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Beauty is packed with jargon that the average person struggles to follow, finds report

Insights from a survey commissioned by Caroline Hirons’ beauty brand Skin Rocks has highlighted an information gap in skin care, as consumers admit they struggle to understand buzzwords and jargon

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Beauty is packed with jargon that the average person struggles to follow, finds report

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Curated beauty boxes are making talent partnerships more authentic than ever before

Curated beauty boxes are making talent partnerships more authentic than ever...

Edit boxes are growing in popularity, offering an authentic collaboration between beauty brands and talent. This...
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Jones Road Beauty CEO Cody Plofker is stepping down

Jones Road Beauty CEO Cody Plofker is stepping down

After helping build-up the make-up brand founded by MUA Bobbi Brown, Jones Road Beauty CEO Cody Plofker said he was ‘not the right person for the next phase’ of growth
L’Oréal to snap up Gucci Beauty licence from Coty earlier than expected

L’Oréal to snap up Gucci Beauty licence from Coty earlier than expected

L’Oréal, Coty and Kering have come to an agreement for the early transfer of the Gucci Beauty licence and a termination fee of £400m will be paid to incumbent Coty
Can Pentavitin take hyaluronic acid’s crown as the beloved skin care hydrator?

Can Pentavitin take hyaluronic acid’s crown as the beloved skin care hydrator?

More beauty brands are infusing plant-derived moisturising ingredient, Pentavitin, into their formulations because it can bind moisture to the keratin in the skin for 72 hours without it evaporating, providing longer-term hydration. Beauty Writer Bethan King investigates
British Beauty Council and Sephora UK announce 2026 Student Beauty Shadow Board winners

British Beauty Council and Sephora UK announce 2026 Student Beauty Shadow Board winners

Five students have been selected to join the programme, led by Unidays, and designed to support the next generation of beauty talent through a grant, mentorship and more
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Gym girl beauty is on the rise again as new-age sweat-friendly NPD hits the market

Gym girl beauty is on the rise again as new-age sweat-friendly NPD hits the market

With a plethora of new launches setting out to target fitness fanatics, discover how the gym girl beauty subcategory is working hard in 2026 while consumers work out
Refy teams up with Sephora to try and conquer the EU

Refy teams up with Sephora to try and conquer the EU

Refy’s entry into Sephora Europe in 13 countries marks the viral make-up brand’s biggest retail expansion to date
Rituals issues warning to community about fake accounts impersonating the brand

Rituals issues warning to community about fake accounts impersonating the brand

The Dutch beauty brand has alerted its consumers about fraudulent social media accounts impersonating the brand and its employees, stating, ‘we take this matter very seriously and are in contact with all affected social platforms’
Meet the winners: Cosmetics Business Innovation Awards 2026

Meet the winners: Cosmetics Business Innovation Awards 2026

The CBIAs celebrate the most impactful innovations across the global cosmetics and personal care supply chain, with winners including Croda, Nuon Medical, Innospec and Symrise

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LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault ordered to pay €22.5 million taxes

LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault ordered to pay €22.5 million taxes

A court in France has allegedly ruled that LVMH boss Bernard Arnault must pay taxes related to previous years in a long-running dispute
Marketing
Liberty invites UK artists to design its 2027 beauty advent calendar in open call

Liberty invites UK artists to design its 2027 beauty advent calendar in open call

The luxury department store is asking UK artists to submit their vision for its popular beauty advent calendar, with the winner’s design being used in 2027. This is the first time Liberty has opened the creative process to the wider artistic community
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Skin Care
Glow Hub enters Australia and ‘pivots’ to collectables to accelerate expansion

Glow Hub enters Australia and ‘pivots’ to collectables to accelerate expansion

Known for its sell-out hand sanitisers loved by actress Millie Bobbi Brown, Glow Hub is pivoting towards collectable beauty products and focusing on mass retailers to ramp up its growth
Ingredients
Shiseido unveils research on ring-shaped collagen structure to maintain facial shape

Shiseido unveils research on ring-shaped collagen structure to maintain facial shape

The Japanese beauty giant and a group of select researchers have discovered that facial skin contains a characteristic ring-shaped collagen structure, called Ring Collagen, which generates tension in the skin that serves to maintain a youthful appearance
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Colour Cosmetics
Essie enters its ‘cheeky luxury’ era in a bid to target new consumers

Essie enters its ‘cheeky luxury’ era in a bid to target new consumers

As Essie launches its new Cheeky Luxury platform, which acts as a benchmark for branding, marketing and more, SVP and Global Head of Brand Melanie Ioanna reveals all about the 45-year-old heritage nail player’s efforts to enter into a modern era
Body Care
Unilever promotes Hanny van Amerongen to Chief R&D Officer for Personal Care

Unilever promotes Hanny van Amerongen to Chief R&D Officer for Personal Care

Van Amerongen, who has worked for Unilever for more than 14 years, will now oversee research and innovation in the consumer goods giant’s personal care division, which includes brands Dove, Rexona, LUX and Axe
Hair Care
SLG Brands sells Colab and Johnny’s Chop Shop to Thriving Brands

SLG Brands sells Colab and Johnny’s Chop Shop to Thriving Brands

Right Guard owner Thriving Brands will take on hair care brands Colab and Johnny’s Chop Shop as SLG Brands looks to its core licensing business future growth initiatives
Packaging
Charlotte Tilbury on beauty dupes: ‘When you dupe, you dupe the consumer’

Charlotte Tilbury on beauty dupes: ‘When you dupe, you dupe the consumer’

The make-up artist who founded Charlotte Tilbury has spoken out against beauty dupes once again in a new interview with BBC News, stating that copycat items are ‘not performing the way my products do’
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Digital
Charlotte Tilbury and Maybelline are the beauty brands winning at AI optimisation

Charlotte Tilbury and Maybelline are the beauty brands winning at AI optimisation

New insights have revealed the best-performing brands across artificial intelligence (AI) platforms ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, with Charlotte Tilbury, Maybelline New York and e.l.f. Beauty leading the way
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Manufacturing
K-beauty’s dark side revealed as surge in fake products puts consumers at risk

K-beauty’s dark side revealed as surge in fake products puts consumers at risk

As the K-beauty market continues to grow and evolve, the issue of fake products is only growing more apparent. But what needs to be done to stifle the rate of fakes in beauty to help keep consumers safe?
Male Grooming
Dior unveils beauty suite at Cannes Film Festival

Dior unveils beauty suite at Cannes Film Festival

The Riviera-themed 350 square meter space also nods to the art of film costume design, and will host celebrities and Dior Ambassadors throughout the festival

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Aptar closures strengthens portfolio of e-commerce-ready closures for beauty, personal care and home care applications

Aptar closures strengthens portfolio of e-commerce-ready closures for beauty, personal care and home care applications

As e-commerce continues to boom, the company’s set of four closures helps brands enhance product protection and consumer experience
New liner-less jar design solves a big recycling problem

New liner-less jar design solves a big recycling problem

Beauty products should be good for you and for the planet. But there's a hidden problem in many cream jars. It's a small piece of plastic that creates a big recycling...
Beyond Time: The science of longevity in beauty

Beyond Time: The science of longevity in beauty

Discover ingredients inspired by longevity, designed to prolong the health and beauty of your skin and hair through biotechnology and peptides in high-performance active...
Purity testing reveals 100% failure rate in grapeseed oil

Purity testing reveals 100% failure rate in grapeseed oil

The Soapery tested the purity of grapeseed oil from 5 leading retailers and found that none of the samples were 100% pure. Do you know what your grapeseed oil bottle...
ERHA Unveils Skin AIdentify, an AI-Powered Skin Advisor Developed with Revieve, Bringing Dermatology-Grade Personalisation to WhatsApp

ERHA Unveils Skin AIdentify, an AI-Powered Skin Advisor Developed with Revieve, Bringing Dermatology-Grade Personalisation to WhatsApp

Arya Noble Scales Intelligent Derma Beauty Through a WhatsApp-First Experience Designed to Drive Consumer Engagement and Data-Driven Growth Across Indonesia
PPWR: The new european regulation requiring cosmetic packaging compliance

PPWR: The new european regulation requiring cosmetic packaging compliance

Sustainability is no longer simply a branding strategy—it is becoming a legal obligation. The new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) introduces new...
Haut.AI launches AI-powered body analysis amid rising consumer demand for personalised bodycare

Haut.AI launches AI-powered body analysis amid rising consumer demand for personalised bodycare

Haut.AI launches its new AI-powered Body Analysis platform for beauty and wellness brands, a first-of-its-kind technology enabling to conduct objective, quantitative skin...
Award-winning iRomaScents builds on international retail success with global AI retail expansion

Award-winning iRomaScents builds on international retail success with global AI retail expansion

Retailers, distributors and fragrance brands interested in bringing proven AI-powered fragrance retail technology to their own markets are invited to meet the iRomaScents...
Sharon Personal Care Officially Becomes Eternis Personal Care

Sharon Personal Care Officially Becomes Eternis Personal Care

Effective July 1, 2026, Sharon Personal Care officially becomes Eternis Personal Care, marking the completion of its integration following Eternis Fine Chemicals Ltd.'s...
Syensqo launches Repel-O-Tex Crystal Premium, a new soil release polymer for modern laundry care

Syensqo launches Repel-O-Tex Crystal Premium, a new soil release polymer for modern laundry care

This new technology supports consumers’ shift to shorter and colder wash cycles without compromising cleaning efficacy
MyMicrobiome certifies Evereden multi-vitamin deodorant as the world’s first microbiome-friendly deodorant

MyMicrobiome certifies Evereden multi-vitamin deodorant as the world’s first microbiome-friendly deodorant

MyMicrobiome AG, the global leader in microbiome certification, today announced that Evereden Multi-Vitamin Deodorant has successfully received the official...
Top Slavic hair care brand coming soon to the UK – OnlyBio is redefining the global beauty market

Top Slavic hair care brand coming soon to the UK – OnlyBio is redefining the global beauty market

The European natural hair care market is on the verge of a significant transformation. Polish brand OnlyBio—one of the most recognised game changers in the hair care...

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Another heatwave? Cooling SPF could be this summer's hottest skin care product

Another heatwave? Cooling SPF could be this summer's hottest skin care product

With scorching temperatures forecast again next week, Maisie Bovingdon finds out whether cooling sunscreen can effectively lower body temperature
Got milk? Beauty’s milky texture trend has entered the SPF chat

Got milk? Beauty’s milky texture trend has entered the SPF chat

Sun care is the latest beauty category tapping the trending texture for its pleasing application experience
Self tan sales rise 43% as sunless tanning enters skin care routines

Self tan sales rise 43% as sunless tanning enters skin care routines

The future of self-tan is ‘tanning skin care’, as brands reposition the category to prioritise skin performance in their latest ingredient-focused launches
Ilia, La Roche-Posay and Kiehl’s are launching mineral SPF serums, but what’s driving the trend?

Ilia, La Roche-Posay and Kiehl’s are launching mineral SPF serums, but what’s driving the trend?

Mineral sunscreen is entering its glow-up era, with transparent formulas that reinforce the moisture barrier, and are suitable for sensitive skin, writes Megan Fahy

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Provital continues to evolve with Nina Esposito as new Managing Director for US and Canada This year, as part of our ongoing evolution, Provital is excited to announce the appointment of Nina Esposito as the new Managing Director of Provital LLC, overseeing our...
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Inolex taps Art Knox as President to drive next phase of customer-focused growth and sustainable innovation Inolex is pleased to announce the appointment of Art Knox as its new President. Knox will lead the company’s strategic vision to deepen customer relationships and drive new...
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