Color Cosmetics

CEW honors standout beauty brands at Indie 65 event and publishes sales data that brings a new kind of transparency to the indie beauty movement

23-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

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...

Pricing up for personal care in Brazil as economy stabilizes

23-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

The Brazil economy is continuing to show signs of price stabilization as the consumer price index for September showed a slight deflation, but personal care prices proved the exception.

L’Oréal Canada brings virtual makeup try-on tech to Shoppers Drug Mart online

22-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty tech venture ModiFace (owned by L’Oreal since March of last year) is using AR and AI to help consumers digitally sample brands like Maybelline, Urban Decay, and NYX on the Shoppers Drug Mart site.

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Cosmetica Laboratories opens innovation hub in California

22-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In late September, the Canadian beauty maker cut the ribbon on a new product development facility meant to bring the company closer to indie beauty brands innovating for the future of cosmetics and skin care. Cosmetics Design editor Deanna Utroske recently...

Natural nail varnish remover brand Utopick hits the market

22-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

Utopick is a brand new natural nail varnish remover brand out of Colombia, promising an effective solution to removing nail varnish and nail art, without the harsh chemicals.

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10 top tips: Building a Beauty Startup

21-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This past Thursday in New York City, the recommendation platform and entrepreneurship community Stacklist hosted a panel discussion among beauty business founders at the Amazon Web Services loft space. Cosmetics Design was there, along with some 250 aspiring...

CIBS luncheon lecture clarifies the foundation, function, and future of the indie beauty movement

17-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Wednesday in New York City, the Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers organization hosted a luncheon event focused on all things indie beauty. And, Jillian Wright, co-founder of the Indie Beauty Media Group, gave the keynote lecture.

Grupo Boticario gets Leaping Bunny approval for entire range

17-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

Grupo Boticario, one of Brazil’s leading cosmetics, skin care and fragrance players, has confirmed that it has received the Leaping Bunny seal for its entire portfolio.

In-cosmetics Latin America draws biggest crowd to date

16-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

It was the sixth edition of in-cosmetics Latin America and it also pulled in the biggest ever visitor numbers, with the total now confirmed at 4,700 formulation professionals, a jump of 18% on the previous year.

H La Cosedora founder talks about nail art explosion in Latin America

16-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

Nail art, and more specifically nail stamping, have become so big that this year the Belleza Y Salud event in Bogota had a whole floor devoted to the very latest nail technologies and effects.

Virtual beauty: YouTube expands AR Beauty Try-On to smartphone ads

15-Oct-2019 By Kacey Culliney

YouTube has taken its AR Beauty Try-On feature up a development notch, launching an open beta version for use in smartphone ads, enabling beauty brands to fire-up make-up engagement further.

Aptar invests in China to grow color cosmetics packaging business

15-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the beauty packaging company announced its equity investment in 3 China-based companies specializing in components and complete makeup packaging solutions.

4 beauty ingredient trends seen at SCC Suppliers’ Day, Long Beach

10-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Ingredient makers, packagers, distributors, contract manufacturers, processing equipment companies, testing labs, and other suppliers filled the Long Beach Convention Center last week, exhibiting the latest and most popular solutions for the cosmetics,...

What was Belleza Y Salud all about in 2019?

09-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

We spoke to Marcela Sanchez, Belleza Y Salud project manager, to find out what was new and innovative about this year’s event, the 18th annual edition.

What is L’Oréal up to when it comes to sustainability in Brazil?

09-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

L’Oréal has consistently ranked among the most eco-friendly and sustainable of the multi-nationals beauty players, so we caught up with a leading decision maker at the company’s Brazil operations to find out what is going on there.