn’t been linear; despite this, high-functioning alternatives continue to proliferate.

The 'beautyspan' refers to the duration of one’s skin and hair health/wellness, centering the discussion on holistic, preventive and regenerative strategies, rather than solely aesthetic solutions.

The Beautyspan: Biohacking Longevity (Ingredient Trend Tracker)

“Today’s longevity-boosting ingredients are designed to tackle the root causes of aging at a cellular level.”

According to Euromonitor, 46% of U.S. consumers cite moderate or extreme concern over their skin health in 2024, up from 38% in 2023.

Skin Care Brands Are Racing to Join the Dermocosmetics Movement

U.S. consumers are becoming more sophisticated and savvier, increasingly searching for, and by, desired ingredients, claims and/or positioning to find the most efficacious, personalized, and safe beauty routine. What that means for skin care brands.

By boosting NAD+, called the skin’s “longevity molecule,” RejuveNAD is able to to optimize cellular processes to simultaneously address “at least” five of the 12 hallmarks of aging, including mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, loss of proteostasis, epigenetic alteration and genomic instability.

The Beauty Ingredient Agenda: Longevity x Anti-aging

The recently decoded 12 hallmarks of aging provide exciting new anti-aging targets for R&D and new claims for marketing.

African American woman applies cosmetic tissue facial mask for hydrating and moisturizing and glowing face skin, on blue background.

Why Collagen Skin Care Masks are Seeing a Massive Boom: Trend Analysis Report

One genre of products within the facial skin care mask category that has seen notable growth within the last six months are collagen face masks.

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Skinimalism and Beautility Among BeautyHealth's 2025 Trends

The report draws on the science behind its innovative treatments and insights from treatment rooms worldwide. The following are the 2025 trends positioned to shape the skin health landscape as outlined in the report.

Blurring, soft-focus, light-scattering: a wide range of ingredients are delivering effects that smooth out imperfections and impart additional benefits.

Blurry Beauty

From makeup to skin care, brands and ingredient firms are delivering soft-focus effects.

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Know Your Skin Boundaries

Beauty Activations presents “Know Your Skin Boundaries”: a discussion on rebooting your skincare routine to create strong skin barriers.

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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DavosLife E3 Tocotrienols: Nature’s Shield against Modern Pollution

Looking for a natural bioactive to use for anti-blue light and anti-pollution formulations? DavosLife E3 Tocotrienols are scientifically proven to boost skin’s resilience against modern pollution. Discover this safe, effective and gentle solution.

Brands providing care for underserved shoppers will be increasingly tasked with delivering proven claims; at the same time, industry research and ingredient development will need to take into account the needs of every skin and hair type, as well as life stage.

7 Beauty Predictions for 2025

From clinical inclusivity to sustainable packaging scrutiny to novel biotech, the year to come will be pivotal for the industry's trajectory.

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