GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of October 2023

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Our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of October 2023, featuring news from SK-II, Caudalie, Kao and more.

Click through to see our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of October 2023, featuring news from SK-II, Caudalie, Kao and more.

GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of October 2023
GALLERY: Top 10 beauty and cosmetic stories of October 2023

Click through to see our recap of the most-read beauty and personal care stories of October 2023, featuring news from SK-II, Caudalie, Kao and more.

Generational differences: Social media insights reveal divergent beauty concerns between millennials and Gen Z in Japan
Generational differences: Social media insights reveal divergent beauty concerns between millennials and Gen Z in Japan (Jessie Casson/Getty Images)

New data by Bytedance-owned Lemon8 has highlighted differences in skin care concerns and makeup preferences among millennials and Generation Z demographics in Japan.

Sharing PITERA love: SK-II marks first new market entry in a decade with Vietnam launch
Sharing PITERA love: SK-II marks first new market entry in a decade with Vietnam launch

Global prestige skin care brand SK-II’s is moving to capture Vietnam’s rapidly growing luxury beauty sector with its first new market entry in 10 years.

Back to square one: Indonesia’s social commerce ban a blow for ‘seamless’ buying experiences
Back to square one: Indonesia’s social commerce ban a blow for ‘seamless’ buying experiences (Luke Chan/Getty Images)

Indonesia's recent trade regulation calling for the separation of social media and e-commerce poses a significant challenge to the pursuit of an integrated social commerce journey, especially for SME brands in the beauty space and beyond.

Kao-owned TWANY seizes opportunities in Japan’s fast-growing feminine care sector
Kao-owned TWANY seizes opportunities in Japan’s fast-growing feminine care sector

Japanese brand TWANY is set to launch a new product series seeking to meet consumer demand in the feminine care category, which it says has been experiencing “significant growth” since 2020.

Lightweight and invisible: Caudalie aims to meet sun care need for ‘new modern textures’ with non-aerosol spray in SEA
Lightweight and invisible: Caudalie aims to meet sun care need for ‘new modern textures’ with non-aerosol spray in SEA

French pharmacy brand Caudalie’s new non-aerosol spray format seeks to satisfy the South East Asian consumers' demand for new, innovative sun care formats, says the brand’s co-founder.

Oral microbiome: the key to better health?
Oral microbiome: the key to better health? (Keith Clouston/Getty Images/Image Source)

Numerous studies show that the oral microbiome impacts our systematic health, which means there may be new opportunities for personal care products designed to improve health and wellness.

Control of skin microbiota crucial for developing novel therapeutic and probiotic application strategies – review
Control of skin microbiota crucial for developing novel therapeutic and probiotic application strategies – review

Further investigation into skin microbes that have shown therapeutic effects on conditions such as atopic dermatitis is key to the development of new treatment methods such as bacteriotherapy and probiotic applications, say Japanese researchers.

Sage & Ylang’s relaunched acne care range offers an opportunity for microbiome education
Sage & Ylang’s relaunched acne care range offers an opportunity for microbiome education

The founder of a microbiome-centric skin care brand hopes to use its repositioned acne care treatments to educate consumers about the skin microbiome, which she fears has become ‘watered-down and meaningless.’

‘Exceptional colour retention’: Shiseido’s latest ‘Water Sensing’ colour tech to debut with Maquillage in November
‘Exceptional colour retention’: Shiseido’s latest ‘Water Sensing’ colour tech to debut with Maquillage in November

Japanese giant Shiseido is set to debut a new range of Maquillage lipsticks developed with its new Water Sensing Technology that combines transfer-resistant colour and comfort.

The power of play: Need for self-expression boosting interest in kid-friendly makeup
The power of play: Need for self-expression boosting interest in kid-friendly makeup

The rising demand for kid-friendly makeup is fuelled by the innate need for self-expression among Gen Alpha children and their millennial parents, says mum and baby brand Evereden.