Click through to see our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of April 2023 – featuring The Body Shop's well-ageing positioning, makeup recovery in Asia and more.
Sensitive skin care brand Cetaphil has recently expanded its range of skin brightening products to combat what it claims to be the root cause of pigmentation and redefine what 'radiance' means.
The Chinese consumers' willingness to ditch their protective face masks will help to spur the growth of lip makeup more than other markets that relaxed mask mandates earlier.
NUME-Lab is seeing a market gap for skin care combining Swiss quality and halal certification, and has detailed expansion plans for Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.
The Body Shop's Edelweiss skin care range is moving away from anti-ageing language and instead focuses on the message of building skin resilience to help consumers in their quest to 'age gracefully'.
Singaporean fragrance brand Scent by SX has lauded the customer-centric business model of US multi-brand retailer Showfields in helping tackle challenges such as rising manpower costs to the emergence of the Metaverse.
South East Asian cosmetics brands continue to be influential in the halal beauty space, despite attempts by international firms to gain a bigger slice of the pie, says a leading analyst.
US skin care brand Dr Dennis Gross is gearing up to expand its presence in China's enormous skin care market with the launch of six more products this year.
Australia's eco-lifestyle brand Seed & Spout has developed zero-waste skin care range, WITHOUT, to challenge greenwashing and the belief that natural skin care is not efficacious.
Health and beauty retailer Watsons is seeking to ease consumer concern over the hygiene of testers by piloting a 'first of its kind' makeup exchange programme that it hopes will encourage more purchases.
Indian beauty brand Saba Personal Care is hoping that its combination of halal and vegan products will broaden its appeal beyond Muslim consumers and steal a march on the MNCs that are yet to truly exploit such categories.
