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DermFriends | Sustainable Cosmetics Summit to Highlight Green Trends and Technologies

DermFriends | Sustainable Cosmetics Summit to Highlight Green Trends and Technologies

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Heather Woolery-Lloyd
May 02, 2025

The Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in New York will focus on the latest advancements in sustainable technologies. Here’s a quick summary:

Plant-Based Formulations: Aveda's president will discuss their move to 100% vegan formulations and their use of blockchain for supply chain transparency🌱
Circular Economy (LOOP): TerraCycle's founder will speak on "Rethinking Waste for Circularity," including using ocean plastics in packaging and the Loop platform for reusable packaging📦
Fermentation: Geltor's CTO will share how precision fermentation and synthetic biology are used to create cosmetic ingredients like vegan collagen and polypeptides🔗
Artificial Intelligence/Augmented Reality: PulpoAR will explain how Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality can provide personalized beauty solutions to consumers🌟
Upcycling: Discussions will include new ingredients like upcycled materials, botanical actives, and novel extracts that add sustainable value to products♻️
Regenerative Agriculture: The Regenerative Organic Alliance will present its certification standard for cosmetic ingredients grown with positive environmental and social impacts🌍
Sustainability Certification Programs: Experts will discuss various sustainability programs, ethical labels, and certification programs, including those from Cosmos, NaTrue, the Environmental Working Group, and Made Safe🔒

Dermatologist-developed haircare brand SEEN is significantly growing its retail partnership with Ulta Beauty. Here’s a quick summary:

Founded by dermatologist Iris Rubin, SEEN haircare is now available in all 1,400 Ulta Beauty stores nationwide, expanding from over 700 locations📈
This retail expansion is attributed to Seen's strong customer engagement and its leadership in the "skinification" of haircare🛍️
SEEN is certified through Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty program, highlighting its commitment to clean ingredients🧼
The brand experienced significant demand during Ulta Beauty's 21 Days of Beauty event in March📅
SEEN's expansion at Ulta Beauty reinforces its mission to provide solutions suitable for all skin types, including sensitive, acne-prone, and eczema-prone skin🌿
SEEN’s formulas are patented, clinically proven, "clean," vegan, and cruelty-free, and the brand's fragrance-free line has received the National Eczema Association's Seal of Acceptance💚

Meta's Threads app is steadily approaching X (formerly Twitter) in overall usage. Here’s a quick summary:

Threads has surpassed 350 million monthly active users, indicating a growing user base📈
Time spent on Threads has increased by 35%, attributed to improvements in its recommendation systems🤖
Meta believes Threads is on track to become a major social app and the best alternative to X📱
X recently claimed to have 600 million monthly active users, but the accuracy of this figure is questioned due to past issues with counting bot profiles and other discrepancies in reported numbers⚠️
X has reportedly lost 17 million users in Europe since Elon Musk's acquisition, the only region with transparent reporting📊
Threads is gaining momentum with strong download numbers and a focus on key engagement drivers like sports content through a UFC partnership🧵