Color

Nanotech researchers develop a new structural color solution

Nanotech researchers develop a new structural color solution

By Deanna Utroske

A team of scientists from around the world, led by Ming Xiao of The University of Akron, have just published their findings online at Science Advances. The researchers are optimistic that their noniridescent structural color solution can be useful on...

Indie Beauty Profile Donna Pohlad dpHUE

Indie Beauty Profile

Donna Pohlad, dpHUE

By …as told to Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Donna Pohlad, founder and CEO of the at-home hair color brand dpHUE has a single word of advice for her beauty brand founding counterparts and her full remarks here illustrate nicely how she herself has taken that wisdom to...

Trend Spotting: The reinvention of at-home hair color

Trend Spotting: The reinvention of at-home hair color

By Deanna Utroske

In an effort to meet the expectations of the modern consumer, at-home hair dye products, formulas, and business strategies are getting an update thanks to long-standing beauty companies like L’Oréal and Coty, contract manufacturers like Mana Products,...

Researchers find a cheap, new way to make structural color

Researchers find a cheap, new way to make structural color

By Deanna Utroske

The shimmering shifting hues of insects come not from pigment but from carefully arranged particles. And new scientific research, documented in an article published by the American Chemical Society, suggests that the nanotech to recreate such color is...

Pantone names Butter London US beauty partner of 2017

Pantone names Butter London US beauty partner of 2017

By Deanna Utroske

The color standards company, based in Carlstadt, New Jersey, has teamed up with color cosmetics brand Butter London on a collection of product, featuring the 2017 Pantone color of the year.

Celebrities drive hair color market

Celebrities drive hair color market

By Deanna Utroske

A new consumer survey from eSalon shows that women often color their hair to emulate stars, be on trend and, to a conspicuously lesser extent, cover gray hair. 

The cosmetics of profitable ecommerce

The cosmetics of profitable ecommerce

By Deanna Utroske

Incorporating this season’s trending eye shadow shades into a website design will likely loose you customers, while having data on how color affects online consumer behavior helps brands and designers build inspiring sites.

Custom and local nail care products gain momentum

Custom and local nail care products gain momentum

By Deanna Utroske

Catering to consumers shopping for personalized, exclusive brands, polishes made by beauty entrepreneurs are trendy with women and influencing the men’s makeup category too.

Mintel: a gallery of nail care innovations

Mintel: a gallery of nail care innovations

The US nail color and care market has battled through the recession and is tipped to see sales reach $4 billion in 2017. Here, Mintel rounds up some of the most innovative nail care products dominating the US markets..

US Nail care shows promise… Mom’s the word

US Nail care shows promise… Mom’s the word

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

The US nail color and care market battled through the recession and is tipped to see sales reach $4 billion in 2017 thanks to the at-home trend as well as the popularity of these products with moms.