The industry disrupting hair color brand has stepped forward as a pacesetter among beauty makers, changing its own ad strategy and inviting other personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance brands to commit to authenticity in advertising as well.
The popular skin care brand has undertaken a complete refresh and will be launching online this month and in thousands of doors in the coming weeks. If all goes according to plan, the turnaround will stand as a case study in how to simultaneously respond...
Late last week Revlon announced a global licensing deal with the London fashion brand, adding AllSaints to an impressive perfume and fragrance portfolio that already includes brands like Juicy Couture, Elizabeth Taylor, and Christina Aguilera.
This month, the New Jersey – based nail lacquer and nail care treatment product maker announced a full online refresh that foregrounds the company’s place in the modern beauty industry.
Holobiome Corporation and J&J are collaborating on the new project; and in a recent exchange with Cosmetics Design, Stefanie Dhanda, senior director of consumer scientific innovation at the health and beauty company’s Innovation Center, affirms, “there...
Last Thursday evening at an awards event hosted at the LVMH Magic Room in New York City, The Fragrance Foundation honored The Notables of 2018, exceptional rising leaders in the perfume and fragrance industry.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Dara Levy, the inventor and founder of DermaFlash, explains how she grew her signature spa treatment into a full-fledged beauty brand and why the best business experience is hard won.
The Cosmetics Design team is thrilled by the tremendous response we have had for all ten of our Beauty Industry Award categories, but we are responding to numerous requests to extend the deadline by doing just that.
Plant-based beauty and skin care brands seem to be cropping up everywhere; presumably because nature-based formulations that deliver results are in high demand. With 15 years of global business behind it, Kamedis hopes to meet that demand for US beauty...
After decades of relying heavily on word-of-mouth here in the US and globally, the natural skin care brand has created its first-ever beauty and lifestyle campaign for the region. And that’s just step one of this year’s complete Weleda brand refresh....
Last year the skin care maker introduced its Differin brand of acne treatment gel to the OTC market, after receiving FDA approval to do so in early 2016. Now the brand is adding two new products to the Differin line.
Already a big player in the Latin American market, fine chemicals player Chemyunion is rolling out its North American expansion in a bid to become a dominant force in the Americas.
Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Chile are the most dynamic and robust beauty markets in the Latin America, which is why Cosmetics Design is taking a closer look at the key trends and market data.
We are bringing you some of the highlights from our recent Latin American beauty market coverage, which includes interesting moves from brands and suppliers, industry expos and market trends.
As a major force in the Latin American cosmetics and personal care market, Natura is firing up its strategy for domination in the Americas by turning its attention to North America.
The dates for the FCE Cosmetique event are set for May 22 – 24 at the Sao Paulo Expo space and organizers NürnbergMesse Brazil is aiming to build on the success of last year.
The Cosmetics Design team is dedicating itself to providing the most cutting edge and informative news for the cosmetics and personal care industry throughout Latin America, so, naturally, we want to hear about all the news from your business in the region!
We have always been swift to report on what is happening in the fast-moving Latin American cosmetics and personal care market, but now we are offering more targeted and in-depth coverage.
In a paper published just this month, Sibani Lisa Biswal and Elaa Hilou share data on what they believe to be “the first study to measure the tunable interfacial stiffness of a 2D colloidal cluster by controlling particle interactions using external fields.”...
Interested creative professionals and technology starts-ups have under one month to submit brand-specific pitches to Coty for consideration in the competition, which is an extension of the Digital Accelerator program that Coty launched last year.
The color expert has teamed up with high-performance sensor maker ams to create new color management technology for mobile devices. The sensor is expected to change the way beauty brands showcase product and how makeup consumers use apps and mobile sites...
The epigenCare platform cross-references personal care product ingredient lists with consumer genomics to generate personalized recommendations. And the New York – based biotech company behind the technology believes it has created a new marketing channel...
The Clorox-owned beauty and personal care brand shared clinical data at this week’s American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting comparing the benefits of Burt’s Bees sensitive skin care products to those of a “dermatologist-recommended synthetic control...
The developers of sciadonic acid—a new to the market anti-inflammatory fatty acid—have pivoted to topical products as they search for partners to more fully develop the substance as a dietary ingredient.
The global flavors and fragrance company announced its new Delight collection this month, bringing to market fragrance molecules and bases developed in tandem with Givaudan flavorists. It’s a project that’s novel for both this cross-division collaboration...
On Friday, State Senator Cathleen Galgiani introduced legislation that would prohibit the import and sale of any beauty product tested on animals—the ban would apply to both ingredients and finished goods.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Laura Burget, co-founder of Niu Body, demonstrates the candor and strength of a self-possessed entrepreneur and describes what a millennial-made personal care brand looks like from the inside.
Bell Flavors & Fragrance has released its new trends forecast as part of its 2018 Spark program, with nature, memories, American life and urban living all playing an important part in the fragrance forecast.
The Florida-based private label company has just announced a newly formulated product that promises to provide both skin lightening and skin hydration benefits.
The SVP of Talent Acquisition at L’Oréal spoke to the organization’s membership during yesterday’s event in New York City. The professional group for Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers has a number of these luncheon events and networking outings scheduled...
The global ready-to-wear brand has just signed a deal with TPR Holdings, giving the consumer products investor the worldwide fragrance license for the brand. It’s the second such deal TPR has signed in as many months.
Cosmoprof North America is stepping up its game by forming an exclusive collaboration with Los Angeles Fashion Week, Fall 2018, a city known as the nerve center for West Coast fashion and a growing hub for beauty.
The list of 250 direct-to-consumer brands was compiled by the Interactive Advertising Bureau in partnership with business insights company Dun & Bradstreet. Some 30 cosmetics, fragrance, hair, and personal care brands are included in the list of brands...
The indie hair care brand out of Canada would like to be that country’s leading beauty company and a bigger contender in the global cosmetics and personal care business too. This week’s deal with Cake Beauty is a next step on that journey.
With the deadline drawing closer for the Beauty Industry Awards and the Cosmetics Design team would love to see more submissions from ingredient players.
The company’s net revenue is up nearly 15% for the quarter, coming in at $2,637.6m. Coty is striving to improve in-store sales and reports that e-commerce is “ahead of the market.”
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Bethany Hilt, founder of Vertere Skin Care voices her certainty that a beauty brand can improve lives and encourages aspiring beauty brand founders to connect with two kinds of people.
Minis are essential for personal care and cosmetics brands today. Whether for sanitary sampling, convenient on-the go products, or to comply with TSA travel regulations, consumers expect and demand branded, easy-to-use mini sized beauty products.
Florida-based Valensa International and parent company EID Parry have announced a new joint venture to develop new ingredients and non-GMO certifications on existing algae products.
The cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance ingredient maker has just announced the availability of a pharmaceutical grade of its bio-based squalane. Having a USP certified ingredient not only opens up the pharma market for Amyris but also bolsters the...
Using AR technology, the beauty maker has created a new tool for consumers to virtually test and shop full looks online in real time from any device. And Coty has plans to upgrade and roll out this sort of tech for all its color cosmetics brands.
The brand sees its packaging as a matter of design and home décor. Accordingly, this latest limited-edition of hand soap and dish liquid bottles all feature trendy metallic shades; and there’s a sort of influencer marketing campaign in the mix too.
Late last month, the Unilever brand introduced a new line of skin care and body care products for extremely dry skin that are also formulated to be gentle and sensorial.
Since 2013 Parlux has held the license for the Kenneth Cole fragrance business; and this month the company launched a collection of fragrances that can be worn alone or layered according to consumer’s personal tastes and moods.
Makeup and skin care continue to do well for the company, while this quarter’s results were uniquely impacted by the recent US tax reform bill, and for the immediate future, the company is banking on digital marketing and prestige beauty.
In recent years, water has moved from being a commodity to a luxury. At this week’s beauty2 event in New York City, the brands exhibiting typify how that trend is playing out in beauty and personal care.
Late last month, Coty announced it has reformulated the well-know at home hair dye product. The new formulation promises less damage, longer lasting color, better scent, less risk of allergy, etc. Cosmetics Design checked in with James Corbett, Clairol...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Catherine Scott, founder of Honest Hazel gives a bit of insight into how she’s methodically built a viable beauty brand with just one product. And, she speaks to the invaluable benefits of having a community of founders to...