All news articles for May 2019

Indie Beauty is Everywhere!

Indie Beauty is Everywhere!

By Deanna Utroske

Startup and founder-led brands innovating and selling beauty products can be found on nearly every continent and in nearly every country. Here Cosmetics Design takes a look at a selection of innovative, independent cosmetics and personal care brands from...

CEO for FCE Cosmetique discusses event's development

CEO for FCE Cosmetique discusses event's development

By Simon Pitman

During the FCE Cosmetique event in Sao Paulo last week, Cosmetics Design caught up with the man in charge of the event, Jaoa Paulo Picolo, to find out more about what was new this year and developments for the future.

This Month in Fragrance: May 2019

This Month in Fragrance: May 2019

By Deanna Utroske

This month on Cosmetics Design, the scent of extinct flowers, and packaging to help fragrance makers go green and get new product to market faster made headlines; as did a fragrance pop-up and concept shop, CEW award winning fragrances, and the importance...

Ingredients players come up with smart solutions to CBD regulation

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Ingredients players come up with smart solutions to CBD regulation

By Simon Pitman

While regulators in the United States and the EU continue to mull laws that might enable the development of the hemp industry, cosmetic and personal care ingredient players have come up with intriguing ways of circumnavigating existing regulations.

Silgan Dispensing works to make fragrance packaging faster and greener

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Silgan Dispensing works to make fragrance packaging faster and greener

By Deanna Utroske

At Luxe Pack New York this month, Cosmetics Design caught up with Anne Echard, global product manager of fragrance at Silgan Dispensing, to learn how the manufacturer is helping customers get custom packaging to market more quickly and offer recyclable...

Does feminine care belong in beauty? an interview with Amber Fawson and Cherie Hoeger, founders of period care brand Saalt

Does feminine care belong in beauty?

By Deanna Utroske

With new categories taking shape like hormonal skin care and whole-body beauty, and with more and more women leading cosmetics and personal care brands, the industry is shifting to reflect and respond differently to consumers’ lived experiences. Cosmetics...

FCE Cosmetique 2019, in photos

FCE Cosmetique 2019, in photos

By Simon Pitman

FCE Cosmetique 2019 was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil last week, an event that platformed some of the biggest players in the Brazilian and Latin American industry as well as some completely new additions to the show floor, the highlight of which are bought...

3 indie brands bringing muscle care to beauty

3 indie brands bringing muscle care to beauty

By Deanna Utroske

As the wellness movement, active beauty, and alternative pain relief converge, it’s likely that more and more startup brands will get involved in the muscle care category. Here, Cosmetics Design looks at 3 indie brands ahead of curve in this unexpected...

CEO Patricia Stitzel takes on board chair role at Tupperware

CEO Patricia Stitzel takes on board chair role at Tupperware

By Deanna Utroske

Tupperware Brands Corporation owns 5 beauty and personal care brands: Avroy Shlain, Fuller Cosmetics, NaturCare, Nutrimetics, and Nuvo. As board chair and CEO, Stitzel now leads those brands as well as the company’s namesake food storage and home business....

Genemarkers launches gene expression test for CBD

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Genemarkers launches gene expression test for CBD

By Deanna Utroske

At this year’s NYSCC Suppliers’ Day tradeshow in New York City, Anna Langerveld, president and CEO of Genemarkers, was talking with attendees about her company’s latest offering, a test that skin care makers can use to help develop CBD products with the...

Indie Beauty Profile Shuting Hu, Acaderma Inc.

Indie Beauty Profile

Shuting Hu, Acaderma Inc.

By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Shuting Hu, founder of Acaderma Inc., outlines the years she spent researching and commercializing the science behind this natural skin care brand. And in keeping with her brand’s academic foundation, she explains why she...

Cosmetics Design Editor Deanna Utroske to talk Beauty & Bacteria at 2019 AIRS Conference in Barcelona, Spain

Cosmetics Design to talk Beauty & Bacteria at AIRS Conference

By Deanna Utroske

May 31 and June 1 in Barcelona, Spain, the Institute for the Advancement of International Rehabilitation Standards is hosting a second International conference on Genomics and Microbiomics. And Cosmetics Design Editor Deanna Utroske will be there, speaking...

New research from Mary Kay shows skin care benefits of fruit extracts

New research from Mary Kay shows skin care benefits of fruit extracts

By Deanna Utroske

At this month’s annual meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Mary Kay associate principal scientist Tiffany Carle presented research data on a serum that the company’s R&D team created using a combination of 5 vitamin-C rich fruit...

HCT Group launches recyclable color cosmetics packaging at Luxe Pack New York 2019

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HCT Group launches recyclable color cosmetics packaging

By Deanna Utroske

At this year’s Luxe Pack New York event it seemed as if everyone was showing some sort of greener, cleaner beauty packaging. To meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly packaging, HCT has begun making compacts in recyclable, recycled, and...

Latin America paves the way for CBD cosmetics

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Latin America paves the way for CBD cosmetics

By Simon Pitman

The market for CBD skin care is rapidly opening up in Latin America thanks to a growing acceptance by regulators in countries like Colombia and Mexico, pointing to plenty of opportunities

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile: Hair Care Innovation

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile: Hair Care Innovation

By Simon Pitman

In the first of a two-part series focusing on innovation in the all-important Latin American hair care market, we look at a series of products that focus on the the specific needs of the Latin American consumer.

2019 CEW Beauty Awards highlight cosmetics and personal care industry trends

CEW Beauty Awards highlight industry trends

By Deanna Utroske

At last week’s CEW Beauty Awards luncheon event in New York City, the organization honored brands in over 45 categories and in doing so, showcased several top industry trends: probiotic care, wellness products, indie brands, sustainability initiatives,...

Personal care startup OLIKA hires CEO

Personal care startup OLIKA hires CEO

By Deanna Utroske

The design-forward brand announced changes to the OLIKA leadership this month, along with plans to expand the business beyond its signature Birdie and Minnie hand sanitizers.

Who is the indie beauty consumer?

Who is the indie beauty consumer?

By Deanna Utroske

The indie beauty continues to grow; and while direct-to-consumer brands, pop-up shops, and makers markets are still very much a part of indie retail landscape, most major department stores, beauty specialty shops, and countless lifestyle boutiques carry...

Natura lines up financing for potential Avon bid

Natura lines up financing for potential Avon bid

By Simon Pitman

Industry observers have been buzzing over the prospect of Natura buying up Avon Products, but with several firm financing options said to be in the pipeline, the acquisition is looking more likely.

4 beauty trends seen at 2019 Cosmoprof NA preview event

4 beauty trends seen at 2019 Cosmoprof NA preview event

By Deanna Utroske

Tuesday morning in New York City, the organizers of Cosmoprof North America hosted a press preview event, featuring 25+ brands and manufacturers that will be at this summer’s show. Cosmetics Design was there, and these are the formulation, packaging,...

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile: Hair Care Innovation

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile: Hair Care Innovation

By Simon Pitman

In the second part of a two-part article, we bring five of the most recent and innovative hair care launches in the fast moving and very advanced Latin American market.

Here is why the skin microbiome trend is here to stay

From The Editor's Desk

Here is why the skin microbiome trend is here to stay

By Simon Pitman

Skin microbiome continues to be one of the hottest trends in the industry right now, which is why Cosmetics Design has devoted its inaugural Summit entirely around this topic. But is it a flash in the pan trend?

Aptar showcases Reboul beauty packaging tech for refillable lipstick at Luxe Pack New York 2019

Aptar showcases Reboul beauty packaging tech at Luxe Pack New York

By Deanna Utroske

At this week’s Luxe Pack New York creative packaging tradeshow, Aptar is featuring newly acquired, next-gen cosmetics packaging technologies. In 2018 the company bought the French packaging business of Reboul—complete with its components, assemblies,...

Ginkgo Bioworks showcases the fragrance of extinct flowers at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City

Ginkgo Bioworks showcases the fragrance of extinct flowers

By Deanna Utroske

Late last week, the Boston, Massachusetts – based biotech firm helped open a multisensory installation at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. Resurrecting the Sublime is the culmination of a 5-year project for Ginkgo: a project...

IBMG makes Indie Beauty Expo purely B2B and adds supply side event, Uplink Live

IBMG makes Indie Beauty Expo purely B2B and adds supply side event

By Deanna Utroske

Today, the Indie Beauty Media Group announced it’s closing the consumer discovery portion of its IBE events to better focus on the business needs of exhibiting brands. And at IBE NY this August, the group will debut a new face-to-face event—Uplink Live—connecting...

2019 Indie Beauty Innovators Awards, hosted by ICMAD, open for entries

Indie Beauty Innovators Awards open for entries

By Deanna Utroske

The annual CITY awards facilitated by ICMAD have been rebranded for 2019 and are now accepting entries for products, brands, and people across some 14 categories.

Indie Beauty Profile Nickie Nougaisse, Curls Dynasty

Indie Beauty Profile

Nickie Nougaisse, Curls Dynasty

By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Nickie Nougaisse, founder of Curls Dynasty talks about building a solution-based hair brand for people with textured hair, specifically for people with dry hair issues and those who are transitioning from a chemically relaxed...

When is it a good time to jump on a new market trend?

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When is it a good time to jump on a new market trend?

By Simon Pitman

The beauty and personal care market is without doubt one of the fastest paced consumer goods categories, which means that staying on top of the ever-changing market trends is crucial to remaining competitive.

New brands emerge at The Makeup Show 2019

New brands emerge at The Makeup Show 2019

By Genevieve Santos-Bann

Dubbed as the “Beauty Experience,” The Makeup Show is where professional makeup artists go to restock their favorite products and engage in demos and workshops with premier artists from around the globe.