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Foodmetics: beauty products that look good enough to eat

Consumers are now being offered a gourmet selection of food-inspired beauty products. While a buffet of options is already being served across the globe, the Korean market was ahead of the game with the trend, offering many different courses to this new ‘foodmetic’ industry. The trend only seems to be becoming more popular, with some of the biggest beauty brands now manufacturing products that you’d be forgiven for thinking would look more appropriate placed on the shelves of your local supermarket. So, why exactly is the merging of these two key markets the dish of the day?

17 Sep 18

Pharma packaging firms take note: Pharmaceutical companies must comply with EU legislation combating falsified medicines

Medicines are designed to mend, yet online commerce allows for nightmare to become reality, as the ominous presence of falsified medicines is proving that one wrong click of the mouse can be fatal. As the number of falsified medicines on the market proliferates, and they boast ever-increasing sophistication, EU patients are, in turn, placed at greater risk. Trust in the legal supply chain is suffering severely as a result, and the European Union and World Health Organisation are poised on high alert, demonstrating, through the construction of a comprehensive and international strategy, their sensitivity to the threat, and their awareness that action from Pharma packaging manufacturers is essential.

28 Aug 18

The sili application trend

2016 and 2017 saw numerous beauty trends involving the application of makeup. In 2016, beauty YouTubers got creative and began to incorporate every day items in their makeup routines.

20 Mar 18

From "realizing stuff" to melting stuff

The trend in the beauty packaging industry of creating drip or melting effects originated in late 2015 with Kylie Jenner lip kits and has only grown more popular throughout the industry since.

08 Feb 18