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Beauty Product Launches for Mature Market Represent Shrinking Proportion, Says Mintel

To keep up with this market, Mintel's Vivienne Rudd writes, "Beauty companies must take the physiological and emotional needs of this demographic into account and formulate and market accordingly."

Stability Stays Prevalent in Premium Cosmetics Market

In an infographic, Euromonitor International shows a breakdown of the value shares of the premium beauty industry's top 10 players.

Kline Identifies Seven Up-and-Coming Markets in Professional Skin Care

What markets will be up next as beauty hotbeds? Kline focuses in on growing global regions.

Walmart Urges Use of "Greener Chemicals" in Beauty

As part of its sustainability efforts, retail giant Walmart is working with its brand and supplier partners to integrate more green alternatives into the consumable products it retails.

Make Up For Ever, NPD Group Study Shows Dissatisfaction with Foundation

A study on foundation makeup by The NPD Group, commissioned by Make Up For Ever, found a large number of women have challenges with foundation, including finding the right product, application issues and more., leading Make Up For Ever to launch Foundation Nation.

Growth in Beauty, Other Industries Sustains Market for Surfactants in Brazil, Argentina

According to a report from Frost & Sullivan, the personal and household care segments, in particular, will be key end users chiefly due to the greater purchasing power of the middle class, who are spending more on fast-moving consumer goods.

Time-strained U.S. Consumers Increasingly Turn to Multi-Purpose Products

A new report from Canadean shows that facial care will remain the largest skin care category in the U.S. to 2017, and multi-purpose products will increase in popularity with time-constrained consumers.

Ingredient Innovations Fuel Hair Care

A video featuring beauty and personal care, as well as ingredient, analysts from Euromonitor notes how shifting consumer expectations for hair care are being driven by different ingredient trends and offerings.

Beauty Focus, R&D Investment Important for Future Growth, Says Euromonitor

A video posting featuring Euromonitor senior beauty and personal care research analyst Oru Mohiuddin shows how the growth strategies of the some of the beauty industry's biggest players are stacking up.

Singapore a Growing Beauty Hot Spot in Southeast Asia

A new report from RNCOS, which hones in on trends, demographics and more for the beauty and cosmetic industry in Singapore, shows the market in the country having an anticipated CAGR of around 4% during 2013–2017.

African Consumers Worldwide Unhappy with Hair Care Options

In a new report on African consumers and their behavior in the hair care market, Diagonal Reports shows a rise of the "chemophobe" consumers, as well as how online retail and engagement is changing expectations.

BB Cream Launches in US Increase Nearly 50% Since 2012

Reported usage for other color cosmetic products include 53% for mascara, 48% for lip gloss, 45% for lipstick, eye liner and foundation, 43% for blusher, 42% for eye shadow, and 40% for powder.

Anti-aging Helping Mature Hair Care Markets

The U.S. and Japanese hair care markets are being bolstered by anti-aging ingredients and sunscreens.

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BB Creams: Beauty Balms, Blemish Base or Just Brilliant Beauty?

The effectiveness of BB creams, like other products, lies in their ingredients.

Take Your Color Business to the Next Level

As consumers’ thirst for amazing clinical results continues to grow, a new segment of the beauty shelf is sitting up and taking notice—color.

Multifunctionality: The Sweet (and Sour) Spot for Color Cosmetics

Multitasking beauty products are on the rise, with multifunctionality dominating many color brand strategies. The resulting growth is not without a downside.

Lips Make a Comeback in US, UK

The average price spent on prestige lip color in the U.S. between September 2012 and August 2013 was $22, a 5% increase from the prior year. The average amount spent on lip color across Europe increased slightly as well compared last year.

Hair Care on the Verge of a New World Order

Hair care saw its best performance in a decade last year, but markets shifts, increased segmentation and niche categories are making the development of growth for hair care a moving target.