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The Three Lines of Skin Defense

Building a quality skin care product starts with understanding what intrinsic and extrinsic factors need to be addressed in skin defense.

Kaffe Bueno is upcycling the by-products, or “waste,” of coffee production—spent grounds—to unleash sustainable natural ingredients for the hair and skin.

Discover the Beauty of Coffee with Kaffe Bueno

How upcycling coffee helps the skin and hair care industry transition to natural formulations.

Double-digit growth has been seen for body creams, lotions and cleaners; and consumer spending on prestige body products has increased by 25%. What's going on?

2024's Fastest-growing Skin Care Category Goes Beyond the Face

Body skin care led the category's growth, in part by coopting ingredients and claims associated with facial skin care. Here’s what’s happening in the category and how brands can tap into the growth.

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EquiScalp and Rootness Energize: Clariant’s Active Ingredients

Clariant Active Ingredients has unveiled a skin cell revitalizer from Luffa cylindrica roots called, Rootness Energize; and a microbiota-friendly scalp soother derived from apple stem cells called, EquiScalp.

Probiotic skin care gets a big boost in the latest L Catterton-Tula deal.

Tula’s Plan for Probiotic Innovation

From ingestible supplements to new frontiers in scalp care, Tula is expanding its reach into probiotic beauty.

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And now for some GOOD news…Naturals to the Rescue!

Naturals map perfectly to wellness and self-care trends consumers are craving right now. Learn more about applications and growth in this timely ingredient sector.

Common Heir's retinol serum, made for consumers with melanin-rich skin, and vitamin C are both formulated in vegan, biodegradable capsules.

Common Heir Offers Retinol, Vitamin C Vegan Capsules for Topical Application

Common Heir's vitamin C and retinol serum products, the latter for consumers with melanin-rich or sensitive skin, are formulated in vegan, biodegradable capsules for topical application.

The Futurewise Slugging System consists of three products that are formulated with humectants to draw water in, emollients to moisturize and smooth, and occlusives to lock in the formulations on the skin.

Futurewise Launches with a System of Products for Slugging

The skin care brands says its Futurewise Slugging System is the first-ever system of products designed specifically for slugging.

Nippon Fine Chemicals recently highlighted its sustainable ingredients series of functional esters, oils, liposome precursors and more, as well as COSMOS and Ecocert compliant products.

Nippon Presents Sustainable Plandool, Lusplan, Neosolue, Phytopresome, PrimeLipid Series

Nippon Fine Chemicals presents its sustainable, non-GMO series of functional esters, oils, liposome precursors and more, including: Plandool, Lusplan, Neosolue, Phytopresome and PrimeLipid. It also highlighted COSMOS and Ecocert offerings.

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120 Hours of Hydration: Provital’s Hydrafence

Hydrafence was designed to provide 120 hours of consistent hydration, while strengthening the skin's barrier and accelerating recovery, per the brand.

Codex Beauty Labs launched a reportedly easy-to-read product label to help consumers decode the testing behind its products.

Codex Beauty Launches Consumer-facing Efficacy Testing Label

Codex Beauty Labs has launched product labeling to easily communicate the testing behind its products to consumers.

New Certifications, 2016 Color Trends, and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Late July 2014

Learn about a price increase from BASF, new certifications for TRI-K and Evonik, a 2016 color insights from Impact Colors, and new ingredient launches from Bio-Botanica, Silab, Greentech and more.

Plant Apothecary has relaunched with ingredient-forward and sustainable features.

Plant Apothecary Relaunches with Sustainable, Botanical-forward Range

The brand revamp highlights the benefits of plants in the cruelty-free, vegan formulations featuring key botanical ingredients at levels with proven efficacy, as well as enhanced scents.

Next month, Cosmetics & Toiletries (C&T) will excitedly present the C&T Allē Awards during an exclusive Awards Dinner, to be held on Sept. 28., 2022, co-located with Beauty Accelerate. Register now.

Which Indie Formula Will Win the C&T Allē Award?

Which finished indie formula will win the Cosmetics & Toiletries Allē Award? Here are the finalist profiles. Find out who wins on Sept. 28, 2022, at the exclusive Awards Dinner, co-located with Beauty Accelerate. Register now.

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9 Top Trends + 30 Beauty Insights from in-cosmetics Global 2024

Nearly 200 new launches were on display at in-cosmetics Global, held April 16-18, 2024, in Paris. Here, we've captured some of the top trends we spotted — but this is merely a sampling.

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Drunk Elephant Says Goodbye to Sephora Kids with New Age-Appropriate Campaign

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Outer Bio Brings Living Human Skin Into a Four-Week Discovery Window

Outer Bio is positioning Yuna as a platform for identifying previously unknown mechanisms and molecules in living human skin.

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Makeup + More: Hybrids that Have it All

Makeup hybrids are here to stay. Meet the brands making waves in makeup that does more with less.