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Cosmetic ingredients and upcycling: does it work?

Cosmetic ingredients and upcycling: is it a match?

Sustainability seems to be the way forward for beauty brands to develop skincare products. Although they bring increasing imagination to recycling beauty packaging and in cosmetics sector, a shift is happening with upcycling cosmetic ingredients. The phenomenon is growing in the beauty sector as it opens up new perspectives for sustainable formulations. How can these new ingredients be integrated into care formulas? ALPOL Cosmetique shares the secrets of its Upcycl’Care range, made in part from upcycled active ingredients.

Green chemistry: what applications in cosmetics?

Respect & New Br’earth

Green chemistry: From sustainable chemistry to sustainable beauty?

Global awareness about a cleaner production for the environment and the growing consumer demand for natural and organic beauty products are forcing cosmetics manufacturers to find environmental-friendly chemistry processes. From chemistry-based solutions to safer, greener and sustainable chemistry alternatives, their focus is significantly shifting towards green chemistry. But what is it exactly? And how is it applied in the cosmetics industry?

Smart beauty, beauty tech and artificial intelligence

Beauty'Tellect

Smart beauty: how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the face of the cosmetic industry?

Artificial intelligence adds a whole new dimension to the cosmetics industry, creating a strong trend of “smart beauty” or “bespoke beauty”.
Offering a new consumer experience, it opens up to a broad range of possible options for highly personalised skin care.
Here is an overview of cosmetic innovations offering 100% customised skin care.

Acne breakouts and food: what is the relationship?

Healthy’Listic

Acne and food: is there a relationship?

Is acne a bad memory from teenage years? Well, unfortunately, a large number of adults still suffer from it. Many reasons are put upfront including foods. Let’s take a closer look at whether diet plays a role in acne and pimples. What foods cause acne breakouts? And what solutions are there to fight acne?

Does blue light affect or damage skin health?

Healthy’Listic

Blue light: is it harmful to skin health?

Although there are established dangers of blue light on sleep and eyesight, what do we really know about its effects on skin heatlh? Does it damage the skin? If so, how do we protect the skin from blue light? ALPOL Cosmetique looks deeper into the topic.

Upcycled cosmetics ingredients: how does it work?

Respect & New Br’earth

Upcycling and cosmetic products: how does it work?

Already well developed in the fields of design, decoration, fashion and textiles, the concept of upcycling is the current trend in terms of sustainable development. Lately, beauty brands have been turning to the upcycled cosmetics ingredients as a means of chipping away at the industry’s rampant waste problem. But what is upcycling exactly and how does it work in cosmetics?

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