Beauty and Personal Care Packaging

Rigid plastic was by far the most popular packaging across beauty and personal care in 2018 and over the review period. This was the result of the usage of this packaging in colour cosmetics, through speciality cosmetic containers, and through HDPE ...

With the rising numbers of Malaysians leading active and busy lifestyles, beauty and personal care players were looking for ways to develop smaller packaging sizes that are convenient to be carried around when travelling. Both men’s and women’s ...

With strong growth being seen in travelling, consumers are looking for more travel-size products in beauty and personal care. Although modern consumers tend to routinely apply more skin care products, which means they need to carry more skin care ...

Consumers remain cautious regarding purchases of many goods, carefully choosing the items and brands that they put in their shopping baskets. Some categories have been more affected by this trend, with consumers opting for less expensive items to ...

Chinese consumers are becoming increasingly aware of environmental issues and 2018 saw more people adjusting their shopping and buying habits to reflect their personal concerns about the effects of their consumer choices on the environment. ...

Next to a big trend for natural and organic beauty products, German consumers showed greater interest in sustainable packaging towards 2018 as concern about the environment escalated. The beauty and personal care market is undergoing many changes not...

Recent years have seen brands in beauty and personal care become increasingly focused on a wide range of packaging designs and sizes to attract Thai consumers. Given a wide variety of new products available in the marketplace, plus consumers’ ...

Liquid formats of colour cosmetics continue to grow as more and more consumers find it easier to blend these products compared to solid compact versions such as lip tints, foundation and concealers, eye products and many more. This means that more ...

Beauty and personal care packaging experienced declining unit volumes for the first time in the review period in 2018. The year saw the introduction of 5% VAT across a wide range of products and services and declining consumer confidence, while ...

The strong environmental trend present for several years in beauty and personal care in Poland is also increasingly visible in its packaging. Consumer awareness is growing, and although the quality of the product and its price are still of key ...

The slowing economy has led to changing consumer needs and shopping patterns. Consumers are increasingly seeking value and cutting down on non-essential items. At the same time, however, consumers are looking for convenience and ease of use. In ...

During 2018 the Spanish economy consolidated its recovery, with the unemployment rate declining to 14%, according to Euromonitor International. The improvement in the employment rate resulted in Spaniards being increasingly busy and appreciating ...

In many ways, packaging across beauty and personal care deepened its shift towards sustainability in 2018. Given the ever-growing concerns among consumers regarding climate change and our collective impact on the environment, demand for products with...

A continued and increasing trend among Vietnamese consumers is the purchasing of products marked as natural and/or organic – this is in spite of the higher price tag usually placed on such products. The past few years have shown a clear trend towards...

Eco-responsibility and sustainability have become major concerns for the beauty and personal care industry, from mass to niche to premium brands. This movement is driven by consumers increasingly looking at the products they use and the companies ...

Changing lifestyles and increasingly mobile consumers are leading to rising demand for portable products. Brand owners are responding to consumers’ increasing need for mobility by introducing travel-size versions of their product offerings. From body...

Sustainable production and sourcing is a well-established trend within the market for consumer goods. This also increasingly holds true for sustainable packaging. Dutch consumers are increasingly aware of the environmental impact of plastics, among ...

After the improvements seen in 2017, the recovery of the Italian economy was halted in the second half of 2018, negatively impacting consumers’ confidence overall. This trend continued in the first months of 2019 and, as a result, Italians are ...

At the end of the review period, Russian consumers were showing greater concern about the content of the beauty and personal care products they were using, with natural and organic products performing well. In line with this trend there was a greater...

“Natural”, “floral”, “clean” and “free from” ingredients specification is currently a key highlight in beauty and personal care marketing. Products are packaged with labels, claims and illustrations highlighting features and characteristics such as ...