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According to Euromonitor International’s Voice of Consumer, Beauty Survey 2023, Chinese beauty consumers embrace beauty devices at a higher rate than the global average. Electric facial toners, for example, were used at home by almost 17% of Chinese beauty consumers—up from 13% in 2020.

Lessons from China’s Beauty Tech Market

Overall market competition will gradually shift from marketing and price competition to product innovation and scientific validation.

“Traditional skin care products have the potential to disrupt the skin’s microbial balance,” says DNA Genotek’s Brice LeFrancoise, Ph.D., “possibly leading to skin issues. In contrast, cosmetic formulations with ingredients that not only respect but actively support the microbiome embraces a gentler, more symbiotic relationship with the skin.”

All-in-one Skin Microbiome Sampling & Analysis for Beauty Brands

How new tools and platforms are optimizing beauty efficacy for cosmetic formulations and personal care products.

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.

From stress to environmental conditions to congenital issues, sensitive skin is a multi-dimensional condition that affects large swaths of consumers across the globe.

The Gentle Skin Care Revolution

How sensitive skin is reshaping beauty R&D.

A recent Kline report notes that retailers like Target have responded with “Tween Skin Care” sections to direct shoppers to age-appropriate products.

Pro-aging: Gen Alpha to Boomers

Every age cohort of consumer is seeking something slightly different from anti-aging skin care.

Derm skin care searches spiked 27% in 2023, while doctor-/dermatologist-backed skin care searches jumped 58%.

The 2024 Skin Care Agenda: Pro-aging & Sensitive Skin

Philosophies and technologies around aging, as well as a boom in sensitive skin approaches, is leading product and brand innovation.

CES 2024 unveiled the future as the industry steps into a new era of technological marvels. In the beauty and cosmetics space specifically, self-tech plays a significant role in driving innovation and transforming the way people approach skin care, makeup, grooming and shopping.

Beauty Tech Highlights from CES 2024

While many have become accustomed to the convenience of two-dimensional shopping from the comfort of their homes, the emergence of 3D virtual shopping at CES introduces an entirely new dimension to the consumer web.

Overall, lip makeup was a top performer in the prestige beauty category 2023, per Circana, spiking 31% year-over-year, or twice the rate of the overall category.

The Lip Boom: Beauty x Care

From lip oils and balms to plumping glosses and multifunctional sticks, innovation opportunities abound.

Masstige beauty accounted for 11% of overall sales, representing a growth rate of 16%, about twice that of mass.

Beauty 2023-2026: Category Blur & Continued Growth

PLUS: Sales totals and trends for makeup, skin care, hair care, fragrance and more.

New ingredient technologies are improving the spreadability and transparency of sun care products.

SPF Everything

Sun care's skinification has led to a boom in multifunctional SPF products, even as sunscreen formulations become better than ever.

Key skin care concerns found among “moderate” users of color cosmetics include acne, dry patches and dark circles, according to the Mintel report.

4 Ways to Accelerate Makeup’s 2024 Momentum

The makeup sector is coming off a strong year; hybrid, high-performance and multifunctional products may be the answer for maintaining the growth curve.

New AR technology from Shiseido is designed to teach consumers how to best apply skin care.

Can Machines Teach Beauty Routines? (Tech Tracker Report)

From improving hair care product discovery to optimizing skin care routines, emerging platforms are solving consumers' challenges in the digital age.

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask was designed as an overnight treatment to increase and provide long-lasting hydration to lips, leaving them feeling softer and healthier.

Read the Label: Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

Laneige is a well-known Korean skin care brand that launched in the 1990s, perhaps known best for its Lip Sleeping Mask. The website boasts it is "the #1 lip treatment brand in the U.S." This column takes a closer look at the ingredients to see why.

Addressing the growth in the false lash market, Lady Burd has developed its own Lash Glue.

Beauty Manufacturing Trend Tracker: February 2024

From sustainable production upgrades to trends in packaging, manufacturers open up on the state of the beauty production landscape.

Everyone scrutinizes themselves, but not every consumer wants to undergo professional/aesthetic treatments or procedures. New data points to consumers' desire for professionally inspired at-home beauty innovation.

Lift & Tuck: Consumer Attitudes Toward Aesthetic Procedures

How emerging consumer attitudes point to at-home and topical solutions inspired by professional procedures.

To better understand the dynamics in the hair wellness category, Global Cosmetic Industry has analyzed recent consumer and market data, cross-referenced with emerging ingredient and product launches, to outline key concerns driving the greatest interest among shoppers.

Unraveling Consumers’ Top 6 Hair & Scalp Concerns

Across every concern area, ingredients and claims are increasingly centered on skin care-inspired innovations.

The connection between diet and the skin has long been known, but new research points to the connections between skin and gut health for a range of issues, including acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis.

Gut Health as Skin Health: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Holistic wellness trends and emerging science are intersecting, providing new innovation targets for beauty products and claims.

Oxybiome comprises a postbiotic Saccharomyces Ferment Lysate blended with a sophisticated mixture of four amino acids as skin respiration facilitators (Threonine, Valine, Glycine, and Glutamic Acid) which support the natural cellular revitalizing capacity to maintain a glowing complexion.

How Oxybiome Supercharges the Skin

A new solution for youthful, stressed skin.

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