GALLERY: Our top 10 most-read stories of June

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Check out our recap of the most read cosmetics stories of April, featuring the latest in beauty innovation, trends and regulations.

Click through our gallery to see our top cosmetics stories of June, featuring Shiseido's partnership with A.S. Watson, Kao's haircare solutions for the Japanese market, Amorepacific's sustainability goals for 2020 and more.

Our top 10 stories of June
Our top 10 stories of June

Click through our gallery to see our top cosmetics stories of June, featuring Shiseido's partnership with A.S. Watson, Kao's haircare solutions for the Japanese market, Amorepacific's sustainability goals for 2020 and more.

Skin scandal: 13 Thai celebrities could face jail time over ‘misleading' Magic Skin ads
Skin scandal: 13 Thai celebrities could face jail time over ‘misleading' Magic Skin ads (Pattanaphong Khuankaew/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The Food and Drug Administration of Thailand is taking action against 13 local celebrities for their alleged roles in promoting unlicensed cosmetic and weight loss products from Magic Skin.

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Japan’s hair care trends: Kao taps into demand for anti-ageing conditioners and more mild shampoos
Japan’s hair care trends: Kao taps into demand for anti-ageing conditioners and more mild shampoos

Kao’s chemical division has created two new hair care solutions, which it believes taps into two of the most pressing demands from Japanese consumers – namely products with anti-ageing benefits and more mild properties.

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Hot Topics: Top 5 trending beauty and cosmetics news stories on social media
Hot Topics: Top 5 trending beauty and cosmetics news stories on social media

In our round-up of the top five stories trending online, we highlight Intercos’s expansion into Japan, how young Chinese consumers are changing beauty and more.

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Shiseido and A.S. Watson form three-year plan to meet demand for J-Beauty in Asia
Shiseido and A.S. Watson form three-year plan to meet demand for J-Beauty in Asia

Shiseido Company and A.S. Watson Group have put together a three-year plan to co-create new products to meet the surging demand for Japanese beauty products, with Indonesia, the Philippines and China key target markets.

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Halal beauty: How the thriving segment is reshaping Asia’s cosmetics landscape
Halal beauty: How the thriving segment is reshaping Asia’s cosmetics landscape

Once a niche segment, halal beauty is now affecting Asia’s personal care landscape in tremendous ways in terms of trends, opportunities and regulation.

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Next big buzzword? Ichimaru Pharcos targets ‘skin thinning’ concerns in rapidly ageing Japan
Next big buzzword? Ichimaru Pharcos targets ‘skin thinning’ concerns in rapidly ageing Japan

Ichimaru Pharcos has developed an organic anti-ageing ingredient, SpringMint, to tackle skin thinning, which it believes is set to be one of the new buzzwords in the anti-ageing category.

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Return of Sensai: Kao steps up focus on prestige beauty with Asian expansion of ‘super-prestige’ brand
Return of Sensai: Kao steps up focus on prestige beauty with Asian expansion of ‘super-prestige’ brand

Japanese personal care giant Kao Group is primed to launch its prestige beauty brand Sensai in its home nation and China, 40 years after its launch specifically for the European market.

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Assessing ‘invisible’ damage: Kao develops a new method to quantify UV skin damage
Assessing ‘invisible’ damage: Kao develops a new method to quantify UV skin damage

Japanese firm Kao Corporation claims to have found a way to evaluate UV-induced skin damage by measuring ultraweak photons emitted from the body called biophotons.

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Cosmetics crackdown: Malaysian authorities bans 12 skin care products over safety concerns
Cosmetics crackdown: Malaysian authorities bans 12 skin care products over safety concerns (Pattanaphong Khuankaew/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Malaysia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Department (NPRA) has banned 12 skin care items as they were found to contain scheduled poisons.

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Recycling revolution: Amorepacific aims to recycle 100% of its empty bottles by 2025
Recycling revolution: Amorepacific aims to recycle 100% of its empty bottles by 2025 (Rawpixel/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Beauty conglomerate Amorepacific has signed an MOU with TerraCycle to step up its efforts in recycling empty bottles, with the firm hoping to hit the 100% milestone by 2025.

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