The rise and rise of the organic and naturals trend in the cosmetics and personal care industry is putting increasing pressure on farmers to produce pesticide-free, sustainable and efficient crops for raw materials.
At last month’s beauty and personal care industry tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cosmetics Design sat down with Tony Kemeny, founder and inventor at LBK Nails to discuss his reinvention of the nail polish bottle cap—a version that lets consumers test...
Innovative startups are changing the way consumers style their hair; and at Cosmoprof North America, Cosmetics Design spoke with Michiyo Oishi, Co-Founder of Beauty Tribe, to learn about the brand’s Jetset Hot Rollers, how better tool technology creates...
Karine Théberge, CEO of BioMod Concepts, spoke on-camera with Cosmetics Design at Cosmoprof North America last month in Las Vegas, Nevada. The mask maker describes her company’s expanded formula offerings, branded customization options, what she’s launching...
Lena & Lina launched less than a year ago, in November of 2017; though that brand’s Founder and CEO Paulina Kapoor has been at work on the skin care collection since 2015. At Cosmoprof North America, she spoke with Cosmetics Design about the brand’s...
New indie skin care brand founder Aneela Zaman has been showcasing her Sleeping Beauty serum at industry shows across the country, at the CEW Demo Day in New York City, at IBE Dallas, and most recently at Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas. That’s where...
The brand led by CEO Thomas Shipley is well know for its direct-response TV retail presence. And just last year the brand began to sell at Ulta stores. Now Keranique is adding another retail channel, teaming up with salon professionals to get the brand’s...
At last week’s Cosmoprof North America tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada, Steinberg spoke with Cosmetics Design editor Deanna Utroske about her new brand’s impressive retail reach; what young women expect from packaging and formulation; how millennials approach...
In this video conversation with Cosmetics Design, Catie Wiggy, director of product innovation at MyChelle Dermaceuticals, talks about the brand’s recent partnership with French Transit, MyChelle’s newest product launches, reef-safe sun care, what ‘green...
At this week’s beauty trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, dermatologist and brand founder Mark Gray spoke with Cosmetics Design about formulation updates, aesthetic design changes, and the strategy behind this New Zealand – based brand’s approach to ethical,...
Stephanie Scott founded First and Last PR six-and-a-half years ago and has seen the cosmetics and personal care industry as well as all things media change substantially in that time. Here, in conversation with Cosmetics Design, she discusses how it was,...
Industry veteran Heather Fink recently launched her own makeup brand, The Sexiest Beauty. And, even with some 30 years of experience—developing product, building brands, launching marketing campaigns—she acknowledges that as a new beauty brand founder...
We caught up with L'Oréal's digital strategy manager for hair care and styling at the recent FCE Cosmetique event in Brazil, where he shared some of his in depth knowledge for both the Brazil market and worldwide.
Cosmetics Design got to talk to João Hansen, president of Brazilian cosmetic industry supplier association ABC to find out more details about how Brazil's biodiversity regulations can work to improve the environment and the industry.
We caught up with João Paulo Picolo, Managing Director of the FCE Cosmetique event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to find out more about how the event has been reinvented in recent years.
At this year’s in-cosmetics global event, Cosmetics Design sat down with Sérgio Gonçalves, international business director at Chemyunion, to learn about a new ingredient that could win out in the illusive yet ever-promising men’s skin care market; what...
This brand is one of the biggest recent successes in the Indie Beauty space and the CosmeticsDesign team was lucky enough to catch up with company founder Ashley Prange to discuss the growth of the business.
Cosmetics Design's Simon Pitman recently guested on the Just Ask David show, to discuss some of the hottest trends driving the US beauty and personal care market at the moment.
In this video interview Mireya Villarreal, the brand’s founder and designer, talks with Cosmetics Designs senior correspondent Deanna Utroske about the new Pink Pewter makeup collection, her choice to opt for vegan formulations, and much more.
Catie Wiggy, product development manager at MyChelle, talks with Cosmetics Design senior correspondent Deanna Utroske about effective natural skin care, including natural suncare and anti-pollution products, the rise in consumer attention to ingredients,...
Aisha Crump, founder of Honey Baby Naturals, stepped out from behind the scenes where she was formulating cosmetics to launch a hair care line dedicated to children of mixed heritage. Within one year the brand was being stocked at Target and this ambitious...
Cozy Friedman explains how her So Cozy hair care line for children has expanded to meet the specific needs of children's hair while incorporating 'clean formulation' that is safe for children. New this year is the addition of a number products,...
Ron Robinson was at the forefront of a new trend in beauty and fragrances when he launched the Apothia brand in the early 80s. In this video interview Ron explains how he has kept the brand at the forefront by continuing to make the product lines relevant...
In this video interview from Cosmoprof North America, Shannon Davenport, head of US advisory at Stylus, talks with Cosmetics Design senior correspondent Deanna Utroske about next-generation packaging, the trend toward minimal packaging design and clean...
The Cosmoprof North America Discover Green section highlighted some of the most innovative new product launches at the show. This year there was a distinct move towards simple yet effective products, highlighted by Feather & Bone's Face Gems...
Courtney Adeleye, CEO of The Mane Choice, spoke with Cosmetics Design senior correspondent Deanna Utroske at Cosmoprof North America this month about how the wellness movement is influencing hair care, how her company is changing the way retailers think...
At Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cosmetics Design senior correspondent Deanna Utroske caught up with beauty entrepreneur Indie Lee. Here, Lee talks about her recent investment deal with Ancora, the beauty industry’s shift toward ingredient...
By Deanna Utroske - with video editing by Simon Pitman
Earlier this month at in-cosmetics global in London, Cosmetics Design celebrated the winners of this year’s Beauty Industry Awards, among the honorees were Nannette De Gaspé Beaubien, founder of the 2017 Best Indie Beauty Brand. Here she speaks with Cosmetics...
Eve Pearl talks about her career in color cosmetics and how television and TV shopping has played such a big part in the development of her beauty empire. She also spoke about the development of her latest skin care line and how the internet is evolving...
Allies of Skin got a lot of attention at the recent Cosmoprof North America. We caught up with company founder Nicolas Travis to find out more about his new skin care range and the highly creative product claims that seemed to catch everyone's eye.
It's a catchy name that isn't necessarily synonymous with all things beauty, but maybe that's the very reason why it caught the judge's eye at this year's Beauty Pitch competition. Cosmetics Design caught up with brand founder...
It's been a big year for natural skin care player 100% Pure. One year on from winning the Cosmoprof Beauty Pitch 2015 award, which afforded them a cash prize and one year of tutelage, from Shark Tank star Mark Cuban, we find out what this meant for...
Cosmetics Design caught up with Cosmoprof North America show organizer Daniela Ciocan to find out about how the show has evolved in 2016, what was new on the show floor and what to expect in 2017.
This year one of Dow Corning's hair care strategies has been to target silicone-based leave in products, thanks to its latest award-winning technology which has raised the bar on the possibilities for this type of treatment.
Genemarkers CEO Anna Langerveld talked with Cosmetics Design at this month’s NYSCC Suppliers Day about tape strip analysis and the value that gene-expression data adds to cosmetic product development.
At this year’s NYSCC Suppliers Day event, Cosmetics Design checked in with Stellie Balthazard of Blue Sun International about that company’s butter-coated powder ingredients and the options that manufacturers have as talc falls by the wayside.
At in-cosmetics Paris, Elzbieta Kaprzyk, director of innovation, research, and development for the company, spoke with Cosmetics Design reporter Deanna Utroske about Fision WrinkleFix.
At in-cosmetics Paris, Cosmetics Design reporter Deanna Utroske sat down with Magali Borel, product manager of IFF Lucas Meyer Cosmetics, to discuss that company’s Defenscalp ingredient.
Cosmetics Design caught up with the CEO of 5th Screen International, Keith Kelsen, who in this interview explains how the company has taken fragrance and put it in a cassette that can be sampled by consumers at the touch of an on-screen button in-store.
We all have certain memories that are triggered by different odors, which is what fragrance specialist Drom is trying to encapsulate with its latest line of fragrances.
At the recent Cosmoprof Las Vegas event Cosmetics Design caught up with Brian Park, founder of O.R.G Skin Care, a line that has evolved out of the fast paced and highly advanced South Korean skin care market.
Italy-based Ancorotti Cosmetics is one of the few companies in the world specializing in mascara. We caught up with the vice president of the North American operations, Mary Aunn Guarino, to find out more.
