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According to fashion and beauty trend forecaster WGSN, skin care has become COVID-19's 'bright spot' with clear opportunities in concentrated active formulas, sleep-time care and underarm product innovation [Getty Images]

Skin care future? Underarm NPD, pre-bed rituals and hero concentrates

The COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on beauty, but skin care came out stronger than ever with some key sub-categories offering plenty of innovation and growth promise in the years ahead, says WGSN.

Essential oils could have uses across cosmetics, but still pose significant challenges

Consumer and regulatory demands are pushing personal care brands to use more botanical ingredients, pulling essential oils further out of fragrance and demanding more research.

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Deep dive into sustainability and cosmetic raw materials

Sustainability plays a key role in today's beauty industry. Symrise’s Consumer & Market Insights department is closely following this topic and its evolution over time. Thanks to Infegy Atlas, a social listening platform1, we studied the mentions...

Mindful resistance: Myanmar-duo creates luxury beauty brand that speaks to the spirit of Gen Z

Myanmar-born beauty brand Gabar is targeting Gen Z consumers by appealing to them with sensorial products that promote its brand of ‘mindful resistance’.

Financial focus: Shiseido, Estée Lauder and more feature in our latest beauty business and finance update

Shiseido, Estée Lauder, LG Household & Health Care and more in this round-up of financial results, M&As and funding drives in the cosmetics industry.

J&J to carve out premium position with 'added-value' personal care following split: Analyst

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will become more competitive in personal care after the carve out of its consumer health business, particularly if it invests in personalised and premium NPD, an analyst says.

Retail expert: Unified commerce, data connectivity and the metaverse to be future for beauty

Unified commerce where online and offline are intrinsically linked, a sharper and smarter focus on data, and investment in the metaverse must be the future focus for beauty brands and retailers, says a retail expert.

P&G files patent on ‘smart’ hair grooming device

Personal care major Procter & Gamble (P&G) has developed a hair grooming device that analyses the time, speed and force of brushing, collecting and storing data to communicate with its user.

Alaskan Bog Blueberry shows early promise as UV protection ingredient

In UV protection, synthetics are under fire and a fruit from Alaska shows early promise as a botanical alternative.

Sanofi's Origimm takeover acquires skin microbiome-targeting candidate for acne vaccine

Sanofi is to acquire Origimm Biotechnology in a move that gives the pharma giants a candidate to develop a first-in-class acne vaccine, which targets the skin microbiome and bacterial antigens that cause the skin condition.

Probiota Pioneers: Deadline approaching for start-up applications for leading probiotics & prebiotics event

NutraIngredients is on the hunt for entrepreneurial consumer-facing, science- or technology-based start-ups to join our Probiota community and present their company in Copenhagen. Do you have what it takes? If so, there are just a few days left to apply!