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K-beauty effect: Diving into Sephora’s sales, buys & business strategy

K-beauty effect: Diving into Sephora’s sales, buys & business strategy

Sephora has expanded its Korean beauty offerings amid its shoppers’ preference for cost-effectiveness and growing competition from other major retailers. A report from Navigo Marketing shows that online consumers are favoring price-conscious choices, value for money, and quality over prestige. The review revealed that Sephora’s own product line is growing. The in-house brand positions itself as a bridge between drugstore and prestige. 
Tech, regulation and ingredient innovation close biodegradability–performance gap
Tech, regulation and ingredient innovation close biodegradability–performance gap
NeoEcology is a word that will be heard more and more throughout the beauty industry, particularly as it relates to biodegradable beauty ingredients. The megatrend merges sustainability with technology-driven solutions, focusing on decoupling economic growth from resource consumption and moving toward a circular economy.Personal Care Insights speaks to BASF, Seppic, and Univar Solutions about the convergence of biodegradable ingredient development and technology-enabled formulation, as well as the role of European regulations in driving innovation.
Univar unpacks home care’s shift from function to self-care
Univar unpacks home care’s shift from function to self-care
At the American Cleaning Institute meeting, Ingredients + Specialties from Univar Solutions showcased two new prototype concept kits for home care as the sector shifts from a functional-focused to a self-care approach. The company’s Dish and Laundry Solutions and Performance with Purpose highlight ingredients that support home care and industrial cleaning trends, from efficacy to sustainability. Household and industrial cleaning brands are under growing pressure to deliver products that are powerful, fast‑acting, and aligned with increasingly rigorous sustainability expectations. However, balancing all three can pose a struggle for manufacturers. 
A Patented Breakthrough in Scalp Health — Learn more from the clinical study results
A Patented Breakthrough in Scalp Health — Learn more from the clinical study results
Purakan™ is a patented breakthrough in natural scalp care, proven to outperform market leaders on pruritus, dandruff, itching, and flaking. It replaces synthetic options like ZPT and piroctone olamine. Clinical studies show 89.7% of participants experienced reduced dandruff and itching within just seven days.This technical paper is brought to you by Mane Kancor.
Formulating texture in skincare: a data-driven approach to replacing synthetic thickeners
Formulating texture in skincare: a data-driven approach to replacing synthetic thickeners
Consumers are actively seeking natural ingredients in their skincare products, and the pressure is on formulators to deliver clean-label solutions without compromising product look and feel. In this webinar, Tate & Lyle and Innova Market Insights experts discuss how this trend is shaping innovation and how brands can tackle formulation challenges. We explore how nature-based, readily biodegradable ingredients combined with a proprietary methodology can replace synthetics, while maintaining the desired physical and sensorial properties. Through individual product variables mapped against our ingredient data repository, we can reduce reformulation complexity and minimize the need for panel testing. Our model simplifies multivariable measurements into easy-to-interpret results — accelerating development and enabling brands to meet consumer demand for naturally derived skincare products.  Join us to say goodbye to synthetics, fast!
IFF and Chemist Confessions: Bringing osmolytes to the forefront
IFF and Chemist Confessions: Bringing osmolytes to the forefront

Osmolytes have well-documented skin benefits, yet only a small fraction of new skin care launches feature them. IFF and Chemist Confessions explore why these powerful ingredients remain under the radar, despite their proven effectiveness. Find out why the companies took an educational approach in their recent influencer campaign, in contrast to typical product promotion.

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Coty cleans up balance sheet and bets on a new sales strategy
Coty cleans up balance sheet and bets on a new sales strategy
Coty has achieved its lowest debt-to-earnings level in nearly a decade and reported that its Q2 results for fiscal 2026 were broadly in line with its expectations. The global beauty company says it cut its financial net debt to US$2.6 billion, reducing leverage to 2.7 times. Despite the easing debt pressures, the company’s profitability weakened. It cites higher promotional activity and tariffs, while a higher share of its sales came from lower-margin regions.
Reshaping men’s grooming: Targeted innovation moves from function to finesse
Reshaping men’s grooming: Targeted innovation moves from function to finesse
The men’s personal care market continues to gain traction with many product launches so far this year across categories such as deodorants, hair care, skin care, and hand care. Men’s care solutions are increasingly aligning with the consumer bases’ specifications and positioning themselves within the sector’s niches.In hair care, Nutrafol and Just For Men have introduced anti-aging products combating hair loss and graying hair. Dr. Squatch and Dove released new deodorant collections, increasing the range in scents and natural options. In the shaving product category, Gillette India experienced a 5% stock surge, and BIC released a new two-in-one trimmer-shaver. 
ECHA lists cosmetic botanical extract and packaging chemicals as “very high...
ECHA lists cosmetic botanical extract and packaging chemicals as “very high concern”
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added two chemicals to its Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC). Cosmetics companies that use n-hexane or bisphenol AF (BPAF) substances in their products or formulations now face new legal obligations under the EU’s REACH regulation. ECHA added n-hexane to the SVCH list due to its potential to cause specific target organ toxicity after repeated exposure. N-hexane is widely used as a solvent for botanical extracts in cosmetics, especially plant-based actives.
Texen designs recyclable aluminum-effect mascara tube for Lancôme
Texen designs recyclable aluminum-effect mascara tube for Lancôme
Texen, a premium producer of personal care packaging, has equipped Lancôme with an aluminum-effect, easy-grip, and recyclable polypropylene mascara bottle for the cosmetic company’s Lash Idôle Curl Goddess. 
Savor launches PCB division to bring carbon-derived fats to cosmetics
Savor launches PCB division to bring carbon-derived fats to cosmetics
Sustainable fat-alternative ingredients company Savor, is expanding from food and beverages to cosmetics. The company is launching a Personal Care and Beauty (PCB) division as it moves into the clean beauty space.By transforming carbon into green hydrogen and methane, via a thermochemical process, the technique offers carbon-free fat alternatives with 90% lower carbon emissions than tropical oils. The technology is part of the growing industry shift toward cosmetics that account for environmental cost in production by moving from extraction-based to creation-based beauty.
Activ’Inside opens joint lab to tackle botanical bioavailability gap
Activ’Inside opens joint lab to tackle botanical bioavailability gap

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Activ’Inside has inaugurated a joint laboratory in France to drive scientific research on the bioavailability of phytonutrients and their health benefits. The facility was launched with Molécules d’Intérêt Biologique (MIB) at the University of Bordeaux and is also supported by the country’s National Research Agency (ANR).Nutrition Insight speaks with David Gaudout, the health and nutrition company’s co-founder and chief innovation officer, to learn how Biophysia bridges a botanical industry gap by leveraging academic researchers’ expertise in polyphenol research.
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Turning sustainability into strategy: AI’s role in modern...
ANJAC Health & Beauty has become the first contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) to manage the environmental impact of its products through a partnership with Fairglow, an AI-powered life cycle assessment (LCA) cosmetics platform. The partnership utilizes AI to bolster ANJAC’s environmental commitments in the industry.Personal Care Insights speaks to Fairglow and ANJAC about the dynamics of sustainability in contemporary cosmetics.
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Principles trump products: How “dystoptimism” will shape...
VML’s The Future 100: 2026 report reveals that Gen Z beauty consumers’ refusal to surrender to apathy influences their purchasing behavior. VML’s insights show how beauty brands can gain an edge by offering consistent brand values and transparency. The report coined the term “dystoptimistic” to describe the modern consumer’s resilience in spite of difficult contemporary social circumstances. “Failing to align with consumer values could be more than just a marketing problem,” Marie Stafford, global director at VML Intelligence, tells Personal Care Insights. 
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Kolmar’s AI answer to slow beauty R&D, cuts full product...
K-beauty conglomerate Kolmar Holdings is launching an AI-powered platform that reduces the cosmetics R&D process from one to three months to about 30 seconds. The company says the platform generates full product plans, including the product concept, its color range, formulation, and container type, based on a few simple keyword inputs.

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Biodegradable beauty boostersFeb2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates a 14% compound annual growth in beauty product launches with biodegradable ingredients between October 2020 and September 2025. Mascara was the top category in th...

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Makeup ingredient moves Feb 2026

Innova Market Insights data shows that consumers put trust in new ingredients & technologies when choosing their personal care and makeup. The modern consumer invests in research, transparency, and verifiable results, and the trend is extending into makeup.

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Men’s personal care trendsFeb 2026

According to Innova Market Insights’ Personal Care Trends 2026, marine algae extracts are emerging as a standout botanical active in personal care innovation. The report highlights growing interest in ocean-derived ingredients, reflecting a broader shift toward sustainable, nature-inspired formulations in the industry.

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Formulating texture in skincare: a data-driven approach to replacing synthetic thickeners

Consumers are actively seeking natural ingredients in their skincare products, and the pressure is on formulators to deliver clean-label solutions without compromising product look and feel. 

In this webinar, Tate & Lyle and Innova Market Insights experts discuss how this trend is...

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