Market Trends

Unisex to gender-neutral: There’s a ‘new standard’ in skin care and makeup, says GlobalData

21-Jul-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty and personal care products that are inclusive with neutral messaging will firmly take centre stage as the new standard in skin care and makeup, likely prompting a retail re-think in coming months, according to GlobalData.

Beauty and the Influencer: ‘It’s definitely here to stay’ – expert

20-Jul-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The plethora of influencer-created beauty content online continues to swell worldwide, and brands should monitor it closely as it provides an important feedback loop that can unlock innovation and power business growth, says a specialist.

Inside the trends that are driving the nutri-cosmetic boom

15-Jul-2021 By Danielle Masterson

We're taking a look at a what is shaping and defining the category as we gear up for next week's Beauty from Within Webinar.

Colgate-Palmolive brings hand soap refill tablets to US personal care market

14-Jul-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the multinational consumer goods company launched its Softsoap Foaming Tablet Starter Kits and Refill Kits. The aluminum bottles and solid product refills are helping Colgate-Palmolive meet its 2025 sustainability goals.

COVID-19 fuels online 'skinbiotics' surge – and big beauty is joining fast

13-Jul-2021 By Shane Starling

The pandemic’s relentless push to digital retail and even mask wearing have helped online probiotic cosmetic products more than double in two years across 25 countries tracked by Lumina Intelligence.

Immunity & beauty has a 'very promising future' but less claims, more science needed – experts

12-Jul-2021 By Lynda Searby

Manufacturers should pull back on making strong claims and focus more on consumer education, holistic health and wellness concepts and ingredient innovation when addressing immunity in the beauty and personal care space, say experts.

L’Oréal sees opportunity in sun care with skin care benefits

12-Jul-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Scientists working at the beauty maker’s Research and Innovation facility in Clark, New Jersey, published an article in JDD earlier this year on the relationship among ceramides, UV radiation, and skin barrier function. Now the company’s CeraVe brand...

‘Reassuring blues’ and ‘planet-friendly pigments’: A peak inside WGSN’s post-pandemic 2023 colour trends report

08-Jul-2021 By Shane Starling

The post-COVID new normal taking shape before our eyes is drastically altering consumer sentiment and behaviour in enigmatic ways, but the primal need for healing and renewal will drive cosmetic beauty colour selection in the approaching years, according...

Finer details: US brand Ingredients targets APAC’s ‘lagging’ clean beauty market with ‘transparent’ approach

07-Jul-2021 By Amanda Lim

The US duo who sold a premium men’s grooming brand to Procter & Gamble are now targeting APAC markets with its latest venture – transparency focused skin care brand called Ingredients.

‘Drive for success’: British luxury brand ELEMIS bets on omnichannel strategy to secure bright future in APAC

06-Jul-2021 By Amanda Lim

UK luxury brand ELEMIS is making another ‘digital-first’ debut into Singapore and Malaysia as it builds up its omnichannel retail strategy to pursue its goal of becoming the top British premium skin care brand in the world.

Learn from China: EMEA brands must look to the ‘world’s growth engine’ of beauty and personal care

29-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty players across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) should look to China for post-pandemic learnings given the rapid rebound seen in the territory, says Euromonitor International.

‘Perfection is passé’: Creativity and joy are fuelling the TikTok #beauty surge

25-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The unfathomable rise of TikTok can no longer be ignored by beauty brands, as swathes of users engage with the social media platform daily; appreciated for its openness and sense of community, say experts.

Post-pandemic beauty: Skin care to take ‘brightest spot’ globally with €152bn sales by 2025

23-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The global beauty and personal care market is bouncing back from a difficult COVID-19 period, and skin care will be the frontrunner in future growth as consumers continue to prioritise ‘skinimalism’ routines, according to Euromonitor International.

Eliminating emotional friction: How buy now, pay later plays to the millennial beauty consumer psyche – hoolah CEO

21-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

Millennial beauty consumers are adopting buy now, pay later (BNPL) services because they remove the ‘emotional friction’ of purchases by helping to spread the cost, according to Singapore-headquartered platform hoolah.

Carbon neutrality ‘still emerging’ in beauty but the race is on: GlobalData

18-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Carbon neutrality remains relatively nascent in beauty and personal care, but extensive and long-standing green efforts and a strong consumer appetite will propel the sector in the ongoing race, says a GlobalData analyst.