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Desert Essence 100% Pure Jojoba Oil

Product Spotlight: Desert Essence 100% Pure Jojoba Oil

Jojoba oil’s similarity to skin's natural sebum is said to help it balance oily areas and moisturize dry spots as it gently cleanses and hydrates. Desert Essence's 100% Pure Jojoba Oil for skin, hair and scalp, provides an example.

Morley Willoughby, Ph.D., a senior scientist within advanced research at L’Oréal USA research and innovation, is set to present 'Beauty's Long Game: The R&D Case for Longevity' as part of Beauty Accelerate 2025.

L'Oreal's Morley Willoughby Takes on Beauty's Longevity Revolution @ Beauty Accelerate 2025

As Mintel reported earlier this year, "Brands can tap into this longevity-driven market by combining holistic wellness concepts with technological advancements."

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⚠️L’Oreal's Stephen Lynch, Ph.D., Delves Into the Dermocosmetics Boom at Beauty Accelerate 2025 👀

Stephen Lynch, Ph.D., associate VP of skincare development for L'Oréal USA Research & Innovation, has joined the Beauty Accelerate 2025 lineup and will be participating in the expert panel: Dermocosmetics and Science-backed Beauty.

Silab CT web exclusive 10-14-24 (Native Website)

Silab CT web exclusive 10-14-24 (Native Website)

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Safety Alerts: Drunk Elephant's 'Mix-up,' 285 European Cosmetics with Banned Ingredients, Dynarex Extended Recall

This round-up highlights recent cosmetic safety alerts/recalls. These include: Drunk Elephant's ingredient "mix-up," ECHA's findings that 6% of ~4,500 cosmetics reviewed contained banned ingredients, and Dynarex's recall extension over possible asbestos.

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What Can Beef Tallow Do For Skin?

Although beef tallow used to be the cooking fat of choice for fast food chains due to its high smoking point, it is now the skin care of choice for some Tik Tok influencers.

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Two New Reasons to Reexamine PFAS Safety, Exposure: Pregnancy and Sleep

Two recent studies have raised new alarm over PFAS. One found higher levels of PFAS in pregnant women who use cosmetics. The other associated sleep disruption with PFAS in young adults. These findings add to the public outcry over "forever chemicals."

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Silab's Liftilience Skin Tensor Optimized for Adhesion Confers Short, Long-term Smoothing, Radiance Benefits

Per the company, the natural film-forming active is a sixth generation polyvalent tensor obtained using a unique FHB technology. With optimized adhesion, it imparts rapid and lasting skin-smoothing and radiance-enhancing effects for the face and body.

SmartSKN Muilli AI Dermascope

SmartSKN Creates Portable Skin Analyzer with AI

The Muilli AI Dermascope is equipped with 60x magnification and bioimpedance sensors, which allows it to analyze a wide range of skin parameters, including sensitivity, pigmentation, wrinkles, redness, pore size, oil levels, dryness, and blemishes.

Hostacerin CCT enables stable, low-viscosity skin care and wet wipes and can boost moisturization in formulas.

Clariant Enables Minimalism, SPF Efficacy with Hostacerin CCT, Eclipsogen CAP + Nanocon Series

During in-cosmetics Asia, Clariant debuted its Hostacerin CCT emulsifier with wide-ranging formulation capabilities in addition to the new Eclipsogen CAP series of encapsulated UV filters for high UV protection efficacy at low concentrations.

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11 Microtrends in Beauty: Retinol Bodywash, Facial Tech, Tarte Cosmetics and DEI Controversy, Etc.

C&T's Consumer Pulse series on the socials highlights emerging searches and hashtags related to cosmetics. Here, we expand on those themes. This edition includes: Tarte Cosmetics and DEI controversy, facial tech, retinol bodywash, turmeric soap and more.