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Solabia USA Launches Oleoveil: The 100% Bio-Based Film Former Delivering a Silicone-Like Slip

Beyond its tactile advantages, the polymer leaves the skin with a beautifully blurred, soft-focus optical finish.

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Nuon Medical Blends Beauty Tech and Smart Packaging with New Applicator Concepts

The new concepts span scalp, face and body care, combining formula delivery with technologies such as red light therapy, vibration and cooling massage.

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Shin-Etsu Silicones Unveils New Hybrid Powders and Bio-Based Elastomers for Personal Care

New tools designed to bridge the gap between traditional silicone performance and high-purity, sustainable consumer aesthetics.

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BASF and dsm-firmenich Score Major Win as FDA Clears First New UV Filter in 27 Years

The move is expected to streamline product development, simplify supply chains and accelerate the launch of next-generation moisturizers, skin tints and hybrid complexion products.

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AI Search Is Rewriting Influencer Marketing. Beauty Brands Are Racing to Feed the Machines.

"[H]undreds of highly relevant creators can create repeated, specific associations around a product across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and search-indexed content."

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Estée Lauder Deepens UK Manufacturing Footprint with Home Fragrance Expansion

The U.K. will become the primary manufacturing base for candles sold under brands including Jo Malone London, Tom Ford and Aerin worldwide.

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Beauty’s Digital Reordering: TikTok Shop Surges as Amazon Holds, But No Longer Dominates Growth

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Color Cosmetics at a Crossroads: the Categories and Strategies Set to Restart Growth

Industry innovators are exploring new ways to bring energy back to the makeup aisle.

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Beyond Wrinkles: The Ingredients Rewriting Beauty’s Biological Playbook

The industry is moving toward a model where skin care is designed to modulate the skin’s internal intelligence, adaptability and long-term biological trajectory.

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Viva Brings Luxury Looks to Sustainable Packaging With New Decoration Technologies

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L'Oréal Backs RNAi Drug Developer in $80M Bet on the Future Convergence of Beauty and Health

The funding will support OliX's pipeline across multiple therapeutic categories, including projects focused on skin and hair applications.

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From 'Juice In, Junk Out' to Exosomes: Karen Behnke's Beauty Crush Signals Clean Beauty's Next Chapter

If Juice Beauty helped establish clean beauty's first era, Beauty Crush offers a glimpse of what the category's next chapter may look like.

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9 Drivers of Ulta’s Q1 Growth (and a Times Square Flagship Teaser)

Growth was broad-based across channels and categories, with gains driven by both higher spending per visit and increased shopper traffic.

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Mondi Unveils Recyclable Wet Wipes Pack With 35% PCR Content Ahead of EU Packaging Rules

With 35% PCR content already incorporated into the structure, Mondi positions the solution as a future-ready option for compliance and circularity goals.

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Waldencast Agrees to Sell Obagi Medical for up to $460M

For Bridgepoint, the acquisition is a bet on the continued convergence of dermatology, aesthetics and professional skin care.

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The AI Gold Rush in Beauty R&D

Competing platforms vie to demonstrate their value in achieving speed, savings and efficiencies, and market triumph.

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When Ingredients Become Evidence: Inside Beauty’s Product Liability Crisis

Unpacking the real product liability threats confronting cosmetics companies, the insurance policy traps that can quietly leave brands exposed and the practical steps that can help mitigate future risk.

Unilever Bets Big on Beauty Science With $270M Innovation Hub as Food Divestiture Questions Swirl

Unilever said proximity to academic institutions and scientific talent was central to the decision.