A specific Innovation Challenge for practices and technologies that promote sustainability, the preservation of resources including WATER, improve the carbon footprint as well as consumer well-being and understanding.

Dedicated to startups, SMEs and academic researchers who want to better understand the potential of their technology in the cosmetics world, the innovation challenges allow you to interact with companies in the sector that are potential users of your solution.

You are developing a solution:

• Which can enable decarbonization or the reduction of resource consumption (water, electricity, natural raw materials)
• Which can enable Reduction, Reuse or Recycling
• Which can allow better traceability,
• Who can help in understanding or generating emotions (neuroscience, sensory studies, etc.)
• Which relies on biosourcing, upcycling , biomimicry
• Which can enable the economic development of territories holding resources (cosmetopoeia, structuring of sectors)

then you can apply!

This year they are participating in Open Innovation 2025 : Chanel, Estée Lauder, LVMH research, L'Oréal, Proya and Tech Nature .

Take this “ Ecological and Societal Transition ” challenge now!

Apply before July 31, 2025.

Don't miss this opportunity to talk with them on October 15 and 16, 2025 , during the COSMETIC 360 show at the Carrousel du Louvre .

Apply now!

As the national coordinator of the perfumery and cosmetics sector, COSMETIC VALLEY embodies a sector in full transformation, resolutely focused on sustainable innovation. On the occasion of the United Nations Ocean Conference ( UNOC 2025 ) , organized in Nice this Monday, June 2, Cosmetic Valley gave voice to an industry mobilized to reduce its impact on marine ecosystems .

A committed intervention during the "Blue Beauty" conference

As part of the "We Are The Ocean" program, Cosmetic Valley participated in the conference "Blue Beauty: innovation in cosmetics, a commitment to preserving the oceans" . This highlight highlighted concrete initiatives from the Cosmetic Valley network, illustrating the desire to combine cosmetic performance and environmental responsibility .

Three companies committed to bluer beauty

Alongside Cosmetic Valley, three French companies shared their innovative actions:

• Maison Toinon : rethinking beauty rituals to fight plastic and microplastic pollution.

• Océalys Laboratoire : promotes seawater as a local, renewable ingredient that respects biodiversity.

• SOFIA COSMETICS : develops sunscreens compatible with the preservation of corals and marine life.

A strong message for a sustainable future

This statement is part of a collective dynamic supported by the entire French cosmetics industry. Cosmetic Valley thus affirms its commitment alongside scientists, artists, associations and citizens to preserve the ocean, a source of life and inspiration , and to build together a cosmetics that is more respectful of the planet.

Do you have an innovative cosmetics idea and want to take action? The Cosmetosciences program opens the doors to collaborative research with the TREMPLIN program !

The Cosmetosciences program, a research program in the Centre Val de Loire region, led by the University of Orléans, in partnership with the University of Tours, the CNRS, Agroparitech, Cosmetic Valley and the Studium, is launching a system to support the initial stages of your R&D projects.

TREMPLIN is a unique opportunity to:

🔬 Initiate fundamental research projects (TRL 1 to 3)
🧪 Test the feasibility of concepts and validate applied research (TRL 4 to 5)

📅 Project duration : up to 6 months
💶 Financing : up to 50% co-financing, up to €10,000 excluding VAT
🎯 Targeted themes :

• Naturalness & eco-responsible processes

• Biological activity & product safety

• Formulation & sensoriality

⏳ Closing date of the call for projects: May 30, 2025

📄 Check out the specifications and give your ideas a boost!

> Specifications: here

Contact: Fanélie SAUVAGERE – fsauvagere@cosmetic-valley.com

📍On this Innovation Day, in the heart of Paris, the ceremony of THE COSMETIC VICTORIES was held, an international competition supported by COSMETIC VALLEY which celebrates each year the most promising projects in the field of research and the cosmetics industry.

🎉 This 10th edition was marked by the exceptional quality of the applications, illustrating the vitality of innovation in our sector.

🔬 Academic Research Award:

🏅 Natural protein instability as a biomarker of aging from IBGC CNRS, UMR5095 by Muriel Priault.

An ambitious research project with remarkable scientific potential.

🏭 Industrial Innovation Award:

🏅 Creation of a nanometric Digital Twin of the skin by AFM and AI of Loretta by Arthur DERVILLEZ

An innovative solution ready to transform the uses of the cosmetics industry.

👏 Congratulations to both winners for their work, their creativity and their commitment to more efficient, sustainable and inspiring cosmetics!

🙏 A huge thank you to all the participants, to the former nominees, as well as to the members of our international scientific and industrial jury for their involvement, their expertise and their investment.

🌍 Together, let's continue to promote cosmetic innovation on a global scale!

👉 Do you have an innovative technology to offer to the cosmetics sector and would you like to know its market potential and the possible adaptations to be integrated ?

📣 Submit your application now for the COSMETIC 360 Innovation Challenges.

You can apply for 1 or more of these 3 challenges .

If your application is successful, you will be invited to discuss your project and challenge it with a company in the cosmetics industry on October 15 or 16 on COSMETIC 360.

The themes covered:

🔬 Advanced technologies and digitalization – Technological and digital innovations for R&D, process optimization, production improvement, industrialization and user experience.

🌱 Ecological and societal transition – Practices and technologies that promote sustainability, resource conservation, improve the carbon footprint as well as consumer well-being and understanding.

🪸 Optimization of the product and its interactions with humans and the environment – Analysis and control of interactions between products and biological targets as well as their impact on humans and the environment (skin, nails, hair, skin microbiota and the environment)

👉 Apply to meet and discuss with industry experts on October 15 and 16 ➡️ https://www.cosmetic-360.com/fr/challenge-innovation