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Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Supply Side - 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. A YEAR IN REVIEW Our Sustainable Packaging Design Innovations & Key Trends report


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Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Supply Side - part1 - 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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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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Sustainable Beauty Packaging Innovations - part3

The critical aspect to consider when considering your product's end-of-life is its recyclability. Most beauty packaging has many parts, heavy decorations, or small or intricate sizes that make it difficult to recycle.


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Garancia, joining forces with Pharma-Recharge

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:


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From consumer brand to B2B services, how Hello Biome is supporting A better beauty through the science of microbiome.

In late 2018, Dr Elsa Jungman started a project to develop a minimalist skincare line based on the science of microbiome to fill the gap in the market. The beauty brand was launched in late 2020, during an election and the second wave of COVID lockdown, so it was challenging


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Key learning about recycling make-up or how Albéa developed RECYCMakeUp in partnership with CITEO

Why RECYC MakeUp? In an era marked by increasing regulatory measures, legislative initiatives such as the AGEC (France), Climate and Resilience Act (France), PPWR (Europe), and California SB54 (USA) have propelled the agenda towards sustainable packaging practices. These regulations emphasise recyclability, reusability, reduction, and the integration of recycled materials, while


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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


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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


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Pharma-Recharge, a refillable beauty initiative in French pharmacies

Launched in June 2023, the pharma-recharge initiative is led by 5 brands which are mainly distributed in pharmacies. WIth Garancia (Unilever Prestige), Bioderma (NAOS), Pierre Fabre, La Rosée and Mustela (Laboratoires Expanscience), the initiative intends to release a refillable beauty format accessible to all in the french extensive pharmacy network


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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:


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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


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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


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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


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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