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Eva Lagarde
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A year in the life of beauty trends

Beauty is always changing, and new untapped territories have been unveiled recently. We released several reports this year, with Univar Solutions Beauty and Personal Care, demonstrating the potential of different beauty segments. * Textured haircare shows a lot of potential, with a global haircare estimated to reach over 100,000 million


Eva Lagarde
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It's coming

I don't know if you read what I mentioned in my last article of 2022, but I found that accessible beauty didn't make much progress last year. Brands are proving me wrong. 2023 is starting with a bang!  A few innovations have been released in the


Eva Lagarde
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It ain't over till it's over

With restrictions increasing around packaging, especially with the latest EU Green Deal with the clear intention to " putting an end to wasteful packaging, boosting reuse and recycling", Europe is setting ambitious targets. This in addition to the already higher materials and transportation costs, and the added pressure on


Eva Lagarde
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welcome to the new re/sources

Bonjour, It's been a long time coming - hence being silent for the last few weeks -. We are moving away from online courses to offer you educational & informative content on a subscription basis. You will have access to in-depth reports about sustainable beauty for marketing and


Eva Lagarde
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Shall we embrace de-construction?

It seems that everywhere you look now people are deconstructing the established models, and trying to develop a new narrative around identity, belonging, owning, etc. The world is changing at a very rapid pace and it can look scary, when all we know seems to fall into pieces. And there


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Latest sustainable packaging innovations at Luxepack édition spéciale 22

Some would argue that there was not a lot to find, but on a closer look we seemed to have identified interesting innovations. OK... Not groundbreaking! But if you put your creative glasses on, one could agree that it was a great millésime. Leather made from seaweed From the touch


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Do we need another one

Do you think innovation is slowing down? It doesn’t seem like it with all of the new brands, and new ideas coming into the market. I also witness a great deal of innovations coming from the supply side with new materials for packaging or ingredients from the biotech for


Eva Lagarde
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I innovate, you innovate, we innovate in sustainable beauty

Last week at Cosmoprof in Bologna, we had the opportunity to meet some friends and beauty the industry. What TRENDS and INNOVATIONS did we identify at the show: * Packaging suppliers trends: new materials and new formats especially with the refillable aspect of beauty, and solid formulas… more in the next


Eva Lagarde
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What should you say to consumers about sustainability?

How should you go about sustainability? Many words have lost their meaning. Including sustainability. It’s so overused now that it’s not clear anymore what it means. It’s a bit like clean beauty. It carried meaning when it’s started a few years back, but now it is


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100% Natural in cosmetics is not always better. it's all relative

Like zero plastic, 100% natural is not necessarily realistic and better for the environment. I used to think that plastic was the problem, but actually waste and microplastic is the issue. We need to learn to design for recyclability and for the planet. (we touch on that in the Sustainable


Eva Lagarde
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Five sustainable beauty packaging trends - 2022

As consumers are growing their expectations in terms of sustainability, it is increasingly difficult for brands to know how to address this issue where packaging is concerned. Should you move to a full aluminium range, or promote zero waste, use 100% PCR materials, explore new innovative materials. There is no


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Was it a coincidence?

Sometimes we create innovation by mistake. Think about food. ”Tarte Tartin” and “Eton Mess” for instance were both kitchen catastrophes and turned out to be popular recipes replicated ever and ever in households and fancy restaurants. So, where am I getting at? I wondered if in your exploration towards a