Author’s Note: Gathered for you here are 11 cosmetic and personal care ingredient technologies that promise to drive innovation forward. Each item in the article below highlights a solution that captured my attention sometime during the first 6 months of 2025, so much so that all of these short items originally appeared in the Beauty…
Editor’s Note: In her latest column, Deanna examined the e-commerce market, which has now become a vibrant alternative distribution channel for ingredients and raw materials for cosmetic and personal care products. “There are further differences between resellers and classical distributors; and these differences will become evident as you read thorough this article, thanks to the…
“When I suggest the idea of a ‘beauty biosphere’, I am thinking about how suppliers, brands, and consumers alike seem to be more open to ingredients sourced from everything that is and is on Earth—from plants, animals, microorganisms, inorganic matter, and even fossil-derived materials. The body care category is a smart and subtle place to…
Author’s Note: It’s been said that ingredient makers are the prevailing source of product innovation in the cosmetics and personal care industry. And it’s also true that adjacent consumer sectors like, food, beverage, pharma, and fashion influence beauty ingredient trends. Along with all of that, beauty brands themselves can be a terrific resource for anyone…
by Deanna Utroske Author’s Note: Vitamins are some of the most time-tested skincare actives. But as we entered the 2020s and skincare that is meant to be swallowed—capsules, gummies, powders, and such—became popular, ingredient makers and consumer brands started presenting topical vitamins in fun new ways. Vitamin-Packed Beauty Brands The Korea-based brand Bognobagi launched a…
Editor’s Note: ,,In this piece, I am not arguing for or against either approach but rather sharing some of my observations about a selection of decidedly not vegan cosmetic ingredients that I’m seeing from brands and suppliers around the world.” Vegan beauty encompasses both botanical and synthetic ingredients. The term has ethical connotations as well…
Editor’s Note:This time, Deanna’s column gives insights about her collaboration with the Cosmoprof Worldwide team. Deanna took the concept of the CosmoFactory initiative and transformed it into a new podcast this year. The CosmoFactory podcast launched in early June, and you can read excerpts from select guest interviews in this column. “Is our industry ready…
Editor’s Note: This time, Deanna’s column highlights companies that are using technobiology to bring the cosmetics and personal care industry into the future. She interviewed experts working at the intersection of tech and biology. “The next breakthrough innovation in cosmetics will come from the combination of nature and AI.” That’s what Dr. Hilla Ben-Hamo, CEO…
Author’s Note:There is not enough water to go around. Today this is true for hundreds of thousands if not billions of people (depending on the data source you consult). The reality of water scarcity and the slightly less terrifying condition of water stress is changing the way industries like ours choose to use water. And…
Caring for a Constellation of Skin Microbiota “Imagine you could shield your skin microbiota from the harmful effects of sun radiation.” This invitation to dream about the future of sun care and skincare comes from Òscar Expósito, CEO, CSO, and Co-Founder of Vytrus Biotech. Based in Barcelona, Spain, the company specializes in “the use of…
Products, People, and the Beauty-Being Axis The Beauty-Being Axis is all about the brain-skin connection, about the gut-skin connection, as well as about how emotional and mental wellbeing are bidirectionally linked to personal care. Some of the concepts and market realities underlying the Beauty-Being Axis are the popularity of probiotic supplements; consumer interest in microbiome…
Editor’s Note:With her column Global Perspecive, Deanna Utroske, Beauty Industry Public Speaker takes up current topics from the personal care industry and talks about them with industry experts. She continues her column with this article on Advances & Opportunities in (Pre)Clinical Testing for Cosmetics and Personal Care. Deanna addresses the growing attention to evaluating the…
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