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VOTE NOW: ICMAD's Indie Beauty Innovators Awards

Have your say about the innovator and entrepreneur of the year.

The 2022 Cosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards bring behind-the-scenes ingenuity in cosmetics and personal care R&D into the spotlight. Here are the 2022 winners—and what the judges had to say about them. pictured: team from Miyoshi America

Here They Are: Congratulations to the Winners of the 2022 C&T Allēs

The 2022 Cosmetics & Toiletries (C&T) Allē Awards bring behind-the-scenes ingenuity in cosmetics and personal care R&D into the spotlight. Here are the 2022 winners—and what the judges had to say about them.

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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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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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Hairspan: Defining the Next Frontier of Hair Longevity

A new movement is emerging as a defining structure for formulation strategy, functional claims and consumer education, and positions the hair and scalp as a biological system designed to be preserved over time.

Nutricosmetics: Eat and Drink Your Skin Care

As consumers continue to incorporate appearance into their overall concept of wellness, nutricosmetics may prove to be a financially advantageous new frontier for the beauty industry.

Ingredients from NYSCC Suppliers' Day and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Early May 2013

Get information on featured ingredients from BASF, Lubrizol, Lucas Meyer and more suppliers from the 2013 NYSCC Suppliers' Day, as well as news on new collaborations and ingredients, TV appearances, awards and more.

The consumer continues to evolve its standards in sun care, skin care and color cosmetics.

What’s Trending? Sun Care, Skin Care & Color Cosmetics

Multi-beneficial and natural ingredients are at the forefront of these categories.

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New Exhibitors at in-cosmetics: Leave-on Skin Care

Nearly 800 exhibitors will grace the in-cosmetics Global show floor this April. This makes for an idea-rich environment but where do you start? Why not the newcomers... here, we've highlighted those focused on leave-on skin care.

Conscious beauty, in particular color, has been a leading trend for 2020.

Ingredient Trends 2020-2021, Part 2

Part 2 of 2: From ingestible technology to clean and green materials, new breakthroughs abound.

Sustainable Innovation

Consumers are increasingly interested in their personal impact on the environment, and are demanding more from brand owners and their packaging choices.

Ingredients With Global Flair

Ingredients with a global edge offer brands the opportunity to build a marketing story or brand identity that resonates with consumers around the globe.

9 New Skin Care Rules

The trends shaping a disruptive agenda.

Article sponsored by Mibelle Biochemistry

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.

Inventing Success

A look at how the state of the industry, trends, definitions of green and the economy impacts R&D.

The Future is Here

The industry is responding to consumers’ desires for safe, innovative, antiaging science and results-driven products.

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Brands Are Turning Up the Heat on Hair Protection: Prevention Over Repair

Defensive care focused on UV, pollution, chemical, heat and mechanical damage is escalating amid a hair wellness boom.

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Clean Beauty Decoded

The growing reality is consumers want brands and retailers to deliver products that are thoughtfully designed to have the least possible negative impact on human health, the environment and society—as they, the shopper, define it.