in-cosmetics Global: 2023’s top beauty ingredient trends

By Julia Wray | Published: 31-Mar-2023 Featured companies: Mibelle Biochemistry Givaudan Active Beauty Croda Beauty BASF Personal Care and Nutrition GmbH IFF Silab PROVITAL S.A. Gattefossé Clariant Personal Care Lucas Meyer Cosmetics by Clariant Hallstar Chemyunion Ashland
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Senescence busters, mood hacking beauty and naturally-derived, high-performance materials lead this year’s batch of cosmetic ingredient launches

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Cosmetic ingredient showcase in-cosmetics Global wrapped up its 2023 edition yesterday. 

Over three days, the event – located this year in Barcelona – witnessed frenzied launch activity from suppliers and service providers to the beauty industry.

It provided the perfect opportunity for a sneak preview into what will be hitting store shelves in the months and years to come.     

Excitingly, among the new ingredients now gracing the market are those representing genuine ‘newness’ in the industry. 

From novel targets and modes of action, to the ability to easily create formerly hard-to-develop formulations and pioneering steps towards naturality, Barcelona brought out the best in innovation. 

Here is Cosmetics Business’ selection of ingredients to enliven your product pipeline, grouped into five key trends

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Mibelle Biochemistry designs and develops innovative, high-quality actives based on naturally derived compounds and profound scientific know-how Givaudan Active Beauty offers an extensive portfolio of innovative cosmetic active ingredients designed to bring beauty to the world. Inspired by the beauty needs of consumers... We are a global specialty ingredient supplier to the beauty and personal care industry, dedicated to meeting evolving consumer needs along with our commitment to sustainability... BASF Personal Care is one of the world’s leading supplier of high-performance ingredients for the personal care industry. The company understands human needs and meets them...
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