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Do beauty influencers still have real ‘influence’? And more answers to your ‘selling on social’ questions

Recent findings from a study by influencer marketing software Traackr reveals how younger consumers are using social media platforms in 2023 to consume content and purchase new products. We’ve dug deeper to understand what these learnings will mean in practice.

Schwan Cosmetics said it believed the trend for multiuse makeup products will continue in 2024

Mainstreaming makeup trends: what has shifted in consumer expectations?

From refillable packaging to multi-purpose usage and skinification benefits, it appears that these attributes are now a 'must-have' for makeup, rather than a 'nice-to-have'.

Beauty Forward 2024: CosmeticsDesign to decode next-gen beauty with digital summit – Register for FREE

CosmeticsDesign will kick off the new year with a digital summit designed to highlight the biggest trends and developments set to shape the industry in 2024, and you can register today for FREE.

L’Oréal x The Perfume Shop launch multi-brand refillable scent station

UK fragrance retailer The Perfume Shop has teamed up with beauty multinational L’Oréal to launch the first multi-brand fragrance refill station in The Perfume Shop store in Nottingham.

CEO Anastasia Georgievskaya said the software is being used by some beauty and personal care companies to easily 'test out' the potential effects of a certain skin care line on different population cohorts

Start the week with a startup: Haut.AI

Every fortnight we talk to a game-changer startup business about why it exists and how it plans to transform the industry. This week we spoke to Anastasia Georgievskaya, CEO of Haut.AI, the company behind generative AI tool SkinGPT.

The EU said each European generated 188.7kg of waste in 2021 and this is likely to increase to 209kg by 2030 (Image: Getty)

European Parliament updates rules on reduce, reuse and recycle and 'forever chemicals' ban

But zero waste groups say the action falls short of expectations, while bioplastics groups say it takes an “over-regulatory approach towards bioplastics.”

Once again the interplay between Cosmetic Regulation and REACH has caused confusion for the industry (Image:Getty)

“Toothless” ban on animal testing for cosmetics “virtually meaningless” – says Cruelty Free Europe as Symrise is told to test on animals

German chemicals company Symrise AG has lost its appeal against the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) at the EU’s General Court for its request to NOT test two chemicals on animals.

Colgate's team tested various different combinations, using between six and 20 layers, and technically invented the first recyclable toothpaste tube.

“Brands are in a unique position because they can affect the supply side and the demand side.” Colgate talks sustainability for toothpaste tubes

Colgate-Palmolive’s Senior Sustainability & Innovation Manager Adrian Sen recently spoke at the Omya Healthy Bite symposium about how Colgate had led the way in developing an eco-friendly toothpaste tube and how other companies have since followed...