Packaging

‘Uniquely yours’: Colgate trials customization in mass-market oral care

21-Dec-2022 By Kirsty Doolan

Customizable beauty has flooded industry in recent years, but oral care is still unchartered territory and it’s an area Colgate-Palmolive is gauging interest in with a test and learn exercise.

Las Vegas start-up launches lipstick with date rape drug detection

20-Dec-2022 By Lynda Searby

Entrepreneur and women’s safety campaigner Joy Hoover has developed a lipstick with tech that can protect women from assault by identifying the presence of date rape drugs.

L'Oréal USA rolls out sustainability impact scores - can it hold sway with cash-strapped consumers?

15-Dec-2022 By Lynda Searby

As international beauty major L’Oréal unleashes the US roll-out of its digital Product Impact labeling initiative across more than 100 Garnier products, GlobalData questions whether it will be of value to consumers feeling the pinch of rising living costs.

P&G finance chief: ‘Immediate wow’ and ‘habit formation’ key to evolving superiority offerings

15-Dec-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Products that instantly impress and brand communication that helps shape beauty and personal care usage will be key to driving superiority growth for Procter & Gamble, says its chief financial officer (CFO).

Expert science, community self-care, sexual health and smart stores hold beauty promise in 2023: Mintel

14-Dec-2022 By Lynda Searby

Lynda Searby talks the democratization of science, the rise of intimate personal care and ‘tweakments’, and what beauty stores of the future need to look like, with Mintel’s Andrew McDougall.

WGSN: Colour to rise in importance as the ‘unblanding of beauty’ unravels in 2024

13-Dec-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Colours that amplify and communicate product benefits, influence mood and enable self-expression will rise in importance by Autumn 2024 as the beauty industry shifts away from blander hues, says WGSN.

'Hotspots': Coty sets independently approved climate targets

12-Dec-2022 By Lynda Searby

New climate targets will see multinational beauty manufacturer Coty getting more ambitious in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage.

The environmental impact of beauty: Why industry needs to measure, act and communicate

12-Dec-2022 By Kacey Culliney

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.

‘Retailers have got more involved' in ethical beauty – Ecovia Intelligence

07-Dec-2022 By Kacey Culliney

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.

Big Brand Talks – In Conversation with Today’s Beauty Leaders

Weleda R&D chief: ‘We’re trying to switch our way of innovating’

05-Dec-2022 By Kacey Culliney

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.

B Corp Beauty Coalition: Industry must drive concept of ‘beauty citizens’

29-Nov-2022 By Kacey Culliney

If the beauty industry wants to create real change it needs to shift how it defines its moving parts, and thinking of beauty consumers as beauty citizens could be the first step, says the chair of the B Corp Beauty Coalition supervisory board.

Let’s talk about upcycling

Manufacturing at heart of cosmetics industry meeting global climate change goals

10-Nov-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Cutting carbon emissions up and down the beauty supply chain, specifically in manufacturing, will be essential to meet climate goals.

Let’s talk about upcycling

Beauty packaging looking to take reduce, reuse, recycle to the next level

09-Nov-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

The beauty industry is a major user of plastic packaging, but a new report says some companies are looking for creative solutions.

Sustainable Cosmetics Summit 2022 Paris, France

Lush exec: ‘If you want to make change, hire activists’

09-Nov-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Hiring activists is a sure-fire way to accelerate environmental and sustainable change in a beauty business, and it’s a strategy that has worked well in driving impact at Lush so far, says its earth care strategy lead.

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).

How Greenpeace plastic circularity report impacts beauty and personal care

02-Nov-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

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.

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.

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.

Catch up on some popular articles on CosmeticsDesign this week

23-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Learn about CBD ingredients, packaging and movements in the market with some of the popular articles on CosmeticsDesign.

Q&A

More plastic, more sustainable: FusionPKG on mono-material airless pumps

22-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

In the search for more sustainable packaging, suppliers like FusionPKG are trading in metal components for plastic to improve recyclability.

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.

IFSCC CONGRESS 2022 LONDON, UK

Beauty and the brain: ‘Multisensory experiences are happening all the time’, says Professor Charles Spence

22-Sep-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Consumers live in a multisensory world where perception and experiences are defined by the human senses, and the beauty industry must keep this front-of-mind during product design and development, says a leading experimental psychologist.

Recycle Awareness Week: Catch up on recycling in the cosmetics industry

20-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

It's Recycle Awareness Week, making it a great time to catch up on recycling in the cosmetics industry.

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.

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.

‘Go above and beyond’: Why recycling is beauty’s biggest misinformation problem – Emma Lewisham CEO

13-Sep-2022 By Amanda Lim

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.

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Editor's Spotlight: Sustainable packaging regulation to keep your eyes peeled for

12-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Hear from CosmeticsDesign's editor about her article recommendation for this week on sustainable packaging regulation in the US.

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.

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?

Seacliff Beauty bringing next level of recycled plastic packaging to beauty

06-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

While some packaging suppliers rely on offsets to claim to remove ocean plastic, Seacliff Beauty is doing it quite literally.

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Sustainable packaging regulation at the federal level not budging, future of the regulations

01-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

States across the US are enacting sustainable packaging laws, but Ameripen is also clocking increased dialog and stagnant action at the federal level.

Dive deeper into the newly announced Pact Collective, Eastman Renew partnership

31-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Eastman Renew and Pact Collective have announced a new partnership in the pursuit of circularity in beauty packaging, but there is more to know about both organizations and the mission.

Three types of sustainable packaging regulations Ameripen is keeping its eye on

24-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

As consumers are hungering for sustainable packaging, state legislators are pushing the consumer packaged goods industry to change how it does business.

Tech, packaging, innovation: Read this week's most popular CosmeticsDesign articles

19-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Catch up on this weeks hottest articles, including expert Q&As, tech innovations, the latest in packaging solutions and more.

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Pact Collective on how they want to help the beauty industry work towards circularity

18-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

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.

CEO Q&A

Boox wants to take the single-use out of beauty DTC product shipping

11-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

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.

Tradeshow trends: A roundup of the trends CosmeticsDesign saw at this year's tradeshows

02-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Spring and summer have been filled with tradeshows, and at tradeshows CosmeticsDesign sees trends.

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People, plants, products: 9 stats for cosmetics professionals from plant-based product report

27-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Cosmetics professionals have heard that consumers are increasingly interested in botanicals, and recent consumer studies back that up.

The Long Read: Everything beauty needs to consider in the Metaverse

The beauty metaverse: ‘We are at the beginning of something that is huge’

25-Jul-2022 By Lynda Searby

The lucrative potential of virtual beauty products, the complexities of crypto transactions and the sustainable and social challenges surrounding the metaverse must be front of mind as innovation in this fragmented space evolves, say industry experts.

Read these hot CosmeticsDesign articles this weekend while you stay out of the heat

22-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

It's that time of the week again! Catch up on the hottest CosmeticsDesign articles this week and learn what industry experts have on their minds right now.

Post-pandemic brand strategy: Simplification and sophistication – Research

21-Jul-2022 By Nurul Ain Razali

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.

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Beautycounter launches partnership with Pact Collective to improve packaging circularity

19-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

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.

Reusable, lightweight or recyclable beauty? ‘Reusability should be prioritised’, say researchers

18-Jul-2022 By Kacey Culliney

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.

Catch up on plastic waste solutions for Plastic Free July with CosmeticsDesign

07-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

While Plastic Free July is primarily a consumer initiative, it's a good time to learn more about what the industry is doing about plastic waste.

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Plastic pollution problems: Three takeaways from The Body Shop plastic waste study

29-Jun-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

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.

WWP Beauty on bringing “future-focused materials” to cosmetics packaging

24-Jun-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Packaging suppliers like WWP Beauty are introducing sustainable packaging collections that go past traditional PCR plastic, with both plastic and plants.

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Kits, calendars, customers: How product kits fit into the cosmetics world

23-Jun-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

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.