Consumers & Markets | Global Cosmetic Industry

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L’Oréal Accelerates Growth in Q3 as Premium Hair Care, Skin Care and Emerging Markets Power Sales

The group's adjusted like-for-like growth accelerated to 7.7% in the third quarter, compared with 6.9% for the first nine months.

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Odile Roujol on the New Beauty Investment Thesis: From Skin Deep to Healthspan

Roujol sees beauty's biggest opportunities emerging where science, technology and consumer behavior meet from biomarker tracking and personalized health to noninvasive procedures, functional beauty and, perhaps most significantly, longevity and healthspan.

Trend Alert: ICONS America Jelly Applicators-Blend. Blur. Beautify.

Trend Alert: ICONS America Jelly Applicators-Blend. Blur. Beautify.

Meet our new collection of multi-sticks, tubes, tottles, and wands—featuring jelly applicators for a pillowy-soft glide. Blend. Blur. Beautify.

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The GCC’s Beauty Boom Is Going Global

Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

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Asia’s Beauty Blueprint: 10 Innovation Trends

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

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The Science Behind Cosmetic Claims: Q&A with MedPharm Experts

Cosmetic claims should be backed by science. Discover how MedPharm combines human-relevant models, formulation expertise, and clinical testing to generate robust data that supports meaningful, evidence-based product claims.

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One in Three U.S. Women Are Already Using AI for Skincare and Bodycare Advice, New Survey Finds

New Haut.AI research reveals what consumers would trust AI to help them with when it comes to body care, from choosing products and building routines to navigating increasingly complex beauty decisions

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Dove Men+Care and Basketball Champion Karl-Anthony Towns Team Up to Help Men Find Their Vibe with Plant-Powered Body Wash Campaign

The new campaign celebrates how fragrance transforms the everyday shower into a moment to reset, recharge and set the tone for the day ahead.

Ethereal Shades by Lumson: one bottle, endless possibilities

Ethereal Shades by Lumson: one bottle, endless possibilities

Through Ethereal Shades, Lumson demonstrates how its in-house expertise in packaging development and decoration can unlock new creative possibilities, transforming a single packaging platform into multiple brand expressions.

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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.

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Align Ventures Raises $125M Fund II, Signaling Strong Investor Appetite for Next-Generation Beauty Brands

Align has also already warehoused an investment in California Naturals ahead of Fund II and recently participated in the brand's Series B round.

What Makes a Beauty Brand Investable? Prelude Growth's Alicia Sontag Weighs In.

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Why K-Beauty's 53% Growth Is Forcing Beauty Brands to Rethink Innovation

Ingredients such as snail mucin, Centella asiatica and PDRN demonstrate how science-backed actives can quickly transition from regional specialties to global demand.

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The Procedure-to-Product Pipeline Is Growing: New Consumer Survey Data

Providing the proof that consumers seek will give them permission to explore the pre- and post-procedure skin care products that have piqued shoppers' interest.

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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.

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L’Oréal Deepens India Push with Stake in Digital Beauty Challenger

"[W]e look forward to bringing L'Oréal even closer to the new generation of digitally-savvy Indian beauty consumers."

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

Months after teaming with Nvidia to reinvent formulation science, L'Oréal is now embedding OpenAI across consumer discovery, advertising, content creation and biological research—signaling an industry-wide shift toward AI-native beauty.