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Global Skin Care Market: Driven by Innovation

Ingredient companies are offering new innovations to support the expansion of skin care rituals.

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Beauty’s New Class of Anti-Aging Ingredient Tech

As the industry prepares for a new year of innovation, we looked at the latest batch of novel materials poised to shape product development in 2026 and beyond.

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Interesting Twists Amidst the COVID-19 Flux: Editor's Opinion

Desperation for hand sanitizers in response to the COVID-19 outbreak has fueled a market shift toward hygienic personal care. An obvious response, there. But peripheral product demands have followed, which are less obvious and more interesting, in this editor's opinion.

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Built for Burnout: How Potion Tackles Stress-Smart Skin Care

In an age of overstimulation and chronic stress, people need skin care that keeps up with real life. The founder of Potion Skincare explains how she did just that.

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The Longevity Illusion: FIT’s 2026 Think Tank Exposes the Credibility Gap in Beauty Innovation

A call to action to restructure product development and communication pipelines around verified performance, educational clarity and experiential depth.

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The Skin Care Toolbox: Next-Gen Ingredients and Concept Products for Longevity, Barrier Health & Beyond

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.

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Targeting Delivery to Areas of Concern

Products that increase skin elasticity, provide firming and toning, and add a smoothing effect to specific areas of the body are among the most popular being formulated today...

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.

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Comparatively Speaking: Sun Care vs. Daily Proactive Skin Care

"The difference, in one sentence, is that sun care is only part of skin care. To be complete, skin care requires a need for daily proactive total skin care regimen."

Liquid Crystals and the Skin

Liquid crystal technology has not had the dramatic marketing impact of other ingredient and technology breakthroughs, but the performance benefits warrant continued consideration.

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Innovating Anti-Pollution Skin Care Products

The anti-pollution skin care products market is mostly consumer-centric and innovation-driven. As a result, the development of pollution-proof products is increasing, and many brands are creating ways and products to do so.

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.

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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Next-Gen Ingredients Cutting Through the Noise in Clean Skin Care

A new wave of innovative ingredients is offering formulators solutions that are sustainable, safe and clinically effective.

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.”

From supplement-inspired ingredients to biodegradable materials, suppliers have stepped up their game for the beauty market.

Beauty Ingredient Trends 2021, Part 2

Sustainable and wellness-focused innovation are generating new opportunities for functions and claims.