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The New Standard in Effective Skin Care

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Body Care Gets Smarter: From Skinification to Wellness, Climate Resilience and Waterless Innovation

From serums to sustainable soak: body care is shedding basic moisturizer status with climate-conscious actives and personalized performance innovations.

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Industry Insights: Beauty Brands Take Stress Relief to the Skin

New research on the mind-skin connection opens the door for cosmetic products that address visible signs of stress on the skin.

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Read The Label: Rare Beauty Find Comfort Body & Hair Fragrance Mist in “Feel Seen”

This fragrance mist has a honeydew and ocean breeze scent and claims to soften skin and hair with up to 24 hours of hydration.

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How K-Beauty Advances Skin Care Through Next-Generation Delivery Systems and the Continuous Reinvention of Proven Actives

Current advances are driven by three distinct technologies: liposomes, exosomes and spicules.

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Spotlight on Pet Grooming: An Integrated Approach Towards Pet-Centric Products

Effective pet-centric product design requires an integrated approach that combines veterinary dermatology with "flow, friction, and foam" sciences.

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Preservation, Reimagined: Hybrid Antimicrobial Strategies for Safer, More Natural, Skin‑Protective Personal Care Products

Nature-aligned boosters transform preservation from necessity into value-adding benefit.

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Next in Skin: The Sensory Truth of Skin Care Lies Beyond What We See

Sensory inputs such as touch, sound and smell can impact how consumers perceive the quality of products.

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2026 Allēs Showcase Sustainable Innovation, Personalized Solutions and More - Judges' Comments

The C&T team combined the judges’ comments and highlights for each finalist of the 2026 Allē Awards.

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Wizard Wellness' Walmart Launch Marks Mass Market Leap for Microbiome-Driven Allergy Care

Doctor- and allergist-recommended, the system targets long-term allergy wellness while supporting broader benefits including improved sleep, mood and energy.

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10 New Frontiers in Beauty: Highlights from the 2025 In-Cosmetics Asia Innovation Zone — Plus APAC Goes Green [EXCLUSIVE REPORTS]

Biotech, emotion and sustainability have shifted beauty to holistic well-being, as the 120+ ingredients in the 2025 In-Cosmetics Asia Innovation Zone reveal. Download our exclusive report — plus, learn how APAC beauty is leading the charge to go green.

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Rethinking Body Odor Control: Enzyme Targeting, Biotics and Microenvironment Conditions

The AP/Deo market is evolving, shifting toward skin homeostasis solutions. This article proposes emerging approaches to manage body odor, including enzyme inhibition, pH and temperature modulation, and biotics for microbiome-friendly control.

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Problem-solving Beauty Ingredients

From dandruff-causing yeast to clean beauty preservation to summer hair stressors, new ingredients resolve challenges for consumers and formulators.

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Formulating Forum: Antioxidant Strategies for Balancing Acne-prone Skin

Vitamins C, E and niacinamide combat oxidative stress and inflammation in acne, improving scars, redness and sebum control. Other skin repair compounds from plants also continue to emerge. Formulating strategies for these materials are described here.

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Climate Change, Hygiene & Skin Barrier: Proven Approaches for Formulators

DS-Ceramide Y3S^™ enhances skin health and barrier function no matter the climate challenges, while DS-HydroCeramide50™ and DS-HydroCeramide50S™ deliver easy-to-use, high concentrations of ceramide NP, the most abundant ceramide in the skin.

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Read the Label: L’Occitane Almond Shower Oil Refill

Our Read the Label, written by Marc de Mul, Ph.D., of Measured Innovation, reviews new and trending cosmetic products, emphasizing their ingredient choices, sustainability and label claims. Featured here is L’Occitane's Almond Shower Oil Refill.

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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.

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.