Tune In: What To Expect In 2024 In The Beauty Industry, According To Editors

My very first beauty prediction is that 2024 is going to be an exciting year in skin care, hair health, and makeup. Because as 2023 showed us, innovation is happening at breakneck speed. From high-tech firming peptides, plumping topicals that are delivered deep into the lower layers of the skin, to in-office treatments rooted in regeneration, skin care felt almost futuristic. Makeup, too, was ripe with delicious formulas, gobsmacking pigments, and dreamy finishes. Hair care felt fresh and playful—but most importantly, put the health of the hair first. 

Simply put: I feel exhilarated by the beauty industry as of late. And that's what we're talking about in today's episode of Clean Beauty School. I'm joined by senior beauty editor Jamie Schneider to recap 2023 and get ready for a very beautiful 2024!

In the episode, we chat about our favorite product launches from the past year, our beauty resolutions, and what we're most excited about covering in the coming months. 

The skin can't regenerate out of nothing—it needs the appropriate building blocks. And in the case of keratin, collagen, and elastin, that's amino acids found in protein. Without these, the skin can't optimally function. 

One of my favorite tips from the past year was from holistic nutritionist Jennifer Hanway, who told me that if you're spending top dollar on skin care treatments and topicals to boost collagen production, you need to be feeding your body amino acids so it can properly create collagen in the first place.   

To be blunt: Serums and creams that promised to address firming and sagging have historically been lackluster. They're not snake oil but are certainly not the "face-lift in a jar" they've been marketed as. 

But as Schneider reported on this year (and further discusses in the episode, skin firming technology has come a long way. 

More and more, folks have become interested in asymmetries of the face—especially as they age. These facial asymmetries can be traced back to muscle imbalances, which is a topic I actually wrote about in one of our Well-Being Forecast reports at the end of last year. 

And in the years to come, I think we'll see a broader focus on correcting these imbalances through posture, facial massage, and muscle work. Because the thing is: There is no topical solution that is going to fix asymmetries. You can only look to injectables or surgery to address these, which of course are cost-prohibitive, and not everyone wants to go down those routes.