Cosmetics & Toiletries

Beauty Accelerate 2025: Future-proofing Beauty [FIRST LOOK]

Returning to the East Coast, 2025's edition will highlight the technologies, trends and strategies propelling the most innovative brands.

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2025 C&T Allēs Extends Final-Final Deadline to Sept. 13

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Next in Skin: Beauty Wellness Through Health

Under the new research project, the Estée Lauder Companies seeks to decode the neurological connections between fragrance and emotion to drive fragrance product development, packaging innovation, the development of consumer experiences and marketing claims, and more.

The Estée Lauder Companies' New Research Project to Decode the Scent-Emotion Connection

The Estée Lauder Companies seeks to decode the neurological connections between fragrance and emotion to drive fragrance product development, packaging innovation, the development of consumer experiences and marketing claims, and more.

Zemea® Propanediol: A Leader in Performance and Sustainability

Zemea® Propanediol: A Leader in Performance and Sustainability

Zemea® Propanediol (INCI: Propanediol), a 100% bio-based ingredient derived from industrial corn, is revolutionizing the personal care industry with its multifunctional benefits.

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Product Spotlight: Hero Superlight Sunscreen with SPF 30

The weightless gel-cream formula is designed to absorb quickly to provide hydration without feeling greasy. Furthermore, its sheer green tint instantly balances redness, and the barely-there finish doubles as a light primer.

Founder Tammy Demos, previously of Cosmedix and Osmosis Beauty, notes, “Gen X is my age group. Our skin care journey has led us through the retin A era, vitamin C and then the clean beauty push. Our skin isn’t aging and inflamed from the lack of skin care products but rather the lack of nutrients that provide health.”

Kleos+Klea Launches 'Nutrient-only' Skin Care for Gen X

"I don't believe there's a better solution for skin than what nature provides. When I faced personal skin issues like hyperpigmentation, rosacea and premature aging, nature was the only source that truly healed my skin."

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Legal Briefs: 18 Product Alerts in Europe, J&J Ups Talc Offer $1.1 B, Tattoo Pigment Recall, Coppertone Class Action Dropped

This legal briefing includes 18 product citations in Europe for fragrance allergens/prohibited substances; J&J's raised talc settlement offer; a tattoo pigment recalled for microbe contamination; and a dropped class action against Coppertone.

Personal Care Products Council’s annual Science Symposium & Expo

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Seventy-two percent of Gen Z females take a hot bath or shower to alleviate stress, while 66% spend more time on their beauty and personal care routines.

How Beauty x Wellness Can Address Stressed-out Consumers: New Data

With consumers more stressed than ever, shoppers' quest for multifunctional feel-good products beyond supplements is on the rise.

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Western University Scientists Uncover Protein with Next-level DNA Damage Repair Potential

The protein could be introduced into any organism to increase its cellular DNA repair efficiency. Mindy Goldstein, Ph.D., weighs in: "This is the first direct proof of a DNA repair enzyme from [D. radiodurans] that works through a unique mechanism."

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Formula Focus: Clear Sun Care Stick

A clear sun care stick with Hawaii-compliant UV filters is designed to protect the user and environment.

Bloomful Splash is designed to offer consumers a 'mesmerizing journey,' amplifying and boosting the ‘bloom’ outcome, to intensify the fragrance, elevating the overall shower routine.

Givaudan Debuts Bloomful Splash & Bloom Drops for Hair and Personal Wash Applications

The two solutions are part of Givaudan's Bloomful platform, said to define and measure the bloom in various applications, by triggering a captivating bloom effect during two key moments.

The blend addresses the scalp's sebum composition and ability to retain moisture when exposed to environmental insults such as particulate matter, smoking, and UV radiation.

Monteloeder's Zeropollution Supplement Defends the Scalp from Environmental Stress: New Research

By altering the skin barrier and microflora and boosting reactive oxygen species production, pollution damages scalp cell membranes.