Lubrizol Life Science-Beauty, a global supplier to the beauty and personal care industry, has launched its new #skincaringmakeup collection. Products were formulated with consumer insights extracted through artificial intelligence searching Internet chatter.
Formulated with bovine and marine collagens, along with several products containing highly concentrated borage oil, the new line marks the omega-3 player’s first foray into the beauty-from-within category.
Special Edition: CIRCULAR BEAUTY – SUSTAINABLE SOURCING, GREEN CHEMISTRY AND ECO-DESIGN
L’Oréal’s Garnier brand is working with branded content studio National Geographic CreativeWorks on a worldwide educational campaign designed to empower beauty consumers to live greener.
US male grooming brand, Manscaped, has expanded its team to help strengthen the company’s focus on product development, marketing strategy and global sourcing initiatives.
Personal care major Unilever has launched a collaboration initiative to partner with forward-thinking beauty startups, scaleups and entrepreneurs specialised in social commerce to drive next-generation in-house innovation across its portfolio of brands.
Half of Brazilian consumers have used less makeup and more facial skincare to treat skin conditions, according to the latest research insights from Mintel.
Lithuanian startup Openface has secured venture capital funding to expand its AI-powered personalised D2C cosmetics brand further in Europe; part of its wider goal to offer a system for health care professionals.
Leading beauty company Coty has signed a multi-channel agreement with Perfect Corp. to embed a suite of best-in-class augmented reality and artificial intelligence experiences into the digital marketing toolkits of its beauty brands.
Shiseido-owned make-up brand Maquillage has launched a new lip product featuring new technology that makes it transfer resistant despite its glossy finish.
L'Oréal USA – the largest subsidiary of the L'Oréal Groupe – has announced it has reached carbon neutrality for scopes 1 and 2 emissions for all 25 US sites, across 12 states, beating its 2025 target by four years.
Global retail bank and shopping service, Klarna, has teamed up with clean skincare brand Beautycounter to launch a livestream shopping series, called Better Beauty, to increase experiential shopping.
Turkish cosmetics company Farmasi has relaunched its Dr. C. Tuna skincare series with a new streamlined look and its sights set on the North American market.
Special Edition: Advances in the Skin Microbiome – Ingredients Innovation and Science
Italian microbiome health startup Lac2Biome has developed a white label skin care blend containing live probiotics and hyaluronic acids, offering brands opportunity to offer an innovative and highly potent product that delivers on promised benefits,...
With the increased focus on ‘clean beauty', independent beauty brands continue to dig deep with suppliers to infuse formulations with high-performance botanicals.
Contract manufacturer Voyant Beauty has launched its inaugural Environmental, Social, Governance Progress (ESG) Report to align with brand promises of sustainability and environmental responsibility.
Seppic’s branded coriander seed oil and phytoceramides converge inside an innovative delivery system that enables a dual approach to beauty-from-within.
Following the Oman-based luxury fragrance house’s expansion into the US, Amouage is now setting its sights on expanding its retail stores, rolling out its new e-commerce fulfillment platform, and shaping its strategy to meet US consumers’ perfumery demands.
Special Edition: ADVANCES IN THE SKIN MICROBIOME – INGREDIENTS INNOVATION AND SCIENCE
UK skin health specialist SkinBioTherapeutics has developed a probiotic powder targeting psoriasis – a product that centres on exciting advances in the gut-skin axis and holds wider promise for industry, its CEO says.
The founders of a newly launched skin care brand 5 to 5 is expecting the clean beauty trend to decline in the coming years and be replaced by brands that are based on solid science.
The compound 2-butyloctanol shows potential prebiotic activity by promoting skin friendly bacteria in human armpits, while also inhibiting the growth of odor-causing bacteria, says a new study from Colgate-Palmolive.
Shiseido has confirmed plans to launch Second Skin on October 1 – a technology that can diminish undereye ageing signs without make-up, in a move the firm says will offer “new experiences” to consumers.
An India-based firm specialising in hemp and CBD health and wellness products is working to expand its skin care range as interest in hemp oils and CBD beauty products soars.
This week, the beauty device brand added two new products to its portfolio, sophisticated topicals to be used with or without the NuFace microcurrent facial toning devices.
The US duo who sold a premium men’s grooming brand to Procter & Gamble are now targeting APAC markets with its latest venture – transparency focused skin care brand called Ingredients.
We round-up of our most-read stories on the big-name beauty brands of the region, featuring news updates from L’Oréal, Shiseido, Amorepacific and more.
Estée Lauder Companies-owned Smashbox has extended its partnership with global beauty tech provider Perfect Corp to become the first ever beauty brand to be paired up with the YouCam Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered face analyzer technology.
As online product sampling provider SoPost gets ready to extend its target customer base and category coverage, CEO Jonny Grubin talks to CosmeticsDesign-USA about the “huge” consumer appetite for sampling in the US.
An ex-Amazon VP who founded waterless Singapore start-up Bhuman says early interest from big-name retailers won’t deter its focus on promoting sustainable consumption and insists there is no merit in growing the brand “just for the sake of growing”.
Newly launched Aussie sun care brand New Day Skin is targeting the underserved and ‘vulnerable’ tweens and teens demographic to spread awareness of the importance of sun protection.
Rustic MAKA is the popular natural brand launched and led by Kasia Rothe that has, just this month, introduced Deo Duos—deodorant stick with two scents layered together in the same tube.
This week the founders of Yellow Strawberry hair salons announced the launch of FIXIT, a hair treatment product developed in partnership with Cosmetic Solutions.
The biotech company’s vegan version of human collagen first launched in 2019 and was immediately picked up by formulators at AHC (Kolmar Korea). Now HumaColl21 is directly available to US beauty consumers too.
Special Edition: Clean & Ethical - 'Better for you, better for the planet' beauty
Unilever and its prestige brand Hourglass have developed a vegan carmine alternative after years of supplier collaboration – a patent-pending innovation it plans to open-source in the coming year, says the global vice president of R&D for prestige.
Shannon Goldberg just launched Izzy Zero Waste Beauty with what may be the most challenging beauty product when it comes to environmental sustainability.
The age-inclusive beauty movement is swiftly gaining momentum as more brands and ingredient makers look to meet the needs and expectations of the 40+ consumer.
Personal care giant Colgate-Palmolive has developed three active oral care formulas that integrate a cannabinoid, namely cannabidiol (CBD), for antibacterial efficacy and anti-inflammatory action.
For the third year now, the video commerce and livestream retailer Qurate is running The Big Find pitch competition to discover founder-led brands across consumer product categories, including cosmetics and personal care.
Circular beauty brand Emma Lewisham’s latest launch is seeking to fulfil what the firm believes is growing demand for natural brightening products backed by clinical evidence.
Gregory Macdonald, Founder of Bathorium, sees indie beauty as a community and bathing as a lost art. In his Indie Beauty Profile, he describes the brand he’s building to reinvigorate the bath category globally.
An eczema serum developed by a Singapore-based start-up claims that its exclusive marine stem cell technology is able to repair the damage of eczema in as little as a week.
CosmeticsDesign editors break down the beauty and personal care acquisitions, product innovations and challenges that have arisen under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Special Edition: Advances in sun protection - skin science and ingredients innovation
There remains significant scope to advance beauty supplements that care for sensitive skin exposed to the sun and even greater potential for smart co-branding with sun care brands, says the founder of D+ For Care.
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