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Top 11 Themes from IFSCC 2024: Melano-aging, Physics, Longevity, Microbiome, Body Care and More

Flashing an array of innovative concepts, the 2024 IFSCC Congress, held Oct. 14-17, featured more than 600 posters and 80+ podium talks to spark ideas. Here, we present our top 11 themes; note this is not a comprehensive summary.

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C&T's Greatest Hits of 2025: What Content You Loved and Why

This report counts down the ten most-read articles and reports from C&T over the past year (2025). As we explore the content that resonated with readers, we also offer insights about why it may have drawn interest — see if you agree.

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Supplier Roundtable: Approaches to Moisturizers

The global facial moisturizer market is on the rise. Here, experts from the industry were challenged to provide solutions to formulate moisturizers.

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Formulating Demographic Beauty – From Boomers to Generation Alpha

This article is an overview of the unique characteristics, key focus and specific needs of given beauty consumer generations. It highlights biological variations as well as relevant ingredients, preferred product forms and select commercial examples.

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Ozempic Face and Beyond: How GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Are Driving the Next Era of Medical-Grade Skin Care

Ozempic face is real. Medical-grade skin care products and ingredients are here to help.

The connection between diet and the skin has long been known, but new research points to the connections between skin and gut health for a range of issues, including acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.

Gut Health as Skin Health: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Holistic wellness trends and emerging science are intersecting, providing new innovation targets for beauty products and claims.

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Does Beauty Desperately Need a New Hero Ingredient?

What's old is new again, according to cosmetic industry expert Akshay Talati. While this puts a creative spin on tried-and-true ingredients, are we stick in a chemistry loop? Talati explores this further in the following commentary.

Body positivity is a major trend in the body care sector, and considering the pressures of modern life, consumers are looking for more ways to look and feel confident. ... Effective body care products are a valuable tool in this journey to greater positivity.

Expert Opinions on Body Care: Sustainability, Positivity, Biotech and More

From clean label, anti-cellulite and breast enhancement, to stretch marks, sustainability, biotech, body positivity and more, sales in the collective body care segment are on the rise. Following is a brief market survey plus expert industry insights.

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Is the Fear of Aging Polluting the Fountain of Youth?

California is proposing to ban the sale of certain anti-aging products to children 13 and under. This follows a global flurry of tweens storming retailers to get their hands on potent anti-aging products. Why? And what's the risk? One derm weighs in.

By boosting NAD+, called the skin’s “longevity molecule,” RejuveNAD is able to to optimize cellular processes to simultaneously address “at least” five of the 12 hallmarks of aging, including mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, loss of proteostasis, epigenetic alteration and genomic instability.

The Beauty Ingredient Agenda: Longevity x Anti-aging

The recently decoded 12 hallmarks of aging provide exciting new anti-aging targets for R&D and new claims for marketing.

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How K-Beauty Conquered 2025 Through TikTok Shop and Product Innovation

K-Beauty has captured consumers' attention — and capital. While TikTok has accelerated brand discovery, product innovation has fostered consumer engagement. Here, TikTok's Ajay Salpekar helps us dig into what makes these products so successful.

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Prometheus’ Fire: The Rise of Biotech in Beauty

This article describes the complexities of skin aging, including the role of sirtuins and effects of niacinamide. It also explores how next-gen biotech, such as plant stem cells, archaeosomes and bacteriophages, are the path forward to democratize beauty.

The uptick in prestige skin care sales comes at a time when brands are tapping clinically effective ingredients, holistic wellness concepts and more.

What’s Driving the Prestige Skin Care Boom and How Can Brands Get in on the Growth?

A potent blend of wellness, Gen Alpha shopping habits, emerging high-efficacy ingredients and professionally inspired beauty are creating significant growth opportunities.

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The Rise of Face-Grade Body Care: a Skin Care Transformation

From vitamins to fragrance to barrier defense, body skin care is undergoing a revolution.

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Spotlight on Beauty Innovation: Celebrating the 2026 C&T Allē Awards

Comments and photos from the winners of this year's Allē Awards.