News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
East Asia's supplements market - which includes 'beauty from within' products is favoring bilberries, lingonberries and cloudberries so much that workers from Thailand are even traveling to Finland and Sweden for supplies.
New data suggests that consumers stockpile beauty products, neither repurchasing nor disposing of makeup that has expired, and one color cosmetics brand is betting that half-size volumes are the answer.
A team of scientists in the UK have announced a new £8.5 million (€11.5 million) project to develop green chemicals for use in the perfume and fragrance industry across Europe.
AkzoNobel is investing in its performance coatings business in Vietnam, aiming to increase its workforce by 20 per cent to cater to customers in Southeast Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Symrise has opened its new multi-million euro expanded cosmetic ingredients production site in Holzminden, Germany, as it looks to strengthen its market position, both in its home market and globally.
The rise in beauty trends that are aided by online sharing and the popularity of selfies are driving growth in the prestige make-up market in the UK.