GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and personal care stories of March 2020

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Our recap of the most read cosmetics stories of March 2020, featuring the latest in beauty innovation, trends and regulations.

Click through to see our top 10 stories of March 2020, featuring Shiseido, Unilever, Luxasia, our COVID-19 coverage and more.

Top 10 stories of March 2020
Top 10 stories of March 2020

Click through to see our top 10 stories of March 2020, featuring Shiseido, Unilever, Luxasia, our COVID-19 coverage and more.

Shifting cosmetic priorities: COVID-19 spurs demand for ‘healthy’ beauty products in China
Shifting cosmetic priorities: COVID-19 spurs demand for ‘healthy’ beauty products in China (metamorworks/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chinese consumers will shift their attitudes towards beauty products that promote health on the label following the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Hair care will see quickest recovery from COVID-19 outbreak in China– Kantar Worldpanel
Hair care will see quickest recovery from COVID-19 outbreak in China– Kantar Worldpanel

China’s hair care category will bounce back the fastest compared to skin care and colour cosmetics in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, according to a new report.

Keeping the team together: Luxasia implements measures to safeguard jobs amid COVID-19 crisis
Keeping the team together: Luxasia implements measures to safeguard jobs amid COVID-19 crisis

Omnichannel luxury beauty and lifestyle brand distributor, Luxasia, has made safeguarding the livelihood of its employees a primary focus in the battle against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

‘Permissible and forgivable’: Malaysia clarifies that alcohol-based hand sanitisers can be used by Muslims
‘Permissible and forgivable’: Malaysia clarifies that alcohol-based hand sanitisers can be used by Muslims (Jun/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Malaysia’s minister of religious affairs has given the green light for Muslim consumers to use alcohol-based hand sanitisers.

Propelling growth: China’s top five cosmetics trends revealed in latest report from e-commerce giant JD
Propelling growth: China’s top five cosmetics trends revealed in latest report from e-commerce giant JD (misuma/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chinese E-commerce giant, JD.com along with its big data research institute, has revealed the five major trends driving the domestic cosmetics markets in its latest report.

Helping hand? Thailand suspends plans to regulate hand sanitisers amid COVID-19 shortage concerns
Helping hand? Thailand suspends plans to regulate hand sanitisers amid COVID-19 shortage concerns (Nodar Chernishev/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has repealed a notification to classify alcohol-based hand sanitisers as ‘medical devices’ in order to ease shortages, in the wake of recent COVID-19 developments.

Stocking filler: Shiseido develops new foundation formula inspired by solid concealers and stockings
Stocking filler: Shiseido develops new foundation formula inspired by solid concealers and stockings (Viktoria Ovcharenko/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The Shiseido Company has developed a new foundation formula that claims to provide the high coverage of a solid foundation with a natural finish it likens to stockings.

Reduce, reuse and refill: Unilever says it ‘remains positive’ on consumer readiness for ‘refillery’ concept
Reduce, reuse and refill: Unilever says it ‘remains positive’ on consumer readiness for ‘refillery’ concept

Consumer goods behemoth Unilever is hopeful on the future of its ‘refillery’ programme in the mass marketplace after a Singapore pilot, but says there is still some ways to go in terms of education.

China over-reliance? Corum says COVID-19 presents opportunity to reconsider supply chain strategy
China over-reliance? Corum says COVID-19 presents opportunity to reconsider supply chain strategy (BarnabyChambers/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Ingredient supplier to rethink their supply chain strategy in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Plastic-free creativity: Will South Korea’s PVC-ban lead to an ‘explosion’ eco-friendly innovation?
Plastic-free creativity: Will South Korea’s PVC-ban lead to an ‘explosion’ eco-friendly innovation? (yuliash/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

As South Korea moves to regulate its plastic waste, experts are questioning if these new regulations will stifle creativity or push cosmetics brands to innovate packaging design in an eco-friendlier manner.