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Formulating Basics
Cosmetics & Toiletries
Formulary: 'Feel Good' Beauty
Prototype formulas range from a calming Dead Sea mud mask and energizing deodorant stick, lotion and body milk, to relaxing body wash and a "happy head" scalp serum, among others.
Conditioning
Lobie's New Peptide Leave In Mask Leverages Biotech for Textured Hair Care
The mask features the biotech-derived Lobie Peptide, which comprises 123 amino acids to support polypeptide chains and disulfide bonds damaged by bleaching, coloring, chemical treatments and heat styling.
Formulating Basics
Formulating Forum: Anti-Stress and Well-Aging Cosmetics
The well-aging trend is reshaping beauty, emphasizing the need to care for and maintain vitality, appearance and overall health at any age. Effective anti-stress and well-aging cosmetics are fundamental to supporting this wave; examples are provided here.
Natural/Sustainable
'The Wonder Tree': Moringa in Cosmetics
The natural goodness of moringa oil has been known for thousands of years. The present article offers a review of the properties and reported benefits of this multifunctional natural.
Actives
A Range of Wonder from Down Under
G'day, mate! Formulators who are looking for an alcohol-free version of active ingredients can look no further than Southern Cross Botanicals' Australian range.
Natural/Sustainable
Candela Organic Rolls Out 5 Natural Personal Care Ingredients
Candela Organic, a subsidiary of Candela Peru, has released five products to the U.S. personal care industry: Brazil Nut Oil, Passion Fruit Seed Oil, Murumuru Butter, Buriti Oil and Cupuaçu Butter.
Hair Care
Botaneco Unveils New Lab & Breakthrough Multifunctional Sunscreen Technology
By providing ingredient multifunctionality and improving texture and other product facets, Botaneco is producing innovations aimed at the concerns and preferences of today's consumers in sun, skin and hair care.
Natural/Sustainable
Dyson's Latest Innovation? A Fusion of Farming and Hair Care Innovation
At the heart of the Dyson Omega collection is the Dyson Oli7 blend, a combination of seven omega-rich, plant-based oils.
Consumers/Market
Hair and Scalp Care: Lipids, Algae Solutions, Self-esteem, Bond Building, Scalp Health, Personalized, Biotech Derived and More
Scientific advances continue to shape how we approach hair and scalp health. Innovative commercial products have captured the attention of the beauty consumer, driving the market trajectory ever higher. Here, industry experts discuss these dynamics.
Event Coverage
Meet the 2026
C&T Allē Awards
Finalists – Trailblazers in Beauty Innovation
The 2026
C&T Allē Awards
are just around the corner, celebrating the trailblazers of beauty innovation on May 18, 2026, in NYC. This year’s finalists represent the pinnacle of creativity, science and vision. Meet this year's contenders.
Hair Care
Supplier Roundtable: Formulating Multifunctional Products
Multifunctional personal care products help to scale back routines for consumers looking to use simple formulations with minimal ingredients. Here, experts weighed in on how to formulate these versatile concepts in this month's Supplier Roundtable.
Event Coverage
Which Indie Beauty Formulas Will Attain
C&T Allēs
in 2025?
Find out during our exclusive red carpet-style awards dinner, to be held on March 12, 2025, at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch, NJ. (Get your ticket now — space is limited.) Here are the finalist profiles.
Event Coverage
6 Halal Ingredient Highlights at In-cosmetics Asia 2025 — Plus How Halal and Ethical Excellence are Taking Center Stage
In-cosmetics Asia 2025 will showcase halal-certified and other ethical beauty innovations among the industry's surging demand for clean, conscious and inclusive beauty solutions. Following are six ingredient highlights; plus market insights.
Preservation
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.
Hair Care
How a Kudzu Isoflavone Tonic Mitigates Female Hair Loss
Kudzu isoflavones were explored in vitro for the potential to signal the hair growth cycle in dermal papilla. Promising results led to the development of an anti-hair loss tonic using kudzu root extract, which was tested in vivo in 40 Chinese women.
Literature/Data
Patent Picks—Melatonin Antioxidants, Flax for Barrier Function, Quinoa and More for Skin Care, Moisturization
Chosen biweekly for their relevance to personal care, Patent Picks are taken from publicly available sources. This edition features patents related to moisturization for both skin and hair care.
Event Coverage
Snail Slime, MMP-2 Trigger and More: Advances in Delivery and Efficacy at IFSCC19
Using the same approach to develop or test a product will not result in a step-change innovation. For this reason, new solutions to deliver, develop and test product efficacy were presented during the 2019 IFSCC Conference.
Event Coverage
SCC Tackles Claims Substantiation and Genetic Testing at Annual Meeting
At the Society of Cosmetic Chemists' (SCC) Annual Scientific Meeting and Technology Showcase, which took place on Dec. 12-13, 2013 at the New York Hilton, pertinent subjects were tackled, such as modern claims substantiation, nanomaterials, genetic testing and cosmetic dermatology.
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