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Editor’s Spotlight

Small but Mighty: how mission-led indie beauty brands are sharing the wealth

18-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At a benefit event in New York City last week, Linda Treska, founder of the waterless makeup brand Pinch of Colour, announced the launch of Blue Angel Charity, a nonprofit working in tandem with the brand to “combat the global water crisis.”

L’Oréal’s annual results point to LATAM struggle

14-Feb-2019 By Simon Pitman

The world’s biggest beauty and personal care player has published strong full-year 2018 results, but whereas the figures show that new markets were generally strong, it Latin America was the exception.

Bond No. 9 moves into color cosmetics

14-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Today the niche fragrance company launched a first collection of lipsticks that, like the Bond No. 9 perfumes and scented products, celebrate iconic New York City neighborhoods.

POS Bio-Sciences rebrands to become plant-based ingredient supplier

13-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

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...

Unilever results point to problems in Latin America

12-Feb-2019 By Simon Pitman

Unilever posted strong full year 2018 results, with big gains in the Asia Pacific region, but in Latin America the picture was not so rosy, with Argentina and Brazil being singled out.

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Is indie beauty a thing in Asia?

12-Feb-2019 By Simon Pitman

The indie beauty trend is taking North America and, increasingly, Europe, by storm. But is it gaining the same sort of popularity in Asia? If so, where are the hot spots for indie beauty?

Brazil tipped to be the fastest growing market in Latin American – Euromonitor

07-Feb-2019 By Simon Pitman

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.

Panama Beauty Project highlights how the industry can change lives

06-Feb-2019 By Simon Pitman

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.

PCPC celebrates 125 years and readies for 2019 annual meeting

06-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The Personal Care Products Council will hold its annual meeting later this month, bringing together 500+ industry executives, supply-side professionals, and media for a mix of educational programming, networking, and strategic meetings.

ProAmpac reorganizes to serve cosmetics and personal care brands

06-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the flexible packaging company announced a newly configured team that will work with beauty makers to design and develop packaging solutions that make sense for the modern marketplace.

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Beauty Industry Awards deadline extended by one week

06-Feb-2019 By Simon Pitman

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 to start selling beauty and personal care in Brazil

31-Jan-2019 By Simon Pitman

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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This is what mindful beauty looks like.

31-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At IBE LA last week, Āether Beauty founder Tiila Abbitt spoke with Cosmetics Design about environmentally sustainable beauty packaging, how international trade relationships affect recycling in the US, her brand’s approach to ingredient sourcing, and...

One week until the 2019 Beauty Industry Awards entry deadline!

31-Jan-2019 By Simon Pitman

There is just one week to go until the February 8th deadline for the Beauty Industry Awards. So please read through this article to find the category that best suits your business and get your entry in!

Arcade Beauty and Vengo Labs team up to reinvent beauty on the go

30-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Portable skin care products, mini beauty, and sample sizes of everything from hair care to body care have become increasingly popular over the last year or so. Now, sampling company Arcade Beauty and retail tech maker Vengo Labs are teaming up to put...