Sustainable Beauty Packaging Innovations - part 1
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Sustainable Beauty Packaging Innovations - part 1

Eva Lagarde

A recap of the latest innovations. In this four-part report, we release the innovations, we have identified from the supply side, on the market, over the course 2023.


PART 1 - REDUCE

There are many ways to REDUCE the  environmental impact of your packaging:

  • Reduce energy consumption at sourcing, manufacturing, transportation
  • Reduce material use or source bio-materials
  • Reduce weight of your overall packaging
  • Reduce the thickness of the walls of your bottle, jar, box or else
  • Remove Labels, inner parts or extra packaging
  • Use packaging with multi functionalities: holder, brand leaflet engraved inside paperboard, etc.

PAPER SQUEEZABLE BOTTLE

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Containing a minimum of 50% FSC-certified paper content (without cap or pump), the Albéa Tubes unique paper-based web structure contributes to reducing plastic content, lowering the carbon footprint of its packaging for a better environmental impact.

With this responsible breakthrough innovation, Albéa Tubes could offer a whole range of paper-based solutions including tubes and bottles, available in kraft and white for a great look&feel. 

Premium decoration options are available with embossing, debossing, and hot stamping to create a sensorial experience around the product suiting dermo-cosmetics brands as well as premium prestige brands.

Albéa tubes will be able to produce the paper-based bottle, currently at the proof- of-concept stage, in Sainte-Ménéhould, France.

Supplier:  Albéa
Location: Worldwide
Release Date: October 2022


EARTH BEAT DENIM RECYCLED DENIM LIPSTICK

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Earth Beat Denim Lipstick by Cosmei gives new life to old jeans thanks to the upcycling of denim fibers that are used to create the packaging. The refill stick is made of cellulose acetate containing these upcycled denim fibers, giving the product a vintage vibe.
The color mélange cannot be replicated, so every single piece is as unique as an original vintage piece. Denim cellulose acetate is a bio-based polymer, made of 60% wood pulp, 10% upcycled denim fibers and 30% bio-based compound polymer.

EARTH BEAT DENIM

Supplier: Cosmei
Location: Italy - Delivery: Worldwide
Release Date: March 2023


MOON - by Verescence

Developed in collaboration with renowned designer De Baschmakoff.

  • The MOON bottle weighs 106 g for 100 ml. Offers organic shape features an off-center neck while preserving perfect symmetry of the bottle's faces, offering a comfortable grip at the same time.
  • The GEM bottle weighs 97 g for 100 ml. Offers a geometrical design with sharp angles and a broad octagonal facing, making it look like a precious gem.

The bottles are refillable (SNI 15 screw neck) to optimise their impact on the environment. With the aim of offering its customers a 100% eco-designed concept, the bottles are personalised with a spherical mono-material LegnaPin cap made by premium wood component maker Minelli Spa (mPackting).

Supplier: Verescence
Location: France
Release Date: January 23

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