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Purpose Driven Beauty Innovations
Beauty innovations seen at Cosmoprof Bologna
From spray-foam-to-pad beauty, to hazelnut-based packaging, to blue beauty with ocean-sourced innovations, Cosmoprof Bologna - which gathered about 250,000 visitors with over 3,000 exhibitors from 64 countries and more than 10,000 brands - didn’t disappoint in beauty innovations.
Beauty Innovations from sunny Los Angeles!
Along with the sun, MakeUp in Los Angeles brought us interesting beauty innovations. The main trend this year was metalisation across the categories. From formulas to packaging, shine is back, and you would ask, what is sustainable about this? Well read on! Check out our live reviews on our instagram
Sepia: making skincare clinical trials more inclusive
With a focus on inclusivity, sustainability and transparency, Sepia is on a mission to provide inclusive skincare products for everyone and all skin tones. Co-founded by Mike Modula, a 20-year beauty industry veteran who previously held executive positions at Sephora, and Anna Bueno, a clinical researcher with 15 years’ experience
Pharma-Recharge, a refillable beauty initiative in French pharmacies
Pharma-Recharge was launched in 2023 by a consortium of French dermocosmetic brands, including Garancia, Bioderma, Pierre Fabre, La Rosée, and Mustela. Pharma-recharge installs refill fountains in pharmacies for products like shampoos, shower gels, and micellar waters.
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
