Global Cosmetic Industry: What's Happening in 2020

Aug 28th, 2019

Audrey Latimer

Global Cosmetic Industry provides beauty brand founders and leaders, marketers, and product developers with the job-critical consumer and market data, ingredient and packaging trends, marketing and business insights, retail strategies, and industry news they need to innovate faster, smarter and better.

Use our 2020 Media Kit and Planner to take advantage of opportunities across Global Cosmetic Industry’s media universe throughout the year.

January 2020

INDIE BEAUTY (Part 1)
• Turnkey services for fast-moving indie brands
• Packaging for indies: low minimums, Instagrammable, sustainable
• Trends, new brands and founder stories

MAKEUP (Part 1)
• Packaging trends
• Eye, face, lip and nail ingredients
• Brand trends
• Instagrammable effects and inclusive innovation
• Effects and pigments
• Hybrid products
• Sensory ingredients, actives and functional

PACKAGING & TURNKEY
• New launches from suppliers, plus speed-to-market solutions

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS Digital Magazine (DM)*
• Makeup
• Packaging
• Turnkey
• Indie beauty

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services

Supplement: Packaging & Turnkey Manufacturing
• Packaging launches & services
• Turnkey services
• Indie-focused innovations & services

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 11/01/19
Ad Close: 12/04/19

Bonus Distribution:
• Luxe Pack LA
• Make Up in LA (DM)*

February 2020

PACKAGING 2020 (Part 1): SUSTAINABILITY
• New packaging for beauty and personal care
• Sustainable packaging, brands and trends
• Minimalist packaging
• Transparency/clean labels

CLEAN & SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY (Part 1)
• Trends, brands and innovations
• Free-from, clean, safe,
eco-friendly and simple ingredients and formulas (natural/synthetic)
• Naturals, ingredient alternatives, multifunctionals, green tech, etc.

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
• Sustainable packaging
• Clean beauty

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 12/02/19
Ad Close: 01/07/20

Bonus Distribution:
• Cosmoprof Bologna (DM)*

March 2020

ACTIVE SKIN CARE
• Actives: defense, repair and microbiome rebalance
• Skin care packaging trends
• Facial skin care product trends
• Facial skin care market data

INGREDIENTS
• New launches, claims, research and demo products from suppliers

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
• Ingredient launches
• Skin care actives

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 01/06/20
Ad Close: 02/05/20

Bonus Distribution:
• in-cosmetics Global
• SCC Midwest Teamworks

April 2020

PACKAGING 2020 (Part 2): PERSONALIZATION
• New packaging for beauty and personal care: digital printing, 3D printing, etc.
• Personalized/customized packaging innovation, brands and trends
• Sampling innovations

INGREDIENTS
• New launches, claims, research and demo products from suppliers

PACKAGING & TURNKEY
• New launches from suppliers, plus speed-to market solutions

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
• New functional & sensory skin care ingredients
• Personalizing packaging
• Turnkey

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services

Supplement: Packaging
• New launches
• New technologies and innovations

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 02/03/20
Ad Close: 03/04/20

Bonus Distribution:
• NYSCC Supplier’s Day
• Luxe Pack NY

May 2020

FUNCTIONAL & SENSORY SKIN CARE
• Packaging trends
• Functional and sensory ingredients
• Body skin care product trends
• Bath category innovation: ingredients, packaging and brands

FRAGRANCE
• Packaging trends
• Scent and ingredient trends
• Sensory and experiential design
• Innovative fine and home
fragrance brands

SUN CARE
• Packaging trends
• Market data
• After-sun, protection and self-tanning ingredients
• Unique launches and product formats

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
• Sun care
• Fragrance

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 03/02/20
Ad Close: 04/06/20

Bonus Distribution:
• World Perfumery Congress (Miami)

June 2020

MAKEUP (Part 2)
• Eye, face, lip and nail ingredients
• Makeup packaging
• Product/brand trends (indie
and sustainable focus)

HAIR CARE
• Packaging trends
• Ingredients: actives, colorings, conditioning, shampoo, styling, scalp care, etc.
• Sustainable hair care innovation: brands, ingredients, low-water and packaging
• Emerging product formats (dry shampoos, solid products, masks, etc.)

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
• Makeup
• Hair care

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services
PLUS: Special Fragrance Roundup

Supplement: Packaging & Services for Indie Brands
• Turnkey services
• Low minimum orders
• Fast turnaround
• On-trend: sustainable, Instagrammable, etc.

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 04/01/20
Ad Close: 05/04/20

Bonus Distribution:
• Cosmoprof North America (Las Vegas)

July/August 2020

INDIE BEAUTY (Part 2)
• Turnkey services for fast-moving indie brands
• Packaging for indies: low minimums, Instagrammable, sustainable
• Trends, new brands and founder stories
• Packaging innovation for ecommerce

CLEAN & SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY (Part 2)
• Trends, brands and innovations
• Free-from, clean, safe, eco-friendly and simple ingredients and formulas (natural/synthetic)
• Naturals, ingredient alternatives, multifunctionals, green tech, etc.

PACKAGING & TURNKEY
• New launches from suppliers, plus speed-to-market solutions

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
• Indie beauty packaging
• Clean beauty
• Turnkey

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 05/01/20
Ad Close: 06/05/20

Bonus Distribution:
• ADF/PCD (New York) (DM)*
• MakeUp in New York (DM)*

September 2020

PACKAGING 2020 (Part 3): LUXURY & ON-THE-GO
• New packaging for beauty and
personal care
• Luxury packaging innovation, brands and trends
• Travel/on-the-go packaging innovation, brands and trends

ANTI-AGING/WELL-AGING
• Packaging trends
• Ingredients: anti-aging actives for skin and hair
• Consumer trends
• Product trends: skin and
hair care

PACKAGING
• New launches from suppliers

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
• Luxury & On-the-go packaging
• Anti-aging
• Packaging

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services

Supplement: Packaging
• Luxury innovations
• Sustainable design & technology

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 07/01/20
Ad Close: 08/06/20

Bonus Distribution:
• Luxe Pack Monaco (DM)*

October 2020

INGREDIENTS
• New launches, research and claims, and trends

HAIR CARE
• Ingredients: actives, colorings, conditioning, shampoo, styling, scalp care, etc.
• Packaging: packaging for hair care
• Sustainable hair care innovation: brands, ingredients and packaging
• Hair care: emerging product formats (dry shampoos, solid products, masks, etc.)

SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
• Ingredients
• Hair care

Product Roundup:
Packaging, Ingredients, Services

Magazine Due Dates
Editorial: 08/03/20
Ad Close: 09/04/20

Bonus Distribution:
• in-cosmetics North America