Global Cosmetic Industry

Brands that can harness the levers of sustainability, inclusive multifunctionality and sensoriality will lead the market.

Sun Care’s 2023 Glow Up

Multifunctional, sustainable products and targeted care are driving the sector’s skinification, as well as consumer interest.

With shoppers turning to search engines for skin care research, brands have an opportunity to capture and act on the resulting trove of data.

What Consumers Want from Skin Care

“Refillable lipstick” Google searches grew 29% year-over-year in 2022.

Packaging Innovation Tracker: Refillables Ready for Growth

'Reviewing the environmental footprint of 200,000 product formulas is a massive undertaking, but critical if we are to advance sustainability across the beauty sector,' says Vildan Oenpeker-Cerci, head of beauty for Henkel North America. 'Each formula was assigned a compact sustainability report that summarizes information related to carbon footprint, biodegradability, data on ingredients of natural origin.'

How Henkel is Tackling Beauty's Circularity & the Consumer Use Phase

To get a better sense of how this consumer product giant is retooling its products, Global Cosmetic Industry interviewed Vildan Oenpeker-Cerci, head of beauty for Henkel North America.

Sustainability plays the role in detoxify + clarifying hair products

Sustainability plays the role in detoxify + clarifying hair products

Has your hair been looking dull or dry than usual? One of the causes may be overlooked is your shower water. In addition to minerals buildup are sebum, styling products and pollution.

L’Oréal's Genomatica Investment to Power Sustainable Biotech Beauty Ingredients

L’Oréal previously set goals to, by 2030, produce 100% eco-designed formulas that respect the diversity of aquatic ecosystems using 95% ingredients from renewable plant-based sources or abundant minerals.

UFlex highlighted Remika tubes at Cosmoprof Worldwide.

UFlex Showcased Customizable, Sustainable Packaging at Cosmoprof Worldwide

UFlex highlighted Remika, Kraftika and Earthika, its new range of eco-friendly tubes and several other anti-counterfeit, brand enhancement and packaging solutions.

Taking place at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via from 28-30 March 2023, more than 850 personal care ingredient suppliers are confirmed to showcase more than 2,800 ingredients, helping R&D professionals discover the latest, newly launched ingredients for new product development.

2,800 New Beauty Ingredients Set to Debut at in-cosmetics Global 2023

Taking place at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via from 28-30 March 2023, more than 850 personal care ingredient suppliers are confirmed to showcase more than 2,800 ingredients.

Composed of candelilla, rice bran and jojoba waxes, this sensitive skin shield creates a skin-compatible shield to protect surface lipids from environmental stress, which can negatively impact barrier function and thereby increase transepidermal water loss (TEWL).

Gattefossé’s Emulium Dermolea MB Shields Sensitive Skin from Environmental Aggressors

Available in pellet form, Emulium Dermolea MB's plant lipid composition is similar to that of the skin's surface and is reportedly rich in anti-inflammatory pentacyclic triterpenes and sterols.

Made in France's Provence region, PhytOlive Fine is COSMOS-approved and offers a bio-based alternative to plastic beads scrub, as well as an upcycled alternative to sugar and salt scrubs.

SOPHIM's Upcycled PhytOlive Fine Exfoliating Powder Softens & Purifies the Skin

As of March 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) final rule goes into effect, tightening the oversight and enforcement of the production, handling and sale of organic products.

Tighter Rules Now in Effect for USDA Organic Seal of Approval

The goal is to protect integrity in the organic supply chain and build trust in the USDA organic label by strengthening organic control systems, improving farm to market traceability and providing robust enforcement of USDA Organic regulations.

Hyeyoung Moon will oversee all of LG H&H Americas' business which includes LG H&H USA, Avon, and Boinca (maker of Arctic Fox products).

LG H&H Americas Announces Women Leadership Roles

Hyeyoung Moon has been named CEO of LG H&H Americas.

Pavise's Science-forward UV Defense Supports Aesthetics Treatment Efficacy

The brand's flagship Dynamic Age Defense SPF ($128; PA++++) is a 100% zinc oxide-based mineral sunscreen, treatment and moisturizer.

Hero Cosmetics' product line.

Hero Cosmetics Available at CVS Pharmacy

The brand can be found in more than 4,500 CVS Pharmacy stores nationwide and on CVS.com.