10 November 2026 Seminars

An ampoule: once a sealed vial, now a treatment. Distinct terms highlight K-Beauty’s exceptional quality. Western brands have learned the language.

Learning Points

Explore how
1) K-Beauty uses “semantic shift” to define product exceptionalism
2) How Korean terminology drives product innovation for Western brands

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In this Inform session, hear the latest updates on the critical matters affecting the UK cosmetics, beauty and personal care industry, at home, across the Channel and globally as well as CTPA’s advocacy actions on behalf of this vital sector helping to reduce regulatory burdens and facilitate growth.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Microbial contamination is a significant quality risk in cosmetic manufacturing, with the potential to compromise product quality, reduce shelf life and, in some circumstances, pose a risk to consumers. Effective microbiological control therefore depends not only on finished-product testing, but on preventing contamination throughout the manufacturing process. The presentation will provide a practical overview of the role of factory hygiene and microbiology in protecting cosmetic products. It will introduce the microorganisms of greatest relevance to cosmetic manufacturing and examine the major routes by which contamination can enter and spread within a manufacturing environment.

The cosmetic industry is also facing an ever-increasing threat from microbial survival and resistance to commonly used preservatives. The presentation will examine real-world case studies from manufacturing environments and illustrate how contamination can occur, how it can be detected and, most importantly, how it can be prevented.

1. 1. Discover how K-Beauty continues to shape global beauty trends through its focus on radiant, healthy-looking skin. This session explores the science and formulation strategies behind achieving the coveted "lit-from-within" glow, highlighting innovative textures, multifunctional ingredients, and sensory experiences. Gain practical insights into creating light-enhancing formulations that combine efficacy, elegance, and consumer appeal.

In this interactive workshop, you will explore a remarkable spectrum of sensory experiences, through hands-on evaluations. Discover how Ashland's new technology enables the effortless creation of emulsions while offering exceptional versatility across a broad range of textures.  

Join us to uncover how a single sustainable polymer can unlock endless texture possibilities, simplifying formulation and elevating sensory performance.

Hair has traditionally been considered as dead the more futuristic view is looking at the living scalp and cortex for a highly personalised approach

Learning Points

1. The hair structure has both dead and living structural components that will affect claims and ingredient choices.
2. In the past hair was treated, with occlusive silicones and large hydrolysed proteins coating the hair and sealing the outside.
3. Currently we see the use of biotechnology creating smaller targeted amino acids to repair the cortex from within the hair and microbiome actives that support hair growth and scalp care
4. The future is the fast advancement of the haircare category with personlised microbiome and longevity by understanding the epigenetic biological signal molecules

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K-Beauty has redefined beauty with its innovative textures, multifunctional products, and unique sensory experience. This presentation explores how these concepts can be adapted for the European market through practical formulation examples featuring Momentive's Harmonie™ ingredients and silicone technologies, delivering enhanced spreading, cushioning, and optical benefits while meeting local consumer preferences and trends.

What does beauty mean to you: experience, evidence, expression or extended healthspan?

In this provocative and interactive 20-minute session, longevity and lifestyle medicine expert and TV Doctor,  Dr Alka Patel, explores the psychology and biology behind the modern beauty consumer, and what our choices may reveal about how we approach ageing, resilience and longevity.

Drawing on Adina’s latest Beauty Trends Report, the session will invite attendees to consider their own beauty consumer archetype, challenge conventional thinking about anti-ageing and explore why the future of beauty is moving beyond appearance towards biological resilience, personalised performance and measurable health.

For formulators, ingredient innovators and beauty brands, this creates an important new question: how can products support the biology of ageing, rather than simply address its visible signs? Dr Alka will explore why collaboration between cosmetic scientists and longevity doctors can help brands connect emerging ingredients with human biology, meaningful biomarkers and credible consumer outcomes.

Discover your archetype and continue the experience at the Adina stand, where Dr Alka will offer interactive longevity assessments, and Adina will provide archetype-specific giveaways and prizes, with  opportunities to explore longevity-led ingredients, formulations and future trending beauty concepts.

The most interesting question is no longer, “How old do I look?”
It is, “How young am I ageing?”

Introduction: Peptides are a cornerstone of anti-aging science, yet innovation typically prioritizes new sequences over delivery efficiency. This study addresses the inherent limitations of peptide stability and bioavailability by developing a novel lipid core-shell capsule for Pal-KTTKS. While Pal-KTTKS is a gold-standard anti-wrinkle agent, its efficacy is often hindered by poor skin penetration and rapid degradation. We present a sophisticated delivery strategy designed to maximize the therapeutic window of this peptide through structural stabilization and controlled release.

Methods: Lipid core-shell systems were synthesized using a blend of solid/liquid lipids stabilized by phospholipids. Stability was monitored at room temperature and 40°C via particle size (light diffraction) and pH. Structural characterization was performed using Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and TEM. Encapsulation efficiency was determined by tangential filtration, and release kinetics were analysed via dialysis. Ex vivo bioactivity was assessed in skin explants (with/without microneedling) via immunohistochemistry for collagen and involucrin. Finally, a double-blind, half-face clinical study (n=33) evaluated efficacy at 3 ppm over 28 days using fringe projection and identometry to measure skin topography and firmness.

Results: The system maintained stability for 12 months (0.27 ± 0.04 µm) with 99% encapsulation efficiency. SAXS confirmed a complex multilayered architecture (structural diameter 178 nm). Release profiles followed biexponential and Weibull models, showing a biphasic mechanism 37 times slower than free peptide, confirming the core-shell organization. Encapsulation extended the peptide half-life from 60 minutes to 20 hours, providing a robust barrier against enzymatic degradation. In skin explants, the system significantly increased involucrin and Collagen III, IV, and total collagen compared to free peptide; microneedling further synergized Collagen I/III synthesis. Clinically, the encapsulated form outperformed the free peptide, achieving a 10.4% reduction in microstructure density and a 25.0% increase in firmness (vs. 5.9% and 17.2% for free peptide). Visible smoothing was significant by day 14, with progressive improvement through day 28.

Conclusions: Nanostructured lipid encapsulation creates a protective, controlled-release environment for Pal-KTTKS. By extending enzymatic half-life and enhancing cutaneous efficacy, this system achieves superior clinical outcomes over traditional formulations. These results demonstrate that lipid encapsulation is a highly effective strategy for optimizing the delivery and performance of bioactive peptides.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Early microbial response measurements can predict biodegradability, enabling faster, data-driven optimisation of personal care formulations

Learning Points:

• Early-stage microbial activity can be used as a predictive indicator of longer-term biodegradation performance.
• High-throughput screening enables rapid comparison of ingredient and formulation biodegradability.
• Screening methodologies can reduce testing timelines from weeks to hours or days.
• Correlation with standard methods supports the use of rapid screening as a formulation development tool.
• Integration of screening into R&D workflows enables faster, data-driven optimisation of sustainable formulations.

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Global trends continue to shape the future of personal care, influencing everything from ingredient selection to product formats and sensory experiences. This presentation showcases formulations influenced by key trends from around the world to inspire your next product development.

Machine learning guides cosmetic formulation by optimizing ingredients and processes, accelerating sustainable product development.

Learning Points

• Understand adaptive experimental design for cosmetic R&D.
• Learn how to build useful models from routine lab data.
• Optimise multiple targets such as performance, cost and sustainability.
• Integrate machine learning into existing formulation workflows.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Predictive tools and analytical markers formulators can use to anticipate emulsion stability and reduce development time.

Learning Points:

1. How to identify early analytical markers (droplet size distribution, viscoelasticity, DSC transitions) that correlate strongly with long‑term emulsion stability.
2. How to integrate predictive rheology and thermal analysis into routine formulation workflows to reduce trial‑and‑error development cycles.
3. How formulation variables such as surfactant architecture, phase ratios, electrolyte load, pH, can impact predictive stability models.
4. How to design “stability‑by‑design” screening protocols suitable for formulators working under tight timelines or limited pilot plant access.
5. How to apply data‑driven decision making for early identification of high‑risk emulsions before committing to scale‑up or long‑term testing.

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As mindsets shift from anti-aging to pro-aging, we welcome a younger, savvier consumer to the “look your best” game. With 70% of Gen Z using skin care treatments as a central element in their self-care routines, and Clean Beauty shifting from a point of difference to a point of entry in many markets, the pull for natural ingredients as the “healthier and safer way” to optimize the look of skin challenges how innovators can deliver best-in-class performance. While the perception that “natural” means “safe” tends to be more philosophy than fact, natural design is a pillar of innovation across industries. Our team coupled natural design with scientific innovation, leveraging a synergistic combination of botanical exosomes and peptides to create NeoColla™, a collagen-banking powerhouse. In vitro and in vivo testing has demonstrated that NeoColla™ rivals a top-performing synthetic peptide for benefits including stimulating collagen production, protecting existing collagen reserves, reducing the intensity and depth of wrinkles, improving skin firmness and elasticity, and increasing dermal density for smoother, plumper-looking skin. With an NOI of 0.99, NeoColla™ delivers on every front, providing the cutting-edge science of exosomes and peptides with performance backed by statistically significant data, so end users can feel confident that they are doing the best for their skin.

This presentation explores how the right ester selection can enhance sensory experience, improve the delivery and effectiveness of cosmetic ingredients, and help create products that leave skin looking and feeling its best. Discover how multifunctional esters contribute to elegant textures, optimized formulation performance, and innovative solutions that meet the growing demands of today's beauty market.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]NPD is filled with opportunities for delays, problems & costly mistakes - make the right choices at the right time & you can avoid many of these.

Learning Points

• What you should think about before you even start the NPD journey.
• How to maximise efficiency along the way.
• How to plan successfully for the future.

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In vivo Raman spectroscopy for investigating molecular features and structure–function relationships in human skin

Learning Points

• In vivo skin analysis is technically challenging due to the skin’s heterogeneous structure, strong inter-individual variability, and the need to avoid invasive sampling while maintaining high spatial resolution.
• Raman spectroscopy enables non-invasive molecular measurements in living skin with micrometer-scale resolution, allowing direct investigation of biochemical composition and structure.
• Spectral analysis can quantify key skin parameters, such as lipid conformation and hydration profiles, and detect differences between individuals.
• In vivo Raman approaches provide a useful tool for studying skin structure–function relationships and for evaluating the penetration and effects of topical formulations

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]The challenges for ingredient suppliers and formulators come in thick and fast and from far and wide. This must attend session will see our expert panel roam the world to bring you insight from China to America as well as Europe and UK. We’ll examine ongoing changes and ones over the horizon along with hot topics of the day. We’ll also have time to take your questions.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Trichology claims in haircare: what they mean, how they’re interpreted, and how we can raise standards in evidence and substantiation.

Learning Points:

1. Define discipline-linked claims – Understand what “trichology” claims currently imply and how they differ from dermatological or clinical terminology.
2. Recognise regulatory risk – Identify where hair and scalp claims may unintentionally cross from cosmetic positioning into medicinal territory.
3. Strengthen substantiation – Learn the evidential and documentary standards required to support responsible haircare claims.
4. Clarify reviewed vs tested vs approved – Distinguish between levels of professional oversight and the implications of each.
5. Implement higher standards – Explore a structured framework to improve transparency, scientific credibility and consumer trust in haircare communication.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Explore how plant-based emollients can elevate K-Beauty formulations through innovative textures and sensorial experiences.
By understanding ingredient behavior and leveraging AAK’s technology, formulators can create elegant, effective products aligned with the latest trends.

Discover how plant-based ingredients can bring together performance, simplicity, and sensoriality in modern skincare.

Today, formulators are under pressure to use nature-derived polymers and antimicrobials in their emulsions. However, current fossil-derived alternatives do not meet expectations, because of low performance or unacceptable drawbacks. Ashland offers disruptive solutions to ease formulators’ lives.

Stabileze™ s polymer is an all-in-one starch-based solution to provide versatile thickening and effortless stabilization of emulsions along with stunning aesthetics, similar to acrylates-type polymers, to address all challenges at once.

Effisin™ em natural multifunctional is an entirely nature-derived, readily biodegradable, water-soluble antimicrobial with strong fungi boosting that replaces traditional preservatives to ensure formulation integrity.

Together, they enable eco-friendly formulations that meet regulatory and consumers’ demands.

Applications & product claims

• skin and sun care creams, lotions and gel creams

• effortless emulsion stabilization

• versatile thickening

• stunning aesthetics

• natural antimicrobial with strong fungi boosting to ensure formulation integrity

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Master data mining, gap analysis, and claims design to create focused technical briefs for products that stand out in a crowded market.

Learning Points

• How to access and interpret consumer, commercial and market data regardless of brand budget.
• Strategies for benchmarking concepts against existing ranges and competitors to ensure "best-in-class" status.
• How to translate complex market insights into actionable parameters for R&D and Formulation teams.

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Stress is a well-recognized accelerator of skin aging. While cortisol has long been considered the primary mediator of stress-related skin damage, growing scientific evidence highlights the significant role of adrenaline in impairing skin homeostasis.

Through the activation of β2-adrenergic receptors expressed by skin cells, exposure to acute adrenaline-induced stress disrupts tissue repair, delays wound healing, promotes inflammation, and contributes to premature skin aging.

This presentation will highlight the role of adrenaline in skin aging and introduce MENOLINE as a new approach to stress-responsive skincare.

How Nextmol modeled 546 biopolymers computationally to predict glass transition temperature with AI and accelerate sustainable cosmetic formulation.

Learning Points

• How a hybrid computational approach, combining high-throughput Molecular Dynamics simulations with machine learning, encompasses the combinatorial complexity of biopolymer design.
  How to build a validated and reproducible workflow and dataset of 2,184 molecular dynamics simulations of 546 biopolymers.
  How to train and validate a machine learning model using molecular descriptors, and how to deploy it as a web tool for instant glass transition temperature prediction by lab scientists.
  The practical implications for sustainable cosmetic formulation: how this approach enables formulators to identify bio-based alternatives to synthetic polymers with targeted mechanical properties, faster and at a fraction of the experimental cost.

Cosmetics are designed for neurotypical users. Neuro-Inclusive Cosmetic Design introduces a new framework for inclusive product architecture.

Learning Points:

1. Understand sensory variability among cosmetic users and its implications for inclusive personal care product design.

2. Explore how sensory predictability can function as a design parameter across formulation, packaging, and product interaction.

3. Identify strategies that reduce sensory barriers and cognitive load in cosmetic product use.

4. Examine how formulation, packaging, labelling, and signalling interact within neuro-inclusive product architecture.

5. Consider how Neuro-Inclusive Cosmetic Design may influence future frameworks for cosmetic product development.