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These Are the Top 15 TikTok Shops in Beauty

Revenue trends, top-selling products and more are revealed in Charm.IO's latest report.

According to a May 2024 Exploding Topics Report, “Search volume for ‘sustainable beauty’ is up more than 200% since 2019.”

Performance & Sustainability are the Future of Beauty

A new generation of mass balanced ingredients offer the high-efficacy and verifiable sustainable credentials today’s shoppers demand.

As we rethink acne across generations, the most successful brands will be the ones who can not only create skin relief but who offer excitement, nourishing self-care rituals and even bring joy.

Rethinking Acne: Unveiling the Unseen and the Unmet

In the last two decades, consumers’ expectations towards skin and acne care have evolved. Old solutions no longer resonate.

As we get older, two essential proteins in our skin, collagen and elastin, begin to lose their native structure and break down.

Holistic Beauty: Clean Solutions for Healthy-looking Skin

The idea of “anti-aging” is being replaced by the attitude of aging well, by maximizing skin’s health so that it looks its best at every stage in life.

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Why Collagen Skin Care Masks are Seeing a Massive Boom: Trend Analysis Report

One genre of products within the facial skin care mask category that has seen notable growth within the last six months are collagen face masks.

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Echioseb™, adaptogen sebum controller [free sample request]

Harnessing botanical adaptogenic power for an oily scalp harmony.

Exosomal Beauty is Here: Small, but Mighty

Beauty ingredient suppliers and brands are tapping tiny, powerful particles to rejuvenate the hair and skin.

Baralan's Premium Re-Charge System was designed to preserve the hygiene of formulations and ensure easy replacement inside the main plastic container.

Sustainable Cosmetic Packaging with Something Extra

Whether it be unique design formats, deco options, product formats or functionality, packaging suppliers are upping their game.

Where Beauty Manufacturing is Going Next

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

In 2022, Lignopure commissioned the first GMP-compliant plant for lignin conversion, reportedly achieving the ability to recycle 90,000 kg of lignin annually.

Beauty Alternatives: Ingredient Trends

From upcycled technologies to improved oil-in water formulations, emerging ingredients are taking beauty to the next level.

Vytrus’ plant biotechnology-derived Baolift skin care technology reportedly simulates the facial rejuvenating impacts of a fitness workout.

New Beauty Ingredient Trends: from Functional Water to Fit Skin

From Amazonian biotech to ultra-fine bubble technology, emerging cosmetic ingredients are pushing the boundaries of functions and claims.

Future-proofing Beauty: a First Look at Beauty Accelerate 2025

From expanding the beautyspan with regenerative and longevity-focused innovation to engaging Gen Alpha and Gen Z consumers, this year’s event will provide a 360-degree view of what it takes to succeed in beauty in 2025 and beyond.

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.

“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.

'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.

Twenty-one percent of girls and 12% of boys expressed interest in beauty/personal care before they were 7 years old. While this may seem shocking compared to past generations, it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Gen Z’s & Alpha’s Parents Tell All on their Kids’ Beauty Obsessions

A new survey delves into the early onset of product interest, the role of social media, parents’ expectations and more.

As skin care brands seek to tap into the shifting needs of emerging and established shoppers across generations, marketers and product innovation teams need to ensure their solutions are meeting consumers where they are.

Generational Skin Care: from Future-proofing to Rejuvenation

By delivering targeted care based on life stages, brands have immense opportunities to address the needs of everyone from Gen Alpha to boomers.

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11 Trends in Beauty: Skinification of Sun, Collagen Everything, Biomimic Foundation and More

C&T's "Consumer Pulse" series on the socials highlights the latest emerging searches and hashtags related to cosmetics. Here, we expand on those themes. This edition includes: Princess Cosmetics and the skinification of sun care, collagen everything, etc.