An edition dedicated to sensory innovation

For this edition, we’ve pushed the boundaries of formulation by highlighting key concepts:

• Sensory actives, for efficacy you can feel the moment you apply them
• An explosion of colors, enhancing the product’s appeal and experience
• Transforming textures, offering evolving and surprising formulations
• Unprecedented SPF50+ protection, combining high performance with a pleasant user experience

Our goal: to create products that are not only effective but also leave a lasting impression through their sensory appeal and uniqueness.

New products that made a lasting impression

The trade show provided an opportunity to showcase several innovations that garnered significant attention:

• Our Boosting Spicule Shot, designed to revitalize the skin and our Cica Retinol Serum, which combines efficacy with skin tolerance, are in line with major market trends, particularly thanks to their concentrated blend of hero molecules that unleash their full potential.
• Hybrid suncare formulas designed to meet today’s expectations: protection, sensoriality and additional benefits:
  Ultra-fluid anti-dark spot SPF50+: [water touch] technology for the lightest SPF you’ve ever felt.
  CC cream SPF50+: a melting, lightweight texture that transforms for a “no-makeup” makeup effect.
  Perfectint Serum SPF50: a fluid, lightweight texture for “flawless” application and a “weightless” feel.

We have also expanded our range of sticks, a format that is increasingly popular:

• Velvet Touch Stick SPF50+: a suncare stick with an invisible, matte, soft and dry finish
• Fragrance Power Stick: all the power of a fragrance in a portable format
• Icy’Pearl Stick: an instant highlighter effect combined with an ultra-fresh, bouncy sensation for a unique sensory experience

These innovations generated a great deal of excitement among visitors, confirming the growing interest in convenient formats and distinctive textures.
But beyond the trend, these formats require genuine technical expertise. Their development relies on a thorough understanding of formulation and manufacturing processes, particularly hot-molding.

To learn more, check out:

• Our feedback on our dedicated industrial facility:
  https://alpol-cosmetique.com/en/2026/04/15/one-year-after-installation-a-look-back-at-our-investment-in-the-hot-molded-products-machine/
• Our analysis of the market and technical challenges of sunscreen sticks:
  https://blog.alpol-cosmetique.com/en/sun-stick-cosmetic-trend-and-true-technical-expertise/

A major accolade: the Sensory Bar Gold Award

This year’s event will also be remembered for a prestigious award for our teams: the Gold Award in the Sensory Bar category.

Our two award-winning suncare products:

• Blur Velvety Mousse SPF50
• Blur Cream to Powder SPF50+

won over the jury of industry professionals with their unique textures, which are both surprising and innovative.

This award recognizes our daily commitment to developing formulations that break the mold, while meeting performance standards, particularly in sun protection. It also highlights our formulation expertise and our ability to deliver distinctive sensory experiences.

Three days filled with meaningful exchanges and new opportunities

Beyond the innovations on display, this trade show was above all a wonderful opportunity to connect with others. Clients, prospects, partners, and suppliers: the discussions were numerous, insightful, and inspiring.

In-Cosmetics Global is a real asset for ALPOL Cosmétique. It allows us not only to showcase our latest innovations, but also to stay abreast of market trends, share our expertise and learn

alongside other industry players. A big thank you to everyone who came to meet us. These moments of exchange point to a very bright future ahead.

Do you have a project? Let’s talk about it!
Would you like to learn more about our innovations or discuss your future developments?

Contact our teams via our form. We would be delighted to support you in creating your next skincare and suncare innovations.

Today, after several months of training, testing and production, it is time to take stock of this strategic investment.

Cutting-edge technology unlocking new opportunities

From the moment it was installed, this new production line presented a significant technical challenge for our teams (R&D, production, quality, etc.).

It relies on state-of-the-art equipment designed to meet the specific requirements of hot-molded formulations:

• A melting tank capable of handling formulations exceeding 100°C
• A dosing system that maintains the components at optimal temperature throughout the process
• A positive-temperature cooling tunnel ensuring controlled product stabilization
• Filling precision ranging from a few grams up to 50g

This configuration now allows us to work with complex, sensitive, and technically demanding textures, while ensuring consistency and industrial-grade quality.

12 months of learning, adjustments and building expertise

Integrating this machine was not simply a matter of adding equipment; it was a full-scale industrial project involving many departments.

Over the course of a year, the teams:

• Learned to master new production parameters
• Adjusted processes to safeguard sensitive formulas
• Developed new technical skills
• Optimized production rates and industrial repeatability
• Demonstrated great agility in dealing with the specific characteristics of hot-molded products

This collective effort transformed a technical challenge into genuine in-house expertise.

Today: a fully operational line in regular production

One year after its launch, the stick machine is now fully integrated into our production facilities.
It now operates on a regular basis to support our clients’ projects, particularly those involving technical and demanding formulations. This ramp-up confirms the wisdom of this investment: we are now able to meet growing demand for hot-molded products, a rapidly evolving segment in the cosmetics industry.

An expanded range of suncare sticks

This expertise is particularly evident in our catalog range of sunscreen sticks.

We currently offer three SPF 50+ suncare sticks, each developed using a different formulation and technological approach: Stick on the Beach SPF 50+, Sunny Stick’it SPF 50+ and Sun’shine Stick SPF 50+.

This diversity allows us to meet various market needs:

• Textures tailored to different consumer uses
• A variety of application sensations
• Distinct technological choices

To learn more about our expertise in sunscreen sticks, please read our dedicated article.

An investment rooted in a long-term vision

Beyond the technology itself, this investment reflects a broader dynamic: that of a company that continues to grow, innovate and strengthen its industrial expertise.

At ALPOL Cosmétique, we pursue a clear objective: to support our clients in bringing their projects to life, even the most technically challenging ones, by combining innovation, process expertise and a commitment to quality. This line is just one step in our development.

The demand for hot-molded products continues to evolve, as do market expectations regarding textures, sensory appeal, and performance.
We remain fully committed to continuing to invest, learn, and innovate.

And if you’d like to develop your next stick or hot-molded product project, contact our teams.

In Europe, the prohibition is ongoing in member states :

• France : prohibition as of now (a complementary prohibition project is under development and submitted to Ministry of Ecology to define time and conditions of plastic particles degradation not prone to remain in marine area and substances not supposed to be diffused by these plastic particles)
• Italy : from 2020 january
• Wales : from 2018, 30th june
• Scotland : Prohibition project from the june 19th 2018 submissed to consult until May, 2^nd 2018
• Sweden : Prohibition project from june 2018 (the text would probably be published soon, it might be on 2018, 1st june)

WORLDWIDE

• New Zealand : prohibition from 2018, 7th june (the thoothpastes are also concerned)

Sources : Cosmed January 2018 and Fébéa January & February 2018

Theses prohibitons measures have been transmittted before the deadlines precised over and the ALPOL Cosmétique teams have already realized the modifications in formulas which are available without plastic or synthetic microbeads !

Please feel free to contact our teams in order to precise this post according to french and international regulations.