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Revieve launches LiveAR to revolutionize skin analysis with emotional connection

Revieve launches LiveAR to revolutionize skin analysis with emotional connection

Beauty and wellness technology company Revieve has unveiled LiveAR, a real-time skin visualization technology that transforms digital skin analysis from static diagnostics into an interactive experience. Elevating traditional digital skin analysis by bringing clinical results to life, LiveAR allows consumers to see their skin benefits in real time through a virtual try-on.
Engineering cosmetic credibility: How biotech is maturing marine beauty
Engineering cosmetic credibility: How biotech is maturing marine beauty
Ocean-derived beauty is moving from niche positioning and into the mainstream, where biotechnological advancements and clinical validation are key to the category’s claim to fame. As consumers increasingly demand that cosmetics meet their sustainability standards, ingredient suppliers are innovating advanced platforms to cultivate marine ingredients rather than harvest them at scale. Consumers are also no longer satisfied with blue imagery, and are pressuring brands to back product claims with measurable data. 
Olay on the rise of at-home procedure-inspired skin care
Olay on the rise of at-home procedure-inspired skin care
Olay’s latest Regenerist Treatments range is inspired by some of the most sought-after cosmetic procedures and formulated with professional-grade ingredients to help repair the most common signs of aging — without the downtime or expense of a cosmetic procedure.
A Patented Breakthrough in Scalp Health — Learn more from the clinical study results
A Patented Breakthrough in Scalp Health — Learn more from the clinical study results
Purakan™ is a patented breakthrough in natural scalp care, proven to outperform market leaders on pruritus, dandruff, itching, and flaking. It replaces synthetic options like ZPT and piroctone olamine. Clinical studies show 89.7% of participants experienced reduced dandruff and itching within just seven days.This technical paper is brought to you by Mane Kancor.
Formulating texture in skincare: a data-driven approach to replacing synthetic thickeners
Formulating texture in skincare: a data-driven approach to replacing synthetic thickeners
Consumers are actively seeking natural ingredients in their skincare products, and the pressure is on formulators to deliver clean-label solutions without compromising product look and feel. In this webinar, Tate & Lyle and Innova Market Insights experts discuss how this trend is shaping innovation and how brands can tackle formulation challenges. We explore how nature-based, readily biodegradable ingredients combined with a proprietary methodology can replace synthetics, while maintaining the desired physical and sensorial properties. Through individual product variables mapped against our ingredient data repository, we can reduce reformulation complexity and minimize the need for panel testing. Our model simplifies multivariable measurements into easy-to-interpret results — accelerating development and enabling brands to meet consumer demand for naturally derived skincare products.  Join us to say goodbye to synthetics, fast!
Ingredients + Specialties from Univar Solutions: Clean home care and personal care converge
Ingredients + Specialties from Univar Solutions: Clean home care and personal care converge

Kristen Mauch, application development specialist for Home Care and Industrial Cleaning at Univar Solutions, discusses how brands are under increasing pressure to deliver cleaning products that are powerful, fast-acting, and aligned with rigorous sustainability expectations. Performance with Purpose, a new formulation kit from Ingredients + Specialties at Univar Solutions, is designed to prove that high-efficacy cleaning and responsible ingredient selection can coexist without compromise. Mauch also highlights how aspects of the beauty industry are increasingly seeping into the home care category. 

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Unilever and Google Cloud forge five-year alliance for AI-driven growth
Unilever and Google Cloud forge five-year alliance for AI-driven growth
Unilever and Google Cloud have entered a five-year partnership to offer the FMCG access to the technology company’s advanced AI, data, platform, and marketing capabilities. Through the collaboration, Unilever can use Google Cloud’s technologies, including its enterprise AI platform, Vertex AI, to build new capabilities in brand discovery, measurement, and AI-augmented marketing. 
John Frieda’s rebrand: Balancing innovation and tradition in an evolving...
John Frieda’s rebrand: Balancing innovation and tradition in an evolving industry
John Freida has unveiled a refreshed brand identity through reimagined packaging, updated ingredient formulations, and a new social-media-first brand campaign. In keeping up with the times, the legacy brand is leveraging its heritage while aiming to maintain market appeal through novelty and innovation.The rebrand builds on John Freida’s established name and aims to step ahead of the rapidly moving curve in the cosmetics industry. The existing market climate is driven by micro-trends, novel consumer behavior, and breakneck R&D turnover times fueled by AI. Legacy brands like John Freida are not immune to vulnerabilities caused by competitive markets, volatile currencies, and geopolitical dynamics, and are thus working to future-proof through a rebrand.
Pat McGrath lands bankruptcy funding and plans 2026 product push
Pat McGrath lands bankruptcy funding and plans 2026 product push
Pat McGrath Labs has secured US$30 million in financing from investment firm GDA Luma to support restructuring amid its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which it filed at the end of last month. GDA Luma committed up to US$10 million in debtor-in-possession financing and at least US$20 million in working capital after Pat McGrath Labs exits Chapter 11.
Boots brings in-store weight loss treatments while CMA combats “Ozempic vulva”
Boots brings in-store weight loss treatments while CMA combats “Ozempic vulva”
Cosmetics retailer Boots will offer in-store Weight Loss Treatment Service as a pilot in 17 stores across the UK. Boots shoppers now have the option to access in-person advice and treatment for weight loss on the high street. The service offers access to weight loss treatment for those who are eligible through an in-person consultation with a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber. The prescriber has specialist training to prescribe weight-loss medicines. 
Toxins found in hair extensions spark racial equity wake-up call for legislation
Toxins found in hair extensions spark racial equity wake-up call for legislation
Scientific research organization Silent Spring Institute has uncovered dozens of hazardous chemicals in hair extensions, in what it calls the “most comprehensive analysis to date” for the hair product. The extensions were found to contain toxic organotins, flame retardants, phthalates, and other substances linked with cancer and other adverse health effects. The harmful substances found in these hair extensions disproportionately affect Black women, as they are the main consumer base for these products. 
How the supplement industry is bridging Ozempic’s nutrition gaps
How the supplement industry is bridging Ozempic’s nutrition gaps

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The rise of GLP-1 receptor agonists such as semaglutide has thinned the waistlines of millions and opened the door for innovation in the US$200 billion supplement and nutraceutical industry. As the accessibility of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy increases, users are eating less and discovering the biological effects of rapid weight loss.
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Brain, body & beauty: The rise of cognitive longevity in...
Make Time, a US-based wellness company, aims to close a critical gap in women’s brain health by integrating “brain, body, and beauty” through innovation. The company centers on the idea that to look good, you have to feel good.Consumers increasingly interact with beauty as a holistic ritual. Make Time is tapping into the movement by targeting women’s brain health. The company aims to support cognitive function and help women look and feel good in their bodies. Personal Care Insights sits down with Make Time to discuss the crucial gaps in women’s cognitive care and how brain care innovation can create influential ripple effects for personal care. 
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Why consumers are leaving legacy brands for more...
Consumers are demanding more from the intimate care market, turning away from legacy brands and toward independent players whose messaging more closely aligns with their desire for transparency. This opening in the feminine care category has paved the way for brands like Honey Pot to thrive — allowing the wellness brand to target consumers’ unmet desires. 
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Beauty’s new battleground? AI and data drive skin care tech...
Beauty has entered a technology race, and cosmetic companies that do not control their own computing power and data risk becoming dependent on those who do. As AI powers product design, manufacturing, and personalization, brands’ technology infrastructure and data now determine whether they can compete in the race. AI is increasingly incorporated into all phases of the cosmetics value chain, but it requires powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) to operate at scale. GPUs are high-powered computer chips that process large amounts of data quickly to train and run AI systems. Governments are now competing to secure priority access to these chips to build large-scale AI factories. 

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Biodegradable beauty boostersFeb2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates a 14% compound annual growth in beauty product launches with biodegradable ingredients between October 2020 and September 2025. Mascara was the top category in th...

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Ocean-derived beauty Feb 2026

According to Innova Market Insights’ Personal Care Trends 2026, marine algae extracts are emerging as a standout botanical active in personal care innovation. The report highlights growing interest in ocean-derived ingredients, reflecting a broader shift toward sustainable, nature-inspired formulations in the industry. 

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Men’s personal care trendsFeb 2026

According to Innova Market Insights’ Personal Care Trends 2026, marine algae extracts are emerging as a standout botanical active in personal care innovation. The report highlights growing interest in ocean-derived ingredients, reflecting a broader shift toward sustainable, nature-inspired formulations in the industry.

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Ingredients + Specialties from Univar Solutions: Clean home care and personal care converge

Kristen Mauch, application development specialist for Home Care and Industrial Cleaning at Univar Solutions, discusses how brands are under increasing pressure to deliver cleaning products that are powerful, fast-acting, and aligned with rigorous sustainability expectations. Performance with...

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