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Hair Care
Formula Focus: Nourishing and Repairing Hair Mask
This hair mask features avocado oil to give hair a velvety, silky feel as well as murumuru butter to impart shine.
Actives
Which Ingredients Will Win
C&T Allēs
for Best Cosmetic Active in 2025? Here are the 20 Contenders.
Sun Protection
2025 Will See Faster, More Ethical and Accurate SPF Testing: ISO Approves Two New Methods
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A new collagen era for hair care with Col-Frag remastered™
Col-Frag remastered™ is a type I collagen fragment produced in Wild plants as biofactories through vertical farming, that provides volume, gloss and facilitates combing.
Companies
Seppic Advances Fermentation Biotechnologies with New U.S. Laboratory
Seppic has unveiled a state-of-the-art fermentation biotechnology laboratory at Air Liquide’s Innovation Campus in Delaware, enhancing its R&D capabilities in sustainable cosmetics and health ingredients.
Companies
Estée Lauder Announces Board Changes: Eric Zinterhofer Joins as Ronald Lauder Steps Down
More leadership updates at Estée Lauder as Ronald Lauder steps down and Eric Zinterhofer, a seasoned investment expert with strong family ties to the company, takes his place.
Companies
BASF Achieves Cosmetic Ingredient Notification for Symbiocell in China
The ingredient was developed in response to growing consumer demand for sensitive skin care solutions, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
Companies
Brenntag, Cambrium Collab to Launch NovaColl Vegan Collagen in European Markets
Companies
Jojoba Desert Addresses Supply Chain Challenges with Sustainability-focused Solutions
“These solutions are designed not just to help our customers control costs, but also to contribute meaningfully to sustainability efforts that benefit our planet.”
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 Debut)
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.
Consumers/Market
Editor's Note: Reimagining Beauty
Reimagining beauty will be key to success for 2025 as consumers seek efficacy, precision solutions, sustainability, etc. This issue presents ideas to support this; from ultrafine bubbles and phage therapy, to aqueous propolis, barrier care and more.
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.