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In the past year, interest in glass nails has skyrocketed ~290.8% across platforms, per Spate. The source also cites growth in high-shine beauty trends like glass hair (+70.1%) and the glass skin look (+112.4%), proving the widespread appeal of reflective aesthetics across beauty categories.

9 Emerging Beauty Trends: Ultra-reflective, Aime Derm Skin Care, Micronutrition, Wonderskin Lip Stain and More

This report expands on C&T's Consumer Pulse videos on social media, uncovering rising trends in beauty. This edition includes: Aime and derm skin care, micronutrition, Wonderskin peel-off lip stain, glass nails, reflective beauty, Canadian skin care, etc.

New Report Promotes the Need for Mid-tier Beauty Products

Taking an up-close look at beauty pricing dynamics, the SymphonyIRI report details how savvy marketers can take advantage of an opportunity to provide consumers with meaningful mid-tier product beauty options.

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Sex Appeal: Four Tips for Marketing Men’s Products to Guys and the Women Who Buy for Them

Marketers must focus first on aptly targeted emotional marketing and the relevant benefits that products can provide and then on who is making the actual purchase: the man in question or a woman in his life.

Young Men Love the Convenience of Buying Beauty Products Online

A new report from Mintel shows the love for shopping for beauty online, especially among young male consumers, who appreciate the convenience and availability of products on the Internet.

Despite the opportunities, multicultural beauty is not a straightforward market, and defining its scope could be a challenge.

Multinationals are Missing Out on Multicultural Beauty

There are untapped market potential and challenges, offering opportunities for niche players.

Unilever's Personal Care Helps Prop Up Results for Q4 2013, Full Year 2013

In its personal care division for Q4 2013, Unilever recorded turnover of €4.5 billion, representing a 7.3% increase in underlying sales growth, a 6.1% increase in underlying volume growth and a 1.2% increase in underlying price growth.

Body skin care is booming, defying softness in other categories.

Why Shoppers Are Choosing Masstige Skin Care Over Prestige and Mass (2024 Sales & 2025 Trends)

According to Circana data, mass body care retail sales volume totaled $6.9 billion in 2024.

Where the Men Are

Euromonitor's Nicole Tyrimou tracks the popularity of men's grooming segments.

'Reviewing the environmental footprint of 200,000 product formulas is a massive undertaking, but critical if we are to advance sustainability across the beauty sector,' says Vildan Oenpeker-Cerci, head of beauty for Henkel North America. 'Each formula was assigned a compact sustainability report that summarizes information related to carbon footprint, biodegradability, data on ingredients of natural origin.'

How Henkel is Tackling Beauty's Circularity & the Consumer Use Phase

To get a better sense of how this consumer product giant is retooling its products, Global Cosmetic Industry interviewed Vildan Oenpeker-Cerci, head of beauty for Henkel North America.

Movers and Shakers in Men’s Grooming

A strong brand that male consumers like and trust clearly pays off, with sales growth in men’s care continuing. And transferring a strong brand image from established and recognized products to product and category extensions may be key for further growth.

Q4, Full Year 2012 Financials for Unilever Show Broad Growth

The company's Sunsilk hair care brand joined the company's group of €1 billion brands, and Unilever's personal care division recorded a turnover of €4.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2012 and of €18.1 billion for full year 2012.

Safety First for Baby Skin Care

Consumers looking for brand offerings in the baby and child skin care market put a high priority on safety, ease of use and price.

Safety First for Baby Skin Care

Consumers looking for brand offerings in the baby and child skin care market put a high priority on safety, ease of use and price.

Men and women have a lot in common regarding natural and organic beauty and personal care habits and attitudes, but the differences point to new opportunities for the booming market.

Men Vs. Women: Natural & Organic Beauty

Brand awareness and purchasing habits from 4,000+ survey respondents; Part 3 of a 4-part series.

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Cosmetics and the Chemistry of Life

Amino acids—the building blocks of life—are providing interesting new opportunities for beauty product development.

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U.S. Bath & Body Market Report

The rise of male grooming, multifunctional and natural products are creating dynamic growth.

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.

Reaching the Right Man: Make Your Packaging Work Overtime

Leverage your packaging to connect with male consumers and build the man/brand relationship.