With consumer desire for natural-based but effective deodorants a priority, a new ‘plant-powered’ deodorant called Myro has just been launched in the US.
The France-based brand owner says that the launch aims to promote an entrepreneurial spirit to promote the start-up of new and innovative cosmetic and personal care brands.
Last year, Miriam Vareldzis launched a new venture—a beauty industry supply business dedicated to natural fragrance and ingredient transparency. Today, Palette Naturals has clients in 8 countries and the company’s fragrance accords are used in skin care,...
Acquisitions and launches in the natural cosmetics and personal care ingredients space have been coming along pretty steadily for the past year or so now—evidence that the natural beauty is no longer restricted to the fringes of the industry. Here, Cosmetics...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Kristen Tostado, founder of a new color cosmetics brand called Social Paint, explains why she and her brand are passionately gluten free. And, she gives a bit of insight into why she believes indie beauty and mass production...
The Cosmetics Design team was at the in-cosmetics Latin America 2018 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil this week, and in this photo gallery we bring you some of the highlights, including the most important and interesting ingredients and new technology to be...
Cosmetic and personal care carrying vegan claims are definitely on trend these days, highlighted by a daily deluge of new product launches carrying animal-friendly labels, worldwide.
Today’s personal care consumer believes that the body, effectively, eats whatever comes into contact with the skin. And this means that the quality and origin of skin care, hair care, fragrance, and beauty ingredients are all the more significant. Edible...
The Cosmetics Design team caught up with Ido Kadman, Marketing Communications Manager at BASF Care Chemicals, to find out what the company was doing at Cosmoprof North America, one of the industry's biggest events, but also one that is very much...
New Chapter founder Paul Schulick plans to launch a line of topical products aimed at the skin microbiome with a plan to reenter the ingestibles field in 2020.
Independent cosmetics and personal care brands commonly get started with the hope of meeting an overlooked consumer need or filling an industry niche. Still, it’s not that often something truly new comes to market. Here Cosmetics Design identifies 4 new...
Mineral makeup is one thing, but there’s a whole new niche of the beauty and personal care industry that is based on mindful beauty, holistic healing, astrology, numerology, crystals, stones, and smudge sticks. To find out more about this growing segment...
Consumers today are enchanted with green beauty, clean beauty, and everything in between. Still there’s a lot to be done in the way of consumer education when it comes to sustainable cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance products. Ventures like The...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Kari Gran, co-founder of the Kari Gran brand discusses how a real-estate agent decides to become a cosmetics and personal care entrepreneur. And, she describes the business philosophy that has made Kari Gran a leading brand...
Botanical-based ingredients player Sabinsa has announced that its USA operations has appointed a new CEO and member of the board of directors – Asha Ramesh.
Lonza has chosen the forthcoming in-cosmetics Latin America event as the platform to promote its newly launched bioactive functional ingredient, ScreenLight Block.
Here, Silvija Špehar, co-founder of natural hemp cosmetics brand Hemptouch, explains how cannabis-related products have huge potential in the beauty industry.
The California State legislative has approved The California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act with a stunning 80-0 vote that will make the state the first in the US to implement such a law.
One of the main focuses of the Familia Luna Farms is the production of botanicals and essential oils, many of which can be used for cosmetics and personal care ingredients.
Indie brand founder Michelle Vidal patented her spray technology after years of researching the composition of thermal springs around with world and testing canned facial mists already on the market. At last week’s IBE New York event, Cosmetics Design...
Regenerative agriculture is slowly making inroads into the consumer mindset but still remains a mystery to most. To get to grips with the concept this article takes a look at the most important element: the soil.
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.
Indie Beauty and personal care brands are known for innovation, which means that last week’s Indie Beauty Expo in New York City was a good place to learn about the creative ways brands are formulating scrubs, polishes, and exfoliators now that microbeads...
Following the buzz of last week's Indie Beauty Expo in New York City last week, the Cosmetics Design team has put together a photo gallery that includes some of the hottest new brands and product launches at the event.
The Society of Cosmetics Chemists Michigan chapter is stating its Naturals Technical Symposium on September 6th, which features a full conference program that focuses on regulation, amongst a host of topics.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Mary Futher, founder of kaia naturals, describes a brand that puts “careful thought, scientific research, [and] naturally derived ingredients in every product,” to save her customers the trouble of scrutinizing labels; and...
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...
Behind the fast moving hair care brand pipeline formulation experts are working relentlessly to raise the bar on ingredient offerings. We spoke to leading player Chemyunion to discover more.
Hair care is the pivotal part of any cosmetic and personal care player’s portfolio in the Latin American market, so Cosmetics Design caught up with one of the region’s biggest players to find out how to make hair care work in such a competitive market..
Hair care has always been the driving force in the Latin America beauty market, but as the category continues to evolve, the types of products available to consumers are changing, and fast.
Cosmetics Design has tapped into the expertise at market research provider Mintel to bring you the latest hair care launches to hit the Latin American market.
At next month’s in-cosmetics Latin America, Andrew McDougall, global analyst at Mintel, will be giving a presentation that touches on the growing market for probiotic- and microbiome-based hair and scalp care products.
There’s a whole swath of indie beauty brands advocating the notion that simple is best and less is more. They usually formulate with natural ingredients and have relatively small product portfolios. Still, the consumer appetite for what’s new, next, and...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Tina Hedges, founder of LOLI Beauty, offers advice that she’s gained over the course of several entrepreneurial ventures; enumerates how LOLI takes sustainability to the far end of possibility; and explains why the seed of...
This past Sunday at PBE in New York City, there were plenty of compelling concepts and innovations to be seen; including new ingredient trends such as avocado oil and purée, cucumber seed oil, and alternative sugars like molasses. In this video montage,...
Avon’s growth in Latin American markets over the last couple of has slowed significantly in the first two quarter sales of 2018, as it hit challenges in the Brazil market.
Recent data from market research and consumer trends group NPD shows that just a few key factors boosted Q2 prestige skin care sales for 2018 to $1.3bn—a figure that’s up 12% compared to the same quarter last year.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Rose-Marie Swift, founder of RMS Beauty, explains why green beauty brands should focus first on consumer education (and only later on sales and marketing). And, she describes her experience moving from life as makeup artist...
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...
The 16th edition of Cosmoprof North America was an event packed with product innovation, new trends, networking opportunities and business opportunities. The Cosmetics Design team was combing the aisles for all that was new and this photo gallery brings...
Troy Corporation has announced the expansion of it natural preservative line, TroyCare LSB, in a bid to meet increasing formulation demand for more targeted natural preservation solutions.
Cosmoprof North America opens its doors in Las Vegas on Sunday, which is also the same day of the event’s not-to-be missed educational session ‘High On Beauty: The Cannabis Dilemma'.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Julia Teren, founder of Thesis, makes known just how much time and dedication are required to develop and sustain an indie brand. And, she describes her efforts to build a business on ingredient principles that fall outside...
The Unilever brand announced the line extension on Tuesday. And while the surfactant needed to formulate liquid cleansing products often keeps naturals brand out of this category, the company believes they’ve chosen ingredients that doesn’t compromise...
On Monday, the multi-level marketing makeup brand announced the launch of two new products. Skin care is a new category for Crunchi, a company that prides itself on organic ingredients and what it calls toxin-free cosmetics and personal care formulations....
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Evelyne Nyairo, founder of Ellie Bianca, outlines the principles and practices that make hers a socially conscious skin care business. And being something of a serial entrepreneur, she speaks from experience, advising other...
Founded in 2011, Mazza Innovation has made a name for itself over the years for its botanical extraction technology—a process that is solvent free and instead uses pressurized low polarity water. It’s tech that Sensient will now leverage to develop clean...
Edmonton, Alberta – based Aurora Cannabis announced this week that the company has made a strategic investment in Evio. And, together the two Canadian companies intend to develop and sell cannabis-based cosmetics.
