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,...

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...

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...