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Sun Care in the 21st Century

GCI magazine spoke with David Sutton, sun care marketing manager, Dow Personal Care, and Julian Hewitt, technical specialist for Croda Suncare & Biopolymers, about the challenges of creating sun care for today’s market.

“We have to go further than clean labels and greenwashing to create products that resonate with today’s consumers, who are more knowledgeable and engaged in discussions about their environmental impact than ever before,” says Chi Anigbogu, global marketing manager of Ingredion Beauty & Home.

The Future of Clean Label Beauty

New ingredients offer brands the opportunity to deliver sustainable, safe, natural and effective beauty to increasingly demanding consumers.

New ingredient technologies are improving the spreadability and transparency of sun care products.

SPF Everything

Sun care's skinification has led to a boom in multifunctional SPF products, even as sunscreen formulations become better than ever.

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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Ultrafine Bubbles to Transform Water for the Sustainable Topical Delivery of Actives

This work examines the potential of water, treated via an ultrafine bubble technology, to deliver actives into skin. The penetration of niacinamide and carnosine (peptide) from a cosmetic formula is evaluated. Additional applications are proposed.

Beauty Ingredients with an Eco Edge

A recap of the ingredient offerings launched over the last year, in alphabetical order by supplier, that can help brands make more environmentally friendly claims.

The line offers a range of solutions for all skin needs, from a Clay Color-changing Mask and Nightly Clarifying Serum to a Milk-to-Foam Cleanser and Prebiotic Gel Moisturizer.

Brooklyn + Bailey McKnight Launch Skin Care Brand itk at Walmart

The cruelty-free skin care line, inclusive of 15 SKUs for a wide range of skin types and needs, is available in 3,800 Walmart stores nationwide and online on walmart.com.

2014 Beauty Packaging Identity Trends

The first goal in strategizing and designing packaging identity should be to authentically reflect the brand’s core identity, and cross-checking the strategy across relevant trends can help inform whether to follow or contrast trends.

Looking to in-cosmetics, New Facilities, New Approvals and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Early March 2013

Get a preview of the beauty ingredient launches from AkzoNobel, Grant, Lipotec, Lubrizol, and many more from in-cosmetics 2013, as well as new on new locations and collaborations, innovations and more.

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How K-Beauty Trends Have Taken Over Skin Care: from Acne Care to PDRN

This report explores how each brand, product and trend addresses certain skin concerns.

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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.

Lady Burd’s Fall & Winter Catalog features products appropriate for the colder seasons ahead.

Lady Burd Debuts Fall/Winter Lip, Makeup & Skin Care Collection

The private label cosmetics manufacturer launched its fall and winter collection with several products designed for the colder seasons ahead.

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Meet the 2026 C&T Allē Awards Finalists – Trailblazers in Beauty Innovation

The 2026 C&T Allē Awards are just around the corner, celebrating the trailblazers of beauty innovation on May 18, 2026, in NYC. This year’s finalists represent the pinnacle of creativity, science and vision. Meet this year's contenders.

Entries ranged from a bio-derived hair fixative polymer to a natural extract to promote hair growth.

57 Ingredients Debut in PCHi's Product Showcase

Here they are: all 57 launches featured in the New Product Showcase during PCHi. Entries ranged from a bio-derived hair fixative polymer to a natural extract to promote hair growth.

Launches at in-cosmetics 2013, New Research and Production, and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Late April 2013

Catch up on the new launches from in-cosmetics 2013 in Paris, including new beauty ingredients from Croda, BASF, Dow, Evonik, Clariant and many, many more.

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.

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The Innovations Tackling the SPF Confidence Gap

U.S. prestige skin care sales in 2020 declined 11%

Skin Care 2021

New ingredients, packaging formats and market-driven brand positioning are elevating beauty’s self-care leader.