GALLERY: Top 10 most-read APAC cosmetic stories of June 2021

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

Click through for our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of June, featuring the latest in beauty innovation, trends and regulations.

GALLERY: Top 10 most-read APAC cosmetic stories of June 2021
GALLERY: Top 10 most-read APAC cosmetic stories of June 2021

Click through for our recap of the most-read cosmetics stories of June, featuring the latest in beauty innovation, trends and regulations.

'Ultimate consumer experience': How P&G's SK-II turned to social retail to create contactless engagement with shoppers
'Ultimate consumer experience': How P&G's SK-II turned to social retail to create contactless engagement with shoppers (Hand-out/SK-II)

Skin care brand SK-II has tapped into social retail to engage with beauty consumers who have increased their time spent online in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gender neutral: New Japan survey reveals potential for cosmetic products that can be used by both men and women
Gender neutral: New Japan survey reveals potential for cosmetic products that can be used by both men and women (itakayuki/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

More than 60% of Japanese women would be willing to share their cosmetic products with men, indicating opportunities for brands to develop genderless products, according to a new survey.

Clean sweep: Clé De Peau's new micellar cleansing water to feature Shiseido's new make-up removing tech
Clean sweep: Clé De Peau's new micellar cleansing water to feature Shiseido's new make-up removing tech (metamorworks/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Japanese beauty giant Shiseido has developed new technology to enhance the effectiveness of micellar water that it will launch with Clé De Peau Beauté starting from June 2021.

China cosmetics advertising: Shanghai association sets new standards that align with CSAR regulations
China cosmetics advertising: Shanghai association sets new standards that align with CSAR regulations (pinkomelet/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The Shanghai Advertising Association has released new advertising standards for cosmetic products to align with revisions to the country's newly implemented cosmetic regulations.

'Electric car of cosmetics': Emphasis on beauty tech driving personalised beauty brands to lead industry
'Electric car of cosmetics': Emphasis on beauty tech driving personalised beauty brands to lead industry (metamorworks/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The importance and development of technology in beauty is paving the way for personalised beauty brands to become the future of the industry, says one Australian cosmetics manufacturer.

Harnessing hemp: Koru Pharmaceuticals develops K-beauty skin care made with hybrid Korean variant
Harnessing hemp: Koru Pharmaceuticals develops K-beauty skin care made with hybrid Korean variant (Tinnakorn Jorruang/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

South Korean biopharmaceutical start-up Koru Pharmaceuticals has launched a new skin care brand made with hemp seed oil derived from a hybrid Korean hemp variant.

Hybrid sun care: Anessa to launch multifunctional skin brightening sunscreen in response to changing pandemic needs
Hybrid sun care: Anessa to launch multifunctional skin brightening sunscreen in response to changing pandemic needs

Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido is set to launch a new multifunctional sunscreen under the Anessa brand that has skin brightening properties as a response to the changing consumer needs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

China CBD ban: Retailers 'encouraged' to pull products off shelves as regulators formally ban use in cosmetics
China CBD ban: Retailers 'encouraged' to pull products off shelves as regulators formally ban use in cosmetics (Tinnakorn Jorruang/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Retailers in China are being advised to pull any cannabis-based cosmetics off the shelves after China's drug regulator formally banned the use of cannabis compounds in cosmetics.

Skin shield: Multifunctional and natural claims key for protective beauty following COVID-19
Skin shield: Multifunctional and natural claims key for protective beauty following COVID-19 (Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The COVID-19 pandemic will heighten demand for skin products that protect 'against a host of aggressors' beyond pollution, claims the founder of a New Zealand natural ingredient firm.

Melanin reduction: Malaysian researchers formulate and trial skin lightening cream containing betel leaf extract on human subjects
Melanin reduction: Malaysian researchers formulate and trial skin lightening cream containing betel leaf extract on human subjects (Prompilove/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Researchers in Malaysia have formulated a cream containing Piper betle L. extract which has shown to reduce melanin content, lighten skin tone, and improve skin elasticity among human subjects.