Inspire Room A Seminars

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.

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

Gen Z wants real, "no-filter” skin! And clean beauty demands gentle, microbiota-safe products. To help formulators bridge these trends, this presentation introduces two natural actives that deliver on both:

LETILYS®: A Sustainable J-Beauty Botanical Active
Titrated in key bio-hesperidin, this botanical active naturally renews skin through a KLK5/7-like desquamation pathway and boosts pro-collagen I stimulation. Clinically proven to reduce pore volume by 14% in just 7 days.

FOMASOL 100®: A Microbiota-Friendly Natural Surfactant
This natural cleanser preserves skin and intimate microbiota homeostasis (S. epidermidis & Lactobacillus) while matching synthetic alternatives in makeup-cleansing efficacy.

This presentation introduces SilCare™ Microalgae Ferment, a sustainable active ingredient derived from Nannochloropsis oculata through advanced French fermentation technology. Unlike conventional PDRN, this unique bioactive complex combines microalgae-derived actives (EPA, polyphenols) with naturally generated PDRN and fermentation metabolites, delivering superior efficacy through synergistic action. Comparative efficacy studies demonstrate that this microalgae ferment consistently outperforms pure PDRN across multiple skin health indicators including anti-inflammatory response, collagen synthesis, and microcirculation enhancement, despite containing significantly lower PDRN concentrations. The science behind this lies in the symbiotic fermentation process, which unlocks the full potential of microalgae while generating natural and absorable PDRN, creating a complete bioactive ecosystem that works through multiple pathways simultaneously. Thus Microalgae Ferment offers formulators a more effective, sustainable, and versatile solution for advanced skincare applications.

Sunscreen formulation presents significant challenges. Due to consumer demand, the cosmetic industry is shifting towards natural alternatives for traditionally used synthetic ingredients. However, this shift must not compromise on product performance or skin feel. With tightening regulations, the rise of brands’ ingredient blacklists, and consumer expectation for high SPF sun care to feel like skin care, desirable sunscreens are becoming harder than ever to formulate. There are 3 main pillars to a successful sunscreen formulation: 1) Stability; 2) Sensory and 3) SPF efficacy. Very often, formulation strategies to improve one of these areas will have a negative impact on another, bringing a challenge to the formulator to find the balance between them. This presentation will review these challenges and how multifunctional novel cellulose technologies can simultaneously bring improvements to all 3 areas alongside naturality and biodegradability. 

Active ingredients can present limitations due to their physicochemical properties, which may restrict their skin penetration, bioavailability and overall efficacy. To overcome these challenges, many active ingredients are incorporated into delivery systems with skin-like structures that help solve these limitations. From its extensive know-how, Sinerga has developed three different delivery systems designed to enhance the absorption and bioavailability of the enclosed active principles, therefore maximizing their properties and effectiveness.

Acids are having a comeback – and they are no longer staying in their skincare lane. Driven by skinification, performance-focused hair care and the growing interest in acidic formulations, glycolic acid is finding a new role beyond the classic peel. From creating radiant-looking skin to supporting smoother, stronger and more manageable hair, this tiny molecule is ready for a much bigger beauty story.

This presentation takes glycolic acid from skin to strand and introduces BergaCare Re-Lite, a new conditioning complex combining glycolic acid, arginine and a cationic biopolymer. Discover how a familiar acid can deliver new functionality – from lightweight conditioning and improved combability to smoother, more resilient hair – and why acidic formulation concepts deserve a fresh look.

Chemyunion masters the full spectrum of melanogenesis via two opposing strategies. Peptid4® Light acts upstream to safely down-regulate melanin, offering a gentle solution for sensitive skin hyperpigmentation. Conversely, BioTech4 Antigray reactivates dormant follicular machinery to reverse graying without dyes. Discover how to control the "melanin switch", fading spots while reviving natural color, with our latest peptide and biotech innovations.