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Kelly A. Dobos

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Cosmetic chemist. Explaining the science of products you use every day! MS Pharm Sci, over 20 yrs in industry. Current professor of cosmetic science.

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How U.S. Tariffs Will Impact the French Beauty Industry in 2026 Export sales of 620 million euros could be lost and 10,900 jobs directly or indirectly threatened.

How U.S. Tariffs Will Impact the French Beauty Industry in 2026
“A multiplier effect on employment is to be feared,” the association continued.

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty

03.11.2025 20:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FDA’s top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe ‘serious concerns’ about his conduct The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday amid concerns about his personal conduct. A federal spokesperson said Dr.

FDA’s top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe ‘serious concerns’ about his conduct.

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03.11.2025 16:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kimberly-Clark to Buy Tylenol Owner Kenvue in $40 Billion Deal Kimberly-Clark Corp. agreed to buy Kenvue Inc. in a cash and stock deal that values the consumer-health company that owns brands like Tylenol at about $40 billion.

Breaking News - Kimberly-Clark to Buy Tylenol Owner Kenvue in $40 Billion Deal
Kenvue’s portfolio includes Neutrogena lotion, Listerine mouthwash, Benadryl allergy medicine and Band-Aid wound care products.

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty
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03.11.2025 15:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ulta Beauty hit with lawsuit over ‘clean’ beauty claims A class action lawsuit filed in the US alleges that products that are part of Ulta's Conscious Beauty initiative contain ingredients that are on the US beauty retailer’s Made Without List

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29.10.2025 20:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Latest OTC Eye Drop Production Problem In US Prompts Firm To Close Doors After Recalls BRS Analytical Services in St. Louis recalled more than 75,000 cases of redness and lubricating eye drops and committed “to permanently cease production of all drugs.”

Latest OTC Eye Drop Production Problem In US Prompts Firm To Close Doors After Recalls
#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty
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28.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pricing Strategies Shift Amid Tariffs, Consumer Slowdowns Beauty's pricing strategies have shifted dramatically, in tune with the consumer landscape, to better compete in a saturated market.

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28.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Givaudan, Louvre Abu Dhabi Partner on Immersive Sensory Guided Tour Visitors will go on a guided olfactory tour pairing fragrances with artworks.

Givaudan’s latest collaboration with the Louvre Abu Dhabi offers visitors an immersive sensory guided tour that pairs visual masterpieces with bespoke fragrances.

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty #Fragrance
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24.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gregg Renfrew On Why Counter, Beautycounter’s Next Evolution, Is Even Better Though Counter’s mission to transform the clean beauty world and empower women hasn’t changed, its products, their packaging, and so much more has.

(Beauty)Counter is back, but can it thrive in a market where “clean beauty” is no longer a unique selling point? Personally, I’ve always found the term “clean” to be problematic and lacking scientific clarity to begin with.

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty #CosmeticChemist

24.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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FDA Alerts Clinicians to Serious Complications with Radiofrequency Microneedling Devices | Dermatology Times FDA warns of serious risks associated with RF microneedling, urging patient education and careful provider training to ensure safety in aesthetic dermatology.

FDA Alerts Clinicians to Serious Complications with Radiofrequency Microneedling Devices #BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty
- Dermatology Times - Dermatology News and Clinical Insights

23.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LVMH is reportedly exploring a sale of its Fenty Beauty stake The beauty brand founded by singer Rihanna, with backing from LVMH’s Kendo Brands, is the latest celebrity-founded line that could soon get a new co-owner

🫨 LVMH is reportedly exploring a sale of its Fenty Beauty stake

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty

23.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sensient’s Color of the Year 2026 Webinar - Sensient Beauty Join this inspiring Color of the Year for 2026 webinar and be influenced by the transformative power of color.

What color will define 2026?
Join Sensient Beauty’s exclusive webinar to discover the shade that captures the mood, mindset, and movement of the year ahead.

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#ColorOfTheYear #CosmeticScience #Makeup #ColorCosmetics

22.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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CDER Director Sows Doubt US FDA Will Move Away From UV Filter Animal Tests Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Director George Tidmarsh emphasizes the reduction, but not necessarily the elimination, of animal tests for UV filters in an FDA Voices post, raising questions…

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22.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Got Acne? Patch It Up! One of the newest innovations in Kenvue’s acne arsenal is the hydrocolloid patch. Unlike other acne products, the patches don’t contain actives; instead, they provide an environment for healing.

Got Acne? Patch It Up! Kenvue’s new hydrocolloid acne patch helps skin heal naturally, offering a gentler way to tackle breakouts
#CosmeticScience #SkinCare #CosmeticChemist #Acne
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21.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Educational Resources - National Chemistry Week - American Chemical Society Find educational resources for this year's National Chemistry Week theme and other materials for your event, including outreach activities, activities, articles, and videos.

🧪 Its National Chemistry Week! Organized by the American Chemical Society (ACS), NCW is a nationwide event held each October to raise awareness and appreciation for chemistry. Check out these educational resources to help you celebrate the chemistry in our everyday lives!

21.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In a move that could reshape the luxury beauty landscape, Kering has struck a landmark deal to sell its beauty business to L’Oréal

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty
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20.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Around one-third of AI search tool answers make unsupported claims AI tools including Perplexity and Open AI’s GPT-4 often provide one-sided answers to contentious questions, and don’t back up their arguments with reliable sources

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20.10.2025 12:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Antarctic microbe has major food, cosmetic, and medical potential In one of Earth’s driest, most harsh environments, scientists uncovered a micro-miracle. Down in Fumarole Bay on Deception Island, Antarctica, scientists discovered Bacillus licheniformis strain…

Antarctic microbe has major food, cosmetic, and medical potential
#CosmeticScience #CosmeticChemist #SkinCare #Extremophile

18.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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US beauty industry returns to Capitol Hill with focus on MoCRA, non-animal testing, tariffs, OTC reform The U.S. beauty industry, led by the Personal Care Products Council, is advocating for MoCRA implementation, non-animal testing methods, OTC reform, and tariff relief to enhance regulatory…

US beauty industry returns to Capitol Hill with focus on MoCRA, non-animal testing, tariffs, OTC reform

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty #CosmeticScience #CosmeticSafety #CosmeticRegulation
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17.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Women Of Worth announced by L’Oréal Paris, Helen Mirren Spokesperson L’Oréal Paris announces its 2025 Women of Worth honorees. The program is celebrating its 20th year since inception.

👏 👏 👏 L’Oréal, is celebrating women who are changing the world one community at a time. 👏 👏 👏

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty

Women Of Worth announced by L’Oréal Paris, Helen Mirren Spokesperson

17.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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IFRA Standards’ 51st Amendment Imposes Oct. 30 Deadline For Fragrance Restrictions Cosmetic and personal care manufacturers should check their product formulas and work with fragrance suppliers to ensure formulas are in line with a fast-approaching deadline for compliance with the…

IFRA Standards’ 51st Amendment Imposes Oct. 30 Deadline For Fragrance Restrictions

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16.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Ordinary launches book 'Ingredients' to help consumers better understand formulations The Deciem-owned brand’s publishing debut aims to educate consumers on ingredients that have ‘found fame in the skin care industry’ and deepen their knowledge on the mechanism of action with…

The Ordinary launches book 'Ingredients' to help consumers better understand formulations

16.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How SPF Is Evolving as a Pillar of Skin Health and Wellness Solésence is leading SPF innovation by promoting skin health, inclusivity and education to redefine the role of sun protection in beauty and wellness.

The role of sun protection is being reimagined. As Solésence CEO Kevin Cureton puts it, “Skin is the body’s largest organ,” and protecting it goes far beyond UV defense.

#CosmeticScience #SkinCare
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15.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Key takeaways from Mintel’s ‘Future of Colour Cosmetics’ global webinar Mintel's "Future of Colour Cosmetics" webinar highlights the industry's focus on durability, sensory experience, sustainability, and strategic agility, urging U.S. manufacturers to enhance product…

Key takeaways from Mintel’s ‘Future of Colour Cosmetics’ global webinar

#BusinessofBeauty
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15.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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China Beauty Brand Shifts Expansion Plan as US Tensions Rise

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty #USTariffs
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14.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Human-derived cosmetics: “Wild West” between innovation and regulation A growing wave of cosmetics contain human-derived ingredients, but regulators and dermatologists warn that science and safety are not keeping pace. Exosomes, extracellular vesicles, or…

Human-derived cosmetics: “Wild West” between innovation and regulation
#CosmeticChemist #Exosomes #SkinCare #CosmeticScience #BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty
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13.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Washington State Urges Early Industry Input on Lead Rule to Avoid 1ppm Limit Fallback The Washington Department of Ecology will begin collecting feedback for its rulemaking on lead limits for cosmetics under the Toxic Free Cosmetics Act early next year, and industry’s response…

Washington State Urges Early Industry Input on Lead Rule to Avoid 1ppm Limit Fallback

#CosmeticChemist #CosmeticScience #CosmeticSafety #CosmeticRegulation #BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty
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12.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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U.S. Regulatory Update: How to Anticipate Cosmetic Ingredient Bans in the EU This article explains how cosmetic ingredients are restricted in the EU. It also offers strategies to help global product developers anticipate bans, plan reformulations and stay compliant with…

In today’s rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, staying ahead of ingredient bans and restrictions is essential.

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12.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why Beauty Companies Keep Cutting Their Portfolios As shoppers and investors alike tighten their purse strings, a renewed focus on proven, lasting brands and categories is thinning the herd.

Why Beauty Companies Keep Cutting Their Portfolios
#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty
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11.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tower28 Posts New York Times Ad Seeking ‘Sensitive’ Faces The skincare label is casting models with eczema, acne, rosacea or psoriasis to feature in its next marketing campaigns, founder Amy Liu told The Business of Beauty.

👏 👏 👏 It’s encouraging to see beauty brands like Tower28 stepping forward to challenge narrow beauty standards and committing to showing real skin not just flawless, airbrushed versions of it.

#BeautyIndustryNews #BusinessofBeauty #SkinCare

11.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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L’Oreal Launches Lancôme ‘Micro-Needling’ Device The Nano-Resurfacer | 400 Booster is a clinically tested, next-generation, at home skincare device inspired by professional micro-needling.

L’Oreal Launches Lancôme ‘Micro-Needling’ Device
#CosmeticScience #SkinCare #CosmeticChemist #BeautyDevices
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10.10.2025 19:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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