This month, the multinational beauty maker’s venture capital fund announced a minority investment in Replika Software, a tool that lets brands create a ‘retail partnership’ with any individual active on social or streaming platforms.
Singapore-based fragrance house Scent by SIX has recently redefined its brand purpose as a mental wellness champion that advocates the use of fragrance to ‘heal, soothe and delight’.
Personal care major Unilever has developed a topical composition using natural monoterpenoids from thyme and pine that it says can balance and restore microbiota diversity of the skin, particularly in amenable skin that presents conditions like...
The skin care and color cosmetics company, founded in 1999 by Joni Rogers-Kante, is no stranger to digital technology. Still, 2020 meant big changes for SeneGence and the thousands of global brand distributors accustomed to attending large in-person events...
Late last week, the company behind ScentBeauty.com announced its latest celebrity partnership, outlining plans for a line of scents developed in collaboration with country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.
The rules are an initiative of Canada – based Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Plastic Waste Coalition of Action. And already companies like Unilever, J&J, Henkel Canada, and Colgate-Palmolive are supporting the initiative, which aims to ensure “no plastic...
The full-service packaging, filling, and formulating company is in the midst of a rebrand and continued business expansion. WWP’s move into beauty, wellness, and self-care accessories is part of that expansion; and Fritz leads sales for the new category.
Urgent action is needed to lower a global temperature rise in excess of 3°C by the end of this century, and United Nation leaders say COVID-19 recovery packages could offer a beacon of hope.
Innovations in cannabis beauty just keep coming from suppliers, brands, business leaders, and new entrepreneurs alike. Here Cosmetics Design looks at 2020 highlights from this compelling (and at times controversial) new category.
Building on the multi-brand specially beauty concept popularized by retailers large and small, like Sephora, Ulta, Credo, and Beauty Heroes, Mozzafiato is curating Italian Beauty brands for the US market and reaching consumers both online and in store....
Emmy-nominated clean beauty artist Karim Orange rose to national prominence as a makeup artist for ABC’s daytime show The View. In this 5 Insights video, the self-described makeup activist and curator of Gabriel Cosmetics’ newly launched United Shades...
DuPont and IFF have received final regulatory approval from the European Commission for a merger that will create an industry giant valued at more than $45 billion.
International beauty major L’Oréal, Asia-Pacific personal care giant Kao Corporation and four industry suppliers have been awarded a triple ‘A’ status for sustainable efforts across climate change, forests and water security this year, securing six of...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated consumer demand for greener baby and toddler skin care, driving popularity of clean label, natural and organic, and vegan-certified products, says GlobalData.
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