Cosmetics Design's Simon Pitman recently guested on the Just Ask David show, to discuss some of the hottest trends driving the US beauty and personal care market at the moment.
The rambunctious founder of UK men’s grooming brand King of Shaves says he disagrees with the suggestion that the big personal care players do not know how to communicate with men.
An extract of snow algae can protect the skin against environmental stress factors and improve the barrier function and has been developed by Mibelle Biochemistry. Here, Dr Fred Zülli gives Cosmetics Design an exclusive insight.
That expert is Chris Kilham, better known as the ‘Medicine Hunter’ whose life consists of venturing into the world’s wild vegetation zones to search for botanicals that may have therapeutic, nutritional or wellness benefits for cosmetic companies like...
Ingredients supplier Merck has launched new cosmetics actives and invited CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com down to give us an exclusive insight on the skin care ingredients.
For a number of years France-based research company Spincontrol has been delving deeper and deeper into the subject area of wellbeing in an attempt to discover how more effective and targeted cosmetic and personal care products can be developed.
CosmeticsDesign.com USA spoke to John Paro, CEO of specialty chemical player HallStar, who explained the added value that the company is expecting to achieve from its move into the naturals arena.
As Luxe pack New York boasted its largest ever exhibitor list, CosmeticsDesign.com USA caught up with the show organizers to discuss the key themes and trends, and how the show had progressed over the years.
At the recent in-cosmetics show in Milan, CosmeticsDesign caught up with Bob Norman of GreenPalm to discuss the need for cosmetic companies to support the sustainable production of palm oil.
Naturex will expand again in 2011 with several “€5-20m” targets, 1.5 years after completing the €110m integration of Spanish supplier Natraceutical that made the French botanical extracts supplier the biggest in the world.
Bioplastics are increasingly seen as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based resins; but, as with many materials, questions surround their environmental footprint. CosmeticsDesign.com USA spoke to Steve Davies of Natureworks to get some of the facts...
As polypropylene prices are close to hitting all time highs, CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com spoke to packaging supplier MWV’s Barcelona plant manager Angel Fernandez-Carbonell about how the plant is keeping its costs and environmental footprint down.
Following the phenomenal success of Puig's Paco Rabanne 1 Million fragrance, Olivier Boutaud, director of the company's production facility at Chartre, France, explains how production was ramped up to meet the demand.
In a month that has seen biodiversity under the microscope, CosmeticsDesign.com USA spoke with Filipe Sabará, commercial director at Beraca, to get his views on how ingredients sourcing can help conservation and development efforts.
The Beauty from Within conference, brought to you by CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com and NutraIngredients.com, is only a week away and will uncover how you can get the most out of this emerging sector.