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PPWR got you puzzled? ICONS America Provides Packaging Solutions

ICONS America has a wide range of packaging options designed to meet Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) guidelines.

Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

Behind every cosmetic dropper lies a complex engineering process. Discover Lumson's approach to designing dispensing systems that combine precision, aesthetics, manufacturing expertise and consistent, reliable performance.

L’Oréal is also launching Entering l’AcceleratOR, a new docuseries following three companies from the inaugural cohort as they work with L’Oréal teams to move sustainability technologies toward commercialization.

L’Oréal Names 13 Sustainability Innovators for Second l’AcceleratOR Cohort

Successful solutions could ultimately be scaled across L’Oréal’s international operations.

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AI Wants to Tell You What’s Next in Beauty

Profound helps brands understand how AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity see and describe them.

Think Like a Machine: Estée Lauder Takes GEO Global With Profound Partnership

Brands are turning sun protection into a broader beauty, wellness and performance platform.

When SPF Becomes a Lifestyle

Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

From precision root touch-ups and discreet gray blending to tactile dispensing systems and climate-responsive formats, the latest innovations point to a category where how a product is delivered is becoming as important as what it delivers.

Hair Care’s Next Move: Gray, Sensory and Climate-Ready

Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

Behind every cosmetic dropper lies a complex engineering process. Discover Lumson's approach to designing dispensing systems that combine precision, aesthetics, manufacturing expertise and consistent, reliable performance.

South Korean brands transforms innovation into mass-market consumer experiences through disruptive formats, high-sensory appeal and visible results in a short time.

Asia’s Beauty Blueprint: 10 Innovation Trends

From China’s biotech and Korea’s consumer creativity to Japan’s precision science, the Asian beauty ecosystem is reshaping cosmetic breakthroughs.

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Briogeo Founder Launches New Hair Care Brand, Soulstice

Customer Love Isn’t Enough. This is What Investor Simran Suri Really Wants in Beauty.

Frank insights into improving investor decks, improving elevator pitches, the most overhyped and underestimated beauty concepts, and more.

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Innersense Expands with its Overnight Repair Serum

Innersense launches The Overnight Repair Serum, bringing a targeted, restorative approach to damaged hair, turning a simple nighttime ritual into an opportunity to nourish, repair, and protect strands.

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Olaplex Shape Set Hairspray Eliminates the Hold vs. Hair Health Tradeoff

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amika Bridges the Gap Between Color Services and Color Care

Celebrity stylist Laura Rugetti and amikas Chief Marketing Officer Nilofer Vahora unpack how The Protector Collection is shifting the conversation around color protection.

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Climate-Adaptive Hair Care Brand The Potion Studio Announces Retail Expansion Into Ulta Beauty

New Retail Partnership Brings Ulta Beauty's First Black- and MiddleEastern-Owned Brand, Expanding Access to Luxury Hair Care for Multi-Ethnic, Clean-Conscious Beauty Enthusiasts

Beauty’s D&I Progresses on the Shelf, Retreats in the C-Suite

Formal diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategies, budgets and targets have collapsed since 2023. Inevitably, what isn't measured doesn't grow.

Luxury fragrance was particularly strong, with double-digit growth across the portfolio led by Le Labo, Tom Ford and Kilian Paris.

Estée Lauder’s Fiscal 2026 Results: Fragrance Leads a Broader Beauty Recovery

"Our One ELC operating model is increasingly enabling the entire organization to move at speed and with discipline.”

As obesity treatment broadens from weight loss to whole-person outcomes, a consumer-facing layer could emerge around the physical, emotional and aesthetic dimensions of transformation. This would create demand across skin, scalp, hair, body care, nutrition, aesthetics, movement, fragrance, cosmetics and self-expression.

From Weight Loss to Whole-Person Beauty

As the definition of successful obesity treatment expands, a transformation-care market may emerge across pharma, beauty and consumer health.