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When SPF Becomes a Lifestyle

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The Skin Care Toolbox: Next-Gen Ingredients and Concept Products for Longevity, Barrier Health & Beyond

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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.

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

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Ingredients Are the New SEO: How AI and TikTok Are Rewriting the Rules of Skin Care

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Hair Care’s Next Move: Gray, Sensory and Climate-Ready

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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Gen Alpha Is Coming for Beauty Earlier, Smarter and With AI in the Mix

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Body Care Gets Smarter: From Skinification to Wellness, Climate Resilience and Waterless Innovation

From serums to sustainable soak: body care is shedding basic moisturizer status with climate-conscious actives and personalized performance innovations.

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Asia’s Beauty Blueprint: 10 Innovation Trends

From China’s biotech and Korea’s consumer creativity to Japan’s precision science, the Asian beauty ecosystem is reshaping cosmetic breakthroughs.

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Cosmetic Droppers: inside Lumson's engineering approach

Behind every cosmetic dropper lies a complex engineering process. Discover Lumson's approach to designing dispensing systems that combine precision, aesthetics, manufacturing expertise and consistent, reliable performance.

Beauty’s D&I Progresses on the Shelf, Retreats in the C-Suite

Formal diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategies, budgets and targets have collapsed since 2023. Inevitably, what isn't measured doesn't grow.

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From Weight Loss to Whole-Person Beauty

As the definition of successful obesity treatment expands, a transformation-care market may emerge across pharma, beauty and consumer health.

What Makes a Beauty Brand Investable? Prelude Growth's Alicia Sontag Weighs In.

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Editor’s Notebook: the Beauty Ingredients Driving Newness in the Market

From mango derivatives to upcycled hydrocarbons, ingredient technologies are rapidly evolving.

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Packaging Look Book: Co-Engineering Sustainability & Performance

Packaging must deliver across the full lifecycle, from shelf appeal to end-of-life circularity, without compromise.

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Feel the Difference: ICONS America Soft-Touch In-Mold Label Tubes

ICONS America announces new IML innovation: luxurious soft-touch tubes. Achieve artwork that feels as luxurious as it looks. Available in striking combinations of gloss, matte, soft-touch & metallic finishes. Made-in-USA, recyclable mono PP, w/ PCR.

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The Procedure-to-Product Pipeline Is Growing: New Consumer Survey Data

Providing the proof that consumers seek will give them permission to explore the pre- and post-procedure skin care products that have piqued shoppers' interest.