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Does Beauty Desperately Need a New Hero Ingredient?

What's old is new again, according to cosmetic industry expert Akshay Talati. While this puts a creative spin on tried-and-true ingredients, are we stick in a chemistry loop? Talati explores this further in the following commentary.

Body positivity is a major trend in the body care sector, and considering the pressures of modern life, consumers are looking for more ways to look and feel confident. ... Effective body care products are a valuable tool in this journey to greater positivity.

Expert Opinions on Body Care: Sustainability, Positivity, Biotech and More

From clean label, anti-cellulite and breast enhancement, to stretch marks, sustainability, biotech, body positivity and more, sales in the collective body care segment are on the rise. Following is a brief market survey plus expert industry insights.

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.

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.

During lockdown, consumers started to seek out familiar at-home self-care routines.

What Recovery Looks Like

How 6 companies are navigating the road to recovery.

New turnkey services and expanding lab capacity are offering brands more responsive partnerships in beauty manufacturing.

Beauty Manufacturing Trend Tracker: April 2024

New labs, ingredient supply chain trends, expanded turnkey offerings, AI-driven quality assurance for lipsticks and more top our leading beauty manufacturing trends this month.

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Can Beauty Bridge the Gap Between Women and Wellness?

As the gap between wellness and beauty shrinks, women are demanding products that speak to their specific needs and lifecycles.

Roelmi HPC’s SelectSIEVE Zen (INCI: Ocimum tenuiflorum (holy basil) (and) Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) (and) Sambucus nigra (elderberry extracts) is an eco-sustainable phytochemical complex designed to promote mental relaxation and mood improvement. The technology is thereby ideal for beauty supplements that offer additional wellness benefits.

The Beauty Ingredient Agenda: Sept. 2023

From mood-enhancing ingredients to collagen-boosting technologies to new encapsulation techniques, beauty innovation is set for continuous innovation.

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 Rise of Face-Grade Body Care: a Skin Care Transformation

From vitamins to fragrance to barrier defense, body skin care is undergoing a revolution.

As skin care brands seek to tap into the shifting needs of emerging and established shoppers across generations, marketers and product innovation teams need to ensure their solutions are meeting consumers where they are.

Generational Skin Care: from Future-proofing to Rejuvenation

By delivering targeted care based on life stages, brands have immense opportunities to address the needs of everyone from Gen Alpha to boomers.

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

9 New Skin Care Rules

The trends shaping a disruptive agenda.

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U.S. prestige skin care sales in 2020 declined 11%

Skin Care 2021

New ingredients, packaging formats and market-driven brand positioning are elevating beauty’s self-care leader.