Market Reports

How can beauty brands tap into the brow lamination trend in 2020?

A 'perm for the eyebrow', the Instagram trend has converted into major sales thanks to influencers and celebrities sporting the fuller, affordable look

'Who we are doesn't matter': Why Estée Laundry wants you to stop focusing on its identity

Estée Laundry, the Instagram account the beauty industry loves to hate, talks to Cosmetics Business about its offline plans and sparking conversation

Why is the beauty industry still failing people with disabilities?

Beauty brands are more inclusive than ever, but the world's largest minority group are being left behind when it comes to product launches and representation

New decade, new do: 5 hairstyles to inspire consumers in 2020

There’s no better way to start a new year than with a new ‘do. Jump into 2020 with these high energy launches and hairstyles that are easy to recreate

The 10 beauty brands that defined the 2010s

From start-ups to conglomerates, these brands have changed the conversation around beauty forever

Cosmetics Business forecasts 5 Global Beauty Trends of 2020 in new report

In the year and decade ahead, beauty brands must go beyond product, and contribute positively to the world

These beauty gadgets are brightening up the teeth whitening market

More indie brands are partnering with influencers to create at-home treatments, an alternative to the growing illegal trade

Why is modern day slavery thriving in the beauty industry?

Cosmetics Business removes the polish of the nail industry to uncover how modern slavery has entered the high street

Call for speakers: Lead the discussion at Cosmetics Business Live 2020!

Cosmetics Business announces the launch of Cosmetics Business Live 2020, due to be held in Amsterdam next year

Cosmetics Business reveals the 5 key bath and body trends in new report

Amid a dynamic and fast-changing bath and body care market, brand distinction, and a driving purpose, is everything

Meet Sophia Hutchins: Beauty CEO, Jenner-Kardashian insider and reluctant influencer

In an interview with Cosmetics Business, the businesswoman explains how she landed multi-million dollar investment for her Silicon Valley-approved sun care brand Lumasol

Disco daze: The beauty brands embracing the Studio 54 trend for Christmas 2019

Make-up brands are channelling their inner dancing queen with bold glitter and strobe highlights

The Mighty Moustache: How to wear your facial hair for Movember 2019

From gunslinger to goatee, help your customers take their ‘taches to new lengths this Movember

Nyx founder opens up about life after L'Oréal's $500m buyout: "I needed to roll up my sleeves"

Toni Ko, one of the richest women in America, bets on the next evolution of influencers for her new make-up venture

Pure Beauty Awards 2019: Winners revealed!

Pure Beauty's annual awards ceremony honoured the best in beauty last night at a rebel-themed evening held at London's 8 Northumberland Avenue

Good vibrations: How beauty is leading the sexual wellness movement

Cosmetics Business finds out what is really going on between the sheets of retail’s new sexual wellness category

Cosmetics Business reveals 5 key trends shaping the future of hair care in new report

As 2020 fast approaches, this report identifies the key opportunities for hair care brands, and the new trends that are breaking through

Make-up's financial crisis: Why have consumers fallen out of love with drugstore brands?

Once beacons of the beauty industry, Cosmetics Business investigates how legacy drugstore make-up brands L’Oréal Paris, Rimmel and Revlon have fallen from grace – and why it's more than the rise of indie brands

Cosmetics Business reveals the 5 biggest beauty supplements trends in new report

Beauty supplements are growing in sales – and controversy. This report reveals how brands can eradicate scepticism and build trust

Beauty and wellness: 6 brands and retailers living and breathing the trend

Mindfulness, wellness and self-care are now part of the beauty lexicon. But which brands and retailers are living and breathing the trend?

Breast Cancer Awareness 2019: 23 beauty brands that are giving back this October

Next month, consumers will be able to buy beauty products knowing that their pounds will go to good causes as cosmetics brands put the iconic pink ribbon front and centre

Meet the exhibitors at Cosmetics Business’ Regulatory Summit and Packaging Live 2019

The co-located events will return to Barcelona on the 8 - 9 October for two days of cosmetics innovation

Super cica: Cosmetics Business reveals the beauty ingredient swooping in to rescue skin

Cosmetics Business looks at the ‘wonder ingredient’ trending in the beauty realm and the brands that are harnessing it in their products

From Shiseido's salon for kids to princess parties: Why mini-me beauty is far from child's play

After MAC and John Lewis cancelled its 'back to school' workshop oversight, Cosmetics Business explores which brands are acing the children's industry

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