Neurocosmetics, psychodermatology, or stress-relief beauty. Whatever you want to call it, there is an uprising of new brands and ingredients that are aiming to help people battle the stress epidemic via their beauty and personal care routines.
Trend forecaster WGSN has released its predictions for the cosmetics industry for next year. Scroll through to discover the trends and see the AI-generated images it has used to illustrate them.
Estée Lauder revealed how it has been working with social media management software company Dash Hudson to use AI to pre-predict high-performing social media content to boost consumer engagement and make time and cost savings.
Recent findings from a study by influencer marketing software Traackr reveals how younger consumers are using social media platforms in 2023 to consume content and purchase new products. We’ve dug deeper to understand what these learnings will mean in...
Every fortnight we talk to a game-changer startup business about why it exists and how it plans to transform the industry. This week we spoke to Anastasia Georgievskaya, CEO of Haut.AI, the company behind generative AI tool SkinGPT.
Colgate-Palmolive’s Senior Sustainability & Innovation Manager Adrian Sen recently spoke at the Omya Healthy Bite symposium about how Colgate had led the way in developing an eco-friendly toothpaste tube and how other companies have since followed...
As we head towards a new year, we’ve sought out evidence-based insights from industry analysts to get a glimpse into the mind of beauty consumers. Read on to discover what they will want, need and expect from brands and products in the next year.
As part of the company’s ‘Big Tech Rebellion’, this Black Friday Lush will donate all profits from a limited-edition bath bomb to decentralised organisation People vs Big Tech.
The technology available to serve the beauty and personal care industry is changing at lightening speed. We’ve rounded up some of the most innovative gamechangers – whether they are disrupting the product development process, overhauling ingredients testing,...
Award-winning PR consultant Sophie Attwood has worked with a string of beauty and personal care brands, from St Tropez to Colgate, at her London-based agency. As a seasoned public relations expert, she’s even written a book on the topic: Beautiful PR:...
Swedish life sciences company SenzaGen has combined its expertise in genomics, machine learning and human tissue models, to develop testing methods that can potentially replace animal experiments for toxicological evaluations of chemicals used in beauty...
Use of new technology to assist the research and development process is becoming more widespread. CosmeticsDesign-Europe examined some new tools that are designed to support R&D experts in their role.
Amazon and Walmart’s digital storefronts comprise almost half US e-Commerce sales for beauty and personal care products, making it increasingly important that B2B manufacturers and suppliers to these industries understand how to navigate ingredient formulation...
L'Oréal-incubated startup Interstellar Lab will start deploying its biopharming platform at French flavours and fragrance company Robertet in early 2024. We spoke to CEO Barbara Belvisi to find out more.
We spoke to CEO of Swiss cosmeceutical brand Dr. LEVY about the challenges of formulating its anti-pollution shield, as well as its success in the travel-retail industry.
Digital-first strategies, subscription models, viral social media campaigns and celebrity CEOs mean these fresh faced beauty brands are taking advantage of the industry’s recession-resistant growth.
With transparency under the microscope due to sustainability demands, issues with counterfeiting, and the upcoming Digital Product Passport initiative, RFID is in the spotlight again.
The global summit for the travel-retail industry kicked off in Cannes today, with some key messages and insights for those working in beauty travel-retail...
Generation Z can be vocal, but their words don’t always align with their actions when it comes to buying beauty products. We spoke to EY’s Marcie Merriman to find out more…
As the Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) beauty market continues to carve out a bigger share of the retail landscape, using the right tools to fine tune digital retail platforms has become make or break.
Cross-Border Commerce Europe has just released its 'Top 250 Fashion & Beauty Retail Europe' report, which ranks the top online fashion and beauty retailers and marketplaces across the EU, UK, Switzerland and Norway.
Brandwatch has identified the major topics that have been trending in beauty consumers’ online conversations over the past year, to help guide brands on what their customers want.
Spanish active ingredients company CIRCE Scientific has just unveiled a multifunctional co-crystal that enhances the anti-ageing power of skin care products.
The Perfect Corp has lifted the lid on virtual try-on data for the nail category that shows how AI and AR technologies are helping to personalize the color nail category and give consumers exactly what they are looking for.
Jo Hughston, Head of Marketing at social-first marketing agency The Goat Agency, shared her advice for beauty brands that are navigating the ever-changing social media landscape in late 2023.
This week, the 33rd IFSCC (International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists) Congress kicked off in Barcelona to welcome top cosmetic scientists from across the globe. CosmeticsDesign-Europe attended the event to report on the latest industry...
Global integrated agency Impero has researched how challenger brands can redefine beauty advertising for younger consumers. Its Head of Strategy Charlotte Willcocks shared her insights.
Beauty popup expert James Barnes, founder of creative agency Backlash, shared his advice on what makes a good popup and revealed the recent trends he’s spotted.
As a global player in the cosmetic and personal care product manufacturing and supply chain industries, BASF is constantly developing and launching more effective digital and ingredient solutions for formulation companies and consumer brands. In this...
The video-sharing app has forever changed the trends cycle. Scroll through the image gallery to see 6 of the biggest makeup and nail trends consumers are currently searching for.
Kantar analysed global consumer search engine data from the past five years and revealed the trends that are currently shaping the global beauty and personal care industry.
As beauty technology like AI/AR continues to rapidly change the landscape of ingredient formulation and product development processes in the cosmetics and personal beauty care (PBC) industries, innovations are ‘shortening timelines,’ ‘expediting ingredient...