Since launching as a beverage brand in 2013, Teami Blends has expanded into skin care and continues to grow its beauty product portfolio. At the month’s Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles, California, Cosmetics Design sat down with Adi Arezzini, co-founder...
There is an increasing body of evidence pointing to the fact that luxury consumers are changing their buying patterns while also becoming more difficult to access. So how to navigate these new hurdles?
IFF-LMR has notched up FairWild certification for its Peru Balsam harvested in El Salvador, an ingredient that is used as a fragrance in a wide range of cosmetic and personal care products.
To answer this questions, Cosmetics Design spoke to decision makers at Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division, to find out how ingredients providers come up with solutions that suit the specific demands of indie beauty players.
Behind the rising trend of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda beauty, there are challenges that formulators face when creating modern skin care products from millennia-old wellness concepts.
With halal beauty a rising focus for brands, formulators and ingredients suppliers alike, we speak to companies working in the space to find out why the trend is rising, and how they are responding.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Iris Cherng, founder of Honey Belle, Inc., shares the story of how she and other millennial entrepreneurs are building the businesses they want to buy from. Cherng’s first venture happens to be a skin care and body care brand...
Bio-based chemicals provider Genomatica says it has started larger scale production of natural Butylene Glycol to supply formulators of cosmetic and personal care products.
Natural color cosmetic player Jane iredale has confirmed that it has sold a majority stake in its business to San Francisco Equity Partners in a bid to further expand the business.
Canada-based Aurora Cannabis, a supplier of cannabis raw materials, has agreed to acquire all the outstanding shares in Mexican business Farmacias Magistrales.
A new market report points to the fact that luxury brands are facing new challenges, as a growing wealthy class worldwide shies away from displays of conspicuous wealth.
With major retailers in the US clambering to stock the leading organic baby and toddler personal care products, Made Of is one particular brand that is reaping the benefits.
The microbiome trend has taken the industry by storm and Cosmetics Design is homing in on it with a dedicated ingredient category for this year’s Beauty Industry Awards as well as a two-day conference program dedicated to the topic for our inaugural Cosmetics...
A new report from UnityMarketing, State Of Luxury, points to a good year ahead for luxury brands, but cautions that this is reason for concern in the longer-term.
