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
We identify the trends that catalyse future innovations. We transform data and insight into inspiration and actions, enabling our clients to achieve their innovation goals.
Leveraging our multidisciplinary expertise, we help brands develop an innovative growth strategy, whether it is through helping build upon an existing portfolio or a complete renovation.
We know the value of a good communication platform. We transform our clients’ ideas into relevant and resonating marketing messages to effectively achieve identified goals.
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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.
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BOOK AN INSPIRATION TOUR!
Cities are where the magic happens.
Our Inspiration Tours are bespoke guides to the world’s biggest Beauty capitals. Each tour is an opportunity to immerse your team in the local retail and creative scene, as we walk you through the latest store openings, pop-ups, spas, restaurants, galleries and museums. Tailored to meet your individual needs, Inspiration Tours are designed to inspire your team to their next innovation.
So whether you want to unearth the latest K-beauty trends, dive into West Coast cool or explore cult Brit brands - we have the guide for you.
A made-to-measure Inspiration Tour book is created for each project.
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
LYON: COSMED
October 2, 2025
Why we need to get inspired by the US Innovations? What are the Future Perspectives - info here
WEBINAR MAKEUP IN X SPATE
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 pm Paris - Webinar exploring the most exciting shifts in the U.S. makeup landscape. More info & sign-up - here
SEOUL: INSPIRATION TOUR
From October 17 to 21, 2025
Past Events
NEW YORK: MAKEUP IN NEW YORK
September 17 &18, 2025
Meet us in The Forecasting and Innovation Corner, at Booth A48, where we will present our latest trend reports alongside our celebrated Inspiration Bar, featuring innovative products sourced from all around the world.
The agency will also host 2 Beauty Talks:
Beauty Talk 1: Beauty Rewired: Adaptive Beauty Systems
Date: September 17, 2025, 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm -The Beauty Agora -
Speakers: Leïla Rochet (CIO of Cosmetics IC), Alex Rawitz (Director of Research and Insights of CreatorIQ), Sarah Jindal (Mintel)
Beauty Talk 2: Clean Beauty 2030: Redefining Growth, Purpose, and Performance
Date: September 18, 2025, 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm - Conference Room
Speakers: Leïla Rochet (CIO of Cosmetics IC), Romain Gaillard (CEO, The Detox Market), Jessica Tarangioli (FusionPKG)
Register here
More info here
PARIS: CEW EVENT
Journée de la Beauté - Keynote with SocioVision (IFOP) - register here
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
SEOUL: INSPIRATION TOUR
Du 25 au 31 Mai, 2025
PARIS: JOURNAL DU LUXE
LinkedIn Live Event - Beauty and Luxury (in French) - check the replay (find us at 1:16 h) 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
MakeUp in NewYork 2025 - Discussion with Romain Gaillard (The Detox Market) and Jessica Tarangioli (Fusion PKG)
MakeUp in NewYork 2024 - 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
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
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OUR MEDIA PARTNERS
We are happy to contribute as experts in the following Media: Premium Beauty News, Makeup in, K-Beauty Science
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