UPCYCLED INGREDIENTS ARTICLES

The beauty industry is under increasing pressure to demonstrate credible sustainability credentials, not only through packaging or carbon offsets, but through ingredient sourcing and lifecycle impact. Botallow, New Zealand’s first and largest cosmetic-grade tallow ingredient supplier, is pioneering circular, traceable ingredients derived from agricultural by-products

There are challenges surrounding the selection of appropriate upcycled ingredients to ensure safety and efficacy. Inabata France et al outline the essential steps for selecting, sourcing, developing, and producing a new series of upcycled active ingredients, using a group of five extracts as a case study

The California Chapter of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists (CASCC) has long stood as a source of innovation, community, and collaboration. Yet today, as we prepare to welcome thousands to Long Beach for our 2025 Suppliers’ Day, we stand at a turning point. This year marks a changing of the guard.

The first edition of Personal Care magazine was published in September 2000. Initially targeted at the Asian market, it has grown to become a truly global publication with distribution on every continent. Over the past 25 years, there have been plenty of ups and some downs. Editor Tim Probert tells the story.

Smink Laboratories looks at whether the cosmetics industry has reached a point where it needs to define upcycling precisely and deeply explore the innovation it could offer

Lamberti presents a novel polymer obtained from upcycled tamarind. The article describes its benefits in hair care, including superior conditioning, detangling, shine, smoothness, softness, anti-static effects, and foam- enhancement, comparing the novel tamarind derivative to Polyquaternium-10

Mibelle Biochemistry describes an active ingredient derived from Chios mandarins markedly increases the firmness and density of the skin. This upcycled ingredient is based on the peel paste of organic mandarins discarded from the distillation process of fragrance production