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New on Shelves: Judith Willilams Skin Experts range with packaging by Lumson

Organic Certification, Anniversaries, Skin and Sun Care Options, and More Beauty Packaging News for Mid April 2013

See new packaging from Lumson, Mega Airless, M&H Plastics and more, as well as more news and innovations coming through the beauty packaging market.

Consumers remain aligned with clean beauty principles of transparency and safety. But they want stronger proof of efficacy and expert-backed recommendations.

Can Clean Brands Survive the Rise of Clinical Beauty?

While clinical brands focus on concrete claims, benefits and evidence, clean beauty has always struggled from a lack of universal definitions, per a new Circana analysis.

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Beauty is Booming: 4 Takeaways from NielsenIQ's 'State of Beauty 2025' Report

North American online sales are up 21%, Asia Pacific up 20% and Europe up 10%, nearly twice the rate of its overall market growth.

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Beauty’s 2025 Winners and Losers (So Far); PLUS: New Advisory Voices

From mass brands to minis to hair treatments, the market is sending a message about shopper sentiment.

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Beauty's New Rules: 10 Takeaways from 2025's Prestige Playbook

At 5.7% of prestige share, bath and body is the smallest category—but one of the most emotionally resonant.

Kline Reveals Its Most Popular Beauty Information from 2012

The market research firm shared which of its market reports, blog posts, fact sheets and more were utilized in 2012.

Twenty-one percent of girls and 12% of boys expressed interest in beauty/personal care before they were 7 years old. While this may seem shocking compared to past generations, it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Gen Z’s & Alpha’s Parents Tell All on their Kids’ Beauty Obsessions

A new survey delves into the early onset of product interest, the role of social media, parents’ expectations and more.

Cosmoprof North America Reveals 2013 Discover Beauty Lineup

The final lineup for the 18 beauty brands that will be featured as part of the Discover Beauty pavilion at the 2013 Cosmoprof North America is now available.

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The Winners of the 2018 Cosmoprof and Cosmopack Awards

This year 582 entries were received and 26 international jurors—experts from the sector and international opinion leaders—selected the 13 winners.

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Holiday 2017: Makeup Sales Help Beauty Industry Come Out on Top

The NPD Group has been tracking beauty sales for the holiday season since early November. The following are some highlights.

Beauty In Both Mass and Prestige Tick Up in 2013

At The NPD Group's Hot Off The Press event, co-hosted by CEW, Karen Grant showed how prestige beauty in the U.S. grew 5% in dollar sales in 2013, and mass beauty dollar sales also climbed up 1%.

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Biomimetic Scar Care, Hands-Free Packaging and PDRN Make-Up Shine at Cosmoprof North America Awards

The winners underscore the industry's growing focus on biomimetic delivery systems, multifunctional formats, hygienic packaging and wellness-driven beauty rituals.

Notably, 'spending per buyer was directly influenced by the presence of children: among households with children, the average spending per buyer in Q1 increased at five-times the rate as those without children,' per Circana.

Q1 2024 US Beauty Sales Stabilize, but Still Growing

Gen Alpha continues to drive prestige sales among households earning more than $100,000, with kids' households growing at twice the rate of households with no children.

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Top 10 Beauty Brands Across Categories According to Spate

Beauty brands that saw the most significant change in popularity in 2025 span K-beauty leaders like Medicube and Dr. Melaxin, fast-rising hair brands such as Based Bodyworks, Wavytalk and Tymo and trend-driven brands like Rhode Skin and Sacheu Beauty.

Beauty Retail Expansions & Debuts: Daise, Imaraïs Beauty and Wildfleur

Imaraïs Beauty, the plant-based ingestible beauty brand founded by Sommer Ray, has also expanded to Target's beauty aisles.

Mintel Looks Ahead in Beauty, Highlights Its Mixologiste Trend for 2014

Jane Henderson, global president of Mintel’s beauty and personal care division, explains, “Mixologiste is fast becoming the stand-out trend that spans all beauty and personal care categories. This is a key mega trend, in development for the last year or so, but we are set to see it really accelerating in 2014."

Sephora Buys Interactive Digital Company Scentsa

The acquisition, which builds on a nearly five-year, exclusive partnership between Sephora and Scentsa, includes Scentsa’s custom software and intellectual property rights, making the technology platform proprietary to Sephora.

Standout Beauty: Top Stories from GCI for 2013

GCI takes a month-by-month look at what was hot in the beauty industry in 2013.