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Chinese beauty shoppers are some of the most sophisticated consumers in the world. Homegrown beauty bloggers and apps have contributed to the proliferation of information about beauty, including ingredients, online, enabling domestic consumers to quickly educate themselves. This cohort of beauty ingredients aficionados is known as cheng fen dang (成分党) in the mainland.

Timeline

2024 March

Celine ventures into beauty. Is it too late to the party?

French luxury house has entered the competitive luxury beauty market, where it is taking on established global brands and rapidly expanding homegrown Chinese labels. Does the segment still make sense for business?

Lisa Nan

March 25, 2024

Beauty Strategy Skintellectuals

April

Cosmoprof lifts lid on 2024’s Asian beauty market trends

Asia panel at Cosmoprof sheds light on emerging consumer behavior, shifting preferences, and the rise of new trends.

Lisa Nan

April 2, 2024

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Beauty Consumer Skintellectuals

June

WeChat Digest: 618 festival, beauty device market in flux

A roundup and synopsis of popular Chinese-language articles, first released on Jing Daily’s WeChat platform.

June 7, 2024

Beauty Consumer Skintellectuals

2023 January

China’s 2023 Beauty Cheat Sheet: AI-Powered Personalization, Web3 Experiences And Premiumization

China’s beauty scene saw a wave of changes in 2022 as brands pushed the envelope of innovation. We look at which trends are here to stay in 2023.

Julienna Law

January 13, 2023

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May

LVMH Unveils Asia’s Largest R&D Center In Shanghai As China Skincare Enters New Stage

China’s skincare development has entered a new stage. LVMH is the latest in a long line of beauty giants unveiling in China its world’s second largest R&D center.

Lisa Nan

May 8, 2023

Beauty Strategy Skintellectuals