During autumn in the US, pumpkins can be found on porches, in seasonal dishes and infused into lattes, but a research team believes they might also belong in cosmetics.
Sea buckthorn proanthocyanidins have been shown to display strong anti-ageing activity in human skin fibroblasts, researchers from China have reported.
UNEP 2022 Adaptation Gap Report and Emissions Gap Report
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).
To solve the issue of plastic waste the industry talks a lot about a circular recycling economy, but a recent Greenpeace report says under present conditions, that’s not possible.
Humans have been creating personal care products for more than 9,000 years, and one of the first fragrance ingredients may have cosmetic potential today.
The fragrance market was projected to be worth over $30 billion globally in 2021, and more small perfume and cologne brands are entering the fray everyday.
Men might be from Mars and women from Venus, but when it comes to natural cosmetics, it could be outdated to suggest that women shop differently than men.
The beauty and personal care industry must today respond to converging global crises and ensure ethical integrity in every part of the value chain to protect the future of the planet, people and business, says British environmentalist Sir Jonathon Porritt.
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.
It should be no surprise sustainability is one of CosmeticsDesign's new Hot Topics, and under this new item you can learn about all the complicated issues involved in a greener cosmetics industry.
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.
This week's most read CosmeticsDesign articles are all about what the industry is doing to solve some of the industry's wicked problems, from plastic waste to animal testing.
Biotechnology start-up Allozymes’s claims its proprietary tech gives the cosmetic industry a way to produce natural active ingredients in an environmentally responsible manner, while also reducing cost, time and resources.
Between sustainability efforts by suppliers and making sustainability claims on finished products is a lot of data, and an expert says emerging software solutions are the answer.
As consumers are hungering for sustainable packaging, state legislators are pushing the consumer packaged goods industry to change how it does business.
Pact Collective started around a year ago with a mission to help beauty become more circular, and the non-profit has several plans to tackle the industry's biggest waste problems.
While beauty brands are working to remove single-use plastic from their products, a new packaging supplier is working to remove it from shipping as well.
The line between medical and cosmetic can be thin when it comes to skin conditions, and some botanicals maybe mean a topical answer to atopic dermatitis.
Simplification and sophistication are key strategies to drive cosmetics sales in the post-pandemic era, with consumers willing to spend more on natural, sustainable care and tech beauty.
Even if a package has a recycling symbol on it, it may not be easily recyclable and beauty brand Beautycounter wants to help its consumers close that loop.
Design to reuse should be prioritised as a sustainable beauty strategy because its overall positive impact far outweighs working with reduced or recyclable materials, according to European researchers.
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.
As Quintis and other companies grow sandalwood in Australia, making it possible to ethically source the ingredient, more potentials in personal care are being uncovered.
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.
As a ban on chemical UV filters goes into effect later this year in Maui a Hawaii-based sunscreen brand partnered with Four Seasons to start protecting reefs now.
Plastic is both an important packaging material and a prevalent pollutant, and The Body Shop wanted to know what cosmetic plastic Americans throw away the most.
Packaging suppliers like WWP Beauty are introducing sustainable packaging collections that go past traditional PCR plastic, with both plastic and plants.
Cosmetics brands and retailers build kits to create customer engagements, but in a DTC world kits also offer a shopping experience outside of a physical store.
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...
A new survey by Korea International Trade Association (KITA) has revealed that South Korea’s cosmetics industry was the most significantly impacted sector by the post-pandemic demand for eco-conscious products.