Active skin care offerings, protective hair care products and sleep-promoting kits are just some of the ways beauty (and food, drink and nutrition) brands can play into the immunity space [Getty Images] There are plenty of opportunities to address immunity in the beauty and personal care space, particularly in developing active topicals, nutrient-dense ingestibles and combined kits that plug beauty routine needs and target holistic health, says Mintel.
As interest in wellbeing and holistic health across beauty continued to soar worldwide, the spotlight had now started to shift more specifically to immunity. And the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic had been a key trigger, said Andrew McDougall, associate director of global beauty and personal care at Mintel.
May 27, 2021
Certain countries are renowned for their game-changing approach to beauty. There is the cultic mythology of the French pharmacy, for example, where dewy-skinned gallic women stock up on their no-frills, science-led skincare (the practical secret to their effortless glow). More recently, South Korea’s hallowed ten-step routine – overloaded with sheet masks, essences, serums and sleep creams – has gone global, leading to a maximalist wave of new products and overflowing bathroom shelves. Its neighbour, Japan, has been similarly influential, experimenting with scientific innovation and mindbogglingly complex ingredients (I have one J-Beauty product on my shelf that contains eggshell membrane and ionised platinum – it’s scarily effective, obviously, but I have no idea why).
The Beauty Stores, Near and Far, That Are Destinations in Their Own Right
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/t-magazine/beauty-shops-fragrance-skincare.html
Sought-out spots for picking up finely milled soaps, hand-sculpted makeup brushes, exquisite scents and more.
Clockwise from top left: Green Bar in A’ali, Bahrain; Monastery in San Francisco; Dover Street Parfums Market in Paris; Coqui Coqui in Mérida, Mexico; L’Atelier by Héritage Berbère in Marrakesh, Morocco; ‘Awa & ‘Ōlena in Honolulu; and Hakuhodo in Kyoto, Japan.Credit.Courtesy of the stores
Published May 11, 2021Updated May 17, 2021
Beautifying ourselves, and seeking out the best inventions with which to do so, has been a source of comfort for millenniums. In Egypt’s Karnak village, beginning in the 16th century B.C., temples served as early shops and