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Two to Teens: Clean Beauty for Gen Alpha Kids

Beauty brands are trending younger, opening a new market for skin care and cosmetics meant for the very youngest of Gen Alpha, ages two to teens.

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Health-savvy Consumers Flock to Face Masks

Consumers are increasingly looking to face masks for skin care dedicated to relieving skin conditions—according to a recent report, this is helping to boost the global face mask market's growth.

Exposome skin care, microbiome-friendly solutions and sleep-centric technology will change the way brands appeal to consumers.

5 Skin Care Claims on the Horizon

Claims are a leading purchase driver for beauty and personal care consumers; how are those claims evolving?

Eco beauty concepts ruled this year's Indie Beauty Expo, including a range of food-inspired concepts.

[slideshow & podcast] The Beauty of Food Rules at the Indie Beauty Expo

On this edition of The Business of Beautiful: Edible and food-inspired brands and eco-luxury dominated the latest edition of this must-attend show, including skin fasting, watermelon seed beauty, facial smoothies, climate-built skin care and more.

Masstige beauty accounted for 11% of overall sales, representing a growth rate of 16%, about twice that of mass.

Beauty 2023-2026: Category Blur & Continued Growth

PLUS: Sales totals and trends for makeup, skin care, hair care, fragrance and more.

The 2018 CEW beauty industry review featured insights from Mintel, NPD Group and Nielsen, as well as Tribe Dynamics.

[special report] US Prestige Skin Care Sales 2017-2018

Top brands and launches, the natural skin care boom, pricing trends and more.

SPF-infused makeup, multifunctional K-beauty and more are lighting up consumers' feeds this summer.

SummerTok's Hottest Beauty Trends Include SPF Glow-Ups, TikTok-Famous Eyebrows and Skin-Loving Makeup Magic

Brands that tap into seasonal and longer-term consumer engagement can gain ground on even the most entrenched establishments.

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Get Ready for the Skin Care Boom

New category innovations, new expanding markets and emerging claims are set to drive big growth.

Fast-growing and high-profitability brands are driving M&A activity in beauty.

Grow It Alone? Why Beauty M&A is So Hot

High growth and profitability are making startup players attractive, but companies like e.l.f. are blazing their own trails to success.

Beauty Story and Coty have teamed up to create a futuristic, interactive experience for consumers.

Coty x Beauty Story & the Future of Retail

“This space is less about category and demographics and more [about] fitting into consumer lifestyles and behavior."

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Key Trends from the World’s Beauty Hotspots

Euromonitor has coined the term “beauty geographic hotspots” to describe the country-branded beauty movement, whereby brands are categorized by their region of origin.

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The TikTok Takeover: How an App Ate the Lunch of Beauty Retail’s Elite

Generating $1.58B in sales, TikTok Shop is a competitive threat forcing Amazon, Sephora, and Ulta to completely rewrite the rules of commerce.

Ulta and its competitors are taking a holistic view of the consumer's path to purchase.

What Omnichannel Looks Like at Ulta, Walgreens and Cos Bar

Who is the omnichannel shopper, what do they want, and how are beauty retailers and brands responding?

New beauty and personal care innovation begins here.

2018 Global Cosmetic Industry Editorial Calendar: Beautiful Innovation

Topics, editorial and marketing opportunities, and how you can get involved.

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The Biggest Trends From InterCharm 2018

Couldn't make it to InterCharm this year? We rounded up the biggest trends from the show floor, including those for packaging, fragrance and upcoming trend forecasts for the beauty industry.

Mira Beauty seeks to provide a Netflix-like personalized shopping experience.

[interview] Netflix of Beauty, Mira, Receives $9M in New Funding

"No two people are the same, and each person’s skin can need different things at differing times."

Topping the list of Google searches with a significant 'breakout' boost in interest was the phrase 'organic raw materials for cosmetics manufacturer.”

Trending: Organic Ingredients, SC Kozmetik, Daiso and Rihanna Makeup

This week's look at Google search trends uncovered consumer interest in organic ingredients, support for earthquake survivors, one Japanese beauty company and superstar-inspired cosmetics. Read on to learn more.

Per Google Trends, searches on 'talc-free makeup' are up 350% in the past seven days, which may be due to The Guardian's June 10, 2024, headline: 'Is there asbestos in your makeup? Why women with cancer are suing big beauty brands.'

7 Trends in Beauty — Talc-free Makeup/J&J Settles, Unsafe Products in Sri Lanka, Hair Bonding, Peptides and More

Each week, we dig into growing trends in web searches and hashtags related to cosmetics. Emerging this week are: talc-free makeup and J&J's settlement, unsafe products in Sri Lanka, hair bonding, Argireline hexapeptide products and more.