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Natural demand boosts skin care market

As consumers become more concerned about personal care and the ingredients that are found in cosmetics amidst media scare stories, the natural and organic cosmetics market has seen solid growth, boosting the skin care category.

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The continued rise of skin care beauty devices worldwide is being driven by the fact that consumers are feel they are getting additional efficacy to boost and work in union with topical products.

The big challenge to the beauty packaging industry is differentiation as it becomes more difficult to make a product stand out, according to Mintel’s senior global packaging analyst, Benjamin Punchard.

Luxury fragrance and cosmetics player Coty has formed a joint-venture with a major cosmetics distributor in Brazil, in a bid to expand its footprint in the country.

L’Oréal CEO Jean-Paul Agon has announced a series of key executive appointments, all of which will take effect from 1st of July, this year. The appointments all include key executives who all have a significant history in the company, including Nicolas Hieronimus being appointed as president of all the company's selective divisions,...

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Sederma claims world first with new anti-ageing active targeting microRNAs from CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com

France-based ingredients supplier Sederma has launched its new anti-ageing active ingredient claiming it is the world’s first to target the microRNAs in the skin.

India a concern as more fake cosmetics are seized from CosmeticsDesign-Asia.com

The Indian markets have become a concern of late as Authorities announce they have seized more fake cosmetics within just weeks of them uncovering a vast amount in raids at two cosmetics godowns in Nageshwar Colony.

Authorities make registration process easier for the industry from CosmeticsDesign-Asia.com

The State Commission Office for Public Sector Reform (SCPSR) has made the registration process easier for the cosmetics industry in that it has developed a new organisation structure of the reformed FDA authority in China.

Cosme Tech 2013 to include keynotes on regulation and marketing from CosmeticsDesign-Asia.com

Next month’s Cosme Tech 2013 event will include bi-lingual key note conference presentations that will focus on the challenges of regulating and marketing products in the Japanese market.

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Hair dye manufacturers on red alert over research pointing to cure for gray hair

Hair dye manufacturers on red alert over research pointing to cure for gray hair

A group of researchers in Europe say they have made a breakthrough that could lead to a...

Media and consumer attention on certain ingredients could stifle innovation, Euromonitor

Media and consumer attention on certain ingredients could stifle innovation, Euromonitor

Media and consumer attention towards certain ingredients used in beauty and personal care can stifle innovation in...

Obama turns industry charmer as US free trade negotiations welcomed

Obama turns industry charmer as US free trade negotiations welcomed

President Obama's announcement during his State of the Union address that the US and the European Union...

As health scares and perceptions emerge, ingredient suppliers face new challenges
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As health scares and perceptions emerge, ingredient suppliers face new challenges

Continued reporting of health worries and perceptions of chemical dangers bring about fresh challenges for innovation that...

Airless technology for anti-agers fuels lotion pump demand

Airless technology for anti-agers fuels lotion pump demand

Plastic lotion pumps are the fastest growing closure type in the beauty segment as liquid soap booms...