Packaging | Global Cosmetic Industry

Viva’s Platinum Series, which uses advanced vacuum metallization to create mirror-like metallic finishes on jars, closures, sticks, lip gloss bottles and other packaging components.

Viva Brings Luxury Looks to Sustainable Packaging With New Decoration Technologies

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.

Baralan advances usability-driven design with a push-button applicator system that extends product reach to minimize waste, improve evacuation rates and enhance end-of-life efficiency across makeup categories.

Packaging Look Book: Where Structural Design, Smart Dispensing and Circular Engineering Converge

Rethinking packaging as a multi-sensory, engineered brand system where form, materiality and user experience are inseparable.

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

While microneedling creates the pathways, other integrated technologies prepare the biological environment, including Integrated Phototherapy (LED) and Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMF).

Precision Systems: Closing the Efficacy Gap through Functional Packaging Architecture

Taiki headquarter building in Osaka, Japan; the company's reorganization is intended to create a more integrated and scalable platform for international beauty brands while strengthening coordination between Asian and Western markets.

Taiki Group Consolidates Western Operations Under European Hub Ahead of Global Expansion Push

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MOON: mascara in glass by Lumson and Ponzini

MOON is the first glass mascara created by Lumson in collaboration with Ponzini. This Made in Italy design elevates the formula, transforming the mascara into a luxury object. The bottle comes with three applicators for a tailored, premium performance

The Rejuvenation Roller Tip is an active facial applicator that integrates red and blue LED therapy with vibration technology.

From LED to EMS: Nuon Medical Debuts Next-Gen Multimodal Beauty Devices in Paris and New York

The collection underscores Nuon Medical’s emphasis on convergence—where diagnostics, therapy and sensory experience merge.

AI-Inspired Beauty: Accelerating Innovation Through Intelligence

AI-Inspired Beauty: Accelerating Innovation Through Intelligence

Discover how AI is transforming cosmetic innovation. Grant Industries’ AI-Inspired Beauty Formulary explores data-driven formulation strategies, advanced ingredient technologies, and new pathways to accelerate product development.

From left: Maria Bertorelli, SVP of marketing and communications at Clarins; Ryan Kenny president, Aptar Beauty, North America; and Erin Harmon, marketing director, Aptar Beauty, North America.

Aptar and Clarins Win 2026 Dieline Award for Reloadable Luxury Airless Packaging

At the center of the innovation is Aptar Beauty’s patented Gaïa reloadable airless dispensing technology, engineered to support both sustainability goals and high-end consumer expectations.

The transaction underscores a broader shift in the packaging landscape: mid-sized, design-led suppliers are moving aggressively to build critical mass in response to rising client expectations around innovation, speed to market and sustainability.

Cosmogen Acquires Asquan, Signaling Acceleration in Premium Beauty Packaging Consolidation

Suppliers are under pressure to move beyond commoditized components.

Capardoni's Chico collection introduces new rounded glass bottles in 15 ml and 30 ml, compatible with droppers, lotion or spray pumps and topped with sleek PP or r-PP overcaps.

May Packaging Look Book: Playful Forms. Smart Function. Next-Gen Impact.

The applicator is engineered for compatibility across multiple formats, including nail polish, lip products, mascara and concealer, enabling broad adoption across color cosmetics portfolios.

Baralan Targets Makeup Waste With Push-Button Applicator Debut at Luxe Pack New York

The new system converts inefficiency into a technical solution that can be integrated into existing production processes without major disruption.

The headline launch is Nomad Refill, a 10 ml purse spray that connects directly to standard fragrance bottles for a sub-five-second refill—no funnel, no pumping—built around a universal connector to simplify at-home refill rituals.

Refill in 5 Seconds, Recycle Everything: Aptar’s Packaging Lineup Targets Circular Luxury at Luxe Pack NYC

The company is presenting GSA Advance lotion pumps and PZ Advance spray pumps—fully plastic designs engineered for compatibility with PP and PE recycling streams.

Cleo is manufactured in the United States and supports 28-400 and 33-400 neck finishes, with a 2.125-inch diameter, crab claw seal and a 0.375-inch orifice.

Flip, Squeeze, Done: Aptar Debuts Lidless Closures Built for One-Handed Precision

The simplified silhouette removes secondary components, enhances shelf differentiation and supports accessibility use cases.

The launch comes as the global valve and bag-on-valve aerosol market rebounds, fueled by strong demand in hair care and rising expectations around performance, safety and sensoriality.

Aptar Beauty Debuts Double Click to Boost Aerosol Safety, Inclusivity and E-Commerce Performance

The launch comes as the global valve and bag-on-valve aerosol market rebounds, fueled by strong demand in hair care and rising expectations around performance, safety and sensoriality.

Developed through Aptar Beauty’s Custom Hub, the packaging combines advanced engineering with luxury design, featuring a high-shine metallized finish, lockable actuator and travel-friendly overcap.

Aptar Beauty and Clarins Fuse Skin Care & Makeup with High-Tech Double Serum Foundation

The new foundation introduces a next-generation format that keeps two formulas separate until the moment of application.

By embedding specific LED wavelengths directly into the applicator head, Nuon enables brands to activate biological responses (such as collagen stimulation via Red light or anti-bacterial action via Blue light) at the precise moment the formula is being spread.

When Packaging Shapes Performance: Why Delivery Consistency Is Redefining Skin Care Efficacy in 2026

For brand owners and B2B stakeholders, the move toward functional packaging is not merely a technical flex; it is a strategic necessity. In a market saturated with “clean beauty” and “science-backed” claims, the point of differentiation has shifted.