Hair Care

Indie Beauty Profile

Jasmine Lawrence, EDEN BodyWorks

16-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Jasmine Lawrence, Founder of EDEN BodyWorks, shares insights and highlights about the hair care brand she launched 15 years ago this month. She’s grown the brand in that time to some nine product lines (including body care...

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The future of hair care is texture. Is your business ready?

15-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Consumer demographics are shifting here in the US and globally. And before long, formulators, manufacturers, brands, and retailers will focus more on the characteristics and curl pattern of hair than on any given consumer’s ethnicity. Cosmetics Design...

BeautyX Capital Summit opens Monday in New York City

15-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The once-a-year knowledge sharing summit is all about capital raising, funding strategies, and the financial realities of launching and running an independent beauty brand. And the 2019 edition of BeautyX Capital promises to be a must-attend event for...

Avon opens new lab in Mexico targeting local innovation

13-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Avon has opened a new state of the art research and development to support its Celaya plant, Northwest of Mexico City, and ramp up the development of products targeting the local market.

Cake Beauty launches in the UK

13-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month’s Q2 financial report from MAV Beauty Brands holds out Cake as an exemplar of the global growth potential the company sees for its core hair care business and related cosmetics / personal care brands. With its recent launch in the UK, Cake...

Editor's Spotlight

5th annual IBE NY event attracts indie beauty brands from around the world

12-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This year’s New York City edition of the Indie Beauty Expo will take place August 21 and 22 at Pier 94 on Manhattan’s West Side. And, brands from nearly every continent will be exhibiting at show – more than 225 of them, all hoping to capture the attention...

Start-up grows palm oil alternative for skin care in a lab

08-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

A Boston-based technology start-up, C16 Bioscience, has developed a lab-grown alternative to palm oil that the developers say could replace potentially environmentally harmful farmed palm oil.

Healthy Living and the future of beauty

08-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Healthy Living is one of several megatrends changing consumer goods industries around the world today. In conversation with Cosmetics Design, Kayla Villena, senior beauty analyst at Euromonitor International, explains how this megatrend emerged, how it’s...

$4.2 trillion and growing—but what exactly is wellness?

08-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In an effort to help leaders in governance and business understand this prosperous movement, The Global Wellness Institute is publishing a series of papers, covering the megatrends behind the movement, the history of wellness, terminology, and what it...

Cargill Beauty teams up with Univar in Latin America

07-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Two of the world’s biggest ingredients suppliers have formed a partnership in the Latin American region that aims to deliver nature-derived, label-friendly and functional ingredients to the region’s personal care industry.

The CBD trend looks like a gold rush, but regulation remains a big obstacle

07-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

The regulation is a nightmare, finding quality reliable suppliers can be challenging and know how to market CBD personal care is conundrum, but still beauty professional want in.

Naturals and men’s grooming driving demand for Caribbean essential oils in Europe

07-Aug-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Europe’s growing natural cosmetics market and increased interest in men’s personal grooming is driving demand for Caribbean essential oils, particularly black caster and coconut oils.

Kion snaps up innovation award, eyes international expansion

06-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Brazil brand Kion Cosmetics has scooped the top prize in International Business Magazine’s annual award for technological innovation in natural and vegan cosmetics.

The industry continues to bolster support of Indie Beauty

05-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Late last week in-cosmetics announced that the show is formally expanding its indie brand programing for 2019. This year’s North American edition of the tradeshow will include the new Indie Trail feature as well as dedicated tours and PCPC content for...

NPD research points to three ways to win over Gen Z

01-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Millennial consumers have been deemed difficult to please and having no consumer loyalty, but Gen Z consumers have really thrown marketeers and brand owners.