Beauty’s Sustainability Conundrum: Can It Break Its Obsession With New Products To Increase The Uptake Of Refills?

In an industry struggling to come to terms with its role in the world’s monumental and complex pollution problem—market research firm Euromonitor International estimated in 2008 that the beauty industry produces more than 120 billion...

Is Biotechnology The Answer To Beauty’s Sustainability Problem?

When the clean beauty movement began to gain traction in the 2010s, it would’ve been unimaginable for brands in it to tout anything engineered in a lab. “Chemicals” were the clean beauty bogeyman, and most clean beauty brands...

Science Is Back In Style In The Beauty Industry

It’s been a rough few years for science, to put it mildly. In the beauty industry, a wave of startups and entrepreneurs touted natural and organic ingredients as the hallmarks of safety and purity, leaving chemists’ lab-created molecules...

Loop Wants To Make Personal Care, Grocery And Cleaning Goods Shopping Waste-Free, But Will Consumers Buy Into It?

There’s never been a better time for beauty brands trying to save the planet. Retail interest is growing in sustainable packaging and eco-conscious ingredient sourcing, and brands that appear to be ignoring their environmental footprints are met with...

New At-Home Beauty Devices Bring The Doctor’s Office To Consumers’ Doorsteps

Not too long ago, non-invasive beauty devices were relegated strictly to doctor’s offices and spas. But ever since the Clarisonic facial cleansing brush hit the market in 2004, the at-home beauty gadget segment has exploded with an array...

Do Silicones Deserve Their Bad Rap?

The beauty industry loves villains. Be they sulfates or aluminum, the catalog of beauty bogeymen is long and diverse, which isn’t to say many of them don’t deserve their bad reputations. It’s widely understood ingredients like formaldehyde and...

Is The Wellness Segment Finally Shedding Its Elitism?

The wellness industry is based upon the principle that taking care of yourself should be priority number one. Judging by the products from most of the brands in it, though, it’s more important that certain people take care...