Malachite Is Poised to Be 2026’s Breakout Skincare Ingredient—Here’s Why Experts Are Excited

Malachite skincare Amalie Gassmann wears black belted coat, blue bag & Ginevra Mavilla wears brown skirt, jacket, silver bag, white heels, sunglasses outside Lacoste during the Womenswear Spring Summer 2026 as part of Paris Fashion Week on October 05, 2025.

While air pollution levels may have slowed in some areas over recent years, they are still a huge concern. A recent report estimated that air pollution contributed towards 30,000 deaths in the UK in 2025 and cost over £27 billion annually. In other words, the situation is still pretty serious.

And while health concerns are of course front and centres of our minds, beauty experts have shown concern for the impact this may all be having on our skin, too. For this reason, new power-players in the pollution-proof category have slowly been rising in popularity—most notably, the buzzworthy ingredient malachite.