Article Download: The Future of Allergic Contact Dermatitis as it Pertains to Cosmetics and Personal Care

Dec 1st, 2025

Unispheres®: Visual Ingredients that Awaken Emotion and Elevate Perception

Unispheres®: Visual Ingredients that Awaken Emotion and Elevate Perception

Givaudan Active Beauty augments the power of Unispheres®. Rooted in Swiss engineering excellence, this high-precision visualization system goes beyond aesthetics to become a true performance perception amplifier, deepening consumer engagement.

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Comprehensive Review Confirms Safety of Avobenzone UV Filter

The review concluded avobenzone has a strong safety profile, shows minimal absorption through the skin, and presents no significant toxicological risks when used within approved concentrations.

Sustainable SPF Booster for Advanced Sun Protection

Croda's new biodegradable SPF booster offers more sustainable pathways for high performance SPF and UVA protection.

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Kao Corp. Uncovers Breakthrough Insights into Sensitive Skin: Tight Junctions and Claudin-3

Findings suggested that tight function dysfunction could be involved in skin sensitivity.

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Centella asiatica Extracellular Vesicles + Recombinant Growth Factors Shown to Boost Scalp Health, Hair Growth

The formulation combining the two significantly improved hair density, thickness and length while reducing hair loss and sebum production.

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Aveda and Keracol Modify Historical Textile Dye Analysis to Quantify Hair Color Fading

Aveda and Keracol Ltd. have partnered to develop a pioneering technique that analyzes how hair dyes fade over time. The method, modified from museum analyses of dyed textiles, makes it possible to accurately measure hair dye loss in all hair types.

The Nose’s Hidden Secrets: Shining a Light on Emerging Research at IFRA UK Fragrance Forum

Our European correspondent Jane Evison shares some of the insights and research on the olfactory microbiome shared at this year's forum.

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How LG H&H Will Achieve True Personalization: Visual AI to Reveal Inherent and Health-related Aging and Biomarkers

According to LG H&H, visual AI's ability to uncover inherent and health-related aging and related biomarkers will enable truly personalized, perceivable skin benefits. Here, the company explains.

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Spiders, Bees, Snakes and More: Research Highlights Untapped Potential of Animal Venoms in Cosmetics

A new scientific review, to appear in the November 2025 edition of Toxicon, sheds light on an as-yet underexplored frontier for active cosmetic ingredients: animal venoms.

Nicola Robertson, study lead and senior manager of performance testing and evaluation in global R&D for Oriflame

[interview] Unlocking the Power of Wellbeauty: Insights on Oriflame's Revealing Report

Beauty consumers have taken an introspective turn into emotional well-being, as Oriflame's new Beauty and Well-being Report highlights. To delve deeper into these findings, Nicola Robertson, who led the study for Oriflame, shares her insights.

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Stevia-Based Microneedles Present Sweet Solution for Hair Regrowth Treatments

A recent paper in Advanced Healthcare Materials describes a novel approach to combating pattern baldness: using the natural sweetener stevioside to create dissolvable microneedles to deliver minoxidil directly to hair follicles.