The road to a circular cosmetics industry is fraught with challenges on both the manufacturing and consumption sides of the equation.

One only has to look at the ‘hair care’ category to understand that 80% of ‘waste’ is produced from consumption, not production.

But as gatekeepers to the industry, how can R&D, production, marketing, and retail teams work together to mitigate the ‘hair care’ category’s environmental footprint?

This month

Audrey Wesson Corporate Sustainability  Manager at INOLEX 

Mallory Huron  Beauty & Wellness Strategist at Fashion Snoops 

Dr Terence Chung Founder of FRUU 

Anna Brightman  Co-Founder at UpCircle Beauty 

Discuss the possibilities for circularity within hair care.

The 1980s, a decade that began with a recession, which triggered an oil crisis and was at the height of the Cold War tension between Russia & the West, was also the decade in which the consolidation of modern environmental awareness, sustainability policies, and a new perception of the relationship between industry, society, and land become rooted in corporate strategy.

In 2023 the evolutionary understanding of this relationship is the concept of the circular economy, which sees consumer products as having a lifecycle in a loop.

But is ‘circularity’ possible for the cosmetics industry?

An industry currently responsible for 100 billion tonnes of waste a year

This month

Amarjit Sahota, Founder at Ecovia Intelligence 

Jo Chidley, Founder of Re & Beauty Kitchen UK

Andrew Almack, CEO at Plastics For Change

Discuss how the retail sector could /should pivot towards a circular, waste-free carbon positive future.

Throughout 2022 we have explored via niche product categories how cosmetic companies are future-proofing their businesses.

This month with the help of my forward-thinking panel, 

Philippe Guguen   CEO  at  Map Emulsion

Dirk-Jan Oudshoorn  Founder at  Forestwise 

Julien Tremblin General Manager Terracycle Europe 

we will discuss how to FuTure Proof The Cosmetic Industry.

How is the color cosmetics industry future-proofing itself for the circular economy?

 A notoriously difficult product category to share, lease, reuse, repair, refurbish and recycle.

 Who are the innovators and how can the legacy brands learn from their business models?

Tune in and listen to this month’s panel,

Cat Tuner , Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder of Cult LDN + NYC

Adam Triantis, Co-founder at DCYPHER 

Rachel Reid,  Founder, CEO at Subtl Beauty

To find out how to FuTure Proof: Color Cosmetics

The human microbiome is inherited from mother to baby at birth

 And is the genetic material of all the microbes - bacteria, fungi, and viruses - that live on and inside the human body. 

 It helps digest our food, regulate our immune system, protect against other bacteria that cause disease, and produce vitamins.

 Is it correct that the microbiome beauty movement has been marketed as a ‘product category’ or would it be more accurate to market it as a ‘formula requirement ‘

Tune in and listen to this month’s panel,

Dr. Grace Park VP of R&D at HelloBiome

Dr. Jeanne-Mari Retief: Human Rights Consultant & author of FIGGI Lifestyle Blog 

Dr. Geoff Briggs Technical Scout (Beauty Incubator) at no7 Beauty Company

To find out how to FuTure Proof: Wellness in Beauty

A recent McKinsey report estimated the global wellness market to be US$1.5 trillion, with an annual growth rate somewhere between 5 -10 percent.

And while the concept of wellness in beauty is not new, the category is becoming increasingly crowded. 

Indeed, this week alone Stella MacCartney & Kate Moss launched brands.

And with that in mind what will be the winning strategies needed for companies to thrive in this space in the future? 

Tune in and listen to this month’s panel, 

 Mallory Huron  Beauty & Wellness Strategist at Fashion Snoops 

 Harald van der Hoeven  Director of Product Design & Development at CLR

 Jayn Sterland, Managing Director at Weleda UK 

 To find out how to FuTure Proof: Wellness in Beauty 

At its core Veganism is a way of living in which people exclude, as much as possible, all forms of animal exploitation and cruelty.

For the beauty industry Vegan/Veganism has become a product category

That has in recent years been position alongside but not separates from

‘Organic Beauty’ ‘Clean Beauty’ “Natural Beauty’ ‘Bio-based Beauty’ ’ Plant-Based Beauty’ “Sustainable beauty’

In this ever-so confusing ‘marketing mashup’ how will Vegan Beauty maintain its niche and preserve it’s ethical, health and environmental creational in the future?

This month’s panel

Anna Barker Head of Responsibility Business at The Fairtrade Foundation 

Katie Nguyen Technical Sales at Inolex 

Anna Brightman  Co-Founder at UpCircle Beauty 

Discuss how to FuTure Proof: Vegan Beauty

A 2022 McKinsey report on the beauty market suggests that ‘creating a path to a more equitable beauty market represents a US$2.6 billion opportunity, and the road forward—while perhaps not easy—is clear’

This month’s panel

Charlotte Bunyan Chief Strategy Officer at CULT LDN

Mimi Ghosh Technology & Disruptive Commerce Banker at JPMorgan

Megan Rein Co-Founder & CBO SIIA Cosmetics

Discuss how to FuTure Proof: Diversity in Beauty

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines for the word ‘clean’ as:

1. Free from dirt or pollution

As the ‘clean beauty’ category pivots from niche to mass production, marketing, retailing and consumption how can the cosmetics industry uphold the definition whilst also navigating the current shocks and stresses to the global economy.

This month’s panel of experts:

Lisa Gandolfi Vice President Marketing at Inolex

Bart Bleijerveld COO & Co-Founder of Better Future Factory 

Mallory Huron  Beauty & Wellness Strategist at Fashion Snoops 

Discuss how to FuTure Proof - Clean Beauty

24 months after the first global lockdown

How is the Professional Beauty category …

capitalising on digital technologies

whilst balancing sustainability issues

and competing with the new kid on the block ‘Personalisation ‘?

... metamorphosing into a sector fit for the 21st Century consumer?

Miranda Mathews  Managing Director UK & IE at Treatwell 

Sharon Nykaza General Manager at OWAY United States

 Oded Harth CEO at MDalgorithms

Discuss how to FuTure Proof: Professional Beauty