In-cosmetics Global 2026: Syensqo tackles scalp care and ceramide delivery
23 Apr 2026 | Syensqo
At In-cosmetics Global 2026, Lea Seidenbinder, global marketing manager at Syensqo, spotlighted a trio of new ingredients: a scalp-care peptide, a film-forming emolionet for long-lasting skin feel, and a ceramide designed for optimized skin delivery. She underscored the company’s push to balance high performance with sustainability, describing it as “core” to its DNA. Across markets, efficacy must go hand in hand with elevated sensoriality. Syensqo’s “Beauty Galaxy” showcase brings this strategy to life, guiding visitors through immersive zones focused on unmet needs in face, hair, and beyond.
This is Sabina Waldeck for Personal Care Insights joined by Lea Sein and Binder, global marketing manager at Senso.
Welcome.
So what are you showcasing here at In Cosmetics?
So we are really exciting because we are launching 3 new ingredients.
Plus a new texture selection regarding Beauty Galaxy, and we have made a full concept around that.
So regarding our innovation, we are launching one new active ingredient, a peptide for scalp.
The product we are launching is for skincare, a new emollient, extremely interesting for film forming and long-lasting effects.
So new sensory and new specific technologies and performances, and the third product we are launching is a ceramide, a new innovation on ceramide which optimize the delivery of the ceramide to the skin.
And what makes the new advanced biotech peptide you're presenting particularly effective for scalp and hair health, and how does it reflect broader trends in skinnification of hair care?
So the new active ingredient we are launching for scalp care is actually it's a peptide coming from the coffee ground, and we optimize.
The design of the ingredients and the peptide by looking at the key markers that are really expressed in the scalp.
So we use the AI tool to really help us to select the right section of the peptide that we are interested in potentialize the efficacy of the active on the scalp, and we have seen very Powerful efficacy on scalp diminishing the inflammation, improving the bowel function and hydration, and even having an impact on hair growth.
So it's an active that really covers all the problems for scalp and actually answering the key needs of the skinification of hair with the scalp treatment.
And can you explain how your novel ceramide delivery technology enhances skin hydration, anti-wrinkle benefits, and repair compared with traditional ceramide approaches?
So er boost, which is a new active ingredient we are launching, is an optimized delivery of the ceramide, which is a ceramide 3, the most interesting ceramide for the skin.
The it's a lipid and it's very difficult sometimes to potentialize and to deliver it to the skin.
So what we have done is we have created a liposome grafted with a unique polymer that helps to have liposome stability over time.
So you can formulate crystal clear formulation.
Watery structure and you actually deliver and improve the delivery of the ceramide.
We have tested in vitro and in vivo versus pure ceramide, and we are really optimizing the efficacy and we have proved hydration, moisturization, barrier function, but also anti-wrinkle and elasticity activity.
So really powerful active ingredient.
And how does Scope.
Performance with sustainability in these new hair and skincare solutions, especially given consumer demand for responsible beauty.
So sustainability is the core of ours is part of every project.
There is no project where there is no sustainability points in all developments.
It's really driving all our innovation, so sustainability.
In a lot of different angles, we do have a strong strategy called One Planet following different elements that goes from the factory part, the development of ingredients, the impact of the end use of our ingredients.
So sustainability is really a key element that we track in every step of the way from production to development to the use of our ingredients.
And what key consumer needs or pain points in hair and skincare were you aiming to address with these new innovations at the show?
So the market is very different depending on the country, depending on the needs, and every consumer has their own needs.
What we think is the consumer wants performance, but it has to be linked with reality.
So if you are not giving them experience, nice sensoriality, nice effects, surprising effects while you're still delivering a nice conditioning effect, a good anti-wrinkle activity or moisturizing compar, for us it's really the key element to join together sensoriality and performance to create a new experience for the end consumer.
And then lastly, how do these ingredients enable formulators to create new next generation products that stand out in a very crowded beauty market?
So I think again sensoriality is extremely important, but also in every subcategory of beauty there is a specific need that needs to be addressed, and that's a little bit what we have done with our beauty selection called Beauty Galaxy.
Where we make you travel from planet to planet, one which is the planet of face care, for example, where we really focus on what are the needs today that hasn't been answered yet for the face care market and how we should approach it.
So we could spend a lot of time discussing this approach, but I think today we have to be sure that we make the consumer living in experience, having nice, surprising texture.
While delivering performance, and we have done it from sun care to color cosmetics to face care to body care to scalp care, so we will be pleased to share that even more with you, but that's really our angle we think mixing both is the aim of cosmetics and that's how brands can stand out.
Perfect and thank you for joining Personal Care Insights.
Thank you so much.
