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To brighten both the user's skin and mood, Clariant has launched a stick and mask prototype formula under the theme 'The Joyologist.'

Clariant Brightens Skin and Mood with Joyologist Concept Formulas

Clariant Actives and Natural Origins has created two formulations under its "Joyologist" concept to promote inner wellness.

'I'm so excited to finally make it official with Cetaphil as the face of their new line!' says the influencer.

Cetaphil x Katie Fang: Gen Z & Gen Alpha Join the Dermocosmetic Movement

By tapping Katie Fang for the exfoliating range launch, Cetaphil is making an overt play for Gen Alpha and Gen Z shoppers; Fang is undoubtedly a favorite influencer for both demographics.

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DSM-Firmenich Gears Up for In-cos Global with Skin/Hair Anti-aging, Sun Protection Solutions

Designed to meet the evolving needs of consumers, these sustainability-led, state-of-the-art ingredients aim to redefine the realms of UV protection, skin aging and hair health.

The rise of 'skinimalism' is transforming the beauty industry, focusing on simplified skincare routines, high-quality ingredients, and sustainability. This trend is changing consumer behavior, packaging design, and market dynamics in 2025.

Less is More: How Skinimalism is Redefining Beauty Routines and Packaging

The rise of "skinimalism" is transforming the beauty industry, focusing on simplified skin care routines, high-quality ingredients, and sustainability. This trend is changing consumer behavior, packaging design, and market dynamics in 2025.

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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?

“The benefit of listening to 10 years of customers' desires and skin concerns compelled us to create this line,' says Credo co-founder and CEO Annie Jackson.

Credo Skincare Pushes the Limits of Beauty Sustainability

The collection centers on shoppers' hydration concerns via clean and sustainable formulations.

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Seppic Innovation Focus: Sensitive Skin, Natural G/O Emulsion and 'Beauty Box Office Movie Hit' Concepts

Through a showcase of advanced actives and excipients, the company emphasized how carefully selected ingredients can deliver both performance and consumer appeal.

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Shortlist Spotlight: in-cosmetics Global 2026 Awards Heat Up Ahead of Paris

This year’s lineup underscores a step-change in innovation, from cutting-edge actives and high-performance functional materials to sustainability-led solutions.

According to a May 2024 Exploding Topics Report, “Search volume for ‘sustainable beauty’ is up more than 200% since 2019.” At the same time, clinical beauty has begun to eclipse pure-play “clean” beauty.

Future-forward Sustainable Beauty Ingredients: What's Next?

New innovation is merging performance and eco-friendly credentials to generate consumer-winning claims across categories.

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 New Standard in Effective Skin Care

Consumer trend reports from Harris Williams and NIQ reflect how inflation has affected overall consumer demand for beauty and personal care products.

2025 Beauty Strategies: How Brands Can Tap Consumers’ Value Focus

Strategies for beauty industry leaders to help navigate changes to beauty consumer behavior in 2025.

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Purvala's Hair-binding Proteins Define Olaplex's Next Innovation Chapter

Purvala's ingredient solutions include what it calls "products based on novel hair-binding proteins" that have applications in hair repair, hair shaping and straightening, and hair coloring.

“Sunscreen is poised to see a sensorial shakeup,” says Michelle Chavez, vice president of innovation, Accupac. “Rather than traditional sunscreens, we will start to see the entrance of 'fun-screens,' UV protectants that drive engagement and that consumers want to use every day.”

The 2024 Sun Care Agenda

From fun-screen to multifuctional claims and enhanced performance, sun defense has entered a more dynamic era.

Consumers are testing the limits of beauty innovation like never before, demanding elevated value, efficacy, sustainability and experiences, from product to branding and packaging to marketing and social engagement.

Global Cosmetic Industry Reveals 2025 Beauty Themes

From skin and hair health to emerging technologies and manufacturing trends to the latest packaging and ingredient innovations, 2025's information agenda will equip brands to compete in a dynamic, competitive marketplace.

From stress to environmental conditions to congenital issues, sensitive skin is a multi-dimensional condition that affects large swaths of consumers across the globe.

The Gentle Skin Care Revolution

How sensitive skin is reshaping beauty R&D.

Seventy-two percent of Gen Z females take a hot bath or shower to alleviate stress, while 66% spend more time on their beauty and personal care routines.

How Beauty x Wellness Can Address Stressed-out Consumers: New Data

With consumers more stressed than ever, shoppers' quest for multifunctional feel-good products beyond supplements is on the rise.

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Doré x Evolved by Nature Are Taking Clean Beauty From 'Less Bad' to Proactively Good

Evolved by Nature's bioactive peptides will be retroactively integrated into existing Doré products and the brand's future launches.