Covalo

15/10/2026

You know Covalo. Now it's time to get to know our founders. 👀
..Or at least, what our team thinks about our founders!

14/10/2026

Skin repair has been a peptide story for years, but are you ready for what comes next?

The real challenge was not just what you add into your formula, it's whether it reaches the place where it truly functions.

That's where Activen SA Miniprotein™ technology comes in. Small by design, the Miniprotein™ is engineered to cross barriers, reach target mechanisms and activate the skin's natural repair pathways.

In one week, Bethsabee Coutaz (VP Marketing & Board Member, Activen SA) and Faiza Hussain (Founder, The Skin Shrink) will unpack:

→ What Miniprotein™ are and how they're inspired by regenerative medicine
→ How Activen SA’s precision approach targets skin repair
→ What this could mean for your next formulation

Register now and save your spot: https://hubs.ly/Q04B6nmj0

📅 Wednesday, October 21
🕰️ 3PM CET/ 9AM EST

13/10/2026

Under the strongest Mediterranean sun in Sicily, the prickly pear cactus doesn't just survive. It thrives. 🌵

Its fruit is well known but its flowers are usually discarded by the agri-food industry

Those flowers naturally contain isorhamnetin, a flavonol that is now at the heart of PURYFLOWER™ by Bionap.

Why it matters: when the sun is strong and the air is hot and humid, oily skin gets more demanding. Sebum flow increases, pores look larger, and skin feels more reactive. Most oil-control solutions answer with harsh drying, and sebum production often rebounds even stronger.

Isorhamnetin takes a different route:

→ It regulates sebum production and limits the rebound effect, for a long-lasting mattifying result
→ It visibly tightens pores and refines skin texture
→ Its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory action helps skin look clearer and feel soothed
→ It supports the skin barrier instead of stripping it
The result is a naturally matte, balanced complexion, with no dryness to pay for it.

Designed for oily and combination skin, from adolescence to adulthood, and ready for the formats your consumers use every day: cleansers, cream gels, serums, make-up and scalp care.

Discover PURYFLOWER™ and request your sample on Covalo: https://hubs.ly/Q04z-BX90

09/10/2026

Zschimmer & Schwarz Solutions Finder Expands to Cleaning Specialties

Discover how Zschimmer & Schwarz's Solutions Finder expands to cleaning specialties, powered by the Covalo Data Platform.

06/10/2026

Are you still formulating for the world of peptides?

For years, peptide innovation has focused heavily on size, potency, and performance – on paper. But there's a question that matters just as much: how much of that potential actually reaches where it needs to go?

That's where Miniproteins™ come in.

Smaller, differently engineered molecules designed to pe*****te deeper, activate faster, and interact with skin repair mechanisms at the molecular level.

On October 21st, we're joining forces with Activen SA for a conversation about what's changing in advanced skincare formulation – and what the next generation of bioactive technology could mean for the ingredients you source today.

Meet your speakers:

Bethsabée Coutaz (VP Marketing & Board Member, Activen SA)
Faiza Houssain (Founder, The Skin Shrink)

If you're working with advanced actives, this is one conversation you'll want to be ahead of.

📅 Wednesday, October 21
🕒 3 PM CET/ 9 AM EST
🔗 https://hubs.ly/Q04z7k-j0

05/10/2026

The false choice in lip care is finally over.

For years, formulas have asked consumers to pick: hydration, or plumping, or color. Usually all three looked artificial anyway.

ALGAKTIV® Rubinity changes that. Powered by a proprietary microalgae process concentrating cis-astaxanthin to 25%, it delivers something rare: immediate lip plumping and hydration plus a gradual biological lip-blushing effect that reveals the lips' own color. No pigments, no irritating plumping agents, just performance rooted in how healthy lips actually work.

The science is elegant, and the formulation is easier. It's oil-soluble, stable up to 100°C, and requires zero pre-solubilization — which means it fits seamlessly into lip balms, oils, glosses, and lipsticks without compromise.

Rubinity doesn't mask beauty, but stimulates it. And that distinction is becoming the definition of what consumers actually want.

Interested in a breakthrough ingredient that rewrites the lip care category? Request your sample on Covalo: https://hubs.ly/Q04z0-kz0

Want the full story? Listen to our conversation with Alexandre Lapeyre, Marketing Director at ALGAKTIV, on the latest Beauty Beat episode - where we dive into how biological lip blushing is reshaping the category.

Listen here: https://hubs.ly/Q04z0-fn0

01/10/2026

Your sourcing team spends hours chasing ingredient data across emails, PDFs, and disconnected sources. Covalo is built to change that.

Covalo has evolved, and our mission is now clearer: to be the data backbone for the consumer goods industry. We have simplified the platform and rebuilt it around how your teams work, so that time goes to formulating better products and strengthening relationships, with ingredient data available in one place.

Our values remain the same, and the experience is now sharper for both suppliers and buyers.

Swipe through the carousel to explore some of the changes on Covalo. 🚀

01/10/2026

For centuries, Pacific Island communities have turned to kava root for one thing: calm.

Not sedation. Not a quick fix. A steady, grounded kind of calm – the kind rooted in ritual, trust, and time.

CoachChem asked a different question: what if that same calming intelligence could be formulated into skin, not just consumed?

That question led CoachChem to Anallerg® KAVAIN: a kavalactone active that channels kava's traditional calming pathway into something modern skincare has been missing: a soothing ingredient with real mechanistic depth, not just a marketing claim.

It works where irritation starts - at the GABA-GABAA receptor level - which means the "calm" isn't surface-deep. It's formulated to actually get there.

For brands building barrier-repair lines, post-procedure care, or anything positioned for reactive, sensitive skin, this is the kind of active that lets your product story go beyond "gentle" and actually explain why.

👉 Find Anallerg® KAVAIN on the Covalo marketplace and request your sample below

30/09/2026

The shift is happening, but are you in front of it or behind it?

If your roadmap is still built around "anti-aging," you're about to have a problem. Or an opportunity, depending on how fast you move.

Here's the thing: regenerative beauty isn't a trend or a buzzword that's going to fade. On our next webinar, in collaboration with Activen, we're talking about the actual science behind pathway targeting, how precision Miniproteins™ work without the trade-offs of broader pathway activation, and real formulation applications you can start exploring now.

This is the kind of knowledge that gives you a competitive edge before it becomes industry standard.

Spots are filling up. If you're serious about staying ahead of the shift, this is the session to block your calendar for.

Ready to join? Register through the link in comments

25/09/2026

Covalo has a new look, and our Beauty Beat newsletter is evolving alongside it.

Every issue brings you regular updates on what's moving across personal care and product development: New ingredients and formulations, product launches, industry news, and the innovations shaping where beauty is headed next.

If you're a brand, formulator, R&D professional,or product developer this is built for you.

A new Covalo, a new newsletter, both built to keep the industry connected.

Follow along through the link in comments.