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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.

Since December 2023, online searches for “whole body deodorant” have exploded, dwarfing traffic recorded over the last 20 years. Why is that?

The Whole-body Revolution

Simplicity, multifunctionality, gentleness, value and efficacy are driving exponential growth in launches promising all-over deodorizing benefits across multiple body sites.

From sustainable innovations to new acquisitions, packaging suppliers are delivering newness in 2025.

Shaping the Future of Beauty: Trends in Cosmetic and Personal Care Packaging

What's new in cosmetic and personal care packaging? With consumer focus growing around sustainability, companies are listening and developing product lines and sustainable solutions for make up, skin care, hair care, and personal care packaging.

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Packaging for Beauty | Skin Care Ingredient Launches + Trends: July/August Insider Insights

This month we delve into the diverse skin care and packaging for beauty categories.

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.

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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.

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The 2026 Packaging Edit: Droppers, Minis, Dispensing & More

As beauty insiders navigate the demands of e-commerce, increasingly stringent recycling standards, the dermocosmetic boom and more, the packaging supply chain has stepped up.

'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.

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A Travel-sized Update & Other Cosmetic and Personal Care Packaging News

Regulatory changes could shake up the dynamic mini market.

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.

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.

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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.

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PPWR Is Rewriting Beauty Packaging: The Trends, Technologies and Compliance Strategies Defining the Next Era

'Innovation in design for recyclability is a major focus, prompting us to develop packaging solutions that prioritize sustainability,' says Stephanie Rowntree, international product manager, HCP Packaging.

The Competition for Sustainability in the Beauty Industry: Insider Insights

As sustainability becomes the driving force of the beauty industry, brands making environmental responsibility a part of their core philosophy stand a better chance of earning consumer loyalty and trust.

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The Next Generation of Beauty Packaging: Designing for Gens Z and Alpha

The companies that thrive will be those that treat packaging as a strategic business asset rather than simply a container.

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.

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The Future of Beauty Packaging: Sustainable, Innovative, and Convenient

Explore the latest packaging trends in the beauty industry, highlighting sustainability and decorative glass designs that merge elegance and innovation to captivate consumers.