Exclusive Industry Insights 2025

This exclusive conversation with renowned cosmetic scientist Dr. Barbara Brockway, Scientific Advisor for Cosmetics & Personal Care, is a deep dive into the murky, misunderstood, and massively important corners of the cosmetics world.

In this interview, we explore the clash between traditional preservative systems and the rise of probiotic skincare. Dr. Brockway highlights the pressing need to update traditional safety testing methods in light of cutting-edge advancements in microbiome research. With a focus on the future of probiotic cosmetics, she sheds light on how emerging technologies could revolutionise how we test product safety, shaving results down from days to hours, and challenges us to rethink outdated approaches still widely used in the industry today.

Download to learn more about:

• Microbiome and Innovation: The challenges and opportunities of using probiotics and live microbes in cosmetics.
• Regulatory Gaps: Why current regulations may hinder innovation and how they need to evolve.
• The Future of Testing: How next-gen technologies like omics are shaping the future of cosmetic safety and microbiome-based products.
• Consumer Acceptance: How the growing understanding of the microbiome is influencing consumer demand for microbiome-friendly cosmetics.

This is not just a safety conversation, it’s a glimpse into the future of cosmetic science, told through the lens of one of the industry’s most trusted voices. 

The global cosmetics industry is heading into its most transformative decade yet - with stricter regulations, fast-evolving sustainability standards, AI integration, and scientific breakthroughs like neurocosmetics and NAD+ skincare. Are you prepared for what is coming next?

What's Inside?

• Regulatory Overhaul in the EU and UK: Understand how upcoming bans on key ingredients like Retinol and 4-MBC, plus new safety standards, will impact formulation strategies and compliance deadlines through 2030.
• The Rise of Sustainable Cosmetics: Learn how new packaging laws, green claims directives, and environmental labelling requirements are pushing brands to embrace full-spectrum sustainability - or face penalties.
• Innovation Through Science: Neurocosmetics & Microbiome Skincare Discover why products targeting the skin-brain axis and skin microbiota are set to dominate the next decade - and how to position your brand early in these emerging markets.
• The Real Risks of Non-Compliance: Explore the most common pitfalls brands face (from banned substances to unsubstantiated claims), and how to mitigate the financial and reputational damage of enforcement actions.
• AI, AR & Data Privacy in Tech: Dive into the explosive rise of AI in product personalisation and marketing - and learn how to stay compliant with biometric data regulations and the incoming EU AI Act.

Plus so much more!

Did you know?

• 6.4% of cosmetics sold in the EEA fail to meet compliance standards.
• By 2030, all packaging in the EU must be recyclable.
• The neurocosmetics market is forecast to hit $2.7B - are you positioned for it?

Whether you’re in product development and innovation, regulatory affairs, R&D, brand strategy, or sustainability, this report is your roadmap to staying competitive and compliant through 2030.

What happens when bold marketing meets rigid regulation? In this exclusive interview, Raquel Ramón, Regulatory Affairs Manager, GdC Beauty Group, unpacks the real-world challenges beauty brands face when trying to innovate, market, and stay compliant in an industry that’s anything but black and white, from the rising risk of influencer-driven misinformation to the global tug-of-war over what even qualifies as a "cosmetic", Raquel reveals how brands can safely push boundaries, without crossing regulatory lines.

Download now and uncover:

• The Global Compliance Puzzle: Why claims that work in the EU could land you in hot water in the US or Asia.
• The Importance of Early Collaboration: How early collaboration between Regulatory, Marketing & R&D is your best defence against future compliance disasters.
• Marketing as A Regulatory Minefield: How to keep your influencer content and “free-from” claims safe and substantiated.

With increased scrutiny on everything from efficacy claims to the “clean beauty” narrative, this is essential reading for regulatory pros, marketers, and innovators alike. Whether you're formulating the next skincare breakthrough or writing the copy to sell it, this is the compliance insight you can't afford to skip.