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Which Cosmetic Devices, Tech and Test Methods/Tools Will Stand Up to the 2026 C&T Allē Awards Challenge?

Whether it’s enhancing sustainability, improving skin care accessibility or refining product testing, these finalists are shaping a smarter, more inclusive, and forward-thinking future for the industry.

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SciPharm Unveils Audit Kit for Sunscreen Test Report Evaluation

The audit kit is a three-part solution tailored to ensure accuracy and adherence to international testing standards.

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Does Your Product Belong Among the C&T Allē Award Elites? Enter the 2026 Program to Find Out

The C&T Allē Awards have a long history of recognizing excellence across the cosmetic landscape. Does your innovation have what it takes to join them? Enter now to find out.

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Safety Alert: Sunscreen 'Doping' and Foam Formats Raise Red Flags

Recent regulatory attention highlights both hidden sunscreen actives in cosmetic products, and the legal gray zone of mousse-format sunscreens — prompting calls for clearer labeling and format approval.

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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.

The authors believe that adding the properties of a wide range of commercial sunscreens to the system database will increase the rate of appropriate sunscreen usage by customers.

AmorePacific, Hanyang Univ. Dynamically Visualize UV Dose on SPF-protected Skin

Work by AmorePacific and Hanyang University, Seoul, published in Skin Research & Technology, reveals a dynamic approach to visualize UV dose based on MED, weather, outdoor activity, etc., on SPF-protected skin.

TDF Blu Viole Sunscreen specifically protects the skin from not only sun damage but blue light as well, preventing hyperpigmentation, melasma and brown spots.

TDF Blu Voile Sunscreen Found to Protect Against Blue Light

The skin-protecting efficacy against the effects of blue light irradiation was analyzed, as well as the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of protein carbonylation in human skin explants.

The skin care industry has typically focused its testing on skin types 1 through 3, leaving 4% of tests with skin types 5 and 6.

Report: Superdrug Commits to Increase Sunscreen Testing on Darker Skin Tones

Superdrug has reportedly committed to include at least 35% of skin types 5 and 6 in its sun cream and skin care trials.

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Impaired Barrier Affects Skin's Sensitivity to UV Radiation

Skin care products that improve skin conditions associated with UV sensitivity, and include sunscreen are important for protection against the hazards of UV radiation.

(Depiction only) The new method uses the spectroradiometric measurement of residual UV from a single pre-irradiation dose through a thin layer of sunscreen applied to a multi-layer substrate.

7 Years in the Making: CE Recommends In vitro SPF Double Plate Test Method

"... No in vitro method had [previously] advanced to the stage that CE could recommend it. So those who did not want to use an in vivo method could use any ... unvalidated method; this should no longer be the case."

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Research Reviews Non-penetrating Sunscreen Vehicles, Looks to Jojoba

Several "carriers for the future" were highlighted, such as lipid carriers, cyclodextrin derivatives, encapsulation approaches and non-penetrating sunscreens incorporating UV filters and jojoba oil conjugates.

Italian researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B3 can help protect skin cells from certain types of UV radiation.

Nicotinamide Can Protect Skin Cells From UV-Induced Damage

Italian researchers have discovered that a form of vitamin B3 can help protect skin cells from certain types of UV radiation.

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Sunscreen Absorption Makes Waves Again, FDA Shifts Toward Test Sample Selection

Questions of sunscreen absorption made waves once again in a recent report in the Wall Street Journal. Prior reports found no cause for concern while more recently, the FDA turned its focus to the selection method for sunscreens used in absorption tests.

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Kao Takes the Heat Off Infrared-exposed Skin

By focusing on principle factors related to light wave interference, Kao researchers have identified a means to selectively block the NIR wavelength.

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BASF Tool Analyzes Sun Care's Environmental Impact

The methodology evaluates the environmental compatibility of UV filters in order to help brands create more sustainable sun care.

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FDA Pushes Higher Limits, New Labeling and More Data for Sunscreens

Broad spectrum sunscreens are critical for preventing skin cancer and UV damage, yet many of their essential requirements have not been updated in years. This was the driver for new sunscreen regulatory rules proposed by the FDA.

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Melanoma Risk Drops 40% with Childhood Sunscreen Use

Recent research in JAMA Dermatology suggests that those who regularly used sunscreen as a child are at a significantly lower risk of melanoma; the study also sheds light on who is more likely to take that risk.

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SPF 100+ Efficacy Put to the Test in ‘Actual Use’

Recent research in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology sought to find out if, when used under conditions that users typically apply sunscreen, SPF 100+ products provided higher protection than their SPF 50+ counterparts.