Trends

When Jennifer McClure, founder of Melach 33, was reformulating the skincare brand’s Nourishing Eye Cream, she wanted to add a gentle active ingredient proven to provide anti-aging benefits and decided on ChroNOline, a compound supplier Lucas...

According to Global Wellness Institute, the global wellness economy was worth $5.6 trillion in 2022 and is projected to hit $8.5 trillion in 2027, double its 2020 size. The massive economy, which is bigger than the...

There was no recession in 2023, but there was a clean beauty reckoning. Brands at the heart of the segment like Athr Beauty, Aisling Organics, Luxe Botanics and MUN announced closures as...

Every year since 2019, we’ve asked Julie Pefferman, founder of product development consultancy Cosmeta, to prognosticate on the trends that will define the future of beauty. Although we request only trends that could shape the...

Last year, cosmetic chemist and Sula Labs founder AJ Addae predicted that rules would rule the beauty industry in 2023. She wasn’t wrong. The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) has been...

Americans aren’t sanguine about the United States economy or the fate of the country. As reflected in market intelligence firm Mintel’s forecast of trends influencing the business of beauty over the next five years, their...