Market & Trends

News, Market Insights and Trends in Sustainable beauty. News on what is currently trending. Information on where the beauty market is heading. Always with a sustainable angle. How is sustainability influencing beauty? Desirability in Beauty. Sustainability in Beauty. Trends and Innovations shaping the beauty market.

Eva Lagarde
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A new era of beauty has finally landed back in Hong Kong

After a 4 year hiatus, Cosmoprof Asia was finally back in Hong Kong after a pre-edition held in Singapore in 2022. This year boasting 2400 visitors with more than 48 000 pre-registered visitors, the show was expecting a flamboyant return, and it did not disappoint. The show attracted 65,582


Theresa Yee
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Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Brands - part 4 Recover

Beauty and wellness brands are rethinking and redesigning “greener” packaging solutions with refillable formats and using renewable or upcycled materials in new and interesting ways. This 4-part series of reports highlights all the most innovative and interesting packaging concepts launched in the last 12 months from mass to luxury brands,


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Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Brands - part 3 Recycle

Beauty and wellness brands are rethinking and redesigning “greener” packaging solutions with refillable formats and using renewable or upcycled materials in new and interesting ways. This 4-part series of reports highlights all the most innovative and interesting packaging concepts launched in the last 12 months from mass to luxury brands,


Theresa Yee
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Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Brands - part 2 Reduce

Beauty and wellness brands are rethinking and redesigning “greener” packaging solutions with refillable formats and using renewable or upcycled materials in new and interesting ways. This 4-part series of reports highlights all the most innovative and interesting packaging concepts launched in the last 12 months from mass to luxury brands,


Eva Lagarde
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How do Asian markets perceive sustainability?

Sustainability has different aspects and is largely influenced by culture. You probably have already considered how local culture can influence consumption. It was a very trendy topic in the early 2000s largely expressed with the word glocalisation. A mix of globalisation and localisation. Brands offering localised versions of their products.


Theresa Yee
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Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Brands - Part 1 Reuse / Refill

Beauty and wellness brands are rethinking and redesigning “greener” packaging solutions with refillable formats and using renewable or upcycled materials in new and interesting ways. This 4-part series of reports highlights all the most innovative and interesting packaging concepts launched in the last 12 months from mass to luxury brands,


Eva Lagarde
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Refillable Beauty, just a faff or here to stay?

Refillables are already a market requirement in France, and need to be accounted for, as soon as 2024. Companies will need to report it to the government agency. It will also most certainly come into force into the next PPWR - Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation - that will be


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Refillable Beauty 2023 - part 4 - Regulations

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: * * ArtDeco - Refillable Native Beauty Brand


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Refillable Beauty - part 3 - Consumers Expectations & Attitudes

We've been listening, reading, and watching what is happening on social media to understand what consumers think about refillable beauty. We saw more discussions surrounding packaging and the waste associated with it, so here is a snapshot of what people make of refillable packaging. THE REFILLABLE BEAUTY REPORT


Eva Lagarde
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Refillable Beauty - part 2 - Market Figures

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: * * ArtDeco - Refillable Native Beauty Brand


Eva Lagarde
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Refillable Beauty Report - part 1 - Introduction & Definitions

From regulatory constraints to market demand, refillable beauty products are invading the market. They require a shift of paradigm from sourcing, supply chain, with production and logistics, as well as retail, all the way to recycling. The legal definition of refillable is available in Chapter 4. Jump here. THE REFILLABLE


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How AI is boosting innovation in the beauty world

With the rapid evolution of AI technology following the extraordinary growth of AI bots, beauty companies are gearing up to use AI as a creation enabler for beauty packaging and formulas. AI technology can be controversial, with the likes of ChatGPT, or Adobe AI taking the world by storm, scaring