SPF skincare has become a must for beauty products – from drugstore staples to high-end lotions. But with more than half the world’s population now living in cities, there's a new environmental factor that's affecting our skin. Is anti-pollution the new SPF?

China’s 474 million-strong consuming class is starting to wonder whether the price they’ve paid for prosperity is worth it, if money can’t safeguard health. Too severe to be ignored, environmental concerns in China are finally beginning to trump economic ones.

With Aussie GPs seeing over a million patients a year for skin cancer, it’s not all smiles and sunshine Down Under. Invisible Zinc is helping to change sun worshipping in Australia with a product that’s lauded for its light, silky feel. But can a sunscreen brand improve people’s skincare habits?

The beauty industry is diversifying and DECIEM is an umbrella brand that’s responded to this with high-tech products for all. According to founder Nicola Kilner, society is increasingly ageless and genderless, anyway. So who exactly are its customers? And what’s behind its rapid rise to success?