Packaging & Design

Helping hand: Japanese cosmetic firms help influencers launch make-up brands at one-tenth of the cost

16-Sep-2021 By Amanda Lim

Cosmetics retailer @cosme and contract manufacturer Tokiwa have collaborated to launch a programme to help influencers develop their own colour cosmetic products at a more manageable scale and cost.

Dollars and sense: How brick-and-mortar retailers can meet beauty consumers’ sensory needs post-COVID

02-Sep-2021 By Amanda Lim

Strong brand communication through visual elements are becoming increasingly important for cosmetic retailers in the contactless and touchless post-pandemic market, claims a design boss who has just worked with South Korea’s Shinsegae-owned Chicor.

Bespoke solutions: Cosmetic manufacturers adapting supply chains to support personalised brands

25-Aug-2021 By Amanda Lim

The rise of personalisation and the acceleration of digital commerce is pushing cosmetic manufacturers to rethink their supply chain solutions to support bespoke beauty brands.

‘Responsibility to drive change’: Watsons targets more markets for refill stations after successful Malaysia launch

17-Aug-2021 By Amanda Lim

Health and beauty retailer Watsons will launch Naturals by Watsons refill stations into Hong Kong stores this month, following a successful pilot in Malaysia.

Waste not: Unilever files patent on coloured post-consumer resin beauty packaging

12-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever has developed sustainable black packaging made from layered post-consumer resin materials, breathing new life into plastic previously treated as waste.

‘A big step’: The Body Shop believes reuse and refill habit will ‘definitely’ become mainstream in Singapore

13-Jul-2021 By Amanda Lim

The Body Shop has begun rolling out in-store refill services in Singapore where it believes the reuse and refill habit will become mainstream among beauty consumers.

Eco support: S. Korean cosmetic stores encouraged to promote refills under new government pilot

12-Jul-2021 By Amanda Lim

Cosmetic companies in South Korea are being encouraged to install refill services to increase eco-friendly consumption, with Innisfree one of the stores involved in a new pilot programme.

L’Oréal to launch ‘infinitely recyclable’ Biotherm bottle in 2025

24-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has co-developed a plastic cosmetics bottle with French biotech specialist Carbios, made using fully recycled PET via an enzymatic recycling technology that also makes it infinitely recyclable.

Go big or go home: Wiz Care’s strategy to balance sustainability and affordability in India’s personal care mass market

21-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

An Indian personal care and hygiene company is walking the fine line between sustainability and affordability by launching jumbo-sized packs and multifunctional products for the mass market.

Mindful growth: Promoting sustainable consumption top-of-mind for waterless beauty brand founded by ex-Amazon VP

16-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

An ex-Amazon VP who founded waterless Singapore start-up Bhuman says early interest from big-name retailers won’t deter its focus on promoting sustainable consumption and insists there is no merit in growing the brand “just for the sake of growing”.

New life for old plastics: Kao furthers circular beauty goals with plans to use chemically recycled plastics for cosmetics

14-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

Japanese personal care major Kao Corporation has piloted a new initiative to use chemically recycled plastic for its cosmetics packaging in effort to further its efforts to improve its circularity.

War on waste: Aussie brand My Soda aiming to fizz in sustainable beauty space with refillable hair care range

09-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

Australian personal and home care manufacturer Natures Organics has launched a range of refillable hair care products as sustainable packaging is rapidly becoming an “expectation” from Australian consumers.

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Tools + topicals is where the ‘real innovation lies’ in beauty - designer

31-May-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Combining beauty tools with topicals for enhanced efficacy and improved usability is a gap in the market with plenty of promise that brands haven’t quite found yet, says Jo Barnard, founder and creative director of Morrama.

‘Small changes for a big difference’: Shiseido’s ELIXIR aiming for all key products to be refillable by 2025

26-May-2021 By Amanda Lim

Shiseido-owned ELIXIR is targeting to convert all of the brand’s flagship products into a refillable format by 2025 as part of the multinational’s sustainability goals.

GlaxoSmithKline to kickstart rollout of fully recyclable toothpaste tubes

25-May-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Health care major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has partnered with packaging specialists Albéa and EPL to develop fully recyclable laminated toothpaste tubes, with a first launch under Sensodyne set for Europe this year.