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Without Compromise: The Intricacies and Innovations of Color Cosmetic Packaging

Typically far more complex than skin care or hair care packaging, quality color cosmetic packaging merges a range of moving pieces, inspirations, partners, colors, shapes, materials and more.

New turnkey services and expanding lab capacity are offering brands more responsive partnerships in beauty manufacturing.

Beauty Manufacturing Trend Tracker: April 2024

New labs, ingredient supply chain trends, expanded turnkey offerings, AI-driven quality assurance for lipsticks and more top our leading beauty manufacturing trends this month.

The founders of Bybi talked about the ongoing challenge of finding a balance between sustainability and performance—i.e., brands still crying out for truly recyclable atomizers/pumps.

Sustainability: On Top of Beauty's Packaging Agenda

Sustainable packaging innovation is exploding, but significant challenges remain for brands seeking eco-friendly alternatives. A view from London's Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging event.

State of Packaging 2011

Beauty industry packaging providers weigh in on trends through 2011 and into 2012, packaging as a part of the marketing mix, emerging market impacts and more.

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[podcast] Packaging Design for Omnichannel Consumers

How does your voice stand out in the crowd?

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Packaging Design & Deco Inspo for Beauty & Personal Care

How can beauty and personal care packaging shape a product? Learn about how packaging offers more than mere functionality: it shapes how consumers interact with the product.

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PPWR Is Rewriting Beauty Packaging: The Trends, Technologies and Compliance Strategies Defining the Next Era

First Impressions

Innovation in cosmetic sample packaging allows marketers to convey the benefits, attributes and value of a product brand to the consumer.

Beauty Typography: A Window Into Brand Personality

The variety of typography options available to beauty brands means you can say a lot—or a little—with the font your brand uses.

Stop Collecting Underpants and Start Making Money!

Without a plan—and a strong adherence to that plan—profit might never be in the future for your beauty brand.

New Positioning, Exhibitions, and More Beauty Packaging News for Late May 2013

See news from TricorBraun, Gerresheimer, Tullis Russell and more, as well as new beauty packages from Albéa, Aptar, Lumson, Quadpack, World Wide Packaging and more.

'Innovation in design for recyclability is a major focus, prompting us to develop packaging solutions that prioritize sustainability,' says Stephanie Rowntree, international product manager, HCP Packaging.

The Competition for Sustainability in the Beauty Industry: Insider Insights

As sustainability becomes the driving force of the beauty industry, brands making environmental responsibility a part of their core philosophy stand a better chance of earning consumer loyalty and trust.

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The Next Generation of Beauty Packaging: Designing for Gens Z and Alpha

The companies that thrive will be those that treat packaging as a strategic business asset rather than simply a container.

At-home treatments will pick up in demand amid a need for self-care and widespread closures of spas and salons.

COVID-19: Beauty’s Playbook

The latest insights, plus what happens next.

Pragmatic Approaches

Dan Abramowicz, executive vice president, Crown Packaging Technology; and Kate Achelpohl, director, member communications, PMMI, talk about increased demands for sustainable innovation in packaging from both consumers and retailers.

Shelf Engagement: The Beauty of Secondary of Packaging

Enhancing the consumer experience, secondary packaging options can offer a wide array of new opportunities for beauty products.

The Simple Story of Wonderfully Complex Color Packaging

Innovation and attention to detail fuels the color cosmetics market, but without a combination of creativity and consumer insight, truly innovative packaging and products are impossible to design and develop.

Entering the new year, packaging innovation for beauty, as well as a high number of regionalized manufacturing moves, hasn't slowed down.

Beauty & Personal Care Packaging Trend Tracker: January 2024

Here, we round up the latest key trends, including refillable formats, a focus on ergonomics and upgraded manufacturing resources.