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Jun 17th, 2024

(from L): Edwin Hwu, Ph.D., chief science officer, and Arthur Dervillez, Ph.D., chief executive officer, both of Loretta, during the Cosmetic 360 event in 2024. The company was honored as the 2025 Cosmetic Victories winner in the industrial category.

[interview] How High-speed AFM Revolutionizes Precision Efficacy Testing: Cosmetic Victories Winner Profile

"Basically, an extremely small needle will glide on top of the sample, collecting topographic data in order to create a nanoscale 3D map of a single cell."

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Strengthen Your Skin, Lift Your Mood with Epionine® Bio

Epionine® Bio is a liposoluble active ingredient acting on the skin-mind connection with clinically proven dual action: soothing skin while reducing stress and its impact, improving well-being, and meeting growing demand for holistic beauty solutions.

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Urgent Action Demanded: Ahead of CPR Revisions, MEPs Rally to Secure EU’s Animal Testing Ban for Cosmetics

The organization is concerned that a misalignment between the CPR and REACH regulations is weakening the cosmetics animal testing ban.

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Does Your Product Belong Among the C&T Allē Award Elites? Enter the 2026 Program to Find Out

The C&T Allē Awards have a long history of recognizing excellence across the cosmetic landscape. Does your innovation have what it takes to join them? Enter now to find out.

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Rising to the Occasion: What it Means to Win a C&T Allē Award — Earn Your Standing Ovation in 2026

"We are profoundly grateful to the C&T team for acknowledging our efforts, which motivates us to persist in pushing boundaries and revolutionizing the cosmetics industry."

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Frizz Factors Revealed: A Novel Approach Linking Humidity, Moisture and Hair Porosity

A simple method is described here to measure frizz formation under low-to-high and high-to-low relative humidity. The results are converted to a frizz ratio and correlated with moisture sorption and hair porosity, as will be shown.

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AI Beauty Tech Booms: L'Oréal, Haut.AI and Paula's Choice Taiwan Roll Out New Consumer Experiences

Virtual assistants, AI-powered skin analyzers, generative AI simulations and more are reshaping how consumers engage with products and understand their own beauty needs, as shown by launches from L’Oréal Paris, Haut.AI and Paula’s Choice Taiwan × Revieve.

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Editor's Note: The New Science of Skin, Brain and Beauty — From AI to Health and Emotion

Our September issue explores how neuroscience, biotech, AI and wellness are transforming personal care — shifting it from surface-level solutions to predictive, personalized and biologically attuned innovations that connect skin, brain and self.

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Expert Opinions: How Digital Tech and Platforms Advance Cosmetic Product Development

From smart packaging and exosome design to conversational AI and predictive diagnostics, digital tech and platforms are reshaping cosmetics R&D. Here, expert insights reveal how tech is driving adaptive, personalized, biologically aware beauty innovation.

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Neuroscents: Leveraging the Predictive Brain for Fragrances that ‘Biohack’ Emotion and Cognition

The predictive brain constructs rather than observes product benefits, and imaging can reveal stages of this construction. This understanding was employed to design fragranced products that influence mood, perception and cognition, as demonstrated here.

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[interview] Stanford University Explores How Cosmetics Influence Sensory Activation and Perception — Cosmetic Victories Profile

Stanford University, a finalist in the 2025 Cosmetic Victories competition, partnered with L’Oréal to study how cosmetics activate sensory neurons and shape perception. Here, Stanford graduate researcher Ross Bennett-Kennett, Ph.D., explains.