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Cosmetics & Toiletries Unveils Beauty Themes for 2025

From skin and hair health, to holistic protection, mind-body beauty and integrated sensory experiences, 2025's media agenda will equip cosmetic chemists and beauty innovators to develop advanced products that compete in a dynamic, competitive marketplace.

The ingredient is derived through Teysha’s natural product polycarbonate platform, which per the company, can create a wide range of polymers with tunable properties for practical short and long-term applications.

Teysha Technologies Debuts Microplastics Replacement AggiePol for Beauty Applications

The biodegradable material has the potential to eliminate 8,700 tonnes of microplastics used in cosmetics as thickeners, film-forming agents, stabilizers and more.

The ingredient is produced by upcycling agricultural and food waste, and by applying green chemistry, the ingredient can fully degrade within 60 days, complying with new EU regulations on microplastics.

Bioweg's MicBeads100 Microplastic Alternative: Cosmetic Victories Winner Profile

MicBeads100, from Bioweg, won the 2024 Cosmetic Victories Industry Prize. This bacterial cellulose-derived functional micropowder can replace solid microplastics. Here, Prateek Mahalwar, Ph.D., founder and CEO for the company, described the innovation.

A total ban across the entire class of PFAS would be disruptive without any basis in science. A more deliberate approach would better suit public policy.

Why a Ban on PFAS Across Cosmetics and Other Industries Right Now is Misguided [opinion]

The wide use of forever chemicals across cosmetics and other industries and their persistence have opened them to scrutiny. But banning the entire PFAS class would be disruptive without any basis in science or good public policy. Why? Read on to see.

The Cosmetics & Toiletries (C&T) Allē Awards bring behind-the-scenes beauty innovation into the spotlight. Learn more at AlleAwards.com.

What Beauty Innovations Qualify for the 2025 C&T Allēs? What Are the Requirements?

What types of entries compete in the C&T Allēs? And what are the requirements? From ingredients and blends, to formulas, test methods/tools, devices and digital tech, the awards span the cosmetic R&D process. Read on for more - and enter now!

The Chromatic Rules concept reflects the evolution of eco-conscious consumers who demand more than traditional sustainable products can offer and at the same time expect the diversity of formats, design and textures in conventional makeup.

Lubrizol Life Science Beauty Creates Makeup for NONconformists, Chromatic Rules

The Chromatic Rules concept reflects the evolution of eco-conscious consumers who demand more than traditional sustainable products can offer and at the same time expect the diversity of formats, design and textures in conventional makeup.

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9 Top Trends + 30 Beauty Insights from in-cosmetics Global 2024

Nearly 200 new launches were on display at in-cosmetics Global, held April 16-18, 2024, in Paris. Here, we've captured some of the top trends we spotted — but this is merely a sampling.

Article Download: Chitosan in Cosmetics - Technical Aspects when Formulating

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These entries are combinations of ingredients designed to work synergistically together. Join us to see who wins!

Which Cosmetic Ingredient Blends/Chassis Will Score C&T Allēs in 2024?

Which ingredient blends will win C&T Allē Awards in 2024? Find out at our exclusive red carpet-style awards dinner on March 6, 2024, at the Biltmore in L.A. – alongside our enthralling Beauty Accelerate event. Following are the contenders...

Find out at our exclusive red carpet-style awards dinner, to be held on March 6, 2024, at the Biltmore in Los Angeles – alongside our engaging Beauty Accelerate event. Join us!

Which Cosmetic Base Ingredients Will Take Home a C&T Allē in 2024?

Which base ingredients will take home C&T Allē Awards in 2024? Find out at our exclusive awards dinner on March 6, 2024, at the Biltmore in Los Angeles – alongside our engaging Beauty Accelerate event. Here are the contenders...

Taken together, brands of every size will leave this year's event with the knowledge and insights needed to innovate nimbly and mindfully and to elevate their brands to the next level.

Let's Connect the Dots Between Beauty Marketing and R&D: Beauty Accelerate Los Angeles 2024

Join Beauty Accelerate in Los Angeles to set the 2024-2025 innovation agenda!

From hair and skin care, to sunscreens and more, this Beauty Accelerate session will provide R&D and their marketing partners with the insights needed to ensure products effectively meet the needs of this massive, dissatisfied consumer base.

Product Design for Deeper Skin Tones: Sun Care, Skin Care & Hair: Coming to Beauty Accelerate

From hair and skin care, to sunscreens and more, this Beauty Accelerate session will provide R&D and their marketing partners with the insights needed to ensure products effectively meet the needs of this massive, dissatisfied consumer base.

Nippon Fine Chemicals recently highlighted its sustainable ingredients series of functional esters, oils, liposome precursors and more, as well as COSMOS and Ecocert compliant products.

Nippon Presents Sustainable Plandool, Lusplan, Neosolue, Phytopresome, PrimeLipid Series

Nippon Fine Chemicals presents its sustainable, non-GMO series of functional esters, oils, liposome precursors and more, including: Plandool, Lusplan, Neosolue, Phytopresome and PrimeLipid. It also highlighted COSMOS and Ecocert offerings.

The ingredient can be used in products ranging from light, translucent and refreshing cream-gels to soothing lotions and compact creams.

Berg + Schmidt to Launch BergaMuls ET2 Natural Emulsifier, Thickener

Sourced from oat, wood and guar gum, BergaMuls ET2 comprises water-soluble and -insoluble components that support both emulsion stability and viscosity.

It is important to evaluate the vehicle formulation when developing sunscreens since it influences their efficacy.

How Sunscreen Base Formulas Affect SPF and Mechanical Properties

A recent study published in AAPS PharmSciTech tested four sunscreens to determine how their components influenced SPF, shear and thixotropy.

The ingredient meets the need for naturally derived, biodegradable rheology modifiers whose abilities to influence texture, viscosity, formulation stability and overall sensory experience approach that of synthetics.

Clariant Rolls Out Aristoflex Eco T Biodegradable Rheology Modifier

Aristoflex Eco T is based on tara gum and has a renewable carbon index of 71%. It is designed to combine the performance of synthetic polymers with the environmental profile of biopolymers.

Entries ranged from a bio-derived hair fixative polymer to a natural extract to promote hair growth.

57 Ingredients Debut in PCHi's Product Showcase

Here they are: all 57 launches featured in the New Product Showcase during PCHi. Entries ranged from a bio-derived hair fixative polymer to a natural extract to promote hair growth.

In evaluating how different solvents may affect the rheology of personal care formulas, it is helpful to consider that different formulation types have distinct relationships between viscosity and elasticity depending on the factors generating their elastic properties.

How Natural Butylene Glycol Advances Market and Rheology Dynamics

Demand for sustainable ingredients in cosmetics and personal care is well-known. Here, a sustainable natural butylene glycol is described to advance this trend and its effects on viscosity and elasticity are assessed in five test formulas.

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