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Skin Care
Beware: Blue Light Damage On The Rise
Blue light is becoming more prevalent across the industry as suppliers are recognizing the significance of the damage caused by both sunlight and technology. A few industry professionals shared tips on prevention and treatment for said damage.
Literature/Data
EGCG and Jamblang SPF, DHA Safety and More: Sun Care Literature Review
Eventually, we will all emerge from our coronavirus quarantines to feel the wind in our hair and sun on our faces. This brief review considers sun care-related research to ensure that once we venture out, we're protected from solar insults, among others.
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.
News
Why Beauty Brands Are Pushing Anti-pollution Claims
Targeting the impact of environmental stress in a changing climate.
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.
Actives
Spot-lightening Treatments
Facial pigmentation increases with age and sun exposure, and represents an aesthetic problem for many. Multiple strategies are required for the cosmetic treatment of such imperfections, including accelerating skin renewal, inhibiting free radicals, providing photoprotection, prohibiting melanin granule formation and transfer, reducing pigmentation with sequestering agents, and enhancing skin penetration. These are described here.
Sun Care
Safer Solar Protection Part II, Going Beyond UV Defense
Recent research has focused on nature’s ways of protecting living organisms, from plankton and cyanobacteria to humans, from the sun. With the proper topical delivery systems, some of these biomechanisms may prove beneficial to consumers and marketers.
Sun Care
In Light of Exposure: Understanding Avobenzone Part II, Application
Avobenzone is a widely used organic UV filter. Its dynamic nature and unique properties are responsible for its widespread use and forms. This second in a two-part series considers avobenzone’s behavior with other sunscreens and in formulas; part one reviewed its characteristics and behavior in solvents.
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.
Anti-aging/Face
The Innovations Tackling the SPF Confidence Gap
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.
Literature/Data
Patent Picks—Polyester UV Filter, Diol Filters and Sensory in Sun; Milk Thistle, Buddha Fruit, Artichoke, Olive, Algae, Narcissus Skin Repair
Patent Picks are compiled by the editors from publicly available sources. This edition features inventions related to sun protection and skin repair, including isononyl benzoate for sensory properties; alpha,beta-dihydroxyketone UV filters; assessing extrinsic skin age; an artichoke/olive antiaging duo; milk thistle and Buddha fruit cleanse/repair combo; algae and Narcissus to stimulate collagen; UV-absorbing polyester and more.
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.
Sun Care
Formulating Forum: Climate-Responsive Sun Protection and Eco-friendly Water Resistance
This article describes approaches to climate-responsive sun care. It also provides examples of efforts to obtain water resistance per ISO in an oil and an o/w sprayable emulsion, where traditional polymers are replaced with eco-friendlier alternatives.
Literature/Data
Patent Picks—Timed Sunscreens, Wood Extract, Wash-on Protection, UV in Hair and More in Sun
Patent Picks are compiled by
Cosmetics & Toiletries
editors. Taken from publicly available sources, they cover recent patents issued, or applied for, in the cosmetic and personal care industries and related peripheral markets. This edition features inventions relevant to sun care.
Literature/Data
Patent Picks—Timed Sunscreens, Wood Extract, Wash-on Protection, UV in Hair and More in Sun
Patent Picks are compiled by
Cosmetics & Toiletries
editors. Taken from publicly available sources, they cover recent patents issued, or applied for, in the cosmetic and personal care industries and related peripheral markets. This edition features inventions relevant to sun care.
Actives
Read the Label: Elemis Daily Defence Shield SPF 30
This "Read the Label" looks at Elemis's Daily Defence Shield SPF 30, which is said to provide UV protection and long-lasting hydration with a blend of coconut, jojoba oils, panthenol, melanin and more.
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.
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