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Sustainable Packaging: Brand Innovations & Key Trends 2024 Part 2 - Packaging Disappearance

Our annual packaging innovations trend report highlights the most innovative and interesting sustainable beauty packaging design concepts and initiatives launched in the last 12 months from niche to mass and luxury brands that have caught our attention. Part 2 of this series focuses on packaging that has been designed to


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Sustainable Packaging: Brand Innovations & Key Trends 2024 Part 1 - Eco Anxiety/Eco-Boredom

Our annual packaging innovations trend report highlights the most innovative and interesting sustainable beauty packaging design concepts and initiatives launched in the last 12 months from niche to mass and luxury brands that have caught our attention. Our Sustainable Packaging Design Innovations & Key Trends 2024 report is split into


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Eva Lagarde
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The Island Cosmetics on making sunscreen a simple everyday beauty gesture

Started in 2020, with the Co-La-Bo-Ra lab in France, Sarra Vencatachellum went on a mission to develop a make-up product with high sunscreen, finding the best of both worlds. A powerful foundation with a robust SPF50. The task was easier said than done. After three and half years of development,


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Airless and luxe: Introducing XTAG by Lumson

Can luxury be sustainable and…airless? Lumson, Italian leader in premium cosmetics packaging solutions, is showing that this is definitely possible. At the widely anticipated LuxePack Monaco event, the company has introduced XTAG. This is the first-ever glass bottle – available in 15ml and 30ml – featuring an airless refill system with


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“At Lumson, we're proactively shaping our future with a foundation of sustainability and transparency”, says Nadia Valdameri

Lumson – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of packaging solutions for the cosmetics industry – has long demonstrated its unflinching commitment to enhancing its sustainability, not just through greener packaging solutions but also by adopting a company-wide, all-encompassing sustainability strategy.  We spoke with Nadia Valdameri, Sustainability & ESG Manager -


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“Beauty companies will keep having to tackle the sustainability challenge”, says Matteo Carraro - Lumson

Italian cosmetics packaging leader Lumson is no stranger to sustainable innovations in its field. Recently, the manufacturer has released another innovative solution, officially presented at LuxePack Monaco 2024.  We spoke with Matteo Carraro, the company’s Innovation & Product Sustainability Manager, about challenges, future outlooks, and packaging design. re/sources:


Eva Lagarde
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Beauty and the planet – or how Geka supports a greener future

Sustainability and social responsibility are becoming increasingly entrenched in the mission and vision of companies in the beauty industry. A rising number of packaging suppliers, formulators, and brands in this sector are gradually taking small—and big—steps in the right direction to become more “green” and ethical across the


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Celebrating a Booming British Beauty

"The UK market is booming, with sales of skincare products and perfume jumping by nearly 11% in the year to June — while the French market grew by only 6%. Britain’s beauty industry is set to overshadow France," wrote The Times. British Beauty Week, which runs from 23rd


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From Vibrant Powders to Laser technology for Board packaging and Ecovadis' new platinum winner

Givaudan is releasing a collection of powders from botanical extract for make-up and skincare applications, while DS Smith just acquired new technology to innovate in customisation while ensuring sustainability, and Fedrigoni receives the platinum Ecovadis top 1%. Givaudan Active Beauty launches the [N.A.S.]™ Vibrant Collection of vegan botanical


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Updated box by Procos, 3D cardboard by Rissmann, and low-carbon aluminium by Axilone

Procos has updated its iconic eco-responsible Yoga box (mono-material) with an optimised design, Rissman has developed an innovative FSC cardboard and paper design in 3D, and Axilone has partnered with Aludium to reduce its carbon footprint compared to the European average significantly. Created in 2020, the Yoga Box and its


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When one beauty product might be just enough

While visiting MakeUp in New York, we met with Dr. Natacha Bonjout, founder of her eponymous brand, Bonjout Beauty, a French beauty brand based on the East Coast of the United States. Focused on beauty from the French Riviera, the pharmacist founder wanted to launch a beauty product full of


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Accounting for carbon impact might be simpler than you think!

Thanks to today's technology, it is becoming easier to measure product life cycle (LCA) with task automation and open access to a global database. LCA is crucial to helping inform decision-making in product development that aligns with sustainability strategy.


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Luxury packaging didn’t disappoint in Monte Carlo

This week, Monaco was again the annual mecca of luxury packaging. From luxury caps to intuitive designs and articulate accessories, great innovations were to be discovered. 💡You can watch our live report at the show on our Instagram, and here below is a selection of key innovations. (Instagram: re_sources.


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From the new Prada blender to Rabanne's new ornaments and Floribis creations in Perfume.

Cosmogen has released the latest foundation blender for Prada beauty, Faiveley Tech is creating Rabanne new elevated decoration, and Floribis, the fragrance expert in vanilla is creating an in-house fragrance and cosmetics brand called ll’Atelier de Flo, with the support of Coverpla. Cosmogen for Prada Reveal Foundation: the blender