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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.

All latest innovations in longevity, radiance, and sustainable beauty solutions - all in one place.

How These Star Ingredients Are Setting New Standards in Beauty

This report highlights star ingredients driving the skin longevity phenomenon, among others, and redefining standards for beauty.

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.

Consumers expect products that deliver results. This demand is being met through the development of advanced delivery systems that target specific skin concerns, as well as the incorporation of potent ingredients such as peptides, proteins, and antioxidants.

New Beauty Ingredient Advances: Sustainability x Efficacy

This article examines novel ingredients and technologies available to cosmetic formulators, including a bioactivating hexapeptide derived from human skin to stimulate collagen production, fermented ingredients that inhibit glycation and more.

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A New Slant Salon Hair Care

HeatSmart Complex may be in each of its products for heat-styled hair, but from technology and package design to point-of-purchase marketing and a new business model, a different way of looking at the industry and all kinds of smarts have gone into building the ThermaFuse brand.

Stem Cells—A Widening Horizon

Though their use faces many challenges, stem cells—in their many forms—may be the biggest game-changer in cosmeceuticals in the long-term.

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15 Beauty Innovation Trends

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

Libo Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Took part in MakeUp in New York, highlighting its cosmetic packaging solutions.

[update] Beauty Events Are Back!

Highlights from Cosmoprof North America, MakeUp in NY and the California SCC shows point to a gradual return to normalcy.

As we get older, two essential proteins in our skin, collagen and elastin, begin to lose their native structure and break down.

Holistic Beauty: Clean Solutions for Healthy-looking Skin

The idea of “anti-aging” is being replaced by the attitude of aging well, by maximizing skin’s health so that it looks its best at every stage in life.

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9 in-cosmetics Global Show Floor Highlights: Sneak Preview

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Elements of Beauty

Inspiring ingredients and innovative claims drive new product innovation.

The 'beautyspan' refers to the duration of one’s skin and hair health/wellness, centering the discussion on holistic, preventive and regenerative strategies, rather than solely aesthetic solutions.

The Beautyspan: Biohacking Longevity (Ingredient Trend Tracker)

“Today’s longevity-boosting ingredients are designed to tackle the root causes of aging at a cellular level.”

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.