With sustainability and supply chain on everyone’s agenda, Estée Lauder’s Frank Murphy provides Beauty Packaging readers with an exclusive update on the strategies specific to our industry.

By Frank Murphy, The Estée Lauder Companies

Textures, micro-encapsulation, holograms and more are helping to draw fragrance consumers to counter.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

The three-day event in October will be dedicated to initiatives that lower the environmental and social impact of beauty products and packaging.

By Amarjit Sahota, managing director, Organic Monitor

Off-the-shelf packaging components provide many advantages including ready access and speed to market.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

Today’s caps and closures play a much greater role in packaging than just looking spiffy and functioning faultlessly. But when it comes to sustainability, it may not be such an open-and-shut case.

By Leah Genuario, Contributing Editor

The scientific marketing savvy behind beauty products with benefits has proved to be a shot in the arm for the industry’s global health.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Whether for innovative packaging or captivating scent, this year’s winning bottles prove that what’s on the outside counts in a big way.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Top packaging companies and key speakers add up to three action-packed days for the beauty industry.

An increase in attendees proved fruitful for revitalized exhibitors showcasing options from stock packaging to sustainable components.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Page-Turner

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Convenient Truth

New guideline allows for transportation analysis and its effect on packaging designs

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

“Nothing Wasted. Everything Gained” is the mantra of Preserve, a Waltham, MA based company that’s dedicated to making high-performance, eco-friendly products.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

Today’s Millennials’ will shape tomorrow’s retail, beauty, fragrance and management structures.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

An increasingly sophisticated beauty customer warrants equally sophisticated applicators.

By Leah Genuario, Contributing Editor

Panel of experts acknowledges the importance of the Hispanic market, and gets to the heart of Latinas’ beauty-buying habits.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

Small, single-use sizes are in, but unit doses face a big challenge when it comes to future innovation.

By Nica Lewis

The economic downturn and popular trends like social media and reality television help build private label brands and spur sales.

By Lisa B. Samalonis, Contributing Editor

Those who made it to the largest international beauty exposition—despite the volcano—were rewarded with innovative products and an optimistic outlook for the future. And thanks to Iceland’s ash cloud, many relished the opportunity to walk the aisles for more days than originally planned.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Whether due to travel restrictions or as a way to entice consumers to purchase full-size products, samplers and small beauty packages of 3.4-oz. or less are proving to be big business.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

From 1996 through the present, Beauty Packaging has provided cosmetic, fragrance and personal care professionals with relevant product news and packaging information. As BP celebrates its 15th anniversary, it remains the only magazine and online community fully dedicated to packaging for the beauty industry. Following is a brief look, year by year, of a fraction of the many product and packaging introductions that have appeared in the pages of BP over the past 15 years, along with a sprinkling of industry trends, announcements and appointments. Interspersed throughout you’ll find insight and personal comments on the last decade and a half from leaders of key organizations as well as longstanding suppliers. We hope you enjoy this trip down Beauty Packaging’s Memory Lane, and we look forward to commemorating your special efforts and announcements in the future.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Cosmoprof NA enters its ninth year in Las Vegas with a winning combination of exhibitors and conferences. In anticipation of the event, Beauty Packaging asked Daniela Ciocan, director of marketing, for a rundown on what we can expect this year.

Innovative packaging and sensational scents set the stage for an awards competition that boosts industry morale and compels consumer sales.

By Jamie Matusow

Eco-conscious consumers are demanding greener packaging to help save the planet, and corporate boards are requiring increased sustainability measures to boost the bottom line. Add in new global standards and growing retail requirements, and there may be a perfect storm gathering in the beauty world. Read on for the latest forecast.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

An extensive and highly attractive bath and body range takes eco-consciousness seriously, uniting natural ingredients with recyclable, plastic-free packaging.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Beauty Packaging’s panel on sustainability set for Day One

By Maureen Kelly and Maria Sansotta

A few points on recycling and how you can best go about it.

By John Delfausse

From powders and wipes to pumps and tubes, brands are turning up the creative heat on sun care formulations and packaging options.

By By Leah Genuario, Contributing Editor

From prestige to mass and masstige, metal’s weighty form and appealing attributes add both real and perceived value to beauty products.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

Trade shows are an investment, and following a few guidelines can go a long way in justifying the expense.

By Steve Katz

Hundreds of fragrance industry guests gather to hear results of Top 5 Fifi finalists voting.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Here Comes the Sun

By Jonathan Ford

Packaging Predictions

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Hundreds of fragrance industry guests gather to hear results of Top 5 Fifi finalists voting.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

According to a popular manufacturing concept, as waste is removed from the manufacturing process, quality is improved and production time and costs are lowered.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

The supply chain plays a critical role in creating value for the consumer.

By Frank Murphy, The Estée Lauder Companies

The Fragrance Foundation's Trends Breakfast served up a panel of industry leaders brainstorming on how to squeeze the most out of the prestige fragrance market.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

At an NJPEC event, Chris Hacker entertains and inspires attendees with tales from his sustainable packaging design desk.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Back-to-back judging for industry honors provides an encapsulated view of an innovative and productive year in fragrance, personal care and cosmetics.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Airless packaging is on the rise, and it's no wonder. Not only does it protect formulations from air, it dispenses nearly 100% of the product. And the further good news: New options are making it more cost-effective than ever.

By Steve Katz

Multicultural beauty products are meeting the growing needs of U.S. women and consumers in Asia, India, Dubai and beyond.

By Lisa B. Samalonis, Contributing Writer

Seminars and special displays will complement exhibition floor.

Thinking outside the cosmetics bag results in a sleek, metal-like shell that keeps makeup fired up and ready to go.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

A prestige beauty packaging trend finds brands teaming up with professional artists for gallery-worthy bottles and jars.

By Nica Lewis

Changes in the beauty business climate have spawned increased interest in turnkey services.

By Leah Genuario

Some of the beauty industry’s best-selling products have taken their cues from fabulous fashion runways and dazzling jewelry collections. From metallic plaques to hand-tied ribbons, here’s a look at how some leading beauty brands are using accessories to dress their packages in style.

By Jamie Matusow

Packaging for Dove Men+Care features masculine colors and ergonomic shapes

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Beauty Experts Speak at L’Oréal/FIT event

Who’s Inspiring Whom?

By Jonathan Ford

HCT Puts Pop in Packaging for Urban Decay

Jamie Thomas, Markets Editor – Stylesight.com, speaks on latest packaging trends

President and CEO addresses sold-out crowd at CEW event

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

A multi-volume publication and a panel of leading authorities seek to define the controversial topic of beauty.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

User-friendly redesign maintains brand identity and educates consumers

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

Innovation and sustainable development take center stage at PCD

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

Beauty Packaging’s more than 20,000 online readers chose L’Oréal as 2009’s Beauty Company of the Year: Excellence in Packaging. From new delivery systems to PCR bottles to adventurous shapes and ingenious patents, here’s how the century-old, French-based beauty firm combines innovation and science to keep consumers coming back for more.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Caught in a quandary, the fragrance industry must carefully balance slowing sales performance with the public’s insatiable desire for new launches. Innovative packaging holds the key.

By Leah Genuario, Contributing Editor

Knowledge and understanding is the key to keeping your package beautiful and compliant.

By Steve Katz, Associate Editor

Brands are thinking creatively and reaping the rewards of some high-flying partnerships.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Sleek cases, advanced formulas and cool tools bring an upscale look to a brand known for value.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor

Which products will win distinction this year? Here’s a recap of last year’s winners to spark your enthusiasm for 2010’s eagerly awaited announcements.

By Pamela L. Kerpius

By Jamie Matusow

All About Me

By Jonathan Ford

Inoac Introduces New Spray Coating