Brands & Products | Global Cosmetic Industry

A staggering 56% of consumers say beauty brands explain the science of aging unclearly or not at all; a meager 12% state it is explained 'very clearly.'

The Longevity Illusion: FIT’s 2026 Think Tank Exposes the Credibility Gap in Beauty Innovation

A call to action to restructure product development and communication pipelines around verified performance, educational clarity and experiential depth.

Take control of your secondary packaging. Match your brand aesthetic.

Packaging speaks volumes about a brand’s ethos, quality and commitment to sustainability. Having the NEENAH® Folding Board sample book in hand helps bridge the gap between a creative vision and real-world production.

Rather than serving as a celebrity ambassador, Frankel joins as both an investor and strategic partner as dpHUE looks to accelerate growth across specialty retail, e-commerce, social commerce and international markets.

Bethenny Frankel Takes Ownership Stake, Joins dpHUE as Chief Brand Officer

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The launch is supported by a campaign featuring actress Didi Conn, who revisits her Grease era persona in a reimagined “Beauty Service Announcement” that promotes simplified, at-home upkeep routines over frequent salon visits.

Laura Geller Beauty Expands Into Hair Touch-Up Category With Amazon Prime Day Launch of Root Touch Up

Inolex's LexFeel Enhance MB is a polymer-based technology aimed at stabilizing bemotrizinol and other organic UV filters while upgrading sensory performance, addressing one of sunscreen’s long-standing consumer pain points: feel.

Inolex Unveils Sunscreen Performance Booster as Bemotrizinol Clears US Regulatory Hurdles

Precision Systems: Closing the Efficacy Gap through Functional Packaging Architecture

Precision Systems: Closing the Efficacy Gap through Functional Packaging Architecture

SkinCeuticals, CeraVe and Garnier will participate in OpenAI's global advertising pilot, placing L'Oréal among the first beauty companies experimenting with AI-native advertising at the moment of consumer intent.

L'Oréal Goes All-In on AI: OpenAI Deal Extends From ChatGPT Commerce to Microbiome Discovery

Beyond Time: Intelligent Longevity for Skin and Hair

Beyond Time: Intelligent Longevity for Skin and Hair

Discover how Peptid4® Light MB and BioTech4 AntiGray redefine beauty longevity by acting at the biological origin of pigmentation, delivering even skin tone and restoring natural hair color with long-lasting, science-driven results.

L'Oréal's My UV Patch pioneered battery-free UV sensors designed to translate exposure into behavior change.

From SPF to Sun Intelligence: The Race to Personalize UV Protection

Sunscreen is becoming part of a data feedback loop about aging, exposure, and lifestyle optimization.

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This Smart Eye Cream Applicator Brings Device-Led Precision to Eye Care

Remedy Secures $20M+ to Scale Its Simplicity-First Challenge to Skin Care Complexity

The investment underscores continued investor interest in expert-led beauty brands that pair strong educational platforms with consumer-friendly product innovation.

Luxury beauty brands desperately need new points of distribution, as traditional department stores increasingly fail to deliver true luxury experiences. The solution lies in infiltrating high-end, membership-based wellness spaces.

The New Alchemy: Why Longevity is Beauty’s Next Billion-Dollar Battleground

Brands must transition from being simple product providers to becoming indispensable, lifelong partners in a consumer’s personal growth and vitality.

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SPF 50 Serum: High-Performance Sun Protection Meets Dewy Hydration

Rhode Pushes Global Growth as e.l.f.’s Star Acquisition Expands into Latin America

CEO Tarang Amin recently highlighted Rhode and Naturium as key drivers of the company’s “whitespace opportunity” across categories and geographies.

Among the launches is the Nourish Scalp Roller Comb, a compact device featuring an integrated reservoir that dispenses product directly onto the scalp while combing through the hair.

Nuon Medical Blends Beauty Tech and Smart Packaging with New Applicator Concepts

The new concepts span scalp, face and body care, combining formula delivery with technologies such as red light therapy, vibration and cooling massage.

The announcement coincides with the 60th anniversary of Estée Lauder’s Whitman manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom, which produces more than 90 million skin care and fragrance units annually.

Estée Lauder Deepens UK Manufacturing Footprint with Home Fragrance Expansion

The U.K. will become the primary manufacturing base for candles sold under brands including Jo Malone London, Tom Ford and Aerin worldwide.

From hybrid beauty concepts and sensory innovation to novel textures with emotional impact, industry innovators are exploring new ways to bring energy back to the makeup aisle. The question is: what will it take to turn isolated bright spots into sustained category growth?

Color Cosmetics at a Crossroads: the Categories and Strategies Set to Restart Growth

Industry innovators are exploring new ways to bring energy back to the makeup aisle.

OliX is currently developing RNAi candidates for hair loss, hypertrophic scars, metabolic disorders and other conditions, leveraging its proprietary OASIS delivery platform.

L'Oréal Backs RNAi Drug Developer in $80M Bet on the Future Convergence of Beauty and Health

The funding will support OliX's pipeline across multiple therapeutic categories, including projects focused on skin and hair applications.

With the launch of Beauty Crush Skincare, Karen Behnke appears to be betting that beauty consumers want something more than clean—they want clinically driven regenerative biotechnology.

From 'Juice In, Junk Out' to Exosomes: Karen Behnke's Beauty Crush Signals Clean Beauty's Next Chapter

If Juice Beauty helped establish clean beauty's first era, Beauty Crush offers a glimpse of what the category's next chapter may look like.