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Which Ingredients Will Win
C&T Allēs
for Best Cosmetic Active in 2025? Here are the 20 Contenders.
From a natural senolytic to "dermohack" the skin for anti-aging benefits, to strain-engineered and precision-fermented hyaluronic acid, here are the 20 contenders in the active ingredients category for the 2025
C&T Allē Awards
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Sun Protection
2025 Will See Faster, More Ethical and Accurate SPF Testing: ISO Approves Two New Methods
Safety
FDA Proposes MoCRA-mandated Tests to Detect Asbestos in Talc-containing Cosmetics
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Polls
[1-click poll] How Do You Usually Assess Product Shelf Life?
Per the FDA, there are currently no U.S. regulations that require cosmetics to have certain shelf lives or expiration dates on labels. Still, manufacturers must ensure products are safe. This made us wonder: How do you assess shelf life? Take our poll.
Skin Care
L'Oréal Groupe's Cell BioPrint Portable Lab Takes the Guesswork Out of Skin Care (CES 2025 Deubut)
L’Oréal Cell BioPrint is scheduled to launch with an unspecified L'Oréal brand in Asia later in 2025.
Skin Care
Product Spotlight: Gold Bond Body Bright Lotion
The growing market for body brightening lotions is driven by formulas that are more effective, safe, and that include natural ingredients. The Gold Bond Body Bright Daily Body and Face Lotion, empowered by vitamin C, provides a strong example.
Sponsored
Color Cosmetics: Balancing Naturality, Sensoriality and Performance
Natural makeup is on the rise, especially in Europe, with other regions following. While natural ingredients are available, the balance between naturalness, sensoriality and performance is a challenge that lipid chemistry can meet successfully.
Natural/Sustainable
Ultrafine Bubbles to Transform Water for the Sustainable Topical Delivery of Actives
This work examines the potential of water, treated via an ultrafine bubble technology, to deliver actives into skin. The penetration of niacinamide and carnosine (peptide) from a cosmetic formula is evaluated. Additional applications are proposed.
Consumers/Market
Barrier Reinforcement: Skin Strength, Preventative Care, Peptides and Ceramides, Immunity, Transient Microbes and More
This collection of six Expert Opinions reveals current and future trends and ideas for skin barrier reinforcement products. Insights range from strengthening solutions and preventative care, to biotech, plant polyphenols, microbiota and more.
Efficacy
How Bee-friendly Aqueous Propolis ‘Sticks it’ to Microbiota Dysbiosis, Skin Conditions
An aqueous, or white propolis, extract was tested in vitro and shown to affect microbiota connected with skin conditions. In vivo trials also demonstrated the ingredient’s safety and efficacy in reducing skin discomfort, dryness and body odor.
Skin Care
How WGS-driven Phage Therapy Targets Microbe Variations Underlying Facial Skin Conditions
Variations exist across the facial microbiome, as shown by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and case studies. This highlights the need for site-specific testing. The present study used this approach to develop and test a phage therapy for compromised skin.
Consumers/Market
Next in Skin – Valuing Beauty for Well-being, A Discussion
Beauty is in a strange place. As this Q&A shows, while we encourage confidence and self-expression, this is at odds with biology, culture and status. This delicate interplay is important to consider since we shape the very well-being of our consumers.
Actives
Soho Aneco Uses Co-solvency to Design Water-soluble HPR Vitamin A/Retinol Derivative
The water soluble hydroxypinacolone retinoate (HPR), known as AC-HPR-W2 SACOS, is described as a new-generation, direct-acting retinol that represents one of the most bioavailable forms of vitamin A.
Balancing/Soothing
Rahn's Defensil-Pure Eco Pre/Post-biotic Supports 'Preservative-free,' Anti-inflammasome Skin Care
Clinical studies have shown that Defensil-Pure Eco can protect dry and atopic skin against further damage by quickly regenerating skin and "resealing" the barrier, per Rahn.