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Sustainable Beauty Innovations
Gen Z’s “manifesto for change” calls beauty brands to take action on sustainability.
When it comes to sustainability, we tend to think that younger generations are either careless or activists. A recent survey by the British Beauty Council, Sephora, and UNiDAYS (3,533 UK students from January 5th to 7th, 2026) revealed that students have a strong interest in being conscientious about beauty
Why playful packaging & gentle application ruled PPW 2026
Paris Packaging Week (PPW) returned to Hall 1 of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles on 5th and 6th February 2026 for the event’s 25th anniversary. A record-breaking 14,442 visitors flocked to discover 915 exhibitors and 213 speakers from across the globe.
ARTDECO, a refill-native make-up brand?
This case study is part of THE REFILLABLE BEAUTY REPORT The report has been released in several parts (for a digestible reading) * Introduction and Definitions - HERE * Market Figures - HERE * Consumer Expectations and Behaviours - HERE * Regulations - HERE * Brands Innovations in 2022/23 - HERE * Brands Case Studies:
Beauty & Diversity 2024: Brands & Product Trends - Part 2
This two-part report will help beauty and wellness brands understand how to develop products for diverse audiences and create more inclusive marketing and social campaigns. In part 2 of this series, we take a look at some of the key emerging trends and highlight the top beauty and wellness brands
Beauty & Diversity 2024: Market & Consumer Insights - Part 1
This two-part report will help beauty and wellness brands understand how to develop products for diverse audiences and create more inclusive marketing and social campaigns. Part 1 focuses on what's happening currently in the beauty diversity space with consumer insights and data, plus the key considerations all beauty
Sustainable Beauty Innovations - Packaging & Formulations (EN)
As we are starting 2024 with a dash, we are releasing a report on all the innovations seen in 2023 in Ingredients and Formulation as well as packaging. We have identified 5 main trends in Ingredients & Formulations : * Upcycling * Not a new concept but a growing one. Similar to waste
Innovations Durables et Beauté - Emballage et Formulations (FR)
Alors que nous entamons 2024 sur les chapeaux de roues, nous publions un rapport sur toutes les innovations observées en 2023 en matière d'ingrédients et de formulations, ainsi que d'emballages. Nous avons identifié 5 grandes tendances en matière d'ingrédients et de formulations : * Upcycling * Le
Mimétique or using biomimetics to enhance the skin properties
Mimétique is the French skincare brand that works on imitating the skin's natural activity so it can regenerate it. It's the new generation of French dermocosmetics 3.0 using the concept of biomimetism. Backed by science, MIMÉTIQUE is changing the codes of traditional cosmetics with its
Romilly Wilde and the Science of Beauty
This week, we met with the founder of biotech beauty brand Romilly Wilde, Susie Willis, who started the project back in 2016, when very little was developed in green science. Green science or Biotech was already existing but it wasn’t as trendy as it has become now, and finding
Sustainable formulation Innovations: Brands
This report showcases all the latest beauty launches in 2023 - from luxury to mass brands in the sustainability space - with a focus on “green” formulations. We have split the report into the following sections: 1. RECREATE: lab-grown ingredients using biotechnology 2. REDUCE: waterless beauty products and single-dose skincare
Beauty Innovations released in Paris - Jan 24
Attending Cosmet'Agora followed by Paris Packaging Week has been a busy start to the year. Watch our live reviews of the shows on Instagram: LINK and read more below. At Cosmetagora, notable innovations include * Flake-like formulations for mono-dose skincare, with just an addition of water or serum: with
What does sustainability mean to M.A.C cosmetics?
During MakeUp in NewYork 2023 we met with Sebba Alqetrani, who is Director of Sustainability and Packaging. Estee Lauder Cies has a strong commitment to sustainability and M.A.C Cosmetics, a brand known for its unique equity and commitment to creative beauty, has embedded sustainability into its core values
Beauty sustainability in Malaysia
The plastic paradigm - necessary/evil? For the majority of European consumers, living sustainably almost always means consuming as little plastic as possible – shopping at zero waste/bulk product stores, for example, or avoiding beauty and food products that are packaged in plastic. In fact, for many people, plastic material
Doucé, a Franco-Chinese brand to conquer the kids space in China, France and elsewhere
We met the founder of Doucé, Natacha Tarascon at Cosmoprof Asia last November. Originally from Montpellier, Natacha worked for Pierre Fabre, Bioderma and Nuxe, in Latin America, the Middle East, Hong Kong, and Shanghai in the last nine years where she founded Doucéa. The brand is available in France, China
