Innovative packaging and sensational scents set the stage for an awards competition that boosts industry morale and compels consumer sales.

Cosmoprof NA enters its ninth year in Las Vegas with a winning combination of exhibitors and conferences. In anticipation of the event, Beauty Packaging asked Daniela Ciocan, director of marketing, for a rundown on what we can expect this year.

From 1996 through the present, Beauty Packaging has provided cosmetic, fragrance and personal care professionals with relevant product news and packaging information. As BP celebrates its 15th anniversary, it remains the only magazine and online community fully dedicated to packaging for the beauty industry. Following is a brief look, year by year, of a fraction of the many product and packaging introductions that have appeared in the pages of BP over the past 15 years, along with a sprinkling of industry trends, announcements and appointments. Interspersed throughout you�ll find insight and personal comments on the last decade and a half from leaders of key organizations as well as longstanding suppliers. We hope you enjoy this trip down Beauty Packaging�s Memory Lane, and we look forward to commemorating your special efforts and announcements in the future.

Whether due to travel restrictions or as a way to entice consumers to purchase full-size products, samplers and small beauty packages of 3.4-oz. or less are proving to be big business.

Those who made it to the largest international beauty exposition�despite the volcano�were rewarded with innovative products and an optimistic outlook for the future. And thanks to Iceland�s ash cloud, many relished the opportunity to walk the aisles for more days than originally planned.

The economic downturn and popular trends like social media and reality television help build private label brands and spur sales.

An increasingly sophisticated beauty customer warrants equally sophisticated applicators.