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Kojic acid has become increasingly popular, as seen in Peace Out Skincare's Dark Spots Serum, featuring kojic acid alongside 3% tranexamic acid and alpha-arbutin.

2025 Beauty Ingredient Trend Preview: What’s Next?

From silk-derived biotech to microbiome sexual wellness and beyond, new ingredients point to future innovation opportunities.

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8 Mindful Beauty Ingredient Trends

New technologies contribute to consumer wellness and a healthier planet.

Libo Cosmetics Co., Ltd. Took part in MakeUp in New York, highlighting its cosmetic packaging solutions.

[update] Beauty Events Are Back!

Highlights from Cosmoprof North America, MakeUp in NY and the California SCC shows point to a gradual return to normalcy.

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Prestige and Mass Beauty Converge as Premiumization, Selective Spending and Digital Commerce Reshape Growth

In mass hair care, shampoo and conditioner combo pack sales gains signaled value-seeking by consumers.

Markets and Dichotomies

Despite global personal care product sales almost hitting the $100 billion mark in 2006, the segment is often considered to be a drag on the overall global beauty products market—posting value growth of 27% between 2001 and 2006 compared to the 30% achieved by the larger, more lucrative cosmetics categories. However, a closer look reveals that personal care is dichotomized with large but slow-moving commoditized sectors, such as bath and shower and oral hygiene, and the smaller, more dynamic emerging areas of baby care, men’s grooming and sun care. Euromonitor International provides insight into key drivers of each of the most significant personal care categories and recommends future strategies for maximizing opportunities and avoiding possible barriers to success.

Men’s Grooming: Worth the Hype?

The men’s market has failed to deliver gains previously anticipated, though recent innovations have put the sector back into the headlines. Euromonitor International takes a closer look at the factors influencing growth of the category and recommends strategies to re-ignite growth.

The Changing Role of Fragrance in Personal Washes

Formulating fragrance in personal washes to communicate a product’s benefits and reinforce the brand.

New Perspectives in Beauty Retailing

Ever-changing and ever-evolving, the trends in beauty retailing currently include more retailer brands, pop-up shops, video as a sales tool and more.

Sample Packaging Engagement

Engaging consumers with new or revamped products can be difficult, but developing distinct sampling programs with engaging sample packages is definitely a good start.

Markets and Dichotomies

Despite global sales almost hitting the $100 billion mark in 2006, the segment is often considered to be a drag on the overall global beauty products market—posting value growth of 27% between 2001 and 2006 compared to the 30% achieved by the larger, more lucrative cosmetics categories.

Trends tend to circulate among the regional beauty centers of Asia Pacific.

Special Report: Decoding Asian Beauty Ideals, Products and Trends

A Mintel briefing recently outlined the individual market realities, emerging innovation trends and growth opportunities in this dynamic beauty market.

The market for organic personal care products will reach $25 billion by 2025 at a CAGR of 9.4%

Ensuring a ‘Green’ Personal Care Supply Chain

Brands are having to maneuver through the beauty world to bring consumers a natural product they love.

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The Fragrance Foundation Unveils Award Finalists

The top five finalists for The Fragrance Foundation Awards and Editorial Excellence winners were announced. Fragrance categories include perfume extraordinaire of the year, fragrance hall of fame, breakout star and more.

Fragrance Foundation Awards Semi-Finalists for 2015

Packaging, popular, prestige and luxury category leaders announced.

Double-digit growth has been seen for body creams, lotions and cleaners; and consumer spending on prestige body products has increased by 25%. What's going on?

2024's Fastest-growing Skin Care Category Goes Beyond the Face

Body skin care led the category's growth, in part by coopting ingredients and claims associated with facial skin care. Here’s what’s happening in the category and how brands can tap into the growth.

Finalists Announced for 2015 Fragrance Foundation Awards

All categories announced during finalists breakfast.

Givaudan Active Beauty's Illuminyl 388 is an augmented green tea polyphenol (EGCG; epigallocatechin gallate) prebiotic skin brightening active with universal efficacy against skin pigmentation for all skin types.

Skin Pigmentation 2.0: May 2024 Beauty Trend Tracker

With hyperpigmentation concerns on the rise, ingredient suppliers have launched technologies to address issues related to acne, psoriasis and more.

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[updated] Secrets to Shaping Beauty into Body Care: How Claims, Ingredients and Challenges Translate

What's driving the body care boom? Here, we explore new launches and insights from Anushka Nadkarni, Bentley Labs; Ron Robinson, BeautyStat; Rita Silva, DECIEM; Jean-Christophe Choulot, Caudalíe, and Philip Durocher, Cetaphil U.S., to find out.