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Jelly Product Spotlight: Maybelline Poreless Jelly Up to 24 hr Hydrating Blur Primer
Market drivers for jelly makeup include preferences for lightweight, breathable textures that offer customizable coverage while maintaining skin barrier function. This week's example is Maybelline's Poreless Jelly Up to 24 hr Hydrating Blur Primer.
Event Coverage
Rising to the Occasion: What it Means to Win a
C&T Allē Award
— Earn Your Standing Ovation in 2026
Safety
Safety Alerts in Beauty: TPO Bans, Heat Styling and Nanoparticle Emissions, Soap and Sunscreen Recalls and More
Latest
Colorant
Performance & Sustainability Drive the Newest Makeup Ingredients
Whether you're looking to improve product performance, meet growing demand for clean beauty or push the boundaries of formulation, these innovations are shaping the future of makeup and color cosmetics.
Natural/Sustainable
Turning CO₂ into Beauty: The Palm Oil Alternative Designed to Save Rainforests
The project taps LanzaTech biotech processes to convert captured CO
2
into alcohol, similar to beer brewing.
Color Cosmetics
Stick to It: Makeup’s Growth Agenda for 2025-2026
Convenience and skin-loving ingredients define many of makeup's top-performing categories.
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.
Actives
3 Disruptive Concepts in 'Double Duty' Beauty
Beauty innovators have been rethinking dual-sided products in novel ways, enabled by creative packaging and formulating. Here, we highlight three examples.
Color Cosmetics
Rare Beauty x Tajín Launch Spicy Cheek & Lip Set Collaboration
"Just like Tajín, these shades bring boldness, warmth, and a spark of joy to every occasion."
Color Cosmetics
Hybrid Makeup Product Spotlight: Revlon PhotoReady Rose Glow Face Gloss
Hybrid cosmetics have been booming for some time now but are especially relevant now that consumers are highly focused on wellness and health. In this Product Spotlight, Revlon's PhotoReady Rose Glow Face Gloss provides an example.
Actives
Ultra Chemical Highlights Bicotene Natural for Enhanced Beta Carotene Delivery, Skin Protection
Bicotene Natural is said to deliver stabilized beta-carotene deep into the skin using double encapsulation, preventing collagen damage from UV exposure while supporting membrane repair, among other benefits.
Natural/Sustainable
Goodbye, Microplastics: Beauty’s Glow-Up for a Greener Future
From silicone-based alternatives to seaweed-derived cellulose, these newly launched innovations aim to deliver luxury and ethics.
Color Cosmetics
Can DIBS Beauty Disrupt the Mascara Category? CEO Jeff Lee Says Yes.
The Double Standard Primer & Mascara Duo's formula comprises hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid and shea butter for nourished lashes and buildable wear.
Color Cosmetics
How the Monk Scale Can Transform Dermatology and Skin Tone Matching
Integrating the 10-tone Monk scale could improve representation, data quality and equity in both skin research and clinical practice, according to the authors.
