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According to a May 2024 Exploding Topics Report, “Search volume for ‘sustainable beauty’ is up more than 200% since 2019.”

Performance & Sustainability are the Future of Beauty

A new generation of mass balanced ingredients offer the high-efficacy and verifiable sustainable credentials today’s shoppers demand.

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Beauty Under Fire: Why 2026 Will Be a Pivotal Year for Consumer Safety and Environmental Accountability

Recalls highlight the global push for transparency and safety in the beauty industry, as regulators and brands work to protect consumers from harmful ingredients and misleading claims. Keep reading for the latest regulatory updates.

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Body Care Gets Smarter: From Skinification to Wellness, Climate Resilience and Waterless Innovation

From serums to sustainable soak: body care is shedding basic moisturizer status with climate-conscious actives and personalized performance innovations.

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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.

Cosmetic companies often use the polyquaternium compounds PQ-7 andPQ-10 in the production of shampoos and conditioners. These polymers, also known as polyquats, make hair appear smoother, come with an anti-static effect and make it easy to comb.

Symrise Develops PQ-7 and PQ-10 Synthetic Material Replacement with SymFeel Quat Green

Cosmetic companies often use the polyquaternium compounds PQ-7 andPQ-10 in the production of shampoos and conditioners. These polymers, also known as polyquats, make hair appear smoother, come with an anti-static effect and make it easy to comb.

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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.

Safety First for Baby Skin Care

Consumers looking for brand offerings in the baby and child skin care market put a high priority on safety, ease of use and price.

Safety First for Baby Skin Care

Consumers looking for brand offerings in the baby and child skin care market put a high priority on safety, ease of use and price.

Men and women have a lot in common regarding natural and organic beauty and personal care habits and attitudes, but the differences point to new opportunities for the booming market.

Men Vs. Women: Natural & Organic Beauty

Brand awareness and purchasing habits from 4,000+ survey respondents; Part 3 of a 4-part series.

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Nivea Extends Success to Execution of Gift Sets

Case Study: Looking Back to Move a Brand Forward

Nivea Extends Success to Execution of Gift Sets

Brands and formulators are focused on meeting regulatory deadlines for 1,4-dioxane.

Beauty’s 1,4-Dioxane Scramble

As formulators and brands race to address impending limits, innovation is ramping up.

Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) announced finalists for the 2020 Beauty Awards

UPDATE: 2020 CEW Beauty Award Winners

Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) announced the winners from 45 categories for the 2020 Beauty Awards that celebrated the most innovative and groundbreaking new products of the year.

From eco-friendly materials to interactive designs, the latest packaging trends blend aesthetics with utility, ensuring both environmental responsibility and enhanced user engagement.

Beauty Packaging Redefined: Innovations You Need to Know

From eco-friendly materials to interactive designs, the latest packaging trends blend aesthetics with utility, ensuring both environmental responsibility and enhanced user engagement.

2010 CEW Achiever Award Honorees: left to right, Carlotta Jacobson, president, CEW; Janet Pardo, senior vice president, global product development, Clinique; Claudia Poccia, global president, Mark, Avon Products, Inc.; Lori Singer, group vice president, global marketing, Coty Prestige; Alex Keith, vice president, P&G; Lisa Price, founder, Carol’s Daughter; Susan Sweet, general manager, Neutrogena, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Group of Companies (who accepted the Corporate Empowerment for Women, C.E.W., Award, on behalf of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.); and Jeannine Shao Collins, chief innovation officer, Meredith 360, at the CEW Achievers Award luncheon.

CEW Celebrates 2010 Achiever Awards

On Oct. 1, 2010, Carlotta Jacobson, president, Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW), welcomed attendees to celebrate industry excellence at CEW’s 35th Annual Achiever Awards luncheon at New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria.

A Packaging Approach That Conveys Efficiency

A smart, environmentally concious approach to packaging not only pleases consumers, but also can ensure more efficiency in several links of the supply chain.

Cosmetics and the Chemistry of Life

Amino acids—the building blocks of life—are providing interesting new opportunities for beauty product development.

Keen for Innovation: Standing Apart in Private Label

Private label beauty lines work hard to rise to the challenges of swaying skeptics.

The Sustainability Case for Pouches

More beauty brands may want to consider pouches as packaging options, as they offer sustainability opportunities, more marketing options, unique shelf exposure and more.