
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 calendar to take advantage of opportunities across Global Cosmetic Industry’s media universe throughout the year. For more information on marketing opportunities, contact Kim Jednachowski.
January
COLOR COSMETICS
What’s trending:
- Packaging
- Ingredients
- Growth categories
- Marketing
- Retail
- Consumer insights & behavior
PACKAGING & TURNKEY
- Speed and flexibility in a challenging market
- Sampling solutions
- E-commerce solutions/ packaging designs
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
Expert insights from suppliers, manufacturers, retailers and brands on:
- Color cosmetics
- Turnkey & manfacturing
PRODUCT ROUNDUP
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Supplement: Packaging & Turnkey Manufacturing
- Packaging launches & services
- Turnkey & manufacturing services
- Indie-focused innovations & services
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 11/02/20
- Ad Close: 12/4/20
February
PACKAGING 2021 (Part 1): SAFETY
Packaging designed to keep products and consumers safe:
- Airless/formula defense formats
- Hygienic tools
- Low-/no-touch application
- Rethinking sampling in-store and beyond
- E-commerce-first packaging
CLEAN & SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY
- Trends, brands and innovations
- Free-from, clean, safe, eco-friendly, and simple ingredients and formulas (natural/synthetic)
- Naturals, “clean” swaps, multifunctionals, green tech, etc.
- Sustainable packaging
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
- New products and services
- Trends & emerging technologies
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
- Sustainable packaging
- Clean beauty
PRODUCT ROUNDUP
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 11/30/20
- Ad Close: 1/7/21
March
SKIN CARE: FACE & BODY
- Ingredients: defense, repair, soothing and microbiome rebalance
- Skin care packaging trends
- Trending products & categories
- Consumer insights
PACKAGING FOR SKIN CARE
- New products and services
INGREDIENTS 2021: PART 1
- New launches, claims, research and demo products from suppliers
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
- Ingredient launches
Product Roundup
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 01/09/21
- Ad Close: 2/5/21
April
PACKAGING 2021 (Part 2): PACKAGING & TURNKEY TRENDS
- New packaging for beauty and personal care
- Turnkey services
- Personalized/customized packaging innovation
- Sampling innovations
- E-commerce packaging
INGREDIENTS 2021: PART 2
- New launches, claims, research and demo products from suppliers
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
- New ingredients
- New packaging
- Turnkey service insights
Product Roundup
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Supplement: Packaging & Turnkey
- New launches
- New technologies and innovations
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 02/01/21
- Ad Close: 3/5/21
May
SKIN CARE TRENDS: BODY & FACE
- Personalization
- Clean & sustainable formulations
- Trending products
- New ingredients & technologies
- Packaging for skin & body care
- Consumer insights
FRAGRANCE
- Trending products
- Scent & wellness
- Fragrance packaging
- Fragrance ingredients
SUN CARE
- Trending products
- Ingredients for sunscreens, after-sun, self-tanning and more
- Packaging for sun care
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
- Sun care
- Fragrance
Product Roundup
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 03/01/21
- Ad Close: 4/7/21
June
CLEAN & SUSTAINABLE COLOR COSMETICS
What’s trending:
- Packaging
- Ingredients
- Products
- Marketing
- Retail
- Consumer insights & behavior
HAIR CARE
What’s trending:
- Packaging
- Ingredients
- Products
- Marketing
- Retail
- Consumer insights & behavior
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
- Makeup
- Hair care
Product Roundup
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Supplement: Packaging & Services for Indie Brands
- Turnkey services
- Low minimum orders
- Fast turnaround
- On-trend: sustainable, etc.
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 04/02/21
- Ad Close: 5/6/21
July/August
(August: digital-only)
CLEAN & SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY
- Trends, brands and innovations
- Free-from, clean, safe, eco- friendly, and simple ingredients and formulas (natural/synthetic)
- Naturals, “clean” swaps, multifunctionals, green tech, etc.
- Sustainable packaging
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: 05/03/21
- Ad Close: 6/4/21
September
PACKAGING 2021 (Part 3): INNOVATION
- New products & formats
- Tools
- Sampling
- E-commerce solutions
ANTI-AGING/WELL-AGING
- Consumer insights
- Ingredients: anti-aging actives for skin and hair
- Product trends
- Marketing messaging
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
- Packaging
- Anti-/well-aging
Product Roundup
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Supplement: The Future of Packaging
- Sustainability
- Personalization
- New technologies/formats
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 07/09/21
- Ad Close: 8/6/21
October
INGREDIENTS
- New launches, research and claims and trends
HAIR CARE
What’s trending:
- Packaging
- Ingredients
- Products
- Marketing
- Retail
- Consumer insights & behavior
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
- Hair care
- Ingredients
- Packaging
Product Roundup
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 08/02/21
- Ad Close: 9/9/21
November
BEAUTY 2022
- Insights from suppliers, brands, retailers and more about what’s next for the industry
WELLNESS
What’s trending in:
- Product categories (ingestibles, soothing and calming topicals, intimate wellness, sleep enhancers, etc.)
- Recent launches
- Consumer & market data
PACKAGING
- New launches and innovations
SUPPLIER INSIGHTS (DM)*
- Wellness
- The future of the industry
- Packaging
Product Roundup
- Packaging, Ingredients, Services
Magazine Due Dates
- Editorial: 09/01/21
- Ad Close: 10/8/21
December
2022 DIRECTORY OF SUPPLIERS
Annual publication of suppliers, manufacturers and service providers
Directory Due Dates
- Editorial: 10/20/21
- Ad Close 11/8/21
*DM = digital magazine