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Skin Care
Southern Magnolia to Desensitize Sensitive Skin
Lipophilic active based on southern magnolia designed to reduce neurogenic inflammation and skin redness after mechanical stress; one study demonstrated PhytoDefense CLR™ reduced redness due to mechanical stress by 27%.
Actives
Old Meets New: Facial Mapping and TCM to Reach Booming Markets
Several ingredient examples from Traditional Chinese Medicine folklore are now validated by modern science. This article explores their potential for the aspirational Chinese market and considers how techniques such as facial-mapping demonstrate their efficacy.
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.
Skin Care
Trending Ingredient: Mushroom and Fungi Finds
With reportedly antioxidative, hydrating and other holistic benefits, it's no wonder so many products put mushrooms in the starring role. Read on for an exclusive interview on formulating with this multifunctional ingredient, along with market context.
Skin Care
Murad Launches Pore Clearing and Tightening Regimen
Murad Inc. has launched a regimen designed to clear and tighten pores. Pore Reform helps strengthen the pores’ natural support structure and reduce the appearance of blackheads caused by dead skin cells, oil and dirt in the follicles.
Literature/Data
Anti-cellulite Literature: Microneedles, PGI2 Agonists and Prickly Ash
MarketWatch
projects the global cellulite treatment market will see a CAGR of 5.5% from 2020 to 2025. In relation, we offer the following brief review of recent anti-cellulite R&D in the literature.
Skin Care
Skin Care Roundup: Joah Beauty, True Botanicals and More
Recent news includes product launches, brand debuts and more.
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.
Skin Care
Product Spotlight: Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser
The rosacea treatment market is projected to rise at a 7.1% CAGR (2025 to 2030), and the use of combination therapies, such as antibiotics with topicals, is becoming common. The Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser provides an example.
Cleansing
Double Cleansing Product Spotlight: Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm
The global market for facial cleansing balms is projected to increase at a CAGR of 11.5% from 2025-2032, driven by the focus on skin health and trends such as double cleansing. Banila Co.'s Clean It Zero Cleansing Balm provides this week's example.
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.
Literature/Data
Epigenetics and Aging: A New Player in Skin Care
The cosmetics and skin care industry is constantly developing new products and technologies that aim to slow down the skin aging process. Epigenetic processes play an important role in skin aging. Several new cosmetic products target epigenetic mechanisms and have shown promising results as novel cosmeceuticals.
Actives
Brassica
Breakthrough: Herbal Anti-acne Alternative Proves Clinically Effective
While there are numerous topical and systemic treatments for acne, antibiotic resistance and toxic interactions are a challenge. This article explores the clinical efficacy of a
Brassica oleracea
blend as an alternative topical acne treatment.
Tech/Equipment/Services
Testing Tactics in Skin: A View of Visible Light Protection
Blue light, in particular, may be responsible for most of the adverse skin reactions caused by visible wavelengths. This column reviews methods to screen for materials that protect against blue light but also allow its benefits to shine through.
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.
Cosmetic Ingredients
Bakuchiol to Stabilize Retinol and Polyunsaturated Lipids
Bakuchiol, a meroterpene of plant origin, is examined here for its ability to stabilize retinol and polyunsaturated lipids. It was found to be approximately 60-fold more effective than natural tocopherol, under both photo-oxidative and singlet oxygen environments. An overview of retinol stabilization, lipid peroxidation and the unique role lipid peroxides play in biology also is included.
Actives
Lightening and Illuminating Skin With Acetylated Hydroxystilbenes From
Rheum rhaponticum
Skin discoloration and excessive pigmentation due to increased melanin production is associated with skin inflammation and aging. Therefore, an extract rich in acetylated hydroxystilbenes from Rheum rhaponticum was combined with panthenyl triacetate to test in the melanogenesis pathway. The complex strongly reduced melanogenesis and melanin accumulation in human skin explants, decreased melanin content in pigmented spots, increased skin brightness and enhanced skin radiance on the face of human volunteers in a double-blind clinical study.
Actives
The Longevity and Slow-Aging Movement Gets an Ingredient Refresh
Anti-aging ingredients get a longevity and slow-aging makeover as consumers focus on holistic, long-term solutions for skin.
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