This photo gallery contains some of the highlights from the recent Belleza Y Salud event. Held in Bogota, Colombia, the event is growing as a destination for brands, both from Colombia, the Latin American region, as well as for international brands wanting...
The full-day event, hosted by The Good Housekeeping Institute and Made Safe, a non-profit certifying body, returns to New York City for a second year to help cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands (in fact, any FMCG brand) discover, understand,...
Trying to generate renewed interest in fragrances is one of the biggest challenges for this category, evinced by waning sales of the most popular scents. So how to reinvigorate things?
What’s different about the C Generation is that it’s cross generational. This group is not defined by age, but about how the way in which it buys through digital channels.
Beauty brands both big and small like Aesop and 5yina as well as beauty tech providers like Revieve, out of Finland, are formulating product and developing technologies that take the place and space where a consumer is located into consideration in the...
In early November, the trend forecasting agency Fashion Snoops is holding a full-day event in New York City, previewing coming color and culture trends that will impact fashion, home, design, and beauty in the years ahead. In-house FS experts and guest...
Personal care isn’t the flashiest or most glamourous segment of the industry. But many an indie brand in recent years has launched with innovative versions of the daily staple that is underarm deodorant. Here, Cosmetics Design looks a small selection...
The customized vitamin brand, backed by L Catterton, launched two new dietary supplements and a mobile app this month. It’s the latest in a long line of recent pill and capsule launches from wellness and skin care brands getting in on the beauty-from-within...
At in-cosmetics North America next week in New York City, Bernardin will give a marketing trends presentation on Rediscovering Japanese Beauty. Cosmetics Design checked in to get a preview of her insights and observations.
Vinegars have been used globally for centuries in cooking, medicine, cleaning, and personal care. Now with consumers’ interest in naturals, blend-it-yourself products, and time-honored traditions, vinegar is showing up quite often in skin care, hair and...
While much of the cosmetics and personal care industry is preoccupied with flashier categories (like color and skin care) and emerging technologies (like microbiome-friendly ingredients), an astute group of independent personal care brand leaders are...
A small selection of brands on the market today are taking the healthy aging approach to body care. These body contouring, skin fitness, and anti-aging brands are all about plumping, firming, smoothing, tightening, and treating skin with the same care...
This month, the cosmetics and personal care ingredient and manufacturing trade show returns to New York City. The event’s marketing trends content promises to equip cosmetic chemists and R&D professionals with the data, insights, and inspiration needed...
This summer, the global travel venture, founded by blogger and makeup artist Stephanie Flor, began running short walking tours to some of NYC’s newest cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance shops. Cosmetics Design recently joined a tour to get a sense...
