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Event Coverage
Top 14 Macro Trends for Beauty Innovation in 2025 and Beyond
The fourth quarter of 2024 was jam-packed with events — and ideas to spark beauty innovation. Here, we've grouped them into 14 macro trends we see for beauty innovation in 2025 and beyond. Brief notes, buzzwords and "honorable mentions" also are included.
Hair Care
A Pretty Slick Trick—Hair Oils Offer Multifunctional Benefits
The use of hair oils is nothing new, but the formulas, extracts and technologies used to develop them have improved. This article explores the benefits of hair oils, some popular types and their known effects. It also highlights some modern formulations.
Consumers/Market
Expert Opinions on Hair Conditioning/Care:
Emossome
, Health, Sustainability, Minimalist, 'Inner Hair' Repair and More
In all segments of beauty, sustainability has become the status quo. In addition, the focus on health and wellness has extended to the hair and scalp, ascending to a holistic, emotional plane. Following are expert insights on these and other dynamics.
Consumers/Market
8 Trends in Beauty Searches: Kiko Cosmetics, Mascara Innovation, Hair Peptide Serum, Matcha Perfume and More
C&T's Consumer Pulse report on the socials uncovers emerging searches and hashtags related to cosmetics. Here, we expand on those themes. This edition includes: Kiko Cosmetics, mascara innovation, hair peptide serum, matcha and watermelon perfumes, etc.
Actives
Problem-solving Beauty Ingredients
From dandruff-causing yeast to clean beauty preservation to summer hair stressors, new ingredients resolve challenges for consumers and formulators.
Hair Care
Read the Label: Nutrafol Supplements, Women's Root Purifier Shampoo and Men's Active Cleanse Scalp Shampoo + Conditioner
Read the Label, by Marc de Mul, Ph.D., of Measured Innovation, is a column reviewing new and trending cosmetic products, including their ingredient choices and label claims. Featured here are Nutrafol's supplements and men's/women's shampoo products.
Literature/Data
Hair Damage and Repair Literature: Sweet Potato Sochu and Red Clover
Hair thinning and loss; nourishing and bonding treatments; and scalp, curl and color care are among today's top concerns and trends in hair care. As such, we offer the following brief literature review with a look at recent research related to hair repair and damage.
Event Coverage
Which Finished Indie Formulas Will Clinch
C&T Allē Awards
in 2026?
This year’s finalists stand out for their dedication to clean, vegan and sustainable/organic values — meeting a growing demand without compromising performance.
Event Coverage
Which Finished Prestige Formulas Will Prevail in the 2026
C&T Allēs
?
By prioritizing premium ingredients and superior sensory experiences, these brands are setting the benchmarks for quality that often trickle down through the rest of the market.
Methods/Tools
IFSCC 2014 Explores Social, Psychological and Sensorial Aspects of Beauty
As one might expect from an event centered around beauty and staged in Paris, the 28th Congress of the International Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) was nothing less than fabulous. However, the glamour and fanfare was deeply rooted in science.
Methods/Tools
Sticking it to Hair Damage: Delivery Duo Protects and Repairs Inside and Out
To adequately protect hair from damage, an efficient solution should offer not only high coverage externally, but also penetrate hair to impart reparative effects internally. The present study explores the ability of a dual technology to provide these benefits, as demonstrated via analytical techniques.
Event Coverage
And the Winners Are …
C&T
Presents the 2024
Allē Awards
and Merits
Beauty innovators lined the red carpet and graced the stage under the limelight during the exclusive 2024
Cosmetics & Toiletries Allē Awards
celebration dinner, held on March 6, 2024, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
Color Cosmetics
Read the Label: Aveda's Color Conserve Daily Color Protect
This "Read the Label" looks at the ingredients and claims for Aveda's Color Conserve, Daily Color Protect. The brand uses eco-friendly ingredients such as green tea extract, babassu seed oil and castor seed oil.
Hair Care
Formulating Forum: Head Start
Most benefits of hair protection are evident but the role of the scalp as an incubator for emerging hair fibers is often overlooked. This column considers the biological characteristics of the scalp and describes formulating approaches for treatments.
Hair Care
Read the Label: Olaplex No.3 PLUS Complete Repair Treatment
The No.3 PLUS is a highly complex emulsion formulation with over 50 ingredients.
Hair Care
Supplier Forum: Hair Repair on New Fronts
Many hairstyling techniques, the environment and more can cause hair damage. This month's Supplier Forum highlights emerging scientific concepts to repair and nourish the scalp and hair.
Event Coverage
Emotion, Visualization and Innovation at IFSCC in Rio
The IFSCC conference covered an array of subjects—from the psychology of rotating brushes, and discussion of neuron-adipocyte crosstalk to limit emotional stress-mediated fat accumulation; to hair straightening and conditioning, various visualization tools, and novel formulation approaches.
Actives
Naturally Inhibit Fragrance Degradation: Rice Bran Sterols in Emulsions
The use of phytosterols is proposed here to retard the deterioration of cosmetic emulsions caused by perfume degradation. For the described tests, phytosterols from crude rice bran oil, a natural and economic choice, were used. A simple and easily controlled technique is described through which the phytosterols provided the desired results.
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