From Green Tea to Dibenzoylmethane Derivatives (Article Download)

Oct 25th, 2022

Fox, C., independent consultant
Cosmetics & Toiletries 118(1) Jan 2003 pp 24-30

Download the archived article here:

New turnkey services and expanding lab capacity are offering brands more responsive partnerships in beauty manufacturing.

Beauty Manufacturing Trend Tracker: April 2024

New labs, ingredient supply chain trends, expanded turnkey offerings, AI-driven quality assurance for lipsticks and more top our leading beauty manufacturing trends this month.

100% Green Cationic Conditioning Active and Afro Hair Care

100% Green Cationic Conditioning Active and Afro Hair Care

Kerashaft Alab: 100% green biotech cationic active outperforming synthetic quats, tested on Caucasian and Afro hair. Proven combing improvement detangling, breakage reduction, anti-frizz, gloss and styling action.

Skin barrier reinforcement and sustainability were two major themes.

5 Top Trends at PCHi 2024: Skin Strength, Radiance, Microbiome, Collagen and More

PCHi 2024, held March 20-22, in Shanghai, brought skin-strengthening solutions out in full force, while leveraging the microbiome for skin-illuminating effects and reducing the irritation potential of ingredients. Here are our top trends (so far).

Following the first day of exhibition, the prestigious PCHi Fountain Awards 2024 were presented at an industry night dinner held at InterContinental Shanghai Expo. Seventeen winners across 13 categories were chosen by a panel of industry experts comprising scientific researchers, industry veterans and specialists from PCHi’s Cosmetics Science & Technology Innovation Committee (CSTIC).

PCHi Illuminates 17 Fountain Award Winners, 800+ Exhibitors and 30K Attendees

PCHi China kicked off with a bang - literally, as several ingredient launches were celebrated with firework poppers and a shower of confetti. It was a sign of things to come for day one of the event, which ended honoring 17 Fountain Award winners.

This month's Read the Label column reviews the ingredients and colorants that make Milk Makeup's Cooling Water Jelly Tint Lip and Cheek Blush Stain such a hit with consumers. *Image shown is not the actual product; depiction only

Read the Label: Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tint Lip and Cheek Blush Stain

This month's Read the Label column reviews the ingredients and colorants that make Milk Makeup's Cooling Water Jelly Tint Lip and Cheek Blush Stain such a hit with consumers.

AI can help brands quickly and efficiently formulate toward key clean and sustainable goals.

Beauty's AI Revolution: Speeding Up Product Innovation: NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND

In this exclusive briefing, beauty brands, contract manufacturers and R&D chemists will learn how to leverage even small data sets to generate winning formulations.

Adobe Stock 255032724

[poll results] Is it Challenging to Communicate Scientific Aspects of Your Formulations to Non-technical Stakeholders?

Attendees of the awards dinner toasted all the finalists, celebrating beauty innovation. Read on to see who came out on top.

And the Winners Are … C&T Presents the 2024 Allē Awards and Merits

Beauty innovators lined the red carpet and graced the stage under the limelight during the exclusive 2024 Cosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards celebration dinner, held on March 6, 2024, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.

Ct Alles At Ba 2024 Thumbnail Adobe Stock 640156285

Come for the Education, Stay for the Celebration: Beauty Accelerate x C&T Allē Awards

March 6, 2024, Beauty Accelerate will play host to the exclusive C&T Allē Awards dinner honoring beauty innovation across the product development process. Come for the education, stay for the celebration — and rub elbows with industry stars!

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask was designed as an overnight treatment to increase and provide long-lasting hydration to lips, leaving them feeling softer and healthier.

Read the Label: Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

Laneige is a well-known Korean skin care brand that launched in the 1990s, perhaps known best for its Lip Sleeping Mask. The website boasts it is "the #1 lip treatment brand in the U.S." This column takes a closer look at the ingredients to see why.

Spate's hashtag tracker reports TikTok views on #bixyplastia are up more than 22,300%, week over week. This treatment can be considered a modified version of keratin straightening, where Botox meets keratin. To hear more from Spate, join us for Beauty Accelerate this March 6 and 7 in L.A.!

Trending: Alicia Keys, #Bixyplastia, No Rules Makeup Stick, Glycolipid Cleanser and More

Our weekly "Consumer Pulse" report on the socials reveals trends in cosmetic searches. Hot topics now are: Alicia Keys and Keys Soulcare, No Rules Makeup Stick, Pamela Anderson and Sonsie, glycolipid cream cleanser, The Ordinary, #bixyplastia and more.