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Scalp Care Update: trends, opportunities, and ideas about an emerging category

22-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

For years now, scalp care has been worth watching. But already this year it’s been included in Forbes coverage of the biggest beauty trends of 2021. Here, Cosmetics Design looks at the latest launches and considers what founders and formulators already...

Unilever commits to €2bn annual spend with ‘diverse’ suppliers by 2025

21-Jan-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever has set aside more money to conduct business with suppliers owned or managed by under-represented groups, including those led by women and people with disabilities.

Construction begins on Colonial Chemical M.E. Arabia

20-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Today, the Tennessee-based specialty surfactants company announced that work has begun on a new manufacturing facility that will make the most of regional localization efforts in and beyond Saudi Arabia.

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The Vertical Beauty Alliance brings manufacturing, retail, and design experts together

20-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

MANA Products, Meiyume, and RPG announced the partnership this month along with their global strategy to bring beauty brands the end-to-end solutions needed in the modern cosmetics and personal care marketplace.

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Fragrance and personal care ingredient distributor Tilley Chemical Company accepts SK Capital investment

19-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The family-owned specialty chemical distributor announced this month that SK Capital has made a controlling investment in the business.

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OLAY, seeking to up number of women in STEM, delivers science-in-a-box to school teachers

18-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Last year, the P&G skin care brand announced a commitment to—by 2030—double the overall number of women in science, tech, engineering, and math careers, and to triple the number of women of color in STEM careers. Now the brand is sending out educational...

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Amyris to launch hair care brand formulated with hemi-squalane

11-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the biotech company announced an expanded partnership with hairdresser and TV personality Jonathan Van Ness and their plans to create a clean hair care brand.

Aveda goes 100% vegan, removing all bee-derived ingredients from formulations

08-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This month the Estée Lauder Companies brand announced having delivered on its commitment to have all-vegan products “on shelves” by January 2021.

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Lunata Beauty closes $3 million Series A funding round

24-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The cordless-hair-tool startup, founded by Stacey Boguslavskaya and Monica Abramov in 2017, plans to use the capital to develop new tech, expand internationally, and double the size of the Lunata team.

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2020 Year in Review

For We Can Only Be Beautiful Together

23-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

15 Cosmetics Design articles that illustrate how 2020 began to change the business of beauty by and for Black People.

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Biotech cannabinoid maker teams with MetaLabs on hair care innovation

22-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, Lygos CBx and MetaLabs announced a deal that has the US and Korea – based companies collaborating on shampoo and other products formulated with CBG.

Women now outnumber men on Coty’s Board of Directors

22-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month the beauty maker announced two new Directors—Anna Adeola Makanju and Mariasun Aramburuzabala Larregui—as well as the departure of Paul S. Michaels.

Gattefossé to bring beauty ingredient production to the Americas region

21-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Late last week the specialty chemical company announced construction of a new production facility in Lufkin, Texas—a legally designated Foreign Trade Zone.

12-MINUTE WATCH: TRENDS 2021 BY COSMETICSDESIGN EDITORS

15 global beauty trends to watch in 2021: From CosmeticsDesign’s Editors

16-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Multicultural beauty, sophisticated hygiene and green products for all will take the spotlight next year, as consumers turn to relatable and engaging concepts that fulfil their needs. CosmeticsDesign’s global editors take you through the top 15 global...

Allergenic fragrances found in EU ‘perfume-free’ cosmetics: Council of Europe surveillance study

16-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Some cosmetic products sold in Europe still contain excessive levels of allergy-inducing fragrances when labelled and marketed as perfume-free, finds a study by the Council of Europe and its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare...