Research & Ìnnovation

Depending on the time of day, the season, altitude, and the weather, your skin is more or less exposed to solar radiation and especially to long UVA. These rays reach your skin all year round. Today, L’Oréal is launching UVMune 400, our first sun filtering technology to protect skin effectively against ultra-long UVA.

Over 100 years ago, L’Oréal’s founder, Eugene Scheuller, invented the world's first safe, synthetic haircolor formulation—and with it, an industry that, by 2023, is estimated to be worth $1.6 billion. Now, more than a century later, we are reinventing the haircolor experience through technology.

L'Oréal Group, read more about : Sun protection, a constantly evolving approach to research

Making beauty more sustainable, responsible and respectful of our planet Earth is at the heart of our approach. Our research teams work to minimize the environmental impact of our products. Beginning in 1995, we set up an environmental research laboratory.

Research has always been at the heart of our approach. Our 21 research centers, located around the world, are dedicated to different areas of research. In Lyon, at the heart of the Lyonbiopôle innovation center that brings together different pharmaceutical activities, lies Episkin.

Will there ever be personalized cosmetic products perfectly suited to everyone's needs? This is the challenge we wish to undertake, thanks to recent discoveries on the microbiome, the ecosystem of one trillion microorganisms living on the surface of our skin. Explanation.

Constantly advancing to better align nature and beauty is one of our objectives at L’Oréal. And it’s a quest that makes sense for you, as well. As a world leader in beauty, we are aware of our responsibility towards the planet, and towards you. We are committed, every day, to reducing our environmental footprint and offering you products that are as effective as they are safe for your health.

L'Oréal Group, read more about : A Network That Is Open To The World

L’Oréal's Research and Innovation employs 4,100 people of approximately 80 nationalities, 69% of whom are women. Working in some thirty disciplines, these experts are responsible for over 497 patents filed in 2019.