A sharper focus and drive on sustainable action and communication will be key for beauty this year, as well as continued work on spotlighting how important and central products were to consumer wellbeing and daily lives, says trade head.
The beauty industry can connect better with consumers by rethinking how it communicates and markets sustainable product offerings, bringing additional aspects into the narrative, say industry executives.
Provisions for increased financial support for developing countries and sharing the benefits of genetic resources more fairly will help ensure delivery of the 'historic' deal agreed at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, according...
There have been huge waves of innovation, collaboration and change in the beauty category this past year. Here, CosmeticsDesign-Europe takes a look back at our most-read stories in 2022.
The founder of UK skin care startup SBTRCT says consumer appetite is continuing to build for solid-format beauty and personal care products – an interest it hopes to drive further with retail and NPD expansion plans.
Higher costs and lack of supplier alignment are the core issues slowing uptake of green materials, ingredients and processes amongst beauty and personal care manufacturers and brands, say specialist suppliers.
The fragrance and wider beauty industry must act now amidst an ongoing climate crisis and mass extinction of fauna and flora, working to collect environmental impact data and collaborate for true sustainable change, says the VP of conscious perfumery...
Measuring the environmental impact of the entire beauty industry is no easy feat, but one made a lot easier with collaboration, data-led mapping and engagement across the entire supply chain – from farmers to consumers, say industry experts.
Forestwise, a supplier of wild harvest ingredient from the rainforest, is aiming to secure multinational customers from the cosmetics and food industry in order to better support the community.
European industry association Cosmetics Europe has launched a sustainability initiative to spearhead collaborative eco efforts and action across beauty and personal care, aiming to reduce overall carbon footprints, support biodiversity and improve packaging.
Retailers are getting more involved in ethical standards and certifications, with many creating in-house schemes for beauty brands stocked in-store and online, and this trend will continue to rise in importance, says the founder of Ecovia Intelligence.
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Swiss natural and organic beauty brand Weleda has formed a small-scale internal startup to speed up product development and market testing, presenting a very new way of working, its R&D head says.
Personalised solutions, true innovation and credible claims are key for beauty brands to succeed among diverse population groups across Asia and beyond, say trends experts.
A round-up of CosmeticsDesign-Europe’s most-read news from November 2022 shows interest in L’Oréal’s skin science research around tightness and UV protection, Superdrug own-brand makeup launch and future sustainable beauty trends.
‘Skintellectual’ Muslim consumers are showing strong interest in multi-purpose products that are dedicated to their specific needs, and moving away from a purely makeup-centred approach, according to market experts.
Grooming for pets, cell-based synthetics and cyclical skin care regimes offer plenty of future promise for beauty and personal care manufacturers, driven by heightened interest in overall wellbeing and the environment, says a futurologist.
The beauty and personal care category must start upgrading and innovating formulas and products to empower consumers to take shorter, colder showers – drawing inspiration from hospitals, beer brands and more, says a senior futurologist.
Whilst many countries worldwide are working to tackle the climate crisis, actions are not keeping pace with real-world risks and impacts on planet and people, largely due to huge funding gaps, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The French Federation for Beauty Companies (FEBEA) has signed the country’s EcoWatt Charter, pledging alongside hundreds of other corporations to further reduce electricity use during the ongoing energy crisis.
Here we reveal exclusive insights from established and rising baby care brands Aromababy, Lovekins and P’URE PapayaCare Baby on what it takes to earn the trust of protective parents, how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the market, and why Asia Pacific...
A Singapore-based food start-up cultivating mushroom mycelium as an alternative protein source believes it can also serve the cosmetics industry as a natural, sustainable, and completely food-safe ingredient.
Spanish luxury beauty and perfume major Puig has announced the acquisition of Kama Ayurveda – a move set to strengthen its Indian footprint and drive presence in the Western wellbeing market, an expert says.
The overreliance on recycling is the chief piece of green misinformation in the beauty industry, which has to move faster towards a circular model, says the founder and CEO of Emma Lewisham.
Mio Skincare has developed its first underarm balm using a blend of natural plant-based ingredients it says tap into rising consumer needs and expectations in the deodorant space.
Ingredient firm Biosynthia has identified South Korea and Japan as two top targets as it seeks to grow in Asia’s hair care market with a ‘natural and sustainably sourced’ biotin.
Irish indie brand Spotlight Oral Care is continuing to expand across Europe and the US and wants to focus future new product development on bridging the oral health and beauty gap.
Microextraction techniques continue to advance fast, offering promise for faster and more selective cosmetics testing, but more importantly a greener process, finds a review.
The demand for cosmetic formulations that marry nature and science is creating vast opportunities for APAC’s blossoming hair care category, according to a leading formulation expert.
Indie brand Clapoti has launched a line of Korean-inspired foot care products that aims to breathe life into an old-fashioned category and encourage wider uptake across Europe, its founder says.
India’s personal care brand Singh Styled, which features a myriad of products such as beard nourishers, serums and shampoos, aims to enter the UK, US and Middle East markets as part of its expansion plans to serve 30 million Sikh men worldwide.
French clean beauty brand Caudalie is gearing up to expand its presence in Asia with new entries into India and Vietnam on the back of what it belives is growing demand for effective and clean skin care.
The skinimalism trend continues to gain traction in beauty with fresh opportunities to develop all-in-one hybrid colour cosmetic and hair care products targeting this space, says WGSN.
While fragrance isn’t exclusive to the personal care and cosmetics market, it is an essential element with trends industry professionals should know about.
French conscious beauty brand Nailmatic has evolved far beyond its nail polish roots in the last decade, edging into temporary tattoo pens and most recently bath bombs for kids, as fun-care takes on new meaning and importance.
Global beauty and personal care supplier Unilever and biotechnology developer Genomatica (Geno) have launched a €114 million ($120 mn) venture to scale alternatives to palm oil and fossil fuels and seek sustainable ingredients for personal care product...
The Swiss multinational personal care company releases an online tool that calculates the percentage of natural ingredients and overall naturality of a personal care product.
The global COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing climate crisis has bolstered demand for vegan topical and ingestible cosmetics as consumers look to improve consumption patterns beyond food, finds a review.
The beauty industry has waded through a tough two years but come out stronger and more resilient as it edges deeper into a very different consumer landscape, says the executive editor of market insights firm Beautystreams.
The next two years will see a range of beauty cohorts take centre stage – lazy skinimalists, beautyversals, protopians and universals – carrying with them an increased focus on self-care, the environment and diversity, says a WGSN exec.
Beauty major The Estée Lauder Companies has outlined a method it has developed to score ingredients, formulations and products on their green value, considering human health, ecosystem health and environmental endpoints throughout the supply chain.
As beauty edges deeper into a post-pandemic world, brands and retailers must understand the heightened awareness of interdependence, yearning for community and mainstream rejection of ‘normal’ set to shape consumer thinking in years to come, says a WGSN...
Greater investments in biotechnology will help truly advance beauty innovation, satisfying consumer needs and addressing planetary woes, says the founder of Mibelle Biochemistry.
![Consumers across the UK and Europe use beauty and personal care products as a means to boost self-esteem and confidence and this needs to be communicated more [Getty Images]](jpg/cosmetic-toiletry-and-perfumery-association-ctpa-talks-2023-sustainability-and-essentiality-importance-3.jpg)
![As the sustainable beauty space booms, building and maintaining trust with consumers will be key for brands [Getty Images]](jpg/sustainable-beauty-executives-say-brands-must-rethink-marketing-to-include-certification-value-for-money-and-education-efforts-4.jpg)
![The adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) at last month's COP15 should provide a stronger means for implementation of finance and strategies to protect biodiversity [Getty Images]](jpg/un-biodiversity-conference-cop15-in-montreal-results-in-historic-deal-to-protect-people-and-planet-4.jpg)
![SBTRCT offers a small range of solid skin care products, including an exfoliator, makeup remover and vitamin C booster [Image: SBTRCT]](jpg/solid-skin-care-startup-sbtrct-to-launch-new-products-in-2023-and-expand-into-retail-internationally-2.jpg)
![Many beauty manufacturers and brands have driven green transformations, but suppliers think cost and lack of harmonisation may be slowing wider uptake of ingredients and raw materials [Getty Images]](jpg/green-beauty-suppliers-say-ingredient-uptake-slow-because-of-cost-and-lack-of-harmonisation-2.jpg)
![The sustainable transformation of perfumery needs smart and collaborative thinking, pushing forward with recreated natural and synthetic ingredients that plugged green needs [Getty Images]](jpg/firmenich-says-perfumery-and-fragrances-entering-conscious-beauty-era-with-data-and-collaboration-key-2.jpg)
![The beauty industry must go beyond measuring its impact, working to create industry-wide action and communicate this to end consumers concisely [Getty Images]](jpg/sustainable-beauty-experts-brainstorm-future-for-environmental-impact-assessment-with-collaboration-noted-as-key-2.jpg)
![Forestwise is aiming to secure multinational customers from the cosmetics and food industry in order to better support the community. [Getty Images]](jpg/illipe-butter-imperative-to-find-big-beauty-brands-to-support-communities-in-borneo-forestwise-ceo-2.jpg)
![The European-wide industry initiative is focused on three key areas - climate, nature and packaging - with a series of goals, guidelines and tools available to companies throughout the value chain [Getty Images]](jpg/cosmetics-europe-launches-sustainability-eco-initiative-commit-for-our-planet-to-drive-sustainable-beauty-collaboration-and-change-3.jpg)
![A number of retailers have introduced ethical beauty schemes with in-house standards outlining ingredients allowed and disallowed, as well wider environmental requirements [Getty Images]](jpg/beauty-retail-ethical-certification-standards-rising-fast-with-plant-based-halal-and-eco-important-says-ecovia-intelligence-3.jpg)
![Weleda has created a small internal startup to build out fresh innovations across packaging and formulation [Getty Images]](jpg/weleda-r-d-head-says-circular-green-beauty-possible-with-sustainable-definitions-and-beauty-collaboration-3.jpg)
![More consumers worldwide have companion animals in today's 'touch deprived' society, and so pet care will continue to rise in importance [Getty Images]](jpg/future-beauty-trend-opportunities-in-pet-care-lab-grown-ingredients-and-skin-cycling-3.jpg)
![Industry is going to have to turn showering on its head with new ways of washing, smart product concepts and more [Getty Images]](jpg/beauty-environment-trends-to-see-cold-showers-rise-so-industry-needs-to-innovate-says-hint-futurology-founder-2.jpg)
![The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released its annual Adaptation Gap Report and Emissions Gap Report highlighting a radical shift of gears is needed to tackle the climate crisis [Getty Images]](jpg/united-nations-environment-programme-unep-2022-adaptation-report-and-emissions-gap-report-released-2.jpg)
![FEBEA's 350+ beauty company members will now respond according to alerts sent out via the country's EcoWatt Charter and further improve efforts around electricity consumption [Getty Images]](jpg/febea-signs-ecowatt-charter-to-further-improve-french-beauty-electricity-consumption-2.jpg)
![A Singapore-based food start-up cultivating mushroom mycelium as an alternative protein source believes it can also serve the cosmetics industry as a natural, sustainable, and completely food-safe ingredient. [Getty Images]](jpg/mycrocell-pushing-mushroom-mycelium-as-natural-and-sustainable-ingredient-for-cosmetics-2.jpg)
![Kama Ayurveda is a leading brand in India offering a range of traditional and holistic treatments for beauty and wellness [Image: Kama Ayurveda/Puig]](jpg/puig-acquires-majority-stake-in-kama-ayurveda-to-drive-india-presence-and-global-wellness-offerings-2.jpg)
![Mio Skincare's Pit Proof deodorant is 100% natural, made using a blend of plant oils, extracts and minerals [Image: Mio Skincare]](jpg/mio-skincare-launches-pit-proof-deodorant-to-plug-natural-beauty-consumer-demands-2.jpg)
![Biosynthia has identified South Korea and Japan as two top targets as it seeks to grow in Asia. [Getty Images]](jpg/biosynthia-targets-asian-hair-care-market-with-sustainably-sourced-biotin-2.jpg)
![Spotlight Oral Care offers a range of oral care products and is best-known for its teeth whitening products [Image: Spotlight Oral Care Facebook]](jpg/spotlight-oral-care-expansion-plans-in-europe-us-and-beauty-category-2.jpg)
![There have been plenty of advances made in solvent-based and sorbent-based microextraction techniques, with green principles now an important focus [Getty Images]](jpg/green-chemistry-in-microextraction-for-cosmetics-testing-promising-finds-review-2.jpg)
![Clapoti has drawn inspiration from Korea's long-standing sauna culture, aiming to inspire Western beauty consumers into regular foot care rituals [Getty Images]](jpg/foot-care-beauty-startup-clapoti-bringing-korean-sauna-culture-to-the-masses-2.jpg)
![Ayurvedic ingredients are key to Singh Styled products. [Singh Styled]](jpg/india-personal-care-brand-singh-styled-targets-uk-us-and-middle-east-markets-2.jpg)
![Caudalie is gearing up to expand its presence in Asia with new entries into India and Vietnam. [Caudalie]](jpg/caudalie-prioritising-apac-expansion-plans-in-india-and-vietnam-2.jpg)
![Makeup and hair care products developed with quality and simplicity in mind will fare well in the skinimalism movement [Getty Images]](jpg/skinimalism-trend-continues-with-opportunities-in-makeup-hair-care-on-the-horizon-says-wgsn-2.jpg)
![Nailmatic's bath care line for kids now represented more than half of its total global turnover [Getty Images]](jpg/kids-nail-brand-nailmatic-expands-deeper-into-bath-care-for-children-2.jpg)
![[Lush Cosmetics]](jpg/beauty-broadcast-lush-cosmetics-says-waterless-beauty-trend-bound-to-become-mainstream-2.jpg)
![Beauty consumers are looking to improve consumption patterns amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and climate crisis which is driving demand for vegan offerings [Getty Images]](jpg/vegan-beauty-opportunity-rising-amidst-covid-19-and-climate-crisis-says-review-2.jpg)
![Despite a very different post-pandemic landscape, there are key consumer and planetary needs driving trends in beauty [Getty Images]](jpg/beauty-trends-after-covid-19-feature-fun-sensory-personalised-and-eco-friendly-says-beautystreams-2.jpg)
![These four beauty cohorts are globally relevant and driven by strong needs and beliefs around the environment, wellbeing and self [Getty Images]](jpg/wgsn-beauty-personas-of-2024-feature-lazy-skinimalists-protopians-and-beautyversals-2.jpg)
![The beauty major's tool considers eight metrics across human health, ecosystem health and environmental endpoints to provide a 'green score' on ingredients, formulas and end products [Getty Images]](jpg/estee-lauder-companies-green-score-tool-for-beauty-outlined-in-study-2.jpg)
![Care-taking; fluid states; provoking protopias; people-power shifts; democra-sized; and code-breaking are WGSN's six 'big ideas' set to shape beauty in 2024 [Getty Images]](jpg/wgsn-2024-big-ideas-set-to-shape-beauty-with-self-care-inclusivity-and-phygital-key-trends-2.jpg)
![Biomimicry, for example, opens plentiful opportunities for beauty, so industry must continue to advance technologies and capabilities [Getty Images]](jpg/biotech-beauty-must-be-a-priority-for-innovation-in-cosmetics-says-mibelle-biochemistry-founder-2.jpg)
![Meeth says the core of its global expansion plans is to ‘fascinate people first’ instead of pushing them to buy products. [meeth]](jpg/japan-s-meeth-international-adopts-fascinate-first-approach-to-international-expansion-2.jpg)
![Consumers across the UK and Europe use beauty and personal care products as a means to boost self-esteem and confidence and this needs to be communicated more [Getty Images]](jpg/cosmetic-toiletry-and-perfumery-association-ctpa-talks-2023-sustainability-and-essentiality-importance-4.jpg)
![L'Oréal has unveiled two prototype smart makeup application devices - one for lipstick and another for brows - both designed to make the category more inclusive and accessible [Getty Images]](jpg/l-oreal-and-johnson-johnson-launch-smart-inclusive-beauty-devices-at-ces-tech-tradeshow-2026.jpg)
![The beta-glucans and polyphenols in mushrooms are particularly interesting for the cosmeceutical and nutraceutical spaces [Getty Images]](jpg/mushrooms-offer-cosmeceutical-nutraceutical-promise-around-skin-health-immunity-and-wellness-finds-review-2.jpg)
![Beauty for 'taboo' topics like acne, menopause and sexual wellness will be one important trend to watch in 2023 [Getty Images]](jpg/nielseniq-beauty-trends-2023-highlight-retail-shift-taboo-beauty-and-at-home-salon-treatments-as-key-2.jpg)
![A team at the University of Tours researched natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) and the potential to use these in cosmetic creams and gels [Getty Images]](jpg/university-of-tours-france-research-on-nades-extracts-from-microalgae-for-multifunctional-cosmetics-promise-2.jpg)
![As the sustainable beauty space booms, building and maintaining trust with consumers will be key for brands [Getty Images]](jpg/sustainable-beauty-executives-say-brands-must-rethink-marketing-to-include-certification-value-for-money-and-education-efforts-2.jpg)
![The British Beauty Council will be supporting industry members in 2023 amidst the ongoing cost of living crisis, political uncertainties and continued need to drive sustainable change [Getty Images]](jpg/british-beauty-council-2022-report-outlines-challenges-ahead-for-beauty-industry-and-2023-goals-2.jpg)
![Leading beauty and personal care brands on three emerging markets it is keeping an eye on. [Getty Images]](jpg/all-eyes-on-three-emerging-markets-to-watch-for-beauty-and-personal-care-growth-in-2024.jpg)
![The adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) at last month's COP15 should provide a stronger means for implementation of finance and strategies to protect biodiversity [Getty Images]](jpg/un-biodiversity-conference-cop15-in-montreal-results-in-historic-deal-to-protect-people-and-planet-2.jpg)
![Campomanesia leaves are just one plant extract identified as offering UV protective properties because of an array of active constituents in this part of the plant [Getty Images]](jpg/botanicals-likely-to-be-the-future-of-sunscreens-review-2.jpg)
