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Olivina’s line includes exfoliating bar soaps.

Finding the White Space in Natural Personal Care

How Olivina identified a niche (natural male grooming) and fast-tracked from formulation to shelf in nine months.

Who's the best in men's grooming? AskMen thinks it has the answer.

AskMen Unveils the Best Men's Grooming Products

Votes were cast by experts and consumers.

BASF Lifts Force Majeure, New Web Experiences, Awards, and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Late April 2014

Get an update on BASF's citral-based aroma chemicals production, a new South American location from Symrise, Beraca's moves in North America, Sederma's outreach to Russia, in-cos awards, hair care launches from TRI-K and DSM, and much more.

New Frizz Index, Cosmeceutical Options, and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Early December 2013

Learn beauty ingredient news from suppliers like Symrise, Dow corning, Silab, Clariant, Solvay and Wacker, as well as about innovative new ingredient launches from Sederma/IRB, Sabinsa, Pilot Chemical, Provital/Centerchem and more.

Good Manufacturing Practices, Launches from in-cosmetics 2014, and More Beauty Ingredient News and Launches for Early April 2014

Track the variety of launches from the 2014 in-cosmetics in Hamburg, Germany, as well as news on BASF, Clariant and more.

Markets and Dichotomies

Despite global personal care product sales almost hitting the $100 billion mark in 2006, the segment is often considered to be a drag on the overall global beauty products market—posting value growth of 27% between 2001 and 2006 compared to the 30% achieved by the larger, more lucrative cosmetics categories. However, a closer look reveals that personal care is dichotomized with large but slow-moving commoditized sectors, such as bath and shower and oral hygiene, and the smaller, more dynamic emerging areas of baby care, men’s grooming and sun care. Euromonitor International provides insight into key drivers of each of the most significant personal care categories and recommends future strategies for maximizing opportunities and avoiding possible barriers to success.

Men’s Grooming: Worth the Hype?

The men’s market has failed to deliver gains previously anticipated, though recent innovations have put the sector back into the headlines. Euromonitor International takes a closer look at the factors influencing growth of the category and recommends strategies to re-ignite growth.

Markets and Dichotomies

Despite global sales almost hitting the $100 billion mark in 2006, the segment is often considered to be a drag on the overall global beauty products market—posting value growth of 27% between 2001 and 2006 compared to the 30% achieved by the larger, more lucrative cosmetics categories.

Trends tend to circulate among the regional beauty centers of Asia Pacific.

Special Report: Decoding Asian Beauty Ideals, Products and Trends

A Mintel briefing recently outlined the individual market realities, emerging innovation trends and growth opportunities in this dynamic beauty market.

Double-digit growth has been seen for body creams, lotions and cleaners; and consumer spending on prestige body products has increased by 25%. What's going on?

2024's Fastest-growing Skin Care Category Goes Beyond the Face

Body skin care led the category's growth, in part by coopting ingredients and claims associated with facial skin care. Here’s what’s happening in the category and how brands can tap into the growth.

This year has shown that while e-commerce can grow rapidly, it cannot yet make up for lost physical retail sales.

Beauty 2020 Results & Forecast

A breakdown of first-half 2020 sales results; trends and insights across skin care, color cosmetics, hair care and fragrance; an analysis of the shifting retail landscape; and a look at China's resurgence.

A Boom in Men's Grooming in India

The men’s personal care market in India is seeing a turning tide, with sales of male grooming beginning to grow faster than other categories.

Men's Beauty

Men in the United States are evolving, and the beauty industry must evolve with them.

As skin care brands seek to tap into the shifting needs of emerging and established shoppers across generations, marketers and product innovation teams need to ensure their solutions are meeting consumers where they are.

Generational Skin Care: from Future-proofing to Rejuvenation

By delivering targeted care based on life stages, brands have immense opportunities to address the needs of everyone from Gen Alpha to boomers.