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How to win over… the multidimensional Generation Z beauty consumers

26-Jul-2022 By Amanda Lim

Exclusive insights from a host of thriving beauty brands have revealed how firms can understand the purchasing behaviours of Gen Zs and better connect with them, while also exploring how this radical generation could fundamentally change the industry...

The Long Read: Everything beauty needs to consider in the Metaverse

The beauty metaverse: ‘We are at the beginning of something that is huge’

25-Jul-2022 By Lynda Searby

The lucrative potential of virtual beauty products, the complexities of crypto transactions and the sustainable and social challenges surrounding the metaverse must be front of mind as innovation in this fragmented space evolves, say industry experts.

Post-pandemic brand strategy: Simplification and sophistication – Research

21-Jul-2022 By Nurul Ain Razali

Simplification and sophistication are key strategies to drive cosmetics sales in the post-pandemic era, with consumers willing to spend more on natural, sustainable care and tech beauty.

BIG BRAND TALKS – IN CONVERSATION WITH TODAY’S BEAUTY LEADERS

Parfums Christian Dior: ‘We really need to collectively address the biodiversity and climate emergencies’

19-Jul-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty must hasten sustainability action in the face of current biodiversity and climate crises, and collaboration will be a critical way forward along with focus on regenerative agriculture, says the chief sustainability officer at LVMH’s Parfums Christian...

Replicating online success: Sa Sa targeting Malaysia, Australia, Europe, N. America with online revamp

14-Jul-2022 By Amanda Lim

Hong Kong-based beauty retailer Sa Sa International is eyeing opportunities in Malaysia, Australia, Europe, and North America with a revamped international online store.

The online 'look': L’Oréal files trio of patents for AR virtual makeup app

12-Jul-2022 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L'Oréal has developed a digital makeup software offering virtual cosmetics and makeup artist recommendations for highly personalised augmented reality (AR) ‘looks’ to be used across online video streaming services and image...

WGSN: Colour cosmetics and hair care ‘categories to watch’ in skinimalism

07-Jul-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The skinimalism trend continues to gain traction in beauty with fresh opportunities to develop all-in-one hybrid colour cosmetic and hair care products targeting this space, says WGSN.

Big beauty tech ideas 2022: Tinder for cosmetics, printable tattoos and NFT jewellery

05-Jul-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty tech is a fascinating and innovative space spurring a wealth of innovation across products, tools and services, and there’s plenty to watch in smart personalisation, self-expression and immersive platforms.

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How to win over… beauty consumers in the shifting post-pandemic brick-and-mortar landscape

29-Jun-2022 By Amanda Lim

Major brands including Sephora, Lush Cosmetics, Health & Glow and SUGAR Cosmetics have exclusively shared their insights on how they are redefining the in-store consumer experience in the wake of the COVID-pandemic.

A new world: Takeaways from FIT research on post-pandemic beauty world

27-Jun-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Beauty companies should update how they approach both their own employees and the new generation of customers after the pandemic, according to FIT.

A 'continued evolution': The rise of 3D beauty making over cosmetics

27-Jun-2022 By Natasha Spencer-Jolliffe

From digitalisation to virtualisation, beauty and personal care brands are capturing consumers by delving deeper into the 3D sphere.

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Less for more: Waterless beauty trend ‘bound’ to become mainstream – Lush Cosmetics

20-Jun-2022 By Amanda Lim

Lush Cosmetics’ Singapore director believes beauty is ready to be ‘100% waterless’ based on rising consumer education and its own innovations.

‘Half a step ahead’: FIVEISM x THREE outlines post-COVID market expansion plans to tap into growing men’s beauty market

17-Jun-2022 By Amanda Lim

Genderless make-up brand FIVEISM x THREE is embarking on an overseas expansion as the COVID-19 situation abates, with new markets including Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan on its cards.

Sweet dreams: India’s SUGAR Cosmetics edges closer to ambition of going public with latest mega funding

15-Jun-2022 By Amanda Lim

Indian direct-to-consumer (DTC) beauty and personal care brand SUGAR Cosmetics has secured U$50m in funding, which will bring it closer to its goal of going public.

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‘It’s a numbers game’: Is the inclusivity movement in beauty all just for show?

14-Jun-2022 By Amanda Lim

The CEO of an Asian-led make-up brand is questioning the ‘performative inclusivity’ she sees in the beauty industry, claiming it can hurt smaller, less well-funded brands that are trying to solve the frustrations of specific target consumers.

Coty files patent on ‘dynamic’ virtual try-on tech for colour cosmetics

09-Jun-2022 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major Coty has developed a system that enables dynamic and more representative digital colour adjustments for virtual makeup try-ons, either via video stream or augmented reality (AR).

COVID-19 and climate crisis bolstering vegan beauty demand: Review

07-Jun-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The global COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing climate crisis has bolstered demand for vegan topical and ingestible cosmetics as consumers look to improve consumption patterns beyond food, finds a review.

K-beauty brand Dear Dahlia eyeing major expansion in the Middle East to capture luxury beauty opportunities

07-Jun-2022 By Amanda Lim

Luxury vegan beauty brand Dear Dahlia from South Korea is set on expanding its presence in the Middle East, with new markets including Egypt, Kuwait, and Bahrain on the cards for this year.

Beauty ‘stronger and more resilient than ever’ post-pandemic, says Beautystreams

31-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The beauty industry has waded through a tough two years but come out stronger and more resilient as it edges deeper into a very different consumer landscape, says the executive editor of market insights firm Beautystreams.

Beauty ‘escapism’ in the metaverse: ‘Why recreate reality when you can bend the laws of physics?’

30-May-2022 By Lynda Searby

Everybody is talking about the metaverse - a new, mysterious and still largely undefined space, but one that is brimming with beauty opportunities, says a marketing expert.

China green beauty: Celebrity endorsements increases purchase intent among youth

27-May-2022 By Nurul Ain Razali

Celebrity endorsements are playing a crucial role in the development of China’s green beauty space, according to a new study.

Four 2024 beauty ‘personas’ to watch: Think zero-effort, avatars and hyper-realness, says WGSN

25-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The next two years will see a range of beauty cohorts take centre stage – lazy skinimalists, beautyversals, protopians and universals – carrying with them an increased focus on self-care, the environment and diversity, says a WGSN exec.

Unapologetic and authentic: Coty, Estée Lauder and L’Oréal brainstorm the ‘gender freedom’ rise in beauty

24-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Genderless and gender fluid have risen as beauty concepts over time, but gender freedom takes things further to capture and empower the hearts and minds of every consumer identify, say leading beauty execs.

How to win over… beauty consumers in a rebounding travel retail market

24-May-2022 By Amanda Lim

From pop-ups to new launches, and digital immersion to sustainability, we reveal how major brands and duty-free retail giants are expecting an imminent travel retail beauty boom as travellers once again take to the skies.

Beautiful Africa: ‘Nuanced’ A-Beauty an emerging space ‘to watch’ - WGSN

20-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

African-Beauty will soar in the coming months and years, as the diverse and ancient rituals and ingredients across the region draw in consumer curiosity, says WGSN’s head of beauty.

Inclusive beauty roundup: What you can learn about inclusive beauty on CosmeticsDesign

19-May-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Inclusive beauty is becoming more than a positioning choice in the beauty world, including new inclusion programs, ingredient options, brand launches and marketing adjustments.

Community, mindset and creativity: Estée Lauder, L’Oréal and Coty discuss future of the metaverse

19-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Whilst the metaverse remains an evolving space and concept, there is plenty of opportunity for beauty to use the world to engage, create and build communities, say leading beauty execs.

‘Measured, tracked and validated’: Estée Lauder outlines ‘green score’ tool for beauty

19-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty major The Estée Lauder Companies has outlined a method it has developed to score ingredients, formulations and products on their green value, considering human health, ecosystem health and environmental endpoints throughout the supply chain.

WGSN beauty ‘big ideas’ in 2024: Care culture, phygital, protopias, people power, accessibility and creativity

18-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

As beauty edges deeper into a post-pandemic world, brands and retailers must understand the heightened awareness of interdependence, yearning for community and mainstream rejection of ‘normal’ set to shape consumer thinking in years to come, says a WGSN...

‘Joyology’ set to define future beauty trends until 2027: Beautystreams

11-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Products, categories and concepts that instil a sense of positivity and joy will hold a critical place in the future of beauty as consumers crave deeper, more meaningful engagement with the category, says Beautystreams.

‘It needs to be benefits led’: Circular design expert explains why most eco-friendly propositions fail

10-May-2022 By Amanda Lim

Most circular design projects tend to fail as companies tend to begin to implement circular elements too late and fail to keep the mainstream consumers’ basic needs and concerns in mind.

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The future of beauty tech? The metaverse, NFTs and blockchain, says Mintel

04-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty tech is developing at a fast pace and there are plentiful opportunities for brands to play into this space, from smart consumer devices to metaverse engagement and blockchain for traceability, says Andrew McDougall, director of BPC at Mintel.

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How to win over… The misunderstood Generation X beauty consumer

04-May-2022 By Amanda Lim

With the beauty and cosmetics needs of the 'sandwiched generation' often misunderstood and unmet, we shine the spotlight on the trending categories, strategies for marketing success and the new product development white spaces to attract the...

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Hallyu herald: Shopee Korea scores $3m government project to bring K-beauty to Poland

02-May-2022 By Amanda Lim

The South Korean arm of South East Asian e-commerce platform Shopee has inked a deal with the Korean SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) to form a logistics service to facilitate the entry of Korean products to Poland.

China focus: Latest developments in China’s booming beauty market

28-Apr-2022 By Amanda Lim

We round up the most recent developments in the exciting Chinese beauty market, featuring news from Gotha Cosmetics, A.S. Watson and more.

Circular Beauty: How can industry make circularity a mainstream reality? FREE webinar

21-Apr-2022 By Amanda Lim

A raft of industry players are joining the circular beauty movement, but how can the sector encourage consumers to adopt circularity en masse?

Let's catch up: 5 CosmeticsDesign articles to revisit today

20-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

CosmeticsDesign has been experiencing some technical difficulties, but we're back! You can revisit these popular articles while we start publishing again.

Three ingredient trends CosmeticsDesign saw at In-Cosmetics this year

13-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

In-Cosmetics Global returned this year in Paris, and CosmeticsDesign was there to scope out what’s hot in cosmetics ingredients.

Digital startup Skinfo wants to ‘make conscious choices easier’ in beauty

13-Apr-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Swedish digital startup Skinfo has developed an online tool to simplify the display of beauty ingredients online, driving transparency and helping to build consumer trust, its founder says.

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Natural and organic cosmetics: An overview of certification options

08-Apr-2022 By Tjaša Grum, CE.way Regulatory Consultants

Interest in natural and organic cosmetics continues to rise amidst a wider green beauty boom, but with little regulation around these two terms, certification schemes have taken on fresh importance - for industry and consumers alike.

Concept to practice: What 4 beauty experts say about circular beauty today

08-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Much of the cosmetics industry is discussing the concept of circular economies in beauty, but whether brands, infrastructures and consumers around the world are ready to actually apply the model is yet to be seen.

‘Power of people and digital’: Shiseido developing personalised beauty platform to cater to new lifestyles

06-Apr-2022 By Amanda Lim

Japanese cosmetics major Shiseido is developing a digital beauty platform to cater to the online lifestyle habits that are likely to continue long after the pandemic, revealed the firm’s CEO.

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L’Oréal exec: Beauty tech can solve the ‘big data challenge’

28-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty has plenty of opportunities to employ cutting-edge technologies to improve consumer services and supply chains, but these innovations can also simplify very large data sets and manage complexities across businesses, says the marketing head of L’Oréal...

Europe takes the strain for A.S. Watson as China sales slow due to COVID-19 woes

28-Mar-2022 By Amanda Lim

A.S. Watson's health and beauty division grew up by 17% on the back of growth in Europe which helped to offset declines in China brought about by COVID-19

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How to win over… beauty consumers in a rapidly evolving e-commerce landscape

28-Mar-2022 By Amanda Lim

The beauty sector might be one of the hottest arenas in e-commerce, but there looks set to be boundless new opportunities on the horizon for digital-savvy brands, from social commerce advances to the metaverse.

Next-gen methods can 'transform' chemical risk assessment: Experts

24-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

There are strong opportunities to widen use of new approach methodologies (NAMs) for chemical risk assessments on worker safety and environmental impact of cosmetics, though regulatory acceptance will require a collaborative industry-research push, say...

‘Drastic but necessary’: Beauty majors cease business in Russia

22-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Several major beauty brands and retailers have suspended operations in Russia amidst the ongoing Ukraine conflict – action that aligns with widespread consumer sentiment and the increasing difficulties of doing business in the country, according to one...

Unilever invites ‘disruptive’ sustainable innovators to join its collaboration initiative

10-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever has widened the call for startups, scaleups and entrepreneurs to engage with its collaboration initiative, inviting those specialised in sustainable ingredients and packaging to join.

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