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L’Oréal growth shines a spotlight on ‘derma beauty’

Derma beauty brands and mass-market cosmetics are currently enjoying a boom for the L'Oreal Group, but sales are still sluggish in North Asia…

The ever-growing mountain of environmental regulation changes have presented a big challenge for the cosmetics industry (Image: Getty)

Navigating environmental regulations for cosmetics

As more beauty and personal care companies make the transition to become greener, sustainability has been a key theme at this year’s InCosmetics Global show. We asked the experts how companies can facilitate this transition, wherever they are in their...

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Cosmetic ingredients that emulate ecosystem and enhance natural skin barriers for healthy ageing

‘Ecosystem ingredients’ are finding their way into formulations. How are they aligning with holistic, healthy-ageing, skin barrier trends in the cosmetics industry?

Ecovia Intelligence's research shows the two accreditation categories with the highest adoption rates are 'natural and organic' and 'lower environmental impact'

What’s next for ethical cosmetics accreditations?

As consumers place more demand on beauty and personal care brands to meet their ethical expectations, we spoke to an expert about the evolution of schemes that are designed to prove this commitment…

Key cosmetics regulation issues: Q&A with MD of Personal Care Regulatory

From busting myths to greenwashing and MoCRA changes, ahead of this week’s InCosmetics Global show in Paris, we spoke to Mojgan Moddaresi, the MD of Personal Care Regulatory Ltd., about some of the key global issues in regulations right now…

The new rose-based innovation is said to

‘Augmented Naturality’: Robertet partners with Aethera Biotech to “increase the value of the plant world”

French natural ingredients company Robertet Group has partnered with Italian green-biotech business Aethera Biotech to create new ingredients and the duo is set to launch a new patented ‘rose’ extract at the InCosmetics Global show this month.

Sugintas noted that many markets are defined by low prices and constant promotions, yet people with really limited financial means are still splurging on some items

The eastern European beauty scene: insights from a Euromonitor expert

Despite the huge appetite for cosmetics products in many eastern European countries, this region is still somewhat of a mystery for many beauty and personal care brands from other parts of the world…

Professor Osvaldas Rukšėnas highlighted that 'healthy ageing' has now become the topic of focus (Image:Getty)

"Ageing is affected by many more factors than we expected": a neuroscientist on how 'anti-ageing' has become 'longevity'

The topic of 'longevity' is a huge focus for the cosmetics and personal care industry now, as 'anti-ageing' narratives begin to take this route instead. To find out more about the latest research in this area, we spoke to a neuroscientist...

Longevity, biomimetics, sensory & upcycled: key cosmetics ingredient trends to watch

We caught up with some of the world’s top cosmetics and personal care ingredients suppliers at this year’s InCosmetics Global show and found a focus on innovation in longevity, sensory, biomimetics and upcycled ingredients…

Neurocosmetics is a growing trend as more beauty consumers demand products that make them feel good as well as look good (Image: Getty)

4 new neuro-cosmetic ingredient innovations

Ingredients based around the mind-skin connection are big news at the InCosmetics Global show this year. Here are four new innovations that have just launched.