Beautystreams

BEAUTYSTREAMS is an online Service for the cosmetic and packaging industry. It offers valuable information organized into three main axes: insight, inspiration and intelligence, keeping you ahead in these fast-paced markets.

Beautystreams empowers product development and marketing professionals to identify and act upon emerging trends in the beauty and packaging industries. Arising from a need for information specific to these sectors, our approach is simple: bring together the best creative professionals to convey a clear, strong focus for our clients to drive their businesses forward. We take a holistic approach and believe in collaboration rather than hierarchies. Our international community of experts combines their vast experience from different fields to push creative boundaries pragmatically, providing valuable insight, inspiration and intelligence.

Our services : We know that companies need to be flexible in the deployment of information resources across their organization, which is why we make our services available through a dynamic, content-rich online subscription environment and individualized bespoke programs.

Information is organized into three main axes: insight, inspiration and intelligence. In addition, we offer useful online tools, as well as targeted packaging information. Rather than just data-mining, we create original proprietary make-up and hair photos, conceptual videos, mood images, 3-D packaging designs, and vectorized prints.


CURRENTS:

• Cross-Currents (monthly): Cross-Currents presents a sociological perspective on global macro trends. Each month, our specialists analyze an emerging theme across diverse industries. With this incisive information, you can maximize opportunities before the trend's full onset; such as finding concepts for products or identifying new market segments.
• Experts (weekly): Experts is an unique look into the minds of international specialists. Each week, we invite authorities from different fields to share their insights on trends in their industries. These commentaries from ancillary sectors spark fresh ideas for beauty product development and packaging.

FORECASTS:

• Colors & Concept (seasonally): Color palettes and themes are created specifically for the beauty industry by our roundtable of respected trend authorities.
• Looks - Make-Up & Hair (seasonally): The themes are then interpreted into inspirational looks photographed on models by our international team of photographers, make-up artists, and hair stylists. We believe that photography is the best way to exhibit color and texture as it appears on actual skin. In addition, we also offer commercial everyday looks in illustration form, as well as applications for eyes, lips, cheeks, and skin.
• Looks - Nails (seasonally): Our Nails forecast presents nail designs based on the seasonal themes, created specifically for Beautystreams by leading nail artists. It is a study of colors, textures, and applications.
• Packaging (seasonally): Packaging explores shapes, textures, materials, motifs, typography, and influences. Original 3-D designs and prints in vectorized eps files can be downloaded and adapted to your needs.

REPORTING:

• Runway Analysis (seasonally): Our trend experts analyze over 300 designer shows and 40,000 images each season to report on the latest trends in: make-up, hair, color, prints and fabrics, bags and fashion themes.
• Trade Shows (monthly): There are hundreds of trade shows worldwide in the cosmetic, hair, skincare, spa, and packaging sectors. Our experts cover the major trade shows, enabling companies to cut travel costs, while accessing information from key corners of the globe. Our comprehensive reports contain hundreds of photos, market trend analyses, and vital information on new products and companies.
• News (daily): This section compiles the latest news from a variety of web and print sources, as well as original articles by our journalists. Topics include: product launches, business news, retail reports, industry interviews, research and development, etc.

PACKAGING:

• Packaging plays a vital role in the product development process. We have compiled packaging-related information from the Forecast, Trade Shows, and News sections into one focused area for easy, direct access.

TOOLS:

• My Atelier: A secured online workspace that allows you to manage folders and share images. As clients browse through the site, they can add images to folders from any section through a collapsible My Clippings bar. 
  
• Image Bank: A constantly updated database of high-quality visual imagery that can be searched, zoomed, and downloaded. Images include: mood, look, runway, trade show, packaging, prints, 3-D designs.
• Search Engine: A powerful tool to quickly locate images. Keyword tags are specific to the beauty and packaging industries, searchable by: color, style, application, texture, packaging shape, etc.
• Resources: An ideal place to find talented professionals specialized in the beauty and packaging sectors (make-up artists, hair stylists, photographers, packaging designers, visual merchandisers, etc). Resources allows you to instantly view the portfolios of creative people worldwide, screened and selected by Beautystreams. Contact information is listed.

Subscription only.
Prices:
 
1 User: 3.000,00 €
2-5 Users: 9.000,00 €
6 users: 10.500,00 €

Each additional user: + 1.500,00 €