Skin-care makeup hybrids
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LCY TOPIC DESK · 2026
Makeup
Follow innovations in colour, texture and wear alongside creativity, inclusion and skin compatibility.
Reviewed by: Cosmetics Product & Evidence EditorUpdated: 26.08.2026
SOURCE CHECKEDWear and skin-care claims often rely on laboratory or consumer testing; study design matters.
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02 · Source digest
What do the sources say?
Laboratory performance tests and consumer-use studies measure colour and wear in different ways; these results do not establish clinical benefit.
U.S. FDA — Color Additives and Cosmetics: Fact Sheet
This source supplies safety, methodology or clinical context. Wear and skin-care claims often rely on laboratory or consumer testing; study design matters.
Laboratory performance tests and consumer-use studies measure colour and wear in different ways; these results do not establish clinical benefit.
LCY separates trend reporting from evidence assessment and reviews methods, samples, limitations and conflicts together.
Open sourceColor Research & Application — Cross-population facial skin-colour modelling (2026)
This source supplies safety, methodology or clinical context. Wear and skin-care claims often rely on laboratory or consumer testing; study design matters.
Laboratory performance tests and consumer-use studies measure colour and wear in different ways; these results do not establish clinical benefit.
LCY separates trend reporting from evidence assessment and reviews methods, samples, limitations and conflicts together.
Open sourceHow do we read sources?
LCY separates trend reporting from evidence assessment and reviews methods, samples, limitations and conflicts together.