FORECASTING, Trends & Consulting in Beauty Innovation


WE ARE TREND HUNTERS

WE ARE BEAUTY BRAND MAKERS

we plant SEEDS OF INSPIRATION FOR all your beauty PROJECTS

From inspiration to innovation. 

We produce Trend Reports, monthly Social Books, seasonal Fashion Week Analysis, and on-demand Inspiration Bars and Inspiration Tours to fuel your R&D. Our expert insights blend data and market trends, empowering you to craft the future of beauty. 

From concept to creation. 

With expertise spanning ingredients, consumer culture, and storytelling, we take your ideas from concept to market-ready products. Whether refining your brand DNA or leading a portfolio overhaul, we create the strategic foundations to deliver breakthrough innovations. 

From vision to message. 

We craft strategic communication tools and messaging systems that align your brand’s intent with clear, compelling expression, across websites, newsletters, internal platforms, and product storytelling. Every word works to connect, inform, and inspire. 


GET AHEAD OF THE BEAUTY GAME

CURRENT BEAUTY REPORTS

 
 
 

We Sow Inspiration Seeds.

As a global team of Beauty strategists and industry experts, we decipher the latest trends to inspire your next challenge.

With our unique expertise across brand development, marketing, strategy, content, culture and graphic design, we help our clients understand the beauty ecosystem, shape strategy and support the innovation journey.

We track emergent beauty trends using a combination of qualitative data, consumer insights, market analysis and social media research.

Learn more


MUST READ

NEWS FROM THE BLOG


LET’S TAKE a walk on the beauty side

BOOK AN INSPIRATION TOUR!

Immersive days in selected cities. 

Our Inspiration Tours are curated itineraries to the world’s leading beauty capitals, compiled by our global team of experts. Whether you need a quick jolt of West Coast inspiration between trade show appointments or you want to dive into Seoul’s thriving beauty scene with a 72-hour retail safari, we tailor each guide to your specific goal.

Every Inspiration Tour is meticulously mapped to make the most of your time, and can be self-guided or led by one of our team. 

A made-to-measure Inspiration Tour book is created for each project.

Learn more



OUR BEAUTY TROTTING AGENDA


Travel is integral to our role as researchers and strategists and we have the pleasure of regularly traversing the globe, all in the name of Beauty. From conferences to exhibitions, round tables to panels, we also have the privilege of being regular speakers at leading international beauty events.

 

Future Events

PARIS: MAKEUP IN PARIS

June 18 & 19, 2025

Meet us at the Trends Area and for our Conference on June 18 at 1:30 pm - info here

New York: Inspiration Tour

June 28 - July 6, 2024

NEW YORK: MAKEUP IN NEW YORK

September 17 &18, 2025

Meet us at the Trends Area and for our Beauty Talks on September 17 &18, 2025 at 1:30 pm - info here


Past Events

PARIS: CEW EVENT

Journée de la Beauté - Keynote with SocioVision (IFOP) - register here

PARIS: JOURNAL DU LUXE

LinkedIn Live Event - Beauty and Luxury (in French) - participate here

March 20, 2025 - 11:30 am EST

Los Angeles: Makeup in Los Angeles

Forecasting & Innovation Corner - Booth K49.

2 Beauty Talks & Inspiration Bar. Book your session here.

February 12 & 13, 2025

Los Angeles: Inspiration Tour

February 10-14, 2024.

Los Angeles: INSPIRATION TOUR

December 1- 10, 2024

New York: Inspiration Tour

July 1-7, 2024

New York: Makeup in New York

September 18-19, 2024 - Beauty Talk & Inspiration Bar - Booth A488.

London: Inspiration Tour

June 10, 2024

Paris: CEW - Journée de la Beauté

June 5, 2024 - Introductory Keynote of Leila Rochet with Remy Oudghiri (Sociovision)

Paris: SupBiotech, école de biotechnologies

March 26, our Scientific & Product Expert Enora LE ROUX will be speaking as part of the academy's conference,  La High-Tech Embellit: La Cosmetique.

MakeUp in NewYork - Discussion with Danessa Myricks

CEW - La Journée de la Beauté 2024 - Presentation with Remy Oudghiri - Anatomy of a change

Makeup in Los Angeles 2024 - Beauty Talk: Extra-vagance, Bringing the extra-ordinary into the everyday - with Annie Jackson - CEO of Credo


More about past events here.


OUR WORK WITH UEBT

10 years UEBT Biodiversity Barometer Research

Preserving biodiversity is one the most prescient issues facing the world today and a cause that we passionately believe in. We are proud to have worked with UEBT for over 10 years, supporting their mission to help companies develop ethical sourcing strategies that protect the fragile biodiversity of the planet.

Each year, UEBT produces The Biodiversity Barometer - a quantitative survey conducted by IPSOS that reveals the latest shifts in consumer attitudes towards biodiversity. CIC is proud to collaborate with UEBT to prepare, analyze and design the report, which has become essential industry reading.

Visit the UEBT Biodiversity Barometer website here


let’s STAY IN TOUCH

NEED TO DISCUSS A PROJECT? GRAB A CUP OF MATCHA?

CONTACT US

DON’T MISS OUT ON THE LATEST TRENDS

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER


Follow us on LINKEDIN:

@Cosmetics Inspiration & Creation

Follow us on Instagram @cosmeticseeds