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People with disabilities see gaps in beauty, brand scarcely addressing them says Mintel

03-Nov-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

More than a quarter of Americans live with a disability, but the beauty and personal care industry's focus on creating products for these consumers is scant, according to Mintel.

UNEP 2022 Adaptation Gap Report and Emissions Gap Report

UNEP ahead of COP27: The world is ‘not keeping pace with climate risks and impacts’

03-Nov-2022 By Kacey Culliney

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).

A personal touch in e-commerce: The lowdown on live selling according to CommentSold

01-Nov-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

E-commerce took off in the US during the pandemic, but the beauty retail giant of China might be the next hot retail environment in the West.

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"See in the crystal ball": Voyant launches Atelier to target best and brightest indie brands

01-Nov-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Contract manufacturer Voyant has launched a new division intended to identify the most promising indie brands and partner with them up until acquisition.

Beauty industry must avoid ‘menowashing’, warn experts

31-Oct-2022 By Lynda Searby

Menopausal beauty is a space with huge untapped opportunity, but one that brands should approach in a credible and science-backed manner, caution female beauty experts.

Read about expert viewpoints with CosmeticsDesign's new hot topic category

25-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

CosmeticsDesign features hundreds of articles with insight from the industry's leading experts which readers can now find in a new hot topic category.

Catch up on CosmeticsDesign's most popular articles over the weekend

20-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Find the trendiest articles on CosmeticsDesign here to catch up on the worlds of regulation, research and business.

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The skin is ‘an extension’ of the brain: PhD Trials identifies influential space surrounding skin as the ‘emossome’

19-Oct-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Portugal-based contract research firm PhD Trials has found that the environmental space surrounding the skin can influence sensorial response and induce neural activity, creating exciting promise for cosmetics.

Read about trends and emerging markets on CosmeticsDesign

18-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Explore CosmeticsDesign's new Hot Topic category "Trends and Emerging Markets" to learn about what's next in the cosmetics world.

Look back at CosmeticsDesign's most popular articles this summer

14-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

The northern hemisphere is well into autumn now, but CosmeticsDesign's most popular articles over the summer are still here with information about where the world of cosmetics is going.

Study

Natural cosmetics purchasing behavior is gender fluid, finds study

13-Oct-2022 By Lynda Searby

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 future of makeup? Post-pandemic creativity and metaverse domination

13-Oct-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Makeup trends over the next three years will be shaped by a rush of post-pandemic creativity and increasing engagement in virtual realities and tech, says WGSN.

“Court of public opinion” holding brands’ feet to the fire on prohibited chemicals

12-Oct-2022 By Lynda Searby

Prohibited chemicals are the top regulatory and legal concerns for small to mid-sized cosmetic and personal care businesses according to IBA.

The Long Read

Environmental expert: Industry must establish ‘ethical integrity’ across entire supply chain in global crises

12-Oct-2022 By Kacey Culliney

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.

Explore the "Consumer insights" hot topic on CosmeticsDesign

11-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

If a reader wants to learn about what cosmetics consumers are interested in, there is now a hot topic category on CosmeticsDesign for them.

Read the most popular articles on CosmeticsDesign last month

07-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Learn more about the cosmetics industry with the most popular articles on CosmeticsDesign in September.

CEO Interview

Three lessons on moving into the Chinese market, according to SuperOrdinary

05-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

SuperOrdinary paved its way in beauty helping US brands move into the Chinese market, and as Honest Co begins that journey lessons can be learned by the industry.

Explore the new "Companies looking to the future" hot topic category

04-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Readers may have noticed the hot topic categories on CosmeticsDesign have changed, including one dedicated to the companies looking to the future in the industry.

Pop-up power: Beauty brands can use ‘uniquely designed spaces’ to build hype and community, says Mintel

04-Oct-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Temporary retail spaces offer beauty brands opportunity to build hype and drive community post-pandemic – both key in an increasingly competitive UK market, says Mintel.

The next frontier? K-beauty companies shifting focus toward the US for growth

04-Oct-2022 By Amanda Lim

South Korean cosmetic companies Amorepacific and LG Household & Healthcare (LG H&H) are turning their gaze westwards to the US for new opportunities as growth prospects in China dampen.

Dive deeper on Kao joining Genomatica venture to scale palm oil alternatives

03-Oct-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Biotechnology firm Genomatica announced last week that Japanese giant Kao Corporation is joining a venture to scale alternatives to palm oil.

Read this week's most popular CosmeticsDesign articles

30-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Touch base with CosmeticsDesign this weekend with the most popular articles on the site during the week.

Dive deeper on announced name for J&J's planned consumer health company

28-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Johnson and Johnson announced Tuesday that the name of its new planned consumer health company will be Kenvue.

‘Strong, inclusive and fearless’: Estée Lauder enters tie-up with Balmain for 2024 prestige beauty launch

27-Sep-2022 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major The Estée Lauder Companies and French luxury fashion house Balmain have entered into a license agreement to collaboratively develop and launch an inclusive prestige beauty line next year.

Euromonitor’s four supply chain risks and what they may look like now, long term

22-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

The world has seen massive supply chain interruptions over the past few years, and Euromonitor says industries may be facing more challenges.

WATCH: Three trends CosmeticsDesign saw at MakeUp NYC 2022

21-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

MakeUp NYC brought the trends in color cosmetics formulation, packaging and design to the Javits Center.

Care and colour: Shiseido’s Prior to launch eye shadows with skin ageing care benefits

21-Sep-2022 By Amanda Lim

Shiseido-owned beauty brand Prior is set to launch a line of eye shadows with skin-loving ingredients that it claims can counter signs of ageing for women over 50.

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Consumers look to custom beauty to address inclusivity gaps says Mintel

20-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

While custom beauty might be a fun new product type, Mintel says consumers are also using it to address needs that may not be easily addressed by traditional products.

The future of beauty tech is here! Sephora, Shiseido and Orveon share 5-year visions

19-Sep-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Leading executives from Sephora, Shiseido and Orveon will join forces to brainstorm the future of beauty tech – discussing opportunities and challenges today and revealing their five-year vision.

The business of Instagram: Creativity and community key to growth - execs

19-Sep-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty businesses must focus on pushing creativity and building communities on Instagram to spur engagement and drive growth, according to executives of the platform.

Meet the new hot topic

Sustainability: Coverage on every facet of sustainability in cosmetics

13-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

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.

‘Real opportunity’ for in-store beauty tech to aid consumer choice and experience: Mintel

09-Sep-2022 By Lynda Searby

Beauty tech investments have largely focused on digital and e-commerce, but consumers are looking for technology in-store as well to improve the overall shopping experience, providing significant opportunity for brands and retailers, according to Mintel.

Making the world a better place: Read this week's top CosmeticsDesign articles

08-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

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.

AI-powered personalised beauty: Brands investing in AI and AR are ‘growing in double digits’

08-Sep-2022 By Lynda Serby

Taiwan-based Perfect Corp has launched new AI tech that enables beauty brands to make personalised product recommendations tailored to consumers’ personality traits.

Beauty 4.0 future: Global innovators brainstorm tech promise beyond 2022

08-Sep-2022 By CosmeticsDesign-Europe Reporter

Technology in beauty is continuing its meteoric rise at supersonic pace, but as consumers look for more innovative and immersive stories, stores, tools and apps, how can beauty stay smart in this space?

Dive deeper on The Honest Company announcement on moving into Chinese market with SuperOrdinary

07-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

The Honest Company announced it will move into the Chinese market with SuperOrdinary and it's a good time to learn more about the companies and the move the new market.

Meet with CosmeticsDesign at MakeUp NYC

07-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

MakeUp NYC will be the CosmeticsDesign editor's last trade show of 2022, which means it's companies' last chance for an at-show interview.

‘Road to recovery’: Kosé Corp aims to tap into make-up recovery with high-prestige brands

06-Sep-2022 By Amanda Lim

Japanese cosmetics company Kosé Corporation intends to strengthen its line-up of make-up in the high-prestige beauty segment to capitalise on the post-pandemic make-up recovery.

A bit of everything: Learn about a range of issues in cosmetics with this week's trendy articles

02-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

This week's trendy articles on CosmeticsDesign offer a wide variety of cosmetics topics to learn about over this long weekend.

‘Baby steps’: Nykaa set to take brand portfolio overseas to Mauritius, UAE, US

02-Sep-2022 By Amanda Lim

Indian cosmetics e-commerce company Nykaa is making “baby steps” onto the international stage by pushing its portfolio of beauty brands into markets including Mauritius, United Arab Emirates, US.

Review

Alternatives to animal testing developing, focus on cruelty-free may be holding back

31-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Animal testing was the 20th-century answer to product safety issues, and as the 21st-century cosmetics industry turns away from it some replacements are still up in the air.

Unconventional faces: ‘Stereotypical depictions of beauty are shifting,’ says expert

31-Aug-2022 By Shane Starling

Shaved heads, no eyebrows and messy makeup are some of the latest visuals popping up in beauty as Generation Z emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic looking to flip the lid on dated, traditional narratives.

Perfect Corp YouCam app used machine learning to create beard try-on technology

25-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

If beards are makeup for men, then a recently launched digital tool is here to prove it, at least from the virtual try-on perspective.

Recovery plan: Estée Lauder outlines six-month strategy to recoup market share loss in China

24-Aug-2022 By Amanda Lim

The Estée Lauder Companies has put in place a six-month plan to recover the market share it has lost in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions that occurred in the first half of 2022.

Quiz: Which of Euromonitor's 2022 consumer types is your key consumer

22-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Consumer trends are a great snapshot of the whole market, but knowing what a brand’s consumer type is can help zero in on the right strategies.

EXCLUSIVE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS

How to win over… the modern male beauty and personal care consumer

22-Aug-2022 By Amanda Lim

Exclusive insights from pioneers in the men’s cosmetics market, including MANSCAPED and FIVEISM x THREE, reveal the drivers behind men’s evolving perception of cosmetic products and shed light on what exactly they want from skin care and make-up.

How Because Intelligence wants to use automation to tame the wilds of eCommerce

19-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Because Intelligence is a pandemic-born tech company using automation to optimize product pages so brands don’t have to do it by hand.

Study

Just your type: Meet Euromonitor's 8 consumer types and learn about their like, dislikes, needs

18-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Consumer trends are a great snapshot of the whole market, but knowing what a brand’s consumer type is can help zero in on the right strategies.

Study

Study suggests plant-based colorants could also serve as antioxidant ingredient

15-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Many plants both show promise as cosmetic actives and are rather colorful, and a new study suggests cosmetics may be able to harness both qualities.

Going on the offensive: Shiseido to invest over $75m in brand equity and employee training

15-Aug-2022 By Amanda Lim

Japanese beauty major Shiseido is planning to invest JPY10bn (USD75.5m) in both brand equity and its employees as part of plans to go on the offensive and buck the declining trend of the market.