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Quantitative to qualitative: ‘Smart data’ the future of beauty sampling

23-Aug-2021 By Natasha Spencer

Try-before-we-buy has come under scrutiny in cosmetics amid the pandemic, with brands innovating touchless solutions to promote safe and hygienic handling when shopping for beauty buys. Subsequently, sampling strategies are evolving—with a big emphasis...

‘We have to act now and swiftly’: UK Sustainable Beauty Coalition launches

17-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The British Beauty Council has launched its Sustainable Beauty Coalition to spearhead fast and effective change in response to the ongoing climate crisis, and it is calling on industry to join.

Waste not: Unilever files patent on coloured post-consumer resin beauty packaging

12-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever has developed sustainable black packaging made from layered post-consumer resin materials, breathing new life into plastic previously treated as waste.

Beauty Kitchen launches Vitamin Kitchen: Founder says ‘carbon positive’ microalgae R&D advancing

11-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

UK indie brand Beauty Kitchen has unveiled its latest business venture Vitamin Kitchen – a vegan vitamin gummies brand that it will soon expand to include products containing microalgae and marine extracts; part of a larger goal to offer complementary...

Eco-friendly sampling: Origin Group targets beauty with recyclable single-use 'snap' sachets

05-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

UK packaging firm Origin Group has developed a single-dose recyclable sachet that snaps open for easy, sustainable use across cosmetics, skin care and hair care – industries where sampling demands remain high.

Sustainable cosmetics: ‘Marketing is as misinformed as consumers sometimes’, says Re-Sources founder

15-Jul-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Online sustainable cosmetics educational platform Re-Sources wants to close the knowledge gap between beauty formulators, packaging technologists and marketing to streamline green product development.

British Beauty Council CEO: Industry must ‘take responsibility’ in ‘enormous’ plastics challenge

14-Jul-2021 By Lynda Searby

The beauty industry needs to shun consumerism, stop confusing consumers and invest in infrastructure, packaging technology and manufacturing if it is to begin to address the enormous plastic challenge, says the CEO of the British Beauty Council.

‘A big step’: The Body Shop believes reuse and refill habit will ‘definitely’ become mainstream in Singapore

13-Jul-2021 By Amanda Lim

The Body Shop has begun rolling out in-store refill services in Singapore where it believes the reuse and refill habit will become mainstream among beauty consumers.

‘Start with the dream and build backwards’: Beauty must tackle sustainability challenges post-COVID

07-Jul-2021 By Shane Starling

As COVID and climate crisis-shaken consumers demand more from beauty, experts believe there remain hurdles in packaging, brand communication and supply chain logistics before industry reaches the zero-waste dream.

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EC official: No ‘major overhaul’ of Cosmetics Regulation planned under European Green Deal

30-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The European Green Deal will see plenty of strategies and legislation rolled out to slash carbon emissions, phase out harmful chemicals and drive circular business models, but there will be no major overhaul to the existing EU Cosmetics Regulation, according...

L’Oréal to launch ‘infinitely recyclable’ Biotherm bottle in 2025

24-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has co-developed a plastic cosmetics bottle with French biotech specialist Carbios, made using fully recycled PET via an enzymatic recycling technology that also makes it infinitely recyclable.

TerraCycle CEO: The macro-economic climate for robust recycling is ‘going in the wrong direction’

23-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

A robust global recycling market is a long way off and will need favourable macro-economic changes, fast-paced industry innovation and wider engagement from all stakeholders in the supply chain, says the CEO of TerraCycle.

‘A strong signal’: Beiersdorf, Henkel, L’Oréal and Unilever sign Ellen MacArthur statement for mandatory industry responsibility in recycling

22-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Several beauty and personal care majors have joined 100+ businesses in signing a statement from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation calling for recycling costs and responsibilities to be extended to industry.

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.

New life for old plastics: Kao furthers circular beauty goals with plans to use chemically recycled plastics for cosmetics

14-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

Japanese personal care major Kao Corporation has piloted a new initiative to use chemically recycled plastic for its cosmetics packaging in effort to further its efforts to improve its circularity.

European Climate Law: Parliament and Council of the European Union to adopt final positions in coming weeks

11-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The European Parliament and Council of the European Union will meet this month and next to adopt final positions on the upcoming European Climate Law that targets climate neutrality by 2050 and a 55% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

War on waste: Aussie brand My Soda aiming to fizz in sustainable beauty space with refillable hair care range

09-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

Australian personal and home care manufacturer Natures Organics has launched a range of refillable hair care products as sustainable packaging is rapidly becoming an “expectation” from Australian consumers.

LVMH is the latest beauty maker to package product in Eastman Renew material

01-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Nearly 1 year ago, Eastman introduced a new portfolio of beauty packaging materials made with a percentage of plastic that had gone through the company’s molecular recycling process. Now LVMH is putting a luxury lip product from Dior on the shelf in Eastman...

‘Small changes for a big difference’: Shiseido’s ELIXIR aiming for all key products to be refillable by 2025

26-May-2021 By Amanda Lim

Shiseido-owned ELIXIR is targeting to convert all of the brand’s flagship products into a refillable format by 2025 as part of the multinational’s sustainability goals.

GlaxoSmithKline to kickstart rollout of fully recyclable toothpaste tubes

25-May-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Health care major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has partnered with packaging specialists Albéa and EPL to develop fully recyclable laminated toothpaste tubes, with a first launch under Sensodyne set for Europe this year.

U-Tube: Unilever to launch recyclable toothpaste tubes in India and France

19-May-2021 By Amanda Lim

Unilever will launch recyclable toothpaste tubes in India and France – two of Unilever’s biggest oral care markets – as part of its bid to convert its entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025.

‘Providing resources to do the right thing’: Reuse and refillable concepts on the sustainability agenda for L’Oréal

18-May-2021 By Amanda Lim

Reusable and refillable concepts are an area the L’Oréal Group has pinpointed for development as it works towards its ambitious sustainability goals, according to a leading regional exec.

Special edition: Clean & Ethical – ‘Better for you, better for the planet’ beauty

Clean & Ethical Beauty: Why it matters, who is acting and what the future holds

06-May-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The clean and ethical beauty movement has garnered plenty of traction in recent years, fuelled by a plethora of environmental, societal, business and consumer factors, and CosmeticsDesign-Europe has been tracking this movement closely for some time.

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'Collaboration’ and ‘openness’ will be key to future-proofing industry, says Beauty Kitchen founder

29-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Working in a collaborative and open way will be pivotal in industry’s push to mainstream circular beauty and future-proof business for years to come, says the founder of UK indie brand Beauty Kitchen.

L’Oréal Paris to halve CO2 emissions by 2030: ‘We are in the decade to make the change,’ says global head

28-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

L’Oréal Paris has unveiled its environmental goals for the next decade, pledging to reduce carbon emissions by 50% and lightweight or sustainably convert its entire packaging portfolio by 2030.

Beiersdorf to launch Nivea ‘climate neutralised’ renewable plastic jars

27-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Beiersdorf has co-developed renewable plastic packaging using by-product oils from the forestry industry that it will roll out globally under its Nivea Naturally Good face care range.

Earth Day 2021: A circular snapshot and look at beauty’s future

22-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Sustainable agendas have surged in beauty, with circular business models, carbon capture, green sciences and the reuse movement gaining serious ground. And whilst there remains plenty to be done, the push for consumer engagement has been unprecedented...

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Garnier president: ‘Taking consumers with us’ will be key to mainstreaming circular beauty – 'it's our job'

22-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Educating and empowering consumers to collectively close the loop on circular beauty will be crucial in mainstreaming efforts worldwide, says L’Oréal’s Garnier president.

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TerraCycle CEO: Circular beauty is about ‘honouring the molecules’ of a product and giving them a long life

20-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Giving the longest life possible to molecules that make up a product is what circularity is all about, and the reuse movement in beauty is a particularly exciting and innovative path forward, says the CEO and founder of US recycling major TerraCycle.

‘Open innovation’: Beiersdorf co-publishes 'standard’ on cosmetic grade recyclates

14-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Beiersdorf has co-published a guidance document on the suitability of post-consumer recyclates in cosmetic grade packaging that it says should fuel urgently needed change.

Green beauty boom: Investment is the ‘new black’ in sustainable business, says expert

14-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The investment community is finally backing businesses with strong sustainability agendas and aligning with environmentalists on what diverse and inclusive supply chains should look like, says the co-founder and CEO of certification firm Positive Luxury.

Blockchain beauty: Berlin studio unveils cyber perfume NFT artwork as a ‘fresh glimpse’ into the future

13-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Berlin studio Look Labs has collaborated with Canadian artist Sean Caruso to launch a digital fragrance encoded into non-fungible token (NFT) artwork to accompany a limited rollout of its unisex perfume, a move it says is a nod to the future of prestige...

‘Just add water’: Swedish startup Lifelong eyes expansion with powdered personal care line

12-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Swedish eco-startup Lifelong has developed a range of powdered personal care products that need to be mixed with water by consumers and stored in durable containers, drastically overturning traditional habits, its founder says.

Sustainable step change: Can circular beauty become a mainstream reality?

08-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Many beauty manufacturers, suppliers and retailers have made important sustainability pledges for this coming decade, but as efforts kickstart in shifting linear business models to circular ways of working, there remains a raft of challenges along the...

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Cradle to Cradle boom: Beauty and personal care the ‘most rapidly growing segment’

31-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The number of beauty and personal care companies working to get products Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certified is soaring, set to double this year, and efforts are coming all types of businesses, according to an executive.

The Estée Lauder Companies leverage molecular recycling tech for sustainable beauty packaging

31-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

In partnership with global specialty materials company Eastman, the beauty maker plans to meet 2025 sustainability goals using recycled and/or recyclable plastic for its luxury cosmetics packaging.

Epigenetic cosmetics: Beauticians are ‘the main reason we built this product’, says Craith Lab CEO

29-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Belgium-based startup Craith Lab has shunned the direct-to-consumer (D2C) model for its epigenetic skin care brand, opting instead to distribute products via trained beautician and salon networks – a necessity when working with such complex formulations,...

Natrue study finds ‘naturalness’ top driver in EU beauty purchases

25-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Naturalness is the most important aspect of a beauty product for consumers in Germany and France, but there are mixed views on what the term means and how it translates into cosmetics, finds natural and organic certifier Natrue.

Circular Beauty: The future of sustainable sourcing, green chemistry and eco-design

24-Mar-2021 By CosmeticsDesign-Europe Senior Reporter

The global beauty industry is working hard to make circularity a mainstream reality, reinventing and reconsidering all aspects of complex supply chains. But what does the future truly hold as industry tries to close the loop?

The no waste era? Every beauty brand can ‘reformulate, reposition and renew’

23-Mar-2021 By Natasha Spencer

As the beauty and personal care world explores how it can achieve circular beauty, consumers want to see zero waste and supply chain transparency made a reality in the burgeoning category they define as ‘clean’, say beauty experts.

L’Oréal kickstarts green sciences transition: ‘We are convinced of the essential need to change’

23-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has kickstarted a company-wide project to transition to green sciences across its entire global portfolio and plans to ramp up communication efforts to ensure consumers fully understand the move.

Bon Voyage: how beauty brands can redefine the future of wellness travel

18-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics Design recently checked in with travel, beauty, and wellness expert Edyta Satchell to find out how brands can best innovate to meet the needs of business and leisure travelers, and why now is the time to do so.

PODCAST: A global beauty view on COVID-19 – hottest acquisitions, flashy innovations and biggest challenges

15-Mar-2021 By Amanda Lim

CosmeticsDesign editors break down the beauty and personal care acquisitions, product innovations and challenges that have arisen under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beauty for all: Getting inclusivity right is ‘difficult’ but ‘vital’ for big brands, says GlobalData

11-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty inclusivity has soared into the spotlight in recent years and whilst many brands have changed advertising, upgraded product formulations and shifted social messaging, it remains a complex area to navigate, says a consumer analyst at GlobalData.

Colgate-Palmolive on 2021 design-led innovation: ‘This is a huge change in our approach’, says tech chief

10-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care giant Colgate-Palmolive is shifting away from traditional line extensions, taking a design-led innovation approach that considers user experience and trends from start-to-finish, with teams focused on opportunities in active oral care, the...

From nice-to-have to need-to-have: Experts say sustainability must be considered a ‘cost of doing business’

10-Mar-2021 By Amanda Lim

Companies need to rethink how they implement sustainability initiatives and should integrate them it into the ‘heart’ of their business models, a panel of experts at the Global Fragrance Summit organised by the International Fragrance Association (IFRA)...

‘A new era of beauty’: Unilever to remove word ‘normal’ from beauty packaging and ads

09-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever is revamping its packaging and advertising to remove the descriptor ‘normal’ in a move aimed at fuelling inclusivity and positivity across its global portfolio to align better with consumer expectations.

Beauty brands can ‘definitely galvanise’ rising consumer engagement in sustainability: WWF

08-Mar-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Consumers continue to show increased interest in sustainability and are placing more importance on individual responsibility – an aspect brands can shift into real action with the right business approach, says a senior partnership manager at the World...

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