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Presperse Highlights Advanced Peptides for Skin and Hair: Repairs 012P and Wrinklend008S
One is a biomimetic copper peptide and the other, a neurotransmitter inhibitor.
Moisturizing
New Wave Biotech and CPI Partner to Revolutionize Lipid Extraction with AI
Literature/Data
Emotional Well-being is the New Face of Beauty, Oriflame Global Report Reveals
Latest
Sensory
Beauty is Booming: 4 Takeaways from NielsenIQ's 'State of Beauty 2025' Report
North American online sales are up 21%, Asia Pacific up 20% and Europe up 10%, nearly twice the rate of its overall market growth.
Natural/Sustainable
Active Concepts Launches AC Curezyme, Ushering in the Post-Quat Era for Hair Care
The ingredient is based on an active that mimics an enzyme naturally found in skin and hair follicles to create essential peptide bonds. This is paired with a plant-based alternative to keratin, creating an optimized enzyme-to-protein ratio.
Sponsored
Get an Instant Face Lift for a Refined V-Shape
Sirtalice™ offers an instant lift and V-shape facial contour in only 30 min. Its long-lasting effects provide firmer, more luminous skin. Inspired by deep sea microorganisms, it gives an on-the-go, freezing blast to awaken skin and emit its true beauty.
Hair Care
What Women (and Men) Really Want from Their Facial and Body Skin Care Products
While a product’s ability to deliver multi-use benefits is important to 18% of women, only 9% of male respondents found multi-use to be important.
Actives
Problem-solving Beauty Ingredients
From dandruff-causing yeast to clean beauty preservation to summer hair stressors, new ingredients resolve challenges for consumers and formulators.
Hair Care
What Consumers Want from Scalp Care: New Data
From microbiome support to longevity-promoting care to exosome-based serums, consumers are eager for new, effective solutions.
Actives
Brands Are Turning Up the Heat on Hair Protection: Prevention Over Repair
Defensive care focused on UV, pollution, chemical, heat and mechanical damage is escalating amid a hair wellness boom.
Hair Care
Testing Tactics: Decoding Repair and Conditioning Claims to Deliver Real Results in Hair
This article explores the evolving world of hair conditioning and repair, including prevalent
bonding
claims. It examines what these terms mean, the types of damage being addressed, tests to substantiate these claims and how consumers perceive them.
Event Coverage
Diversity, Personalization, Sustainability and the Big Winners: Day Three of the IFSCC 2025 Congress
Diversity, personalization, sustainability and analytics led the IFSCC 2025 Congress on day three. Highlights included AI-driven personalization, sustainability and inclusive skin science. The closing gala celebrated research and education excellence.
Actives
Skin Longevity and Microbiome: Holistic Sciences — A Deep Dive into Day Two of the IFSCC 2025 Congress
Session topics ranged from the skin microbiome and well aging, to senescence and cellular longevity, providing a vision for the future of cosmetics with presentations focused on integrated, multi-targeted approaches.
Actives
From Topical Silk to Ozone Protection: Pioneering Future Skin and Hair Health and Well-being — IFSCC 2025 Day One
The IFSCC 2025 Congress explored the evolving landscape of cosmetic science; from UV and photoprotection, fundamentals for skin health and the neuroscience of emotion, to the effects of the exposome on skin, the impact of stress on hair and more.