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Beauty's New Scientific Methods

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March - April 2023

The most innovative beauty brands are employing biotech to advance haircare and skincare.

- By Heidi Mitchell

Beauty's New Scientific Methods

BEAUTY

1. E.l.f.

2. Nanophase Technologies

3. K18

4. Oddity

5. Lush Cosmetics

6. The Nue Co.

7. Colgate-Palmolive

8. Peace Out

9. Ourself

10.4.5.6 Skin

NATURE HAS TYPICALLY been the first place that beauty companies turn to for solutions to aging and skin imperfections. Now there's a new source-biotech and it takes its inspiration from the pharmaceutical industry.

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