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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.

While overall makeup growth is slow, several key segments are growing—notably lip and cheek products, setting sprays, and other select categories.

7 Top Makeup Growth Sectors for 2025

A close read of recent consumer data reveals areas of opportunity to tap growth in the color cosmetic sector.

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Lumson Continues to Expand Its Airless Range with New Designs

LUMSON CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS TAG AIRLESS GLASS RANGE WITH NEW DESIGNS BUT STILL REMAINS THE AUTHENTIC AIRLESS SYSTEMS

'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.

How Sephora is Tackling Beauty's Packaging Challenges: Interview

To tackle the challenge, Sephora is leveraging take-back programs, refillables and launching a new Planet Aware label.

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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.

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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.

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Packaging Inspo: Design & Fun Meet Sustainability

Shaping the future of packaging, blending environmental responsibility with consumer convenience.

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

“Stability is a key challenge in designing pumps for wider containers such as jars,” says Chong For, general manager at Unica Packaging. “Our unique pump design ensures optimal stability when pressed from any angle, enhancing user experience.”

Airless Cosmetic Packaging: Protection x Performance

From expanded shelf lives to better formula protection, airless cosmetic packaging offers a wide range of benefits.

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Qore is Turning Iowa Corn Into Sustainable Beauty and Packaging

This alternative to fossil-derived BDO can be used in the manufacture of PVP, a water-soluble polymer used as a film former in cosmetics like mascara and eyeliner.

Hair Care Splits in Two: Value Wins at Mass, Treatments Take Off in Prestige

From value-packed basics to $120 longevity serums, hair care is rewriting the rules.

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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.

'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.

As composting takes hold of beauty care, more and more brands are coming out of the woodwork with new and improved products.

Compostable Beauty

The industry seeks to offset its footprint with new compostable products.

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.

'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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Cosmetic & Personal Care Packaging: New Launches & Manufacturing Upgrades

New launches, hires and facility upgrades.