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Australian mass retail moves in on beauty as David Jones falls

Australian cosmetics retail is moving toward mass market, with everyday retailers focusing on beauty and wellness spending while traditional department stores struggle. Kmart is widening its beauty lineup with global and Korean brands while Coles is bringing menopause support to the supermarket aisle. David Jones, meanwhile, the country’s oldest department store, has gone into voluntary administration. Kmart has added over 2,700 beauty products from over 117 brands to its offerings, including K-beauty names like Medicube, Biodance, and SKIN1004. The retailer says over 60% of the range is exclusive to Kmart and Target in Australia. 
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GLP-1, longevity and hormonal shifts fuel next wave of beauty-from-within
The modern consumer is more aware of the intersection between their health and physical appearance than ever. The growing demand for beauty solutions that impact one’s appearance on a cellular or metabolic level is putting industry players’ attention on ingestible beauty. The convergence of beauty and nutrition is also blurring the line between categories as multifunctionality is no longer confined to one industry. An ingestible solution may cater to hair and nail strengthening while also functioning as a nutritional supplement. 
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Triune founder on moving nutricosmetics beyond collagen with targeted ingestibles
Triune Nutricosmetics is addressing common skin care concerns from the inside out with the launch of three ingestible skin care supplements. The US brand has released Clari-T for oily, blemish-prone skin; Sensitivi-T for sensitive, redness-prone skin; and Luminosi-T for hydration and healthy skin aging. 
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Healthy aging heroes
Innova Market Insights indicates steady growth in personal care launches with anti-aging claims, with a 4% CAGR from July 2021 to June 2026. Consumers are open to the idea of aging well: Globally, 46%  say they look better as they age. Skin care dominates at 88% of launches, with facial and neck moisturizers the top subcategory.
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Multifunctional ingredients are transforming personal care preservation by combining microbial protection with formulation efficiency, natural-origin positioning, skin benefits, sensory enhancement and easier processing. Ashland’s recent launches illustrate how preservative strategies can deliver added value, helping formulators create safer, more transparent, consumer-relevant products with stronger performance and clearer ingredient purpose.

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SupplySide Global 2026: Lubrizol presents microencapsulation technology and ingredients for beauty-from-within

At SupplySide Global 2026, Lubrizol highlighted its latest ingredients and technology capabilities targeting the beauty-from-within space. Personal Care Insights speaks with Stephen Glass, account manager at Lubrizol, who discusses the trends shaping nutraceutical innovation today. The company also addresses the growing body of scientific evidence behind its ingredient Curcushine and its potential skin benefits for women across different life stages. 

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Olaplex and Not Your Mother’s bolster Henkel Q3 sales growth
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Henkel’s Q3 2026 report shows strong sales growth, with Hair Care driving gains across Consumer and Professional Products. The German multinational company’s purchases of Olaplex and Not Your Mother’s helped make up the 6.4 percentage points that acquisitions and divestments added to its sales growth.The acquisitions are part of Henkel’s focus on expanding its Hair Care portfolio across consumer and professional markets. Henkel estimates that the five acquisitions it completed in 2026 — which span its Consumer Brands and Adhesive Technologies businesses — will generate roughly €2 billion (US$2.22 billion) in annual sales by 2030.
India draft animal testing overhaul raises alarm over cosmetics loopholes
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India has proposed an overhaul of animal experiment approval and supervision rules, moving most authorizations from central regulators to institutions’ own ethics committees. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) India warns that the change could open a back door to testing cosmetic ingredients on animals. In 2014, India banned animal testing for cosmetics and the import of animal-tested cosmetics. The pending Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Control and Supervision of Experiment, Breeding, and Trading of Laboratory Animals) Rules do not change the cosmetic testing ban — however, PETA India has “serious concerns” about the draft’s weakening of oversight. 
Vessel launches AI platform to tackle beauty’s billion-dollar excess inventory...
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Vessel has made its public debut after operating behind the scenes. The start-up offers the infrastructure to donate excess beauty inventory to avoid landfills and incineration — the typical route the industry takes.The services-as-software start-up has facilitated over US$83 million worth of product donations from brands such as Groupe L’Occitane subsidiary Sol de Janeiro and the Estée Lauder Companies’ Smashbox. The donations are said to have reached over 5.5 million consumers and kept more than 2,000 tons from landfills or incineration.
Coty sharpens prestige focus with Marc Jacobs deal and French job cuts
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Coty appears to be narrowing into a prestige-centered fragrance and cosmetics business. In the span of a week, three developments from the US beauty group point to restructuring toward a leaner, prestige-led company, with mass-market beauty increasingly sidelined. Last week, Coty extended its Marc Jacobs license, securing one of its core prestige brands for four more decades. The beauty giant touts the brand’s fragrance success and highlights a new scope centered on makeup. 
Melt&Marble scales global reach of precision-fermented “designer” lipids
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Melt&Marble is expanding its precision-fermented lipid ingredients’ reach in European, Asian, and Australasian markets. Through several new distribution partnerships, Marble7 will be more widely accessible to personal care manufacturers in these regions. The company’s expanded network includes collaborations with Eigenmann & Veronelli across Italy, Spain, Poland, and Turkey; Bionord across Scandinavia; Cornelius in the UK and Ireland; Lavollée in France; Seil in South Korea; and Ingredients Plus in Australia and New Zealand. 
Webinar preview: Morinaga Milk unpacks bifidobacteria’s role in healthy aging...
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Morinaga Milk’s upcoming webinar will examine what bifidobacteria may mean for healthy aging beyond the gut. The free webinar, “Bifidobacteria and Healthy Aging: New Insights into Aging and Immunity,”  takes place on November 19 at 15:00 CET (14:00 UTC) and is open for registration.
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How beauty brands can turn fleeting trends into everyday...
Beauty brands are under pressure to keep up with trends at a faster pace than ever, which means cosmetics labs must innovate on an accelerated timeline. However, formulation still rests on whether a trend has a shelf life outside of its initial buzz. Personal Care Insights speaks with the development, production, and leadership team at Tsilkov Cosmetics, a private label skin care and hygiene manufacturer in Bulgaria, about how brands can turn trends into products with staying power. 
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Plate to perfume: Are GLP-1s fueling the gourmand fragrance...
GLP-1 is having a mounting influence on the food-based fragrance industry. Personal care players are researching how users of the drugs respond to scent and using the findings to shape new solutions. Givaudan, IFF, and L’Oréal are all exploring the connection. 
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The beauty industry’s biggest players are preparing for their next phase of growth, taking different routes to fund it. Unilever and The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) are looking inward, with both cutting internal costs and simplifying operations to reinvest in brands. Procter & Gamble (P&G) is looking outward, raising US$4 billion from debt investors. Unilever aims to cut €1 billion (US$1.12 billion) in costs by the end of 2029, to cover the left-behind expenses from offloading its food business to McCormick. The company is restructuring to become a pure-play personal care, beauty, and home care business, seeing these as its most profitable divisions to focus on.

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Trends in anti-pollution solutionsNov2026

Innova Market Insights indicates growth in personal care launches with anti-pollution claims, with an 8% CAGR from July 2023 to June 2026. Europe accounts for just over half of launches at 51%, follow...

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The new era of beauty from within Nov 2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates a 1% average annual growth rate in hair, skin and nails supplement launches between July 2021 and June 2026. Vitamin C, vitamin B7 and vitamin E were the top ingredients used. A quarter of launches also contained joint health claims. Nearly one third of launches were in powder format, gel supplements showed opportunity for innovation with 65% CAGR during the same period.

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Healthy aging heroesNov 2026

Innova Market Insights indicates steady growth in personal care launches with anti-aging claims, with a 4% CAGR from July 2021 to June 2026. Consumers are open to the idea of aging well: Globally, 46%  say they look better as they age. Skin care dominates at 88% of launches, with facial and neck moisturizers the top subcategory.

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