On the back of a poor financial performance in 2017 capped by the newly published fourth quarter results, Revlon has announced that its CEO and president Fabian Garcia is stepping down.
The discount retailer is upping its fragrance offerings with the launch of its new Good Chemistry brand and an expanded selection of other popular scents.
The B2B events company Kisaco Research is hosting a Skin Microbiome Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, this spring. The two-day conference program will feature research, trends, regulations, and other topics that pertain to commercially viable beauty...
Henkel has recognized some of its leading suppliers in the personal care and home care segments as part of the annual American Cleaning Institute Annual Meeting and Industry Convention.
The New York Sustainable Cosmetics Summit will take place in May and the team at Ecovia lntelligence have chosen to focus on green materials, as well as sourcing and marketing issues as key features of the two-day conference.
The deadline for submissions to the Beauty Industry Awards is February 26th. Watch this video to find out more about the competition, the ten ingredient and finished product categories and how to make your submission.
In a move that taps into the trend for formulations that offer protection from environmental pollutants and stressors, Mibelle AG Biochemistry has launched a new ingredient.
As of this week, the hair care brand led by Pamela J. Booker is retailing in select Target locations. The distribution deal is just one more example of how personal care and cosmetics vendors and brands alike are making changes to serve a more diverse...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Gretchen Chevalier, founder of ittsē, explains how her work in beauty manufacturing led her to develop a distinctive color cosmetics brand around functional, stylish packaging. And, she shares practical yet daunting advice...
Last week at the Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles, California, 150 brands specializing in cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance were on hand for the two-day event, which attracts top media, retail buyers, and consumers alike. Cosmetics Design was there...
The Israel government’s ministries of Health and Economy have agreed to a solution that will open up the country’s market for beauty and personal care products to international businesses.
With cosmetic and personal care brands constantly on the lookout for new and exotic natural and organic ingredient, chokeberry seed oil may capture the imagination of formulators.
At the start of this week, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched a new initiative to change the way plastic comes and goes in the world. The New Plastics Economy involves corporations, local government leaders, academics, NGOs, and other stakeholders...
The mass-market product line is now available through the company’s own ecommerce sites; and HairSil has opened new offices to support the venture. This relaunch is just another example of how beauty brands are experimenting and reinventing to find their...
US women are looking for effective skin care products that are simple to use and understand, while also being designed for convenience and on-the-go application, latest research from Mintel finds.
Over a year ago the brand was acquired by the children’s consumer products company JAKKS Pacific. Now this week, after being reinvented and repackaged, C’est Moi is launching an online retail business and exhibiting at the Indie Beauty Expo in LA as well.
Spain-based design and creation company Eurofragrance has increased its international footprint with by acquiring the majority of shares in Fragrance Design.
Consumer brands player Edgewell Personal Care has announced its intention to buy US-based skin carebrand Jack Black, one of the leading men’s grooming brands in North America.
Late last year, Henkel closed on its acquisition of the North American professional hair business of Shiseido Company, Zotos International. Now that brand and several others are doing business from a single headquarters in Culver City, California.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Melisse Shaban, founder of Virtue Labs, concisely discusses the science that makes her brand’s hair care products distinctly different from other shampoos, conditioners, and hair styling products. And, she’s quite candid about...
Pink pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Sichuan pepper…2017 was the year of pepper accents in fragrance—again. Here, I explore the technical and aromatic nuances that peppers have added to fine fragrance over the past year.
This week, TPR Holdings announced the signing of a global licensing deal with the designer fashion label. It’s a way for the modern couture brand to expand the Badgley Mischka aesthetic further into the lifestyle space.
Several recent packaging trends like travel-friendly beauty, active beauty, waste-not want-not brands, dose control, and beauty boxes have led package makers like Qosmedix to offer brands more options when it comes to tiny containers for cosmetics and...
The multinational cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance company is debuting its Amazon Echo skill Let’s Get Ready for all Echo devices this month. Voice services, chat bots, and virtual assistant tools like this are on the rise; and Coty is an early...
Switzerland-based fine chemicals player Clariant has expanded its North American manufacturing by growing its existing operations in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.
The most important consumer trends this year will encompass concern for the environment, wellbeing, community, activism, sharing, frugality and personalization, according to Euromonitor International.
Experiential retail, the travel blog phenomenon, and influencer marketing all seem to have converged for this latest consumer engagement initiative from the prestige beauty giant. It’s the first time Estée Lauder has teamed up with a travel company, and...
The event brings together thousands of the beauty company’s independent sales directors every year bolstering the local community in more ways than one. The 2018 conference got started on Sunday and continues through tomorrow in Atlanta, Georgia.
The annual Pratt Institute event is a fundraiser for the Marc Rosen Scholarship and Education Fund for Packaging by Design; but it is also a chance to celebrate the innovation of brands and suppliers.
The new educational event for cosmetics and personal care entrepreneurs, takes place January 22nd and 23rd in LA. BeautyX panels, courses, and networking opportunities for this first edition of the summit will focus on media and...
This month, the personal care and cosmetics company announced having bought “substantially all of the assets of Olivo Laboratories,” a venture led by CEO Amy Schulman. The deal includes Olivo’s so-called second-skin technology, which Shiseido plans to...
This month the almond growers’ agricultural collective announced its latest business initiative, supplying sweet almond oil to health and beauty care makers. Blue Diamond has been testing the waters for some time now, exhibiting at industry tradeshows...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Lori Machiorlette, founder of Worth Beauty—the company behind the blendSmart mechanically rotating makeup brush—talks about how her business has progressed to become a “spinning revolution” around the globe. And she reminds...
The North America – based New Avon LLC announced a line of beauty-from-within products this week. But Espira is more than simply ingestibles for hair, skin, and nail health; the brand also has product lines for overall nutritional support as well.
At a very-well attended breakfast event in New York City on Wednesday, the foundation’s new president Linda Levy sketched out the organization’s refreshed vision for the future. Plans include an annual day of fragrance; involving and supporting a growing...
The North American specialty chemical distributor was selected to be a key partner in Nanovetores’ expansion and to help the company begin to take its sustainable ingredient supply business global.
Late last week the pharmaceutical and consumer products company announced it has acquired the organic sunless tanning and skin care brand founded by CEO Alyson Hogg. Crown Laboratories sees the global brand as a fitting addition to their existing sun...
This week Level Brands, the licensed brand marketing firm where Kathy Ireland serves as chairman emeritus and chief brand strategist, announced a partnership with Isodiol that is being touted as ‘a multimillion-dollar cannabidiol (CBD) products deal’.
The optical technology platform developed by Cambridge Consultants is bringing top-of-the-line skin data analysis in to the hands and homes of beauty consumers. Cosmetics Design caught up with Edward Brunner, head of Asia consumer business for the company,...
The skin care and cosmetics company launched and led by Gregg Renfrew announced receipt of new funding from Mousse Partners that will facilitate her brand’s expansion and, by extension, further her mission to overhaul the beauty and personal care industry’s...
In their Indie Beauty Profile, Tran Wills and Ali Elman, founders of the nail color and nail care brand Base Coat describe how the brand evolved as a natural complement to their Base Coat nail salons. And Elman advises prospective indie brand founders...
Late last week the private equity firm announced that it had acquired stake in the direct-to-consumer beauty brand. Plans now are to increase BH Cosmetics’ reach in current markets as well as to expand in to new markets.
Earlier this month TricoBraun announced the acquisition of Package All Corp, a New York State - based company with pharmaceutical, beauty, and beverage packaging capabilities (to name a few).