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Event Coverage
Wellness, Eco Mindedness and Luxury Drive Sunscreen Demand — Natural Powders Offer a Solution [free webinar]
To align with consumer demand for eco-conscious, effective and sensorial sunscreens, formulators are getting creative. Natural and biodegradable fine powders can boost efficacy and improve aesthetics to meet these demands; a free webinar explains.
Actives
Guestlist Sneak Peek: Who's Coming to
Beauty Accelerate
? 👀
From global leaders like L’Oreal, Estée Lauder and Supergoop! to innovative disruptors like Olaplex, KORA Organics, and Danessa Myricks Beauty, the best in the industry will be there.
Actives
The 2025-2026 Innovation Agenda:
Beauty Accelerate
Topic and Speaker Program Revealed
Featuring a diverse lineup of experts, including senior scientists, brand founders, and marketing pioneers from companies like L'Oréal, Estée Lauder, Supergoop! and Nutrafol, the event promises actionable strategies and fresh perspectives.
Actives
Meet Our Experts from Bubble, Supergoop!, L'Oreal, Danessa Myricks Beauty, Fazit, BeautyStat, Nutrafol, Laura Geller, Estee Lauder & More...
This dynamic event will dive into critical topics, including connecting with Gen Alpha and Gen Z, advancing longevity-focused innovations, meeting the demands of value-driven consumers, designing sustainable packaging and leveraging data-driven insights.
Event Coverage
Beauty Accelerate
Schedule-at-a-glance: The Who, What and When for Innovation Exchanges
The event is geared for engagement to stimulate unscripted and synergistic exchanges — but only if you're there. Check out this stellar lineup — and register now!
Sensory
Imerys Introduces ImerCare SunTouch Perlite-based Sensory Agent for SPF Cosmetics
The natural alternative to synthetic sensory agents is designed to deliver a velvety, matte finish while maintaining SPF efficacy.
Actives
Supergoop!, Amorepacific and Beiersdorf Experts Talk Beauty's Sunification
Sun care is no longer limited to standalone sunscreen products. Instead, it’s becoming an essential feature across categories like skin care, makeup and color cosmetics.
Natural/Sustainable
Inside The Estée Lauder Companies' Ingredient Innovation Race
The MIT work has focused on the "development of biodegradable materials for cosmetic applications and [the exploration of] new solutions to combat the effects of visible light from the sun."
Formulating Aids
Evonik's Tegosoft BC MB Wax Ester Lends its Soft Touch to Sustainable Sun Care, Color
The natural emollient is designed to meet the growing demand for eco-friendly and sustainable cosmetics, imparting additional benefits ranging from a light texture and solubility for UV filters, to pigment wetting properties, reduced carbon footprint ...
Consumers/Market
Editor's Note: Elevating Sun Protection
Sunscreen innovation has made remarkable upgrades in recent years and our latest edition is dedicated to such: from advancing dispersion and boosting skin benefits, to "retrofitting" formulas to market demands, and ethically, reliably measuring SPF.
Sun Care
How a Functionalized Soy Film Former Boosts SPF, Dispersion in Sunscreen Emulsions
A nature-derived film forming polymer and dispersing agent was developed to enable more sustainable sun and color formulas. Its water resistance, SPF-boosting, pigment wetting and dispersion, and film-forming properties were evaluated as described here.
Sun Care
Formulating Forum: ‘Retrofitting’ Sunscreens to Market Demands
This article briefly reviews sunscreens raising recent concern and related regulatory actions. It also proposes approaches to adapt formulas to the limitations imposed by both regulations and market demand.
Sun Care
Advancing Sun Protection: High SPF, ROS Targeting, Eco-friendly and Reef Safe, Elegant, Fun, Self-adapting and More
As if formulating sunscreens wasn’t difficult enough, the market is pushing SPF protection to new levels of sophistication. Innovations like those described here, to extend and hybridize sunscreens, will be key to rising sun care expectations.
Formulating Aids
TRI-K's TRIsol KCP: A Cleaner, High-performance Emulsifier for Sunscreens, Cosmetics and Skin Care
The emulsifier was developed using TRI-K's patent-pending solvent-free manufacturing method, contributing to environmentally responsible formulations. The ingredient also maintains efficacy and stability, and can boost SPF by 19%.
Formulating Aids
Caprylyl Glyceryl Ether to Enhance Pigment Wetting, Preservation in Cosmetics, Sunscreens
Caprylyl glyceryl ether is a natural multifunctional emollient with previously demonstrated preservative-boosting effects. More recently, its pigment wetting and dispersion properties for color cosmetics and sunscreens also were identified, as shown here.
Sun Care
We've Misunderstood How Sunburns Actually Work
It's RNA molecule damage that presents the most immediate inflammatory response, per new research.
Event Coverage
BASF Unveils Climate-adaptive Formula Concepts at Cosmet'Agora
Driven by innovations in sustainability, transparency and science, the company presented formula concepts to address the impacts of climate change — i.e., varying humidity, temperature shifts and intensified UV exposure.
Sun Protection
2025 Will See Faster, More Ethical and Accurate SPF Testing: ISO Approves Two New Methods
In December 2024, the ISO gave its long-awaited final approval of two SPF test methods that experts say are more ethical, economical and accurate than current approaches. One in particular is also reportedly faster, reducing analysis from weeks to days.
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