Cosmetics & Toiletries

'The impact will differ between different brands, but for us, it's pushing us even closer to our R&D roots. We're doubling down on developing truly innovative products, focusing on the best, most efficacious ingredients.' —Chemist Confessions

Innovating Beauty Amid Global Trade Uncertainties

The key to resilience lies in understanding and responding to the impacts of tariffs on costs, demand and competitive positioning. Learn more here.

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Transformations in Hair and Scalp Science: Breakthrough or Bust?

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[podcast] Formulating Generational Beauty: Uncovering Needs, Aligning Ingredients and Creating Products for Gen X to Alpha

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Product Spotlight: Head & Shoulders BARE Dandruff Shampoo

Hair/scalp care is predicted to climb at a 6.4% CAGR (2025 to 2030), with anti-dandruff holding the largest share (37.8%). Clean beauty is also expected to expand at a 13.2% CAGR (2024-2029). Crossing the two is Head & Shoulders' BARE dandruff shampoo.

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[video] Elevating Performance and Sensory Innovation in Eco-friendly APs/Deos: A C&T Allē Award Winner

In this video interview, sponsored by Inolex, Jennifer O’Hara describes current and future trends in the antiperspirant/deodorant (AP/Deo) market, as well as how the company's C&T Allē Award-winning Smooth Glide deodorant checks all the boxes.

Nucleobiotics: Nature’s Code for Timeless Beauty

Nucleobiotics: Nature’s Code for Timeless Beauty

Based on nucleobiotics, Kalichem's Kaligen bioactive, derived from plants and biotechnological processes, promotes cellular regeneration and native collagen biomimetic activation for replumping action, and skin renewal and rejuvenation effects.

e.l.f. Beauty Acquires Hailey Bieber's Rhode for $1 Billion Amid Tariff Challenges

Bieber will continue her role as founder and additionally serve as Rhode’s chief creative officer and head of innovation, overseeing creative, product innovation and marketing.

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Targeting Zero Waste: How Beauty is Transitioning to a Circular Economy

The growing waste crisis is prompting changes across the beauty industry. Following are examples in ingredients, product forms, packaging and processing, with added insights from two waterless brands making waves in hair and skin care: AROVE and Onélogy.

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Solution for Skin Tone Unevenness, Three Natural Cosmetic Ingredients

ICHIMARU PHARCOS proposes three natural cosmetic ingredients, PeoGlow, Absorage and JuniperBright, that hold the key to comprehensively achieving an evenness of all colored skin tones.

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Taking Hair and Scalp Care to New Heights

This issue of C&T is at the forefront of hair/scalp science, exploring test methods, trends and innovations. It also revisits the fundamentals of formulating with ZnO, for mineral sunscreens, and presents an upcycled tea extract to counteract photodamage.

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Mastering Zinc Oxide Formulation: A Primer on Overcoming Challenges for Superior Sun Protection

This primer outlines tips and tricks to help product developers master formulating with ZnO. Topics range from the impact of formula formats, importance of processing and influence of particle choice, to pH optimization and stability.

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Testing Trending Hair Care and Skinification Claims

Various test methods, some borrowed from skin care, can be used to validate hair product claims. This article reviews several, including conditioning, anti-breakage, hydration, skinification-related, damage repair, anti-dandruff, anti-hair loss and more.

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Defying Photoaging and Senescence with Catechin-optimized Upcycled Tea Elixir

Discarded crop materials that are proven safe are worth considering for beauty applications. Here, a catechin-rich elixir optimized and upcycled from tea leaves is tested for antioxidant, anti-photoaging and anti-senescence benefits in vitro and ex vivo.

The Thai Minister of Public Health expanded the list of banned advertising terms under Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015) to include terms referring to internal use or injectable applications.

Asia-Pacific Regulatory Update: Advertising Laws, Notifications, Halal Certification, Ingredient Restrictions and More

Regulatory updates in Asia-Pacific emphasize ingredient use, advertising standards, notification requirements and halal certification. The tightening of safety and quality standards reflects a focus on consumer protection and regulatory alignment.