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L'Oréal has unveiled two prototype smart makeup application devices - one for lipstick and another for brows - both designed to make the category more inclusive and accessible [Getty Images] Smart beauty: L’Oréal and J&J unveil CES 2023 ‘inclusive’ tech innovations The European-wide industry initiative is focused on three key areas - climate, nature and packaging - with a series of goals, guidelines and tools available to companies throughout the value chain [Getty Images] ‘Collective action’: Cosmetics Europe unveils industry eco initiative Commit for Our Planet More consumers worldwide have companion animals in today's 'touch deprived' society, and so pet care will continue to rise in importance [Getty Images] Horizon beauty trends: Pet care, lab-grown ingredients and skin care cycles Weleda has created a small internal startup to build out fresh innovations across packaging and formulation [Getty Images] Weleda R&D chief: ‘We’re trying to switch our way of innovating’ Unilever's invention features a cleansing wash-off step with a composition comprising high levels of water-soluble UVA and UVB sunscreens [Getty Images] Cleanser + cream: Unilever files patent on two-step SPF protection A number of retailers have introduced ethical beauty schemes with in-house standards outlining ingredients allowed and disallowed, as well wider environmental requirements [Getty Images] ‘Retailers have got more involved' in ethical beauty – Ecovia Intelligence L'Oréal is heavily invested in advancing UV protection offerings, including for consumers with dark skin phototypes [Getty Images] L’Oréal CEO: Daily UV protection to be 'one of the important growth drivers in the future’ A beauty citizen could be considered 'an individual who is conscious of their role in society and is keen to protect the beauty of nature as to improve their own sense of beauty' [Getty Images] B Corp Beauty Coalition: Industry must drive concept of ‘beauty citizens’ Beauty products targeting menopausal women have to be based on sound science and not just marketing chatter [Getty Images] Beauty industry must avoid ‘menowashing’, warn experts Many precursors of the metaverse already exist - the likes of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) - but the true potential remains some years off [Getty Images] Meta: 2022 marks ‘the start of the beginning’ for the metaverse

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