Beauty packaging in the European Union entered a new regulatory era on 12 August 2026, the application date of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2025/40, which the European Commission lists as in force since 11 February 2025. The regulation's headline goal is to make…
Certification logos on beauty packaging are audit stamps, not safety guarantees: COSMOS, the largest natural and organic cosmetics standard, verifies that a formula meets its ingredient and sourcing criteria, with over 31,100 certified products in 80 countries. What no private certification does…
Nineteen Olive Young-curated Korean beauty brands launched in more than 500 Sephora US stores and on sephora.com on August 20, 2026, per trade publication Cosmetics Business, the partnership's first market activation. The edit spans roughly 150 products chosen for performance, popularity and…
United States beauty sales reached $56.3 billion in the first half of 2026, with mass and prestige channels each growing 7 percent, according to market tracker Circana. Fragrance led all categories at 15 percent growth, per Circana's first-half data, while skincare grew 9 percent in prestige.…
GlobalSkin, the international alliance of dermatology patient organizations, announced new board leadership and a patient-led research program in its September 2026 president's letter. Tina Mesarič was re-elected, and three new directors — from the United States, Australia, and Argentina — begin…
From 27 September 2026, beauty brands selling in the EU will no longer be permitted to use sustainability labels that are not based on an established certification scheme or issued by a public authority, per an August 11, 2026 Baker McKenzie legal alert. The same rules ban generic claims like…