The past Saturday evening, the video commerce channel introduced the first Big Find pitch winner to its viewership. Cosmetics Design checked in with founder Stephanie Leshney about her experience pitching and presenting alongside show host Shawn Killinger.
The founder of the hugely successful hair brand The Mane Choice announced this week that she’s teaming up with MAV to grow the business more broadly. As part of the deal, Adeleye is expanding her give back mission—launching a financial literacy program...
Business is changing. Beauty consumers care about the social and environmental implications of the products they buy; and financial stakeholders see value in publicly responsible and truly sustainable companies. And so, the beauty maker is taking stock...
Special Edition: Biotechnology for Natural Formulation
Over the years, Cosmetics Design has covered numerous events on the independent beauty movement. Here is a selection of guidance for startups from insiders and experts who have spoken at those events as well as a few notes from the Cosmetics Design editorial...
The centuries-old American fragrance brand has been updating nearly every aspect of its business over the past 3 years and is now welcoming long-time consumers, new brand fans, and curious shoppers to experience the old and the new of Caswell-Massey at...
Starting in January 2020, Veronique Drecq will lead a new program at the school—supported by Estée Lauder, IFF, and Douglas subsidiary Nocibé—called Leading a Beauty Brand.
It’s no longer unusual for multinational raw material suppliers to work with indie beauty brands; but it’s still not the norm. Here Cosmetics Design looks at an array of legacy specialty chemical companies doing business directly with cosmetics, personal...
This month’s fragrance industry news on the Cosmetics Design sites covers topics ranging from CBD to biotech, from ingredient transparency to sustainable packaging, to the fragrance market potential in Asia, a L’Oréal acquisition, and more.
Yesterday, Cosmetics Design published an item here about the prevalence of marine ingredients and solid personal care solutions seen at last week’s in-cosmetics NA in New York City. Here we explore a few more concepts that stood out at the trade show.
At last week’s beauty and personal care ingredient trade show in New York City, a handful of ingredient innovations stood out. Here are a couple of the top trends Cosmetics Design saw at this year’s in-cosmetics North America event.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Stephanie Leshney, founder of the blend-it-yourself kids personal care brand Dabble & Dollop, talks about how her experience in the cosmetics and personal care ingredient business informed the brand she is building now...
This week, the venture capital firm focused on science-based beauty and wellness businesses announced that it is funding and partnering with ELSI Beauty, a microbiome friendly, sensitive-skin care brand that’s making good use of tech and consumer data....
At Tuesday evening’s awards ceremony in New York City, CEW brought together a who’s who of indie beauty brand leaders for celebration and networking. The event simultaneously marked the launched of the organization’s first-of-its-kind report on the size...
