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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.
Mar 16th, 2026
Stoelzle Glass Group’s Elixir lightweight 30 ml dropper bottle is ideal for serums and foundations.
New Cosmetic Packaging: Sustainability Meets Functionality
From airless tubes to pumps designed to support sustainable fine fragrance, suppliers are ramping up innovation.
Sep 3rd, 2024
HCP’s Solar Capsule collection is optimal for facial sunscreen, glow drops and hydrating after sun products. The lightweight 15 ml tottle design (a format increasingly popular for its convenience) features an elongated, domed profile and aluminum cap.
Top Cosmetic Packaging, Ingredient & Turnkey Trends for 2025
Recent beauty events offered a look at the ways in which suppliers and contract/turnkey manufacturers can deliver newness to the industry.
Nov 4th, 2024
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.
Jul 1st, 2024
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Cosmetic & Personal Care Packaging: New Launches & Manufacturing Upgrades
New launches, hires and facility upgrades.
Jul 7th, 2025
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Top 15 Beauty Predictions for 2025: Insider Insights
We prompted a variety of leaders within the beauty industry to share their thoughts on the oncoming trend forecast for 2025.
Nov 4th, 2024
'As recycling requirements can be confusing, our focus is very much on educating beauty consumers on how easy it is to give their empties a second life with Sephora following three easy steps: clean it out, drop it off at a Sephora store, and then you’re done!' says Desta Raines, Sephora's sustainability lead.
Packaging Trend Tracker: the Next Wave of Sustainability
From Sephora to rePurpose Global and Bluebird Climate, sustainable packaging initiatives are moving forward.
Jun 3rd, 2024
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A Travel-sized Update & Other Cosmetic and Personal Care Packaging News
Regulatory changes could shake up the dynamic mini market.
Sep 2nd, 2025
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.
May 1st, 2024
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.
Apr 1st, 2024
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Packaging Design & Deco Inspo for Beauty & Personal Care
How can beauty and personal care packaging shape a product?  Learn about how packaging offers more than mere functionality: it shapes how consumers interact with the product.
Oct 1st, 2025
Entering the new year, packaging innovation for beauty, as well as a high number of regionalized manufacturing moves, hasn't slowed down.
Beauty & Personal Care Packaging Trend Tracker: January 2024
Here, we round up the latest key trends, including refillable formats, a focus on ergonomics and upgraded manufacturing resources.
Jan 2nd, 2024