Voice of the Industry

Sepawa 2021

Strength of scent? Still ‘more room’ for fragrance innovation in beauty, says Mintel

19-Oct-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty and personal care brands can innovate further with fragrances, bringing scent to the centre of a product and highlighting health and wellbeing benefits it can bring, says a Mintel analyst.

A ‘strong comeback’ to travel retail: L’Oréal debuts Valentino Beauty in Dubai and Seoul

12-Oct-2021 By Kacey Culliney

L’Oréal couture brand Valentino has launched its first makeup collection in Dubai and Seoul airports, laying the path for a strong return to beauty travel retail for the conglomerate, an executive says.

Five 2023 beauty ‘personas’ to watch: Think frugality, sustainability, gender fluidity and creativity, says WGSN

05-Oct-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The next two years will see five cohorts of beauty consumers take centre stage - skinimalists, refillutionaries, beautopians, super basics and skillusionists - drawing a sharper focus on core desires around frugality, sustainability, gender fluidity and...

Strengthening the core: Shiseido CEO on why skin care set to become ‘even bigger’ post-pandemic

05-Oct-2021 By Amanda Lim

Japanese beauty major Shiseido is throwing its full weight behind skin care with its CEO believing there are “emerging segments” that it can capitalise on in the next few years.

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Top 5 most-read stories September 2021: Big beauty consortium, psoriasis innovation and EU animal testing vote

04-Oct-2021 By Kacey Culliney

A round-up of CosmeticsDesign-Europe’s most-read news from September 2021 shows interest in world beauty leaders creating a consortium to co-develop an environmental impact and scoring system, a new probiotic powder targeting psoriasis via the gut-skin...

NutraCast: “biological age” vs. chronological age

01-Oct-2021 By Danielle Masterson

We all know our age. But how old does our body think it is? One test looks at “biological age” vs. chronological age and Terrain Health is just one of a dozen approved companies in the nation offering a biomarker-based evaluation called Agebio, a test...

L’Oréal Prada tie-up to create ‘code-disrupting’ global beauty brand: Exec

23-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty major L’Oréal and luxury fashion house Prada are driving international noise around their first fragrance launch – an innovation that marks the first of many designed to build out a highly competitive global beauty brand, an executive says.

‘Sensiti-Ageing’: Sensitive skin category lacking solutions to tackle vulnerability to premature ageing

21-Sep-2021 By Amanda Lim

The skin care market is lacking anti-ageing solutions for consumers with sensitive skin even though they are more susceptible to premature ageing, says a South Korean ingredient manufacturer.

Storytelling can ‘break the echo chamber’ of sustainable beauty communication, says WaterBear

15-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Engaging content that tells a character-led story is the future for beauty brands looking to engage better with consumers around sustainability, says Dutch eco video streaming service WaterBear.

Cosmetics Europe chief: ‘Now is the time’ to ramp up EU dialogue on animal testing concerns

09-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Industry must continue raising its concerns around the interface between ECHA and the Cosmetics Regulation on animal testing because there are issues that need to be debated and solutions found, says the director-general of Cosmetics Europe.

The Body Shop and Dove bring ‘scale and size’ to EU push to protect cosmetics animal testing ban – execs

06-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The Body Shop and Dove combining their scale and size brings a collective power to push forward calls to protect the EU’s existing animal testing ban on cosmetics, company executives say.

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Top 5 most-read stories August 2021: TikTok trending, Unilever packaging patent, Hut Group M&A

03-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

A round-up of CosmeticsDesign-Europe’s most-read news from August 2021 shows interest in the most popular beauty brands on TikTok, Unilever’s patent on post-consumer resin coloured packaging, and The Hut Group’s acquisition of Cult Beauty.

Dollars and sense: How brick-and-mortar retailers can meet beauty consumers’ sensory needs post-COVID

02-Sep-2021 By Amanda Lim

Strong brand communication through visual elements are becoming increasingly important for cosmetic retailers in the contactless and touchless post-pandemic market, claims a design boss who has just worked with South Korea’s Shinsegae-owned Chicor.

Deciem’s NIOD expands further into France – we want to introduce The Ordinary’s ‘big sister’

27-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Deciem-owned prestige skin care brand NIOD is launching into a dedicated corner at French department store La Samaritaine – a move the company hopes will push it into the spotlight to follow in the footsteps of sister brand The Ordinary.

APAC acceleration: Luxury brand Rituals outlines plans to expand footprint with strong focus on China

26-Aug-2021 By Amanda Lim

Rituals Cosmetics is working to grow its presence in Asia Pacific, especially in China, after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.