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Hair Care
Product Spotlight: Taliah Waajid Green Apple & Aloe Leave-in Conditioner
Imparting a sense of moisture helps textured hair feel softer and decreases damage; Taliah Waajid's Green Apple & Aloe Leave-in Conditioner provides such.
Consumers/Market
10 Trends in Beauty: K-Beauty, Mixsoon Bean Ferment, Forge, Tallow Skin Care for Men, Spate's 2025 Predictions...
Hair Care
Formula Focus: Nourishing and Repairing Hair Mask
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Companies
Brenntag, Cambrium Collab to Launch NovaColl Vegan Collagen in European Markets
Skin Care
L'Oréal Groupe's Cell BioPrint Portable Lab Takes the Guesswork Out of Skin Care (CES 2025 Debut)
L’Oréal Cell BioPrint is scheduled to launch with an unspecified L'Oréal brand in Asia later in 2025.
Sponsored
A new collagen era for hair care with Col-Frag remastered™
Col-Frag remastered™ is a type I collagen fragment produced in Wild plants as biofactories through vertical farming, that provides volume, gloss and facilitates combing.
Consumers/Market
Editor's Note: Reimagining Beauty
Reimagining beauty will be key to success for 2025 as consumers seek efficacy, precision solutions, sustainability, etc. This issue presents ideas to support this; from ultrafine bubbles and phage therapy, to aqueous propolis, barrier care and more.
Natural/Sustainable
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.
Consumers/Market
Barrier Reinforcement: Skin Strength, Preventative Care, Peptides and Ceramides, Immunity, Transient Microbes and More
This collection of six Expert Opinions reveals current and future trends and ideas for skin barrier reinforcement products. Insights range from strengthening solutions and preventative care, to biotech, plant polyphenols, microbiota and more.
Efficacy
How Bee-friendly Aqueous Propolis ‘Sticks it’ to Microbiota Dysbiosis, Skin Conditions
An aqueous, or white propolis, extract was tested in vitro and shown to affect microbiota connected with skin conditions. In vivo trials also demonstrated the ingredient’s safety and efficacy in reducing skin discomfort, dryness and body odor.
Skin Care
How WGS-driven Phage Therapy Targets Microbe Variations Underlying Facial Skin Conditions
Variations exist across the facial microbiome, as shown by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and case studies. This highlights the need for site-specific testing. The present study used this approach to develop and test a phage therapy for compromised skin.
Consumers/Market
Next in Skin – Valuing Beauty for Well-being, A Discussion
Beauty is in a strange place. As this Q&A shows, while we encourage confidence and self-expression, this is at odds with biology, culture and status. This delicate interplay is important to consider since we shape the very well-being of our consumers.
Sun Protection
2025 Will See Faster, More Ethical and Accurate SPF Testing: ISO Approves Two New Methods
In December 2024, the ISO gave its long-awaited final approval of two SPF test methods that experts say are more ethical, economical and accurate than current approaches. One in particular is also reportedly faster, reducing analysis from weeks to days.
Actives
Soho Aneco Uses Co-solvency to Design Water-soluble HPR Vitamin A/Retinol Derivative
The water soluble hydroxypinacolone retinoate (HPR), known as AC-HPR-W2 SACOS, is described as a new-generation, direct-acting retinol that represents one of the most bioavailable forms of vitamin A.
