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Color Cosmetics
Industry Insights: Q&A with Estée Lauder’s SVP of Global Clinical, Consumer Sciences on One-of-a-Kind Complexion Research
“A shade can be technically close to a person’s skin tone and still not look completely natural in every situation.”
Method/Process
Testing Tactics: Measuring What Matters in Color Cosmetics
Effective product evaluation requires combining multiple approaches—analytical, instrumental, expert, and consumer-led testing—to ensure a product's consumer promise is accurately measured.
Event Coverage
The Deadline is Approaching! 2027
C&T Allē Awards
Entries Close Oct 16
Eligible entries for the 2027 C&T Allēs include innovations
launched or implemented
any time during the 2026 calendar year.
Cosmetic Ingredients
Editor’s Note: Slow it Down
Tech/Equipment/Production
Advancing Hyper-Personalized Cosmetics: A Dual Approach Combining Regulatory Methodology and Live A/B Performance Testing
A made-to-order, direct-to-consumer (DTC) model enables cosmetic brands to manage complex regulatory compliance for millions of personalized formulas while leveraging live consumer data to de-risk physical product renovations.
Event Coverage
Spotlight on Beauty Innovation: Celebrating the 2026
C&T
Allē Awards
Comments and photos from the winners of this year's Allē Awards.
Safety/Stability
Establishing a Clear Framework for Safety and Claims in Personal Care Products
Independent third-party certification is vital for transparency and market success.
Tech/Equipment/Production
Why Cosmetic Batches Lose Consistency During Scale-Up
A formula that performs beautifully in the lab doesn't always behave the same in production. Learn why powders, emulsions, viscosity changes, and air entrainment create batch variability—and what manufacturers can do to improve repeatability.
Sun Care
China Leads the Global Sunscreen Category: BABI’s Proprietary Technology Redefines Full-Chain Protection Standards
Discover BABI's revolutionary sunscreen spray 3.0 with full-chain protection technology. Combining UV protection, brightening, and soothing care in one formula.
Anti-aging/Face
Haut.AI CEO on AI, Skin Intelligence, and the Next Phase of Skincare Personalization
From SkinGPT simulations to AI-driven clinical studies, Haut.AI’s CEO explains how generative AI is redefining how ingredient efficacy is demonstrated and experienced.
Safety/Stability
Is Your NPD Testing Keeping Pace With Cosmetic Innovation?
Ben Elmadi, Technical Manager – Cosmetics, at MSL Solution Providers explains why brands should re-evaluate their approach to NPD testing.
Methods/Tools
How In silico Innovation is Transforming Cosmetic Ingredient Discovery and Development
This article delves into in silico methods including AI and machine learning for cosmetic ingredient discovery and development. It covers virtual screening, QSAR analyses and molecule repurposing, and gives a case study in progress for psoriasis peptides.
Method/Process
Advances in Beauty and Personal Care Testing: Novel In vitro Models, Multi-Test Combos, ‘Evidence Packages’ and Real-World Exposure
Advances in analytics and in vitro models are revolutionizing R&D in cosmetics and personal care. This article explores trends, cutting-edge research and expert insights on how these technologies are shaping the future of ethical, efficient testing.
Balancing/Soothing
Sea Buckthorn to Calm Oxi-Inflammatory Assault in Sensitive Skin
A sea buckthorn leaf extract was developed to calm the oxi-inflammatory environment induced by exposome assaults, to protect epidermal lipids and to soothe sensitive skin. A model mimicking lipoperoxidation in the epidermis was used to assess its effects.
Actives
[interview] How Protein Instability Serves as a Biomarker of Aging — Cosmetic Victories Profile with IBGC/CNRS
"...The rationale is to measure the acceleration of natural protein aging in response to various endpoints of the exposome..."
Hair Care
Testing Tactics: Decoding Repair and Conditioning Claims to Deliver Real Results in Hair
This article explores the evolving world of hair conditioning and repair, including prevalent
bonding
claims. It examines what these terms mean, the types of damage being addressed, tests to substantiate these claims and how consumers perceive them.
Method/Process
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.
Sensory
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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