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15 Beauty Innovation Trends

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

From wellness to beauty post-COVID-19, Beauty Accelerate Virtual 2020 will address the industry's new normal.

5 Hot Topics Coming to Beauty Accelerate Virtual

From post-COVID-19 innovation to retail disruption to wellness to conscious beauty and beyond, this year's event is packed with expert insights. Registration is open.

This year is a record-breaking year for innovation with over 180 entries were submitted across four categories, including the Innovation Zone Active Ingredient, Innovation Zone Functional Ingredient, Green Ingredient and more.

in-cosmetics Global Publishes Shortlist for 2022 Awards

Event organizers report this is a record-breaking year for the awards, with more than 180 entries submitted across categories including the Innovation Zone Active and Functional Ingredients, the Green Ingredient and more. Check out the shortlist.

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From Weight Loss to Whole-Person Beauty

As the definition of successful obesity treatment expands, a transformation-care market may emerge across pharma, beauty and consumer health.

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Regenerative Skin Care: the Anti-aging Killer

Brands are embracing the new longevity paradigm amid a boom in ingredient advancements.

High Performance, Good Business

GCI magazine recently spoke with skin care marketers about their businesses. Although their products target different, specifically defined segments of the market, there are caveats across the board—notably that today’s hyper-aware consumers expect products to perform at a high level and that the partnership between R&D and marketing is paramount in meeting this expectation.

Where Beauty Manufacturing is Going Next

From biotech without the research overhead to AI-driven product authentication, cosmetic manufacturing is moving into new territory.

Hair loss and thinning remain pervasive concerns, impacting a significant portion of the global population and driving a robust, innovation-fueled market within the beauty industry.

The Hair Loss Innovation Boom

There’s new hope for consumers’ biggest fear.

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Retinol Reimagined: The Brands and Ingredients Gaining Market Momentum

Retinol or retinol alternatives: that is the question. Following is a breakdown of the recent retinol alternative products and ingredients on the market.

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.

Trends tend to circulate among the regional beauty centers of Asia Pacific.

Special Report: Decoding Asian Beauty Ideals, Products and Trends

A Mintel briefing recently outlined the individual market realities, emerging innovation trends and growth opportunities in this dynamic beauty market.

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The Microbiome: Our Greatest Challenge or Best Opportunity?

Is the microbiome our greatest challenge, the best opportunity we've had, in a long time, to innovate and renew ourselves?

Caudalie’s skin-hydrating Grape Water is a fully organic formula certified by the USDA BioPreferred program, which is granted to products that are “derived from plants and other renewable agricultural, marine, and forestry materials.”

NYSCC 2017: Consumer-focused Cosmetic Ingredient Innovations

Selfie solutions, gentle formulation innovations and more from Croda, BASF, Vantave/Lipo Chemicals, Bio-Botanica, Ele Corp., Dow Corning, Evonik, Givaudan, Sensient, Spectra Colors, Gelest and Hallstar.

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.

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How K-Beauty Conquered 2025 Through TikTok Shop and Product Innovation

K-Beauty has captured consumers' attention — and capital. While TikTok has accelerated brand discovery, product innovation has fostered consumer engagement. Here, TikTok's Ajay Salpekar helps us dig into what makes these products so successful.

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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.

The connection between diet and the skin has long been known, but new research points to the connections between skin and gut health for a range of issues, including acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.

Gut Health as Skin Health: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Holistic wellness trends and emerging science are intersecting, providing new innovation targets for beauty products and claims.

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.