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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.

This 'Read the Label' looks at the ingredients and claims for The Body Shop's CBD Replenishing Moisture Cream.

Read the Label: The Body Shop's CBD Replenishing Moisture Cream

This "Read the Label" looks at the The Body Shop's CBD Replenishing Moisture Cream, which is claimed to deliver a fast-absorbing, rich skin feel, restoring moisture levels and enriching the skin with a blend of naturally derived CBD, hemp seed oil, patchouli and squalane.

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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.

DermaQuest’s DermaMinerals features dermaxyl peptide to minimize the appearance of fine lines, and reflective and light-scattering mica-wrapped cotton fibers and boron nitride to help restore the skin’s luminosity.

Healthy, Colorful Beauty

Dual-purpose makeup is the confluence of trends in both color and skin care.

The Importance of Efficacy in Cosmeceutical Beauty

Ongoing ingredient innovations and consumers’ constant desire to maintain youthful skin has this beauty segment continuing to develop.

Skin Diversity Explained

Though there is little and often contradictory information on skin structure and function differences between ethnic types, apart from the inherent coloration, this review provides insights into the specificities of the three main ethnic skin types.

Movement in Innovation, Notes from in-cosmetics Asia, and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Early November 2013

Get the latest on the newest innovation centers and production facilities, collaborations and partnerships, and testing developments, as well as launches from Croda, TRI-K, Evonik and many more

Contract manufacturers are noticing a shift toward wellness in the beauty space.

INSIDER INSIGHTS: Contract Manufacturing Beauty Trends & Hair Care Trends + Packaging Launches

Wellness and hybrid formulations dominate contract manufacturing space, while scalp care continues to trend in hair care.

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Lasting Hydration, Leaky Skin, New Anti-aging Commensal and More: Day 1 at IFSCC 2024 Brazil

Podium presentations featured on Day 1 at IFSCC 2024 Brazil included lasting hydrating and plumping skin, leaky skin, preventing sunscreen penetration, mixed retinol efficacy, microbiome-driven personalization, a novel anti-aging commensal and more.

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When Packaging Shapes Performance: Why Delivery Consistency Is Redefining Skin Care Efficacy in 2026

For brand owners and B2B stakeholders, the move toward functional packaging is not merely a technical flex; it is a strategic necessity. In a market saturated with “clean beauty” and “science-backed” claims, the point of differentiation has shifted.

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Welcome to PDRN's Regenerative Gold Rush: 10 Ingredients Competing to Set the Innovation Agenda

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Skin Care Gets Smarter: Exploring Advanced Ingredient Technologies

Skin care is evolving, and advanced ingredient technologies are leading the way. From smart formulas that adapt to the skin's needs to cutting-edge innovations like encapsulated actives, the future of skin care is all about precision and effectiveness.

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.

Skinification and wellness are dominating the skin care and body care ingredient spaces, while sustainability continues to define packaging for beauty.

INSIDER INSIGHTS: Bath & Body Care & Skin Care Ingredients + Packaging Launches

This month we highlight what is trending in these spaces as the industry continues to evolve.

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Regulation Update: Cosmetics and Ingredients in China, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand

From testing and labeling, to ingredient approvals and restrictions, China, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand have been busy making cosmetic policies. Following is an overview from the past month, all according to Chemlinked.

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15 Beauty Innovation Trends

A sampling of highlights from this year's NYSCC Suppliers’ Day and Luxe Pack New York.

From wellness to beauty post-COVID-19, Beauty Accelerate Virtual 2020 will address the industry's new normal.

5 Hot Topics Coming to Beauty Accelerate Virtual

From post-COVID-19 innovation to retail disruption to wellness to conscious beauty and beyond, this year's event is packed with expert insights. Registration is open.

This year is a record-breaking year for innovation with over 180 entries were submitted across four categories, including the Innovation Zone Active Ingredient, Innovation Zone Functional Ingredient, Green Ingredient and more.

in-cosmetics Global Publishes Shortlist for 2022 Awards

Event organizers report this is a record-breaking year for the awards, with more than 180 entries submitted across categories including the Innovation Zone Active and Functional Ingredients, the Green Ingredient and more. Check out the shortlist.