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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.

Debut earned its spot on the TIME100 list for its groundbreaking use of AI and biotechnology to create high-performing, sustainable beauty formulations, driving innovation in the industry. Pictured is CEO Joshua Britton.

Beauty Shines on Time's List of the 100 Most Influential Companies in 2025

L’Oréal was recognized for its science-driven approach and strategic acquisitions like CeraVe and La Roche-Posay.

'BiotechXBeautyLabs is the only cosmetic contract manufacturing business that offers novel biotech ingredients to the beauty industry via formulations that power innovation based on clinical performance,' says founder Joshua Britton.

What's New in Beauty Manufacturing?

Manufacturers Lady Burd and BiotechXBeautyLabs give their take on how they are navigating the constant changes within beauty manufacturing.

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Crafting Beauty: The MPlus Cosmetics Journey

Founded in 2002, MPlus Cosmetics specializes in contract manufacturing color cosmetics for face, eyes, and lips. The Italian company blends innovative products with cutting-edge brushes, offering fast time-to-market and a comprehensive 360° service.

Iqonic.AI’s new AI-based hair analysis platform allows hair salons, brands and retailers to offer assessments of common concerns such as hair loss or hair density.

3 Perspectives on Beauty x AI

From personalization to demand planning to product development, artificial intelligence is suddenly everywhere.

Christine Lafforgue, Ph.D., IFSCC Congress President 2025

How IFSCC 2025 Will Make Waves in Cannes — and in Beauty: Interview with Christine Lafforgue, Ph.D., Congress President

The 35th IFSCC Congress, to be held Sept. 15-18, 2025 in Cannes, France, will keep beauty innovators at the forefront of scientific progress in longevity, neuroscience, emotions and more. Here, Christine Lafforgue, Ph.D., congress president, explains.

Addressing the growth in the false lash market, Lady Burd has developed its own Lash Glue.

Beauty Manufacturing Trend Tracker: February 2024

From sustainable production upgrades to trends in packaging, manufacturers open up on the state of the beauty production landscape.

“Harnessing the organization's full potential is essential to implementing sustainable practices site-wide,” says Katie Gillespie, Accupac’s chief human resources officer. “This is achieved by encouraging behavior-based changes, offering education and fostering a culture of sustainability. Every process and project must prioritize continuous improvement and sustainability, ensuring these principles are ingrained in our organization's core values and actions.”

Beauty Manufacturing Trends: 6 Dimensions of Sustainability

From water usage and packaging to enhanced production capabilities for the benefit of workers and clients, manufacturers are taking a deep and nuanced look at their ecological impacts.

Generative AI tools can provide rapid iteration on a wide range of designs, textures, materials, sustainability specifications and more; image courtesy of ckybe at Adobe Stock.

Beauty Manufacturing Tracker: Next-level Innovation

From AI design to clean and sustainable turnkey services, beauty manufacturers are tackling the industry's biggest challenges.

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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Discover Cobalt Labs: Your Partner in Innovation and Product Development

Unlock the potential of your product innovation with Cobalt Labs! Learn how our custom solutions help beauty brands fast-track high-quality products to market. Dive into our latest article to explore how we can accelerate your product development!

Overall, lip makeup was a top performer in the prestige beauty category 2023, per Circana, spiking 31% year-over-year, or twice the rate of the overall category.

The Lip Boom: Beauty x Care

From lip oils and balms to plumping glosses and multifunctional sticks, innovation opportunities abound.

Where Beauty Manufacturing is Going Next

From biotech without the research overhead to AI-driven product authentication, cosmetic manufacturing is moving into new territory.

Science that backs the beauty. TaikiUSA partners with beauty brands to create skin care and applicator solutions incorporating the latest technologies, ingredient trends and scientific advancements.

Staying Ahead of the Trends: TaikiUSA Bridges Science & Beauty

TaikiUSA offers access to a vast assortment of validated base formulas, turnkey solutions, and beauty tools so you can go to market quickly- with custom, science-backed products- including masks, patches, beauty tools and waterless solutions.

By optimizing packaging decisions and manufacturing, The Rootist managed to drastically grow its serum's size without passing costs to shoppers.

The Rootist is Relaunching a Serum at Sephora with 80% More Product—and No Price Increase. Here’s How.

The Rootist prioritized delivering more value to its loyal users by increasing the product size without passing on additional costs.

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