The trends predicted to shape beauty in 2026 are here to shake things up! This new wave is all about formulating for healthier skin, with feel-good products that truly deliver.
Take a peek at our star ingredients that are riding these trends - perfect for inspiring your next game-changing formulas!
Metabolic Longevity: Cellular Power-Up
We’re officially moving beyond “anti-ageing” and focusing on keeping skin healthy, resilient, and fully functional for the long run.
Think smarter skin, better performance, and a glow that goes the distance.
Star Players for 2026
Sourced from wild, wave-crashing seaweed, this resilient sea plant brings the ocean’s regenerative powers to your skin.
Delivered in a sustainable, upcycled Mediterranean fruit matrix, glyceryl glucoside energises tired cells, boosts mitochondrial activity, and fuels healthy skin.
This smart longevity-boosting ingredient clears out damaged components and boosts energy, leaving skin smoother, more even, and youthfully radiant over time.
Biotech-First: Bio Brilliance in Every Drop
Lab-grown is the new must-have. Ethical, pure, and high-tech, consumers are loving science-backed, fermented ingredients that deliver.
These next-gen actives pack high performance with a lighter footprint; clean, clever, and kinder to the planet.
Trend -Obsessed Ingredients
Powered by cutting-edge biotech, this lab-grown active tells tired skin cells it’s time for a reset. By clearing out “noisy” senescent cells, it helps restore the skin’s natural rhythm - unlocking fresher and healthier-looking skin.
The first-ever ecosystem ingredient to strengthen the entire skin barrier, it protects against pollution, boosts the lipidome, and supports a healthier extracellular matrix for resilient, radiant skin.
Made from fermented wine waste. It's packed with bioavailable polyphenols, it brightens skin, fights age spots, supports repair, and increases microcirculation, helping reduce signs of ageing.
Mood Boosters
With neuro- cosmetics, think ingredients that chat with your skin's nervous system to help lower stress and boost mood. Try these:
Blue Alga from Odycea
Wonderage™ from Provital
Ayuredi® from Laboratoires Expanscience
Regenerative Aesthetics
Future Proof Your Glow
Inspired by in-clinic treatments, consumers now want regenerative actives that mimic aesthetic results at home. These ingredients fit right in:
Ready, Set, Formulate
This glow-getting formula tricks your skin into loving sunlight, boosts its three defence barriers, and calms neuro-immunity. All while brightening, hydrating, and reducing redness
A dual-action colour care for upper and lower lids that pairs long-wear make-up hold with targeted skincare. It brightens and smooths the eye area for a radiant and flawless look all day.