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Beyondly Glowlasting Collagen Overnight Moisturizer, PT Paranova Global Optima (Paranova), ParagonCorp Group
Beyondly Glowlasting Collagen Overnight Moisturizer, expertly formulated with Synchrolife Skin Regeneration and Micro-Molecular Collagen, offers a comprehensive 3-in-1 night treatment (moisturizer, eye cream and sleeping mask). This advanced formula optimizes skin self-healing and repair at night according to its natural circadian rhythm, improving sleep quality and promoting wellness through calming scents and an indulging sensorial experience. The product smooths skin texture by enhancing hydration and reducing scaliness, effectively reducing dark spots, wrinkles, dark circles, dull skin and acne marks. Users wake up with healthy, youthful-looking skin as signs of aging and skin fatigue are diminished.
Beyondly Sagala Minyak Balur, PT Paranova Global Optima (Paranova), ParagonCorp Group
Beyondly Sagala Minyak Balur is a synergy of six selected essential oils designed to support wellness and meet family health needs. It contains eucalyptus, which is anti-inflammatory, to relieve sprains and muscle pain; nutmeg, which is analgesic and warming, to reduce swelling; cajuput, which is analgesic for muscle and joint pain and prevents flu symptoms; lavender to alleviate itching, speed wound healing and relieve menstrual pain; clove bud with eugenol to prevent mosquito bites; and star anise to reduce menstrual pain. The product is scientifically proven to support family health, boost immunity, enhance overall well-being and promote relaxation.
Bounce Butter SPF 30 Mineral Sunscreen, SPF Ventures, LLC, dba Brush on Block
Bounce Butter is Brush On Block’s new body sunscreen that goes on like a luxe body butter. The whipped mousse texture glides onto skin and leaves a velvety, soft-matte look with no white residue. Sea buckthorn oil and coconut-derived ingredients provide excellent moisturization, while zinc oxide protects from UVA and UVB rays. Vitamin E and sea buckthorn oil provide antioxidant protection and anti-inflammatory properties while promoting elasticity. Covabead Crystal provides HEV (blue) light protection and a blurring effect, so users are protecting skin against indoor damage while improving its appearance at the same time.
Firming Serum, Manuka Rx
This fast-acting serum is enriched with mānuka oil, mānuka honey and Retinaturel, a powerful natural retinal ingredient. This key ingredient combination helps to firm the skin, increase skin elasticity and cell turnover, and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Firming Body Lotion, Manuka Rx
This ultra nourishing and firming body lotion is made with mānuka oil and mānuka honey. These key ingredients work in harmony to naturally nourish and firm the skin, helping to reduce the appearance of rough skin whilst effortlessly hydrating and smoothing dry skin.
Cheeky Sheer Cream Blush SPF 30, Alamea Palm Beach
This product is a unique, long-wearing, smooth cream-to-powder cheek pigment that moisturizes and protects skin with a mineral-based broad-spectrum SPF 30 sunscreen. Its soft, natural sheer color easily blends onto skin for buildable coverage. It can be worn on the cheeks, lips and eyes. The accompanying synthetic luxe brush provides convenient application, allowing a seamless finish. The brush also is removable for easy cleaning. Made in Italy, the product is specially formulated with vitamin E, aloe vera and argan oil to hydrate and soothe skin, in addition to peony extract, which provides antibacterial properties. Available in four shades for all skin tones, the product is also vegan, long-wearing, paraben-free, non-comedogenic and provided in travel-friendly packaging.
Shaant Hydrating Acne Body Scrub, Codex Labs Corp.
The Shaant Hydrating Acne Body Scrub (2% salicylic acid) is focused on proactively inhibiting acne formation by controlling oiliness, alleviating redness from inflammation, reducing pore size and appearance, and supporting skin restructuring (a.k.a. desquamation). The product was developed to not disrupt the skin microbiome (i.e., population/diversity) and it is the first OTC acne scrub with a MyMicrobiome-friendly certification. It has been clinically proven to reduce acneic lesions on the body by 50% in 8 weeks; significantly reduce the area/index of desquamation; as well as decrease sebum while increasing skin hydration. The sugarcane Wista Lilac tube used to package the product also has a carbon footprint certification.
Super Boost Oil, Sage and Clay
This product is described as the world’s first acne-safe, skin barrier nourishing face and hair oil. A healthy skin barrier requires the synthesis of ceramides, cholesterol as well as fatty acids. This is the first oil that does all three. Treating multiple conditions at once makes it one of the most versatile products on the market. Super Boost Oil can be used alone or added to a moisturizer. It rapidly regenerates the skin, shutting down inflammation and accelerating wound repair. Super Boost Oil also increases the key components of barrier repair, including ceramides, filaggrin and cholesterol while reducing histamine and itching. It additionally protects against blue light.
About the C&T Allēs
The C&T Allē Awards, presented by C&T and parent company Allured Business Media, bring behind-the-scenes ingenuity in cosmetics and personal care R&D into the spotlight. The Allēs honor the scientific discipline, formulating skills, resourcefulness and creativity of innovators throughout the cosmetic product development process — from ingredient suppliers and finished product manufacturers, to test method/tool designers, digital tech developers and more. Learn more at www.AlleAwards.com.