UK-Singapore headquartered biotech startup Sequential Skin has taken a solid stride into B2B microbiome testing with the debut of its end-to-end in vivo service for consumer care companies.
Technology in beauty is not new, but in a world of virtual tools, augmented reality and virtual reality, new frontiers of commerce may be opening up. CosmeticsDesign spoke with Pascal Houdayer, CEO of Orveon, owner of bareMinerals, BUXOM, and Laura Mercier,...
As the use of digital devices rises and more young people enter the beauty consumer space, Accenture's new report estimates social commerce will more than double by 2025.
As the market for personalized beauty products expands, brand Pure Culture is launching their testing-based products into the mass-market retail space with Target.
Conversations on social media can be indicative of what consumers are interested in, and market research company Netbase Quid combed Twitter to see what’s on in personal care.
P&G launched new digital platform BeautySPHERE at the CES trade show in January. CosmeticsDesign spoke with Alexis Schrimpf, Vice President of Design, Global Skin and Personal Care at P&G about what the platform is and how the metaverse plays...
Aesthetics in beauty is hugely important and labelling is a key design component that brands must closely consider, particularly when working in the booming online space, a specialist supplier says.
The decision by Lush to close several of its global social media accounts last year marks part of a wider beauty movement favouring more personalised and flexible consumer engagement, says a communications expert.
L'Oréal has launched two new technologies for mass-market consumers and stylists, developed to circumvent hair coloring problems “only technology could solve.”
Retail major A.S. Watson has grown digital beauty engagement across Superdrug and ICI PARIS XL with an AI-powered skin advisor tool co-developed with Finnish beauty tech firm Revieve – an innovation it plans to rollout across Asia next year.
With consumers’ limited access to in-store retail experiences, the pandemic has pushed beauty brands to e-commerce, and experts say there is no going back.
Cosmetic new product development is a layered and lengthy project, and increasing speed of trends is adding pressure, but a new platform aims to a help by consolidating the process into one program.
The rise of consumer demand for sustainable beauty products has made an already complicated material acquisition process even harder, but a new platform is out the change that.
Global flavor and fragrances manufacturer Givaudan has introduced DigiPulse to sniff out consumer perceptions of fine fragrances online. The social listening tool is an enhancement of the artificial intelligence-powered Carto, an intuitive and interactive...
The number of Instagram followers opting in to receive beauty samples and information from brands is higher when campaigns are led by large-scale influencers versus micro influencers, according to beauty sampling tech startup Odore.
European color cosmetics brand Catrice Cosmetics has announced a shake-up to its retail strategy for 2022, with the company focusing on making it products available only through its own website and via Amazon.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent Notices of Penalty Offenses to hundreds of businesses, alerting them of steep penalties if they use fake reviews or other misleading endorsements to deceive consumers.
International skin care major Beiersdorf has developed a method to profile skin based on moisture levels and geographical location, providing an accurate picture of overall skin condition and enabling personalised product recommendations.
Consumer behaviors in shopping and sampling have evolved since 2020, with at-home experiences, new product discovery and hyper-personalization leading the way for beauty and personal care innovation, says a new survey from Sampler.
Lubrizol Life Science-Beauty, a global supplier to the beauty and personal care industry, has launched its new #skincaringmakeup collection. Products were formulated with consumer insights extracted through artificial intelligence searching Internet chatter.
COVID-19 forced huge swathes of beauty brands and retailers online overnight, changing long-established market models and shifting shopper mindsets. Industry must now plan and deliver on innovations that cater to this new environment and fresh opportunities...
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L’Oréal’s Garnier brand is working with branded content studio National Geographic CreativeWorks on a worldwide educational campaign designed to empower beauty consumers to live greener.
Lithuanian startup Openface has secured venture capital funding to expand its AI-powered personalised D2C cosmetics brand further in Europe; part of its wider goal to offer a system for health care professionals.
Leading beauty company Coty has signed a multi-channel agreement with Perfect Corp. to embed a suite of best-in-class augmented reality and artificial intelligence experiences into the digital marketing toolkits of its beauty brands.
From the days of its very early research, one skincare delivery device brand, Réduit, has seen two very clear yet contrasting skincare shoppers dominate demands and therefore decisions for innovation, invention and investment: those who want interesting...
Global retail bank and shopping service, Klarna, has teamed up with clean skincare brand Beautycounter to launch a livestream shopping series, called Better Beauty, to increase experiential shopping.
Following the Oman-based luxury fragrance house’s expansion into the US, Amouage is now setting its sights on expanding its retail stores, rolling out its new e-commerce fulfillment platform, and shaping its strategy to meet US consumers’ perfumery demands.
Strong brand communication through visual elements are becoming increasingly important for cosmetic retailers in the contactless and touchless post-pandemic market, claims a design boss who has just worked with South Korea’s Shinsegae-owned Chicor.
E-commerce will continue its insatiable rise over the next five years in beauty, with pureplay online retailers like Alibaba, Amazon and JD.com set to bolster significant growth and brand-retailer collaborations to prove key, says an expert.
Try-before-we-buy has come under scrutiny in cosmetics amid the pandemic, with brands innovating touchless solutions to promote safe and hygienic handling when shopping for beauty buys. Subsequently, sampling strategies are evolving—with a big emphasis...
Shiseido has confirmed plans to launch Second Skin on October 1 – a technology that can diminish undereye ageing signs without make-up, in a move the firm says will offer “new experiences” to consumers.
Deciem-owned indie brand The Ordinary is the most popular beauty brand on TikTok by hashtags and follower count, closely followed by L’Oréal’s derma brand CeraVe; though Unilever’s Dermalogica steals top spot for most videos.
Beauty major Natura &Co has partnered with Dutch eco video streaming platform WaterBear to launch a dedicated channel showcasing its environmental and social ambitions worldwide.
DTC brands as well as online shopping in general have benefited from lifestyle changes brought on by the pandemic. And now it’s also clear that cross-border ecomm is doing better in categories including skin care, fragrance, and color cosmetics, according...
International video entertainment platform TikTok has soared into the beauty spotlight, driven by a plethora of highly engaged creators, and beauty brands will continue to jump aboard up as this rush continues, says Antonia Baildam, brand partnerships...
With just one day between the announcement and the pitch application deadline (July 15, 2021), the beauty maker has formally signed on to present at the 2-day tech conference and to support the beauty (tech) pitch competition for VC funding.
Fragrance major Firmenich has developed an AI-powered, digital tool to speed up and simplify the scent creation process for independent beauty brands and entrepreneurs, though the platform is also generating interest amongst big beauty players too, a...
Estée Lauder Companies-owned Smashbox has extended its partnership with global beauty tech provider Perfect Corp to become the first ever beauty brand to be paired up with the YouCam Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered face analyzer technology.
With pandemic lockdowns slowly being lifted, the beauty and personal care industry is starting is emerging from its hibernation. This means innovation pipelines are being fired up again, but for what? We contacted Mintel to find out more.
The beauty tech company best known for its 3D AR tech and virtual cosmetics, hair color, and skin care try-on services has partnered with the airbrush cosmetics brand LUMINESS.
Today the Estée Lauder Companies’ brand announced the new makeup try-on and product recommendation service as a next-gen version of in-store makeup artist services.
The Texas-based beauty company has just expanded its Suite 13 virtual 3D beauty showroom and expects to have the tech in place for nearly all markets that Mary Kay serves by the end of the year.
Today, the biotech company announced plans to add a 7th clean consumer brand to its portfolio. This just one day after the ingredient maker publicized a deal to acquire a tech company called Beauty Labs International.
The website performance optimization specialist served more than 200% more sites during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and signed deals with notable skin care and hair care brands like TULA and Briogeo.
The Amazon-owned multinational supermarket chain is getting in on touch-less makeup sampling thanks to a newly announced partnership between Perfect Corp and the color cosmetics brand Mineral Fusion.
This month the beauty maker announced an open innovation challenge, recruiting scalable businesses with winning solutions in ecommerce, conscious tech, or new channel opportunities.
On Monday, trinamiX (a BASF brand) and VIAVI announced partnering on a tech development project that will put near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy into consumer hands.
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![Instagram beauty influencers with 1+ million followers drive higher opt-in returns for digital sampling campaigns compared to their micro counterparts with less than 50,000 followers [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2021/10/18/influencer-beauty-campaigns-with-free-samples-stronger-amongst-major-influencers-with-1-million-followers/12933078-1-eng-GB/Influencer-beauty-campaigns-with-free-samples-stronger-amongst-major-influencers-with-1-million-followers.jpg)
![Beiersdorf's method uses basic image data, environmental data and personal data to recommend cosmetic, skin care and dermatology products targeting specific needs for a person's overall skin condition [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/headlines/brand-innovation/beiersdorf-patents-ai-skin-profiling-and-personalised-product-recommendation-method/12921746-1-eng-GB/Beiersdorf-patents-AI-skin-profiling-and-personalised-product-recommendation-method.jpg)
![As beauty emerges from the dramatic changes of 2020, innovation efforts must target clear opportunities in digital and consumer joy [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2021/10/06/beauty-innovation-post-covid-needs-to-be-consumer-led-with-digital-and-joy-opportunities-says-strat-house/12901664-1-eng-GB/Beauty-innovation-post-COVID-needs-to-be-consumer-led-with-digital-and-joy-opportunities-says-Strat-House.jpg)
![The first episode and feature of the multimedia campaign tackles the issue of ocean plastic and focuses on the importance of environmentally-friendly beauty packaging [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2021/10/05/garnier-green-beauty-campaign-with-national-geographic-creativeworks-launches/12898764-1-eng-GB/Garnier-Green-Beauty-campaign-with-National-Geographic-CreativeWorks-launches.jpg)
![Openface offers a range of personalised cosmetic serums but eventually wants to use its tech to offer dermatology assessments for medical professionals [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/headlines/brand-innovation/personalised-beauty-ai-startup-openface-secures-vc-funding-eyes-europe-expansion/12879815-1-eng-GB/Personalised-beauty-AI-startup-Openface-secures-VC-funding-eyes-Europe-expansion.jpg)
![Retail design in a contactless and touchless post-pandemic market [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/headlines/packaging-design/how-brick-and-mortar-retailers-can-meet-beauty-consumers-sensory-needs-post-covid/12773973-1-eng-GB/How-brick-and-mortar-retailers-can-meet-beauty-consumers-sensory-needs-post-COVID.jpg)
![By 2026, the global health, beauty and personal care category is set to be worth €1.14 trillion with online sales worth €305.2 billion [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2021/08/24/health-and-beauty-global-sales-to-reach-1.14-trillion-by-2026-with-online-representing-50-says-edge-retail-insight/12762820-1-eng-GB/Health-and-beauty-global-sales-to-reach-1.14-trillion-by-2026-with-online-representing-50-says-Edge-Retail-Insight.jpg)
![Beauty samples continue to be key in consumer purchasing decisions, but how these are brought to the consumer needs to change [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign.com/article/2021/08/23/beauty-sampling-future-will-require-smart-data-and-omnichannel-strategy-says-samplicity/12759116-1-eng-GB/Beauty-sampling-future-will-require-smart-data-and-omnichannel-strategy-says-Samplicity.jpg)
![Shiseido has confirmed plans to launch Second Skin on October 1 [Shiseido]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/headlines/brand-innovation/shiseido-promises-to-offer-new-experiences-with-second-skin-tech-launch-in-october/12738825-1-eng-GB/Shiseido-promises-to-offer-new-experiences-with-Second-Skin-tech-launch-in-October.jpg)
![As of July 2021, The Ordinary has 949m hashtags and 288,000 followers; CeraVe has 878.5m hashtags and 252,600 followers making them the most popular beauty brands on TikTok [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2021/08/18/tiktok-most-popular-beauty-brands-the-ordinary-and-cerave-finds-skincare-hero/12746252-1-eng-GB/TikTok-most-popular-beauty-brands-The-Ordinary-and-CeraVe-finds-Skincare-Hero.jpg)
![Natura &Co has become a founding member of The WaterBear Network and has a dedicated video channel it will use to create informative and inspiring content about its environmental and social efforts worldwide [Image: Natura &Co/WaterBear]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/headlines/business-financial/natura-co-partners-with-waterbear-for-sustainable-beauty-video-channel/12711420-1-eng-GB/Natura-Co-partners-with-WaterBear-for-sustainable-beauty-video-channel.jpg)
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![Youthtopia is a pre-ageing skin care line powered by upcycled apples. [Origins]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/wrbm_tiny/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/headlines/brand-innovation/origins-s-youthtopia-highlights-powerful-potential-of-upcycled-beauty-ingredients/17746852-1-eng-GB/Origins-s-Youthtopia-highlights-powerful-potential-of-upcycled-beauty-ingredients.jpg)
