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Beauty, Flavor and Fragrance Brace for Oil Shock

When crude prices spike, the ripple effects hit everything from ingredient sourcing to packaging and freight.

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First Look: Cosmopack 2026 Returns to Bologna

Exhibitions will include innovations in clean beauty, sustainable materials, AI-driven manufacturing and next-gen packaging solutions.

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Practical, Powerful and Personal: Beauty Insiders' Packaging Predictions for 2026

Beauty is evolving, and so is packaging. Hear from experts in the packaging industry on what trends are coming for 2026.

More than 75% of U.S. consumers “placed some level of importance on sustainably packaged cosmetic products in 2023,” according to Statista.

Cosmetic Packaging Trend Tracker: Sustainability x Functionality

A new generation of sustainable packaging solutions solves brand and consumer problems, while minimizing ecological impacts.

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L'Oreal Calls on Consumers to Join the Refillable Packaging Movement

While many of its brands feature refillable formats, L'Oreal sees an opportunity to raise more awareness for the 78% of shoppers interested in more sustainable products.

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Cosmetic & Personal Care Packaging: New Launches & Manufacturing Upgrades

New launches, hires and facility upgrades.

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Packaging Look Book: Where Structural Design, Smart Dispensing and Circular Engineering Converge

Rethinking packaging as a multi-sensory, engineered brand system where form, materiality and user experience are inseparable.

Beauty has experienced a 64% increase in searches for refillable options, impacting sectors such as color cosmetics, deodorants and skin care.

What Beauty Consumers Want from Sustainability: Packaging Trend Tracker

Plus: the latest manufacturer moves in the packaging supply chain.

Consumers are testing the limits of beauty innovation like never before, demanding elevated value, efficacy, sustainability and experiences, from product to branding and packaging to marketing and social engagement.

Global Cosmetic Industry Reveals 2025 Beauty Themes

From skin and hair health to emerging technologies and manufacturing trends to the latest packaging and ingredient innovations, 2025's information agenda will equip brands to compete in a dynamic, competitive marketplace.

Baralan has collaborated with 3D printing specialist Stratasys and glass/plastic coatings specialist ICA to launch GP3DPrint, a water-based 3D decorating service for cosmetic packaging.

Packaging Trend Tracker: May 2024

From heavy-walled bottles to enhanced refillable formats to unique applicators, packaging designs offer a growing array of brand benefits.