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'Skinification of Hair' Product Spotlight: Laura Polko's Hydrolyzed Collagen Volume Conditioner

Anti-aging hair care, inspired by skin care, is projected to reach $12.46 billion by 2032, driven by innovations like peptides, collagen, biotin and caffeine to strengthen hair and restore its texture. Laura Polko's Volume Conditioner provides an example.

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Regulatory Alerts: L'Oréal, La Roche-Posay, Edgewell, Hawaiian Tropic, Sun Bum and Colgate Suits; Australian Microbead Recalls; and More

The cosmetics and personal care industry is facing a wave of legal battles and regulatory updates, highlighting concerns over product safety, labeling accuracy and compliance with evolving standards. Following is an overview.

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McKinley Resources Partners with Enantis to Bring Highly Stable Fibroblast Growth Factor to North America

The ingredient is designed for use in advanced skin care, regenerative medicine and personal care products.

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LipoTrue Leverages Plant Biofactories, TCM in Keraduo and OQilora Hair Repair and Eye Contour Launches

These innovations highlight LipoTrue's dedication to blending science, nature and performance in cosmetic advancements.

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Vow Launches Membrane[actives], a Cultured Exosome Technology for Skin Health

The Membrane[actives] brand is said to offer potent, ethical and scalable ingredients "designed by living cells to communicate with human cells."

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Lubrizol to Expand Fermentation Production with $10 M Investment

The biotech platform uses processes that help protect biodiversity and reduce environmental impact while ensuring consistent quality and performance.

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Symrise Invests in Cellibre to Drive Biotech Innovation in Clean Beauty and Taste

The partnership aims to accelerate innovation in the taste balancing and cosmetic actives markets through advanced biomanufacturing, per the companies.

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Senolytic Evolution: Clear, Fill and Revive with Mibelle Biochemistry's SenoCellTec

SenoCellTec is a new senolytic active designed to rejuvenate the skin by addressing the root causes of aging. It targets senescent zombie cells through its clear–fill–revive mechanism.

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In-cosmetics Asia 2025 Winners Announced: Enzyme Odor Control, Natural Gel Network and Skin Repair Concepts Take the Top Slots

"From microbiome-led actives to next-generation bio-based polymers, our winners represent the forefront of scientific creativity and sustainability..."

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Geltor’s Biodesigned PrimaColl Receives FDA Clearance for Food and Topical Applications

This clearance establishes PrimaColl as a collagen alternative for the beauty, wellness and nutrition industries.

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Why the Consumer Craze for PRDN? Its K-beauty Origin and Transformative Skin Potential — Plus, Deriving it Through Biotechnology (Free Webinar)

PDRN's abilities to improve skin elasticity, pigmentation and wound healing have driven demand for this K-Beauty ingredient. Add to this a biotech method to create it, and PDRN checks all the boxes for modern beauty innovation. A free webinar explains.

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Croda Debuts DS-Ceramide Y3S for Climate-adaptive Skin Care

The fermentation-derived Ceramide NP was developed to support the skin barrier against region-specific environmental stressors; aka geo skin care.

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The Lowdown on Australia's Sunscreen Crisis — And How The U.S. Avoided a Similar One

This report examines the current status of the sunscreen labeling crisis in Australia, including what went wrong and ways to move forward — plus how the U.S. avoided a similar crisis. It also considers whether the industry has reached its SPF limit.

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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.

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3 Areas of Concern — But Also Strides in Safety: ChemForward Presents 2025 Beauty Ingredient Report Powered by Sephora, Ulta and Other Member Data

The report — powered by data from Sephora, Ulta, The Honest Company, Credo Beauty, Counter, Inolex and Dow — analyzed more than 48,000 products and 1.25 million ingredients, marking a fivefold increase in data since 2023.

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BASF's Ameriflor Calm Boosts Sensitive Skin's Resilience with Traditional Self-healing Botanical

Ameriflor Calm is a new botanical active from BASF that helps sensitive skin become more resilient by reducing redness, minimizing water loss and defending against environmental stressors.

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Hybridized Product Spotlight: Buttermelt Pressed Powder Blush by NYX

In February 2025, Business of Fashion declared "the hottest trend in makeup is skin care," noting that this fusion can be a way for skin-first companies to break into a new category. This week, NYX Buttermelt Pressed Powder Blush provides an example.

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22 Ingredient Finalists Revealed: In-cosmetics Asia Announces Awards Shortlist

Twenty-two innovations were selected from a record-breaking 120 entries. Finalists were drawn from the show's Innovation Zone, sponsored by Cosmetics & Toiletries and Global Cosmetic Industry, which features ingredients launched in the last 8 months.