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8 beauty tech innovations shown at CES 2025

09-Jan-2025

By Kirsty Doolan

We’ve rounded up some of the innovations showcased at CES 2025 this week.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of October 2024

05-Nov-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of October 2024 includes Kao's new hair care developments, Olive Young's insight into overseas purchases, an anti-scar RNA microneedle patch and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of August 2024

03-Sep-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of August 2024 including including Hindustan Unilever’s (HUL) Stratos technology, Beiersdorf's launch plans in India, Nykaa's insights into prestige fragrance in India and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of July 2024

07-Aug-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of July 2024 including Estée Lauder exclusive Japan quasi-drug line, our in-depth analysis into Asia's skin care market, a look into psychodermatology and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of June 2024

03-Jul-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of June 2024 including our feature on the travel retail beauty scene, Kao's latest men's hair care launches, our new Drop Zone series, and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of May 2024

05-Jun-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of May featuring news from Unilever, L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of April 2024

07-May-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of April 2024 featuring news from Sephora, Kolmar, Dr. Ci:Labo, Shiseido and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of March 2024

02-Apr-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of March 2024, featuring news from Kao, Kenvue, Beiersdorf and more.

6 hair care brands focusing on ingredients innovation

07-Mar-2024

By Kirsty Doolan

Hair care is officially the category to watch in 2024, with an increased focus on scalp health, scientific innovation, and cutting-edge ingredients. Take a look at these brands that are innovating in this space...

Brand news: Charlotte Tilbury; VB Beauty; Give Me Cosmetics; Lancôme; L'Oréal Group

23-Feb-2024

By Kirsty Doolan

The latest beauty brand news you need to know about on Charlotte Tilbury; VB Beauty; Give Me Cosmetics & more...

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of January 2024

06-Feb-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of January 2024, featuring news from Cosme Decorté, Amorepacific, Medicube, and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of December 2023

09-Jan-2024

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of December 2023, featuring news from L’Oréal, DSM-Firmenich, Nykaa, and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of November 2023

05-Dec-2023

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of November 2023, featuring news from LG H&H, L’Oréal, Estée Lauder and more.

WGSN reveals beauty trends for 2024 and beyond

02-Dec-2023

By Kirsty Doolan

Trend forecaster WGSN has released its predictions for the cosmetics industry for next year. Scroll through to discover the trends and see the AI-generated images it has used to illustrate them.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of October 2023

31-Oct-2023

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of October 2023, featuring news from SK-II, Caudalie, Kao and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of September 2023

03-Oct-2023

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of September 2023

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of August 2023

05-Sep-2023

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of August 2023 – featuring insights from Shiseido, L’Oréal, Coty, Amorepacific, and Kao.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of June 2023

19-Jul-2023

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of June 2023 – featuring our analysis on the Thai beauty market, the future of generative AI in beauty, and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of May 2023

14-Jun-2023

By Amanda Lim

Check out our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of May 2023 – featuring HUL's premiumisation success, SK-II's travel retail insights and L'Oréal's on Aesop potential.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of April 2023

12-May-2023

By Amanda Lim

Check out our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of April 2023 – featuring The Body Shop's well-ageing positioning, makeup recovery in Asia and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of March 2023

10-Apr-2023

By Amanda Lim

Check out our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of March 2023 – featuring Korea cosmetic regulation developments, SUGAR Cosmetics’ innovation plans, and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of February 2023

28-Feb-2023

By Amanda Lim

Check out our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of February 2023 – featuring Estee Lauder's China plans, Fixerma's unique bestseller, our latest podcast on 2023 beauty trends, and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of January 2023

02-Feb-2023

By Amanda Lim

Check out our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of January 2023 – featuring our analysis into 2023 beauty trends, regulation, and emerging markets.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of November 2022

29-Nov-2022

By Amanda Lim

Check out our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of November 2022 – featuring LG H&H woes in China, Kao's impending price hikes, the potential of African traditional oils, and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 most-read APAC cosmetic stories of October 2022

01-Nov-2022

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of October, featuring the latest in beauty innovation, trends and business news.

GALLERY: Top 10 most-read APAC cosmetic stories of September 2022

10-Oct-2022

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of September, featuring the latest in beauty innovation, trends and business news.

Dive deeper on Kao joining Genomatica venture to scale palm oil alternatives

03-Oct-2022

By Ravyn Cullor

Biotechnology firm Genomatica announced last week that Japanese giant Kao Corporation is joining a venture to scale alternatives to palm oil.

Dive deeper on announced name for J&J's planned consumer health company

28-Sep-2022

By Ravyn Cullor

Johnson and Johnson announced Tuesday that the name of its new planned consumer health company will be Kenvue.

Dive deeper on L’Oréal acquisition of physician-dispensed brand Skinbetter Science

26-Sep-2022

By Ravyn Cullor

L’Oréal announced the acquisition of physician-dispensed brand Skinbetter Science, which will become part of the multinational’s Active Cosmetics Division.

GALLERY: Top 10 APAC cosmetic stories of August 2022

30-Aug-2022

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of August, featuring the latest in beauty news, innovation and trends.

GALLERY: Top 10 APAC cosmetic stories of July 2022

02-Aug-2022

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of July, featuring the latest in beauty news, innovation and trends.

Top 5 most-read stories July 2022: Unilever skin microbiome NPD, skinimalism 2.0 and beauty tech

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GALLERY: Top 10 APAC cosmetic stories of June 2022

07-Jul-2022

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of June, featuring the latest in beauty news, innovation and trends.

Top 5 most-read stories June 2022: Colgate innovation plans, microbiota science and Unilever skin immunity

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Half way mark: 5 most popular CosmeticsDesign article so far in 2022

10-Jun-2022

By Ravyn Cullor

This weekend, catch up on the most popular CosmeticsDesign articles from the first half of 2022.

GALLERY: Top 10 APAC cosmetic stories of May 2022

02-Jun-2022

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of March, featuring the latest in beauty news, innovation and trends.

GALLERY: Top 10 APAC cosmetic stories of April 2022

09-May-2022

By Amanda Lim

Our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of March, featuring the latest in beauty innovation, trends and regulations.

Top 5 most-read stories April 2022: Natural & organic standards, global beauty trends and acne tech innovation

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Let's catch up: 5 CosmeticsDesign articles to revisit today

20-Apr-2022

By Ravyn Cullor

CosmeticsDesign has been experiencing some technical difficulties, but we're back! You can revisit these popular articles while we start publishing again.