THE K BEAUTY SCIENC x SPATE collaboration kicked off and here is a brief look at the Korean skincare trend analysis. This is SPATE's analysis of Korean search engine called NAVER, the very dominant search engine and used by most people in Korea.For more information, please visit our website www.thek
THE K BEAUTY SCIENCE is happy to announce the collaboration with SPATE. We will be providing beauty market trend reports. First, let us introduce to you what SPATE does and how SPATE reports can help you through this interview with the co-founders.Brief company information:Spate is an artificial int
“RX Japan’s ‘Cosme Week’ has established itself as a B2B cosmetics and beauty exhibition representing East Asia. Going forward, the exhibition will target to represent all of Asia, and then global. We are creating an atmosphere where Japanese companies need proactive communication and materials targ
UCL (CEO Lee Ji-won), Korean cosmetics ODM OEM specialist, published the '2024 Beauty Trend Book' suggesting this year's five beauty keywords: Emotion Therapy, Conscious Beauty, Dopa Cleansing, Cell Science. and Dr. Cleanical.UCL analyzes beauty trends every year and suggests new formulations and ma
Historical records show that during the Shilla Dynasty (57 BC ~ 935 AD), trade between Shilla and Japan was very much active, not only in the form of exchanges of goods as in commerce but also the traffic of students. One of these students was a monk named Guang Sung. It’s still unclear whether he w
Such a K-ODM hype in North America at the moment! One survey shows Korean cosmetics as ranking first among all the imported cosmetics to the United States. Why?Let’s take a closer look of what makes Korean cosmetics so competitive.1) Price competitivenessThe prices of Korean ODM companies are estima
The BASF Research Conference is an event held every year from November to December to introduce BASF's solutions that lead sustainable innovation in various industries. Among multiple innovations, BASF presented 'Probiolift®’ a cosmetic active ingredient containing live probiotic bacteria found in t
In order to strengthen the knowledge base of THE K BEAUTY SCIENCE, Professor Seol-Hoon Lee (College of Natural & Information Science for the Cosmetics Science of Dongduk Women’s University) will join THE K BEAUTY SCIENCE’s Editorial Committee from Jan. 2024. Professor Lee received his bachelor's, ma
What does Korea, Japan, and China have in common apart from being located in the Far East? One commonality is that the birthrate is low, very low in case of Korea with birth rate of 0.8 as of 2020 – the lowest in the world. In contrast, Vietnam has fertility rate of 2.0 and currently boasts top econ
The 2023 Olive Young Awards & Festa held at the DDP on Dec. 12 (a beautifully designed architecture by Zaha Hadid) and I thought those of you in the beauty industry and interest in the Korean beauty landscape would find the analysis interesting.The Conference started off with Olive Young updating th
Rethinking Beauty Science - this is the main theme of the ‘33rd IFSCC Congress’, in 2023.The K Beauty Science analyzed key words that appeared on the posters of the presenters (76) and the main keywords included Skin, Hair, Aging, Microbiome, Protection, Metabolomic, Senescence, Stem cell, and Folli
Incospharm, a Korean cosmetics & pharmaceutical ingredient company together with Kookmin University and Metapore Inc. developed an ingenious method to extract and produce exosome in large quantity that will make products with exosomes much less expensive. Their research made the Cover story on the A
Q. Please introduce yourself.My name is Jay Ingram, I am the Director for EMEA operations at Delphic HSE Solutions Ltd.; this means I have responsibility and oversight over the deliverable work we conduct in the fields of Regulatory Compliance and Toxicological Safety. I have nearly 15 years of expe
Q. Please introduce your company and yourself. We are a consulting company specializing in the cosmetics industry. We provide product development, branding, and marketing support for major cosmetics manufacturers as well as start-up manufacturers.Q2. What’s the topic you presented at COSME Tokyo 202
The K Beauty Science is publishing High K-beauty 2023.High K-beauty 2023 is a bookazine (a book combined with a magazine) that is designed to help the global audience deepen their understanding of K-beauty. The bookazine puts the spotlight on R&D, the latest industry developments, and what’s trendin
The Korean Cosmetics and Beauty Society's Journal of the Korean Cosmetics and Beauty Society was selected as a KCI-listed academic journal.KCI (KOREA CITATION INDEX), operated by the National Research Foundation of Korea, is a system that analyzes the citation relationship between papers by converti
EuroMonitor International, a global market research company, said on Nov. 15 (London time) that it has launched a new "Sustainability" database that helps companies achieve sustainability goals and strategically plan climate change measures.Euromonitor's sustainability data is a new addition to its
Kolmar Holdings Korea signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Tiger Scofield Memorial Association on November 10 for "microbiome-based research and social contribution activities."The signing ceremony held at Kolmar Korea Institute of Technology was attended by Chairman Yoon Dong-han of
The Ministry of Environment's National Institute of Biological Resources published "The Story of Gangwon Living Organisms Coming from the Mountains and Fields" on Nov. 15, which contains the stories of creatures corresponding to 70 traditional knowledge passed down from traditional villages near nat
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province has signed a public-private partnership agreement with AmorePacific to establish a Jeju-type RE100 trading market system to expand renewable energy and stabilize the operation of renewable energy projects.RE100 (abbreviation of 100% Renewable Electricity, 100% us