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Personal Care Insights reviews 2025: Regulatory crackdowns, trade disruptions & ethical scrutiny
Personal Care Insights reviews 2025: Regulatory crackdowns, trade disruptions & ethical scrutiny
This year the personal care industry was defined by regulatory pressures, growing concerns about safety, and an increased awareness of social and environmental responsibility. Calls to ban harmful ingredients like formaldehyde, talc, and mercury intensified. Geopolitical tensions, including tariffs and trade disruptions, challenged supply chains. Social responsibility also came to the forefront, with issues like racial inequality, period poverty, and the hidden costs of ingredient sourcing sparking conversation. Additionally, controversies over kids’ use of skin care highlighted the increasing demand for safe practices in the industry. 
The well-being evolution of home care: Performance, fragrance and emotional comfort
The well-being evolution of home care: Performance, fragrance and emotional comfort
Home care is transforming from basic cleaning to a holistic focus on health, well-being, and creating lasting positive sensory experiences. Consumers now demand more from home care fragrances, seeking innovative, long-lasting technologies and scents that contribute to their emotional comfort.Personal Care Insights sits down with experts from Univar Solutions and Givaudan to discuss current trends and future predictions for the home care market in 2026.
Navigating “hormonal chaos”: Bioelements unveils skin care for menopause
Navigating “hormonal chaos”: Bioelements unveils skin care for menopause
Bioelements has launched its Pause + Effect skin care line for women experiencing menopause, addressing skin issues that arise from hormonal changes.Suitable for perimenopausal, menopausal, and postmenopausal women, the line works to strengthen the skin barrier, restore elasticity, preserve a youthful appearance, and support firmness through multi-level moisture.
Hormonal beauty - Testing what skin reveals with Eurofins C&PC
Hormonal beauty - Testing what skin reveals with Eurofins C&PC
Hormonal transitions profoundly affect skin and emotional wellbeing. As cosmetic science advances, understanding these changes is vital. Eurofins Cosmetics & Personal Care offers clinical, biological and emotional expertise, empowering brands to create targeted, effective solutions that support women’s skin health and overall confidence throughout key hormonal life stages.

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Revieve: Leveraging AI for consumer trust and R&D agility
Revieve: Leveraging AI for consumer trust and R&D agility
Younger consumers are accustomed to highly personalized experiences, such as curated playlists on streaming platforms. Irina Mazur, chief marketing and product officer at Revieve, says Gen Z expects the same from skin care. They want tools that consider their local climate, skin concerns, lifestyle habits, and ethical preferences to give a holistic recommendation. Mazur explains that while Revieve’s AI tools can provide hyper-personalized routines to consumers, companies also benefit from the technology by using the data to identify portfolio gaps and refine their marketing strategies.
Personal care industry 2025: Most read stories
Personal care industry 2025: Most read stories
This year, digital transformation and shifting consumer values reshaped the personal care industry. K-beauty surged onto the global stage, and brands responded to new generations redefining how beauty is created, marketed, and trusted. Suppliers and regulators accelerated innovation amid intensified scrutiny around safety and sustainability. These stories reveal the forces driving change across personal care in 2025. 

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Luxury beauty brands discuss industry role in tackling gender-based violence
Luxury beauty brands discuss industry role in tackling gender-based violence
Luxury beauty companies have enhanced their initiatives addressing gender-based violence and intimate partner abuse, directing their cultural reach toward long-term impact. Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) Beauty and Kering are expanding education and research efforts to address gender-based violence as the festive season exacerbates victims’ conditions. These major luxury groups highlighting violence awareness reflect growing recognition that abuse is a social crisis that directly compromises well-being, identity, and trust — areas the beauty sector is closely linked to.
IFRA flags final opportunity to fix Omnibus VI before EU Parliament steps in
IFRA flags final opportunity to fix Omnibus VI before EU Parliament steps in
The Omnibus VI chemicals package is progressing into the European Parliament and toward trilogue negotiations. Cosmetic industry groups say the legislative process has reached a “decisive stage” for resolving long-standing concerns about safety, innovation, and competitiveness. This is the last stage where major amendments are still possible. The European Commission published its Omnibus VI proposal in July 2025 to streamline regulations for chemicals, cosmetics, and fertilizers. Subsequently, the EU Council adopted its position last month, backing strict controls on hazardous substances and tight timelines for reformulating cosmetic products.
Olive Young reveals K-Beauty trends for 2026
Olive Young reveals K-Beauty trends for 2026
CJ Olive Young has named the pursuit of a “complete self” as the most impactful trend in K-beauty for 2025 and 2026.  South Korea’s leading health and beauty retailer says the wellness trend has become more pronounced around the world. It names the US, UK, and China as major consumer bases that prioritize wellness in their daily lives. Olive Young partially attributes this to the global rise of Korean beauty principles. 
Kimberly-Clark offers free Depend products to combat bladder leak stigma
Kimberly-Clark offers free Depend products to combat bladder leak stigma
Kimberly-Clark Professional is offering complimentary Depend products at Acrisure Stadium, US, home of the National Football League’s Pittsburgh Steelers, to help fans experiencing bladder leaks. Kimberly-Clark tells Personal Care Insights that it hopes that getting a world-renowned sports franchise like the Pittsburgh Steelers to embrace the program is a meaningful step forward in normalizing the conversation around incontinence. 
Hidden cost of mica: Cosmetics industry confronts India’s illegal mining labor
Hidden cost of mica: Cosmetics industry confronts India’s illegal mining labor
Behind the shimmer of cosmetic ingredient mica, beauty companies are inadvertently profiting from poverty and child labor — but they are also leading the change. Illegal mica mining in India is carried out for the ingredients’ use in personal care and other industries.The Forest Conservation Act of 1980 closed 700 mines, making mining illegal. However, driven by a lack of opportunities, illegal mica scavenging became the primary source of income for local families, including children. The work poses risks to workers, such as increased accidents, diseases, and sun exposure.
Nutrition Insight reviews 2025: AI tech, personalized solutions, and nutrition...
Nutrition Insight reviews 2025: AI tech, personalized solutions, and nutrition security in the GLP-1 era

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As we prepare to turn the page on the year, Nutrition Insight revisits some of the most significant developments of 2025 — from the growing impact of GLP-1 on product innovation and weight management support to AI-powered tools reshaping the industry. Scientific advances have driven targeted solutions in the gut microbiome and early-life nutrition, as well as healthy aging, women’s health, and a rapid “humanization” of pet nutrition. At the same time, the industry grappled with high-stakes challenges, including the upheaval around US nutrition assistance, contested approaches to regulating ultra-processed food (UPF), rising concerns over misinformation, and worsening global gaps in access to healthy diets amid conflict, climate pressure, and economic strain. Join us as we look back at a year defined by precision-led innovation as the sector increasingly focuses on making nutrition smarter, safer, and more equitable. 
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O Positiv suggests women’s wellness industry capitalizes on...
O Positiv has revealed that almost all women (98.6%) cannot correctly identify basic female anatomy and calls on the personal care industry to help close the education gap. The wellness company has released a preview of its The State of the Vagina Report, set to be published in January 2026. The report preview shows that women’s trust, comfort, and knowledge regarding sexual wellness and health are weak. Women not being able to identify their own anatomy becomes less surprising when O Positiv illuminates that 80% say they were never properly taught it. 
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Performance over prestige: Rise in “dupe” demand challenges...
Google and TikTok searches for alternatives to viral luxury products and brands are sharply climbing, according to a new study by Fresha. The surge in demand for “dupes” is driven by tightening economic pressures and the rapid pace of social media trends, which collectively impact consumers’ purchasing decisions. Beauty buyers are prioritizing product performance over premium beauty brand names. “Dupe” culture is when cheaper products offering comparable performance to the originals raise the bar for premium beauty brands to justify their pricing.

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Collagen innovation uncoveredJan2026

Innova Market Insights data shows that collagen continues to establish itself as the top anti-aging essential, with one in two consumers globally interested in collagen as an anti-aging ingredient. Eu...

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Sustainable skin care wins Jan 2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates an increase in sustainable and ethical claims for global Skin Care launches, with an average annual growth of 11% from October 2020 to September 2025. Facial/Neck Moisturizers had the most launches with 27% share, but the fastest increase in sustainability claims was for Facial/Neck Serums.

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Microbiome in focusJan 2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates a rapid rise in microbiome claims for Personal Care launches globally, with a 33% annual increase from October 2020 to September 2025. Of these launches, 60% were in Europe. Skin Care was the leading category, but there has been an increase in microbiome claims for other products, such as Shaving and Depilatory products, as well as Hair Treatments.  

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