Cosmetics & Toiletries

From groundbreaking cosmetic ingredients to cutting-edge beauty devices, this year’s finalists represent the pinnacle of creativity, science and vision in cosmetics R&D.

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.

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Why Biomimetic Vegan Collagen is the Future of Beauty Innovation + Free Webinar

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10 New Frontiers in Beauty: Highlights from the 2025 In-Cosmetics Asia Innovation Zone — Plus APAC Goes Green [EXCLUSIVE REPORTS]

The company has already advanced its first INCI submission, clearing a regulatory path for formulators.

Carbon-to-Cream: Savor Leverages Food-Tech Platform to Enter Beauty Ingredients

Using proprietary thermochemical processes and inputs like captured CO₂, green hydrogen and methane, Savor can tune fatty acid profiles for consistency and performance, a persistent pain point for plant-derived oils.

Step into the Future of Personal Care with Sonneborn

Step into the Future of Personal Care with Sonneborn

Innovate with Sonneborn’s SonneNatural™ portfolio — the foundation for future-ready formulations — enhanced with Renewable White Alkanes, advanced plant-based alternatives and powerful hybrid solutions.

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Ashland's Rosaliss Biofunctional for Skin's Self-Repair

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Mibelle Biochemistry's SenoCellTec Skin Rejuvenator

Despite Pantone's color of the year being Cloud Dancer white, beauty is getting bolder.

Editor's Note: Beauty's Bold New Face in 2026

Despite Pantone's color this year being Cloud Dancer white, beauty is getting bolder and bio-based. In fact, bio-beauty tops my list of trends to watch — and dermocosmetics, a major theme in this issue, have been at the forefront of bio-beauty.

Results suggested the ingredient increases natural antioxidant defenses to reduce cellular oxidative stress, inhibits one of the main proinflammatory pathways, and ultimately breaks the oxi-inflammatory loop generated by environmental aggressions at the lipid level.

Sea Buckthorn to Calm Oxi-Inflammatory Assault in Sensitive Skin

A sea buckthorn leaf extract was developed to calm the oxi-inflammatory environment induced by exposome assaults, to protect epidermal lipids and to soothe sensitive skin. A model mimicking lipoperoxidation in the epidermis was used to assess its effects.

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Cocoa's Sweet Defense: Revolutionary Photoprotection Beyond UV

Photodamage prevention requires protection beyond UV. A responsibly sourced peptide-rich cocoa extract was thus developed to provide antioxidant protection against UV and blue light and improve skin tone evenness in all ethnicities, as shown here.

Reporting requirements apply to certain uses of synthetic polymer microparticles (SPM) and concern their estimated annual emissions. The information will be submitted annually to the ECHA.

EU/UK Regulatory Update: 2025 Recap of Key Changes for Cosmetics — Wastewater, Siloxanes, TPO, Microplastics and More

This article provides an overview of 2025's key cosmetic regulatory developments in the UK and EU. Highlights include updates on SPF tests, EU cosmetic regulation review, micropollutants, siloxanes, TPO bans, microplastics, UK REACH and packaging EPR.

Prejuvenation, e.g., with lasers and IPL devices, aims to preserve youthful skin architecture but the skin’s ability to respond to such depends on its baseline condition.

Behind the Beam: How Cosmetic Formulas Enhance Laser Prejuvenation Treatments

This article describes how topical formulas can enhance laser prejuvenation treatments. It highlights the role of peptides, retinoids and antioxidants, as well as protocol timing, skin factors and formulas to boost recovery, collagen and laser outcomes.

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How the Stem Cell Secretome Empowers Science-backed, Ultra-personalized Dermocosmetics

Secretome technology is advancing personalized, regenerative skin and hair treatments. Acorn Biolabs is at the forefront of such innovation, using cryopreserved cells to create patient-specific solutions. Acorn's CEO Drew Taylor, Ph.D., explains here.

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How Kao Corp.’s Humidity-Controlled Sunscreen Shifts the Paradigm for Climate-Adaptive Beauty

Formulating products that deliver both efficacy and sensory elegance under dynamic conditions has become a key challenge — especially in the realm of sun protection. Here's how Kao Corp. achieved such.