214 million years ago a meteorite hit what is today Québec, Canada; between then and now, the Earth has turned the mineral-rich space rock (sea water and the impacted, surrounding soil) into mud and clay with a unique composition and an array of skin...
Singaporean beauty brand Caring Skin is advancing its expansion to capitalise on the popularity of aesthetic treatments in Asia and the rise of sensitive skin issues among consumers.
In this exclusive interview, we caught up with Sam Farmer, whose personal care products are designed to offer young consumers products that avoid limiting gender stereotypes.
Lycrored, an international wellness company focused on ingestible skincare solutions, has highlighted peer-reviews research that shows supplementation of Lycoderm has skin care benefits.
The company’s new water-in-oil (W/O) emulsifier of natural origin, designed principally for pigmented formulations, won this year’s Gold Innovation Award in the Functional Ingredient category.
Latin American companies left a big mark on the show floor at the recent in-cosmetics Global event in Paris. In this photo gallery we bring you some of the highlights and tell you what those businesses were highlighting.
Vantage Specialty Chemicals has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Textron Plimon, a specialist in natural oils for the personal care, food and fine chemical industries.
PromPeru is hard at work building a platform for natural ingredients suppliers from Peru, and this year’s in-cosmetics Global event provided the perfect event to highlight some unique offerings.
The in-cosmetics Paris appears to be the best attended event in almost to date, if preliminary figures prove to be an accurate representation. In this photo gallery we bring you some of the most interesting developments from the biggest formulation players....
Over the past five years the Sephora Accelerate program has helped to platform many indie beauty brands, and the latest additions to the program include two LATAM brands.
Leading Colombian/Canadian CBD cosmetics player Khiron has teamed up with US-based Dixie brands in a venture aimed at expanding the CBD cosmetic category in Latin America.
The governments of Costa Rica and South Korea have signed a trade agreement that triggers the Central American Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, dropping tariffs on Korean cosmetic imports.
This month, the Connecticut–based specialty chemical company signed an agreement with Panacea Life Sciences to distribute hemp-derived CBD isolates and distillates to beauty makers.
In this latest look at product innovation in Latin America we look at a selection of the latest beauty launches that feature Korean style innovation with a natural twist, bought to us by Mintel.
A huge body of scientific evidence makes it hard to deny that pollution from the agricultural industry has contributed significantly to global climate change, but what might perplex some is how this is connected to the cosmetics and personal care industry.
Spain-based fragrance specialist Puig has invested in a minority stake in Loto del Sur, a major retailer and brand owner in the Colombia’s premium beauty category.
With transparency, sustainability and protecting the environment becoming crucial issues for natural and organic beauty consumers, a new agricultural standard aims to meet these concerns.
Our third annual Beauty Industry Awards has been another huge success, with a tremendous number of high quality entries making the judges’ decisions harder than ever.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Ovsanna Mkrtumyan, co-founder of Zatik Naturals, describes how she and her cofounder built an organic, vegan personal care brand by trial and error; highlights a clever seasonal retail strategy; and outlines the brand’s wide-ranging...
The naturals trend continues to go from strength to strength, but as the category continues to evolve, the rise in consumer demand is also giving way to added responsibilities.
As part of the move towards more natural-looking hair styles, Latin American consumers are all out for natural hair care solutions and product launches.
Alternative deodorants from established indie brands, new startups, natural product makers, and even multinationals are having a moment. There seems to be a new underarm product—in some clever form, format, or formula—launched every day now. Here, Cosmetics...
Ere Perez Natural Cosmetics is a Latino-owned natural cosmetics business, based in Australia and serving the Latin American market with its lines of color cosmetic and skin care products.
Cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has taken the cosmetics and personal care world by storm over the past year or so, evinced by a plethora of new product launches across all major markets.
Packaging designer Elena Amato has created bacterial cellulose sheets using a mixture of natural and sustainable materials that are said to provide a good alternative to plastic packaging for personal care products.
Natura & Co revealed that all three of its business divisions – Natura, The Body Shop and Aesop – posted strong full-year 2018 results, capped off by a robust fourth quarter.
In her Indie Beauty Profile Aneela Zaman, founder of Zaman Skincare, gives insight into the challenges and joys of building a skin care business today, illustrates the importance of taking good advice and disregarding imprudent opinions, and describes...
Hair care defines the beauty world in the Latin American region. Combine the category with the most pervasive trend in the industry and you have some captivating dynamics.
The international investment firm has formed a subsidiary dedicated to hemp, CBD, and THC-free cannabinoid and has plans develop or acquire cosmetics and personal care brands in this space.
The Latin American region has always been about hair care, so combine that with the naturals trends and you have a segment of the market that is alive with new product launches and innovation.
In Latin America the hair care market remains the biggest category, and with the natural trend making bigger inroads in the region, that means that natural hair care is now very important.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Emilie Davidson Hoyt, founder of LATHER, shares an outline of her long-running indie brand: an unassuming masstige personal care line that’s meeting the expectations of today’s naturals consumer. She has sound advice for other...
Tuesday in New York City, CEW hosted a panel discussion about cannabis-derived ingredients. Speakers and sponsors from a range of cosmetics, personal care, and wellness brands already doing business in the cannabis beauty space were on hand to talk best...
Increasingly, cosmetic and personal care consumers want transparency regarding the origins and manufacturing practices of the products they buy, something that can prove to be a tough call for many brands to answer.
Inzunai forged its name as a provider of ingredient for cosmetics and personal care sourced from the Colombian Amazon. The next logical step for the business was finished products.
Natura Brasil has sealed its Ekos line with a brand new certification from the Union of Ethical BioTrade, confirming it has fulfilled tough criteria to respect both people and biodiversity.
Cannabidiol (CBD) skin care has already taken the US market by storm, and it is starting to make a splash in European markets too, underlined by a recent spike in new product launches containing the ingredient.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Nabila Chemillier, CEO of L’ODAÏTÈS, describes how she and her sisters have built a plant-based brand with all the practicality and luxury of French skin care to share their families beauty regime with today’s discerning natural...
This week's LATAM Beauy Brands profile highlights some of the hottest hair and skin care launches throughout the region, brought to you from market research provider Mintel.
The Canadian company got its start in the 1970s as a spinoff of a research initiative at the University of Saskatchewan and worked in partnership with several industries on a contract-services model. Now renamed KeyLeaf, the business will be focused squarely...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Ursula Snyder, founder of DU NORD SKIN CARE, describes how she has created a brand that respects the land. Hers is an eco-lux skin care line with a levelheaded lifestyle approach to branding, packaging, formulation, and overall...
Cosmetics Design asked market research provider Euromonitor International which will be the fastest growing beauty and personal care market in the Latin American region over the next five years.
Among the trends Cosmetics Design is watching in the Americas region this year is the influx and popularity of brands and ingredients from Oceana. Case in point: Black Chicken Remedies, the once tiny Australian organic skin care and wellness brand founded...
At last month’s Indie Beauty Expo event in Los Angeles, California, a new skin care startup out of Canada introduced IBE shoppers, buyers, influencers, and media to the innovative water-free, reusable textile mask technology created by Biomod Concepts....
Colombian biotech company Inbiotech started up as a biotech research firm back in 2004, but has since expanded with a beauty and personal care portfolio that includes five hair and skin care brands targeting a range of different functions.
Volunteers from different parts of the beauty industry will visit the Central American country of Panama to demonstrate how indigenous populations can create a livelihood by making personal care products.
The Cosmetics Design team has decided to extend the deadline for the 2019 Beauty Industry Awards, from February 8th to February 15th, giving businesses an extra week to make submissions to a competition that could prove to be the ultimate platform for...
Amazon has confirmed that it will start selling beauty and personal personal care products online, in a market where competition in the category is already highly competitive.
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