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Inclusive ingredient wave: Three trends CosmeticsDesign saw at Supplier’s Day

09-May-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Inclusivity has been a market trend in cosmetics for a few years, but at NYSCC Supplier’s Day, inclusive ingredients were one of the dominant trends.

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The future of beauty tech? The metaverse, NFTs and blockchain, says Mintel

04-May-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty tech is developing at a fast pace and there are plentiful opportunities for brands to play into this space, from smart consumer devices to metaverse engagement and blockchain for traceability, says Andrew McDougall, director of BPC at Mintel.

Bonafide tackles menopause with bidirectional system

03-May-2022 By Danielle Masterson

The company is addressing hair and skin changes that result from estrogen loss.

What Dow’s two new ingredient kits mean for the supplier's future beyond silicon

03-May-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

For Dow, two of its most recent ingredient kit launches were both about the product and how the chemical company is positioning itself in personal care.

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What to expect at the 2022 NYSCC Supplier's Day

29-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

CosmeticsDesign spoke with NYSCC Chair Giorgio Dell’Acqua about what attendees can expect from the 2022 Supplier's Day trade show, May 3-4 at the Javits Center in New York City.

It's Hot: Check out CosmeticsDesign's most popular articles in April

28-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

As we say goodbye to April revisit some of CosmeticsDesign top articles and learn about what's hot in the cosmetics world.

Beautiful bananas: French Caribbean brand Kadalys extends mission to tackle food waste

27-Apr-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Upcycled banana beauty brand Kadalys is expanding its business deeper into research, development and bioactives production – a move its founder says will create jobs, counter the climate crisis and inspire wider change amongst industry.

Unilever Living Proof exec: Consumers ready to ‘deep-dive’ into hair science

27-Apr-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Unilever’s prestige brand Living Proof and Finnish tech firm Revieve have co-developed an AI hair care advisor tool designed to offer consumers extensive and personalised insight on the science behind their hair.

IMCD opens new Mexico headquarters to fill in gaps, bring innovation to local market

26-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Distributor IMCD has opened a new headquarters in Mexico City as the company looks to fill out the American markets.

Happy Earth Day! Articles to catch up on sustainability in beauty

22-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

It's Earth Day, which means sustainability is a hot topic today. Catch up with sustainability in beauty, from supply chains and formulation to packaging and product launches.

Overt or covert on non-binary: What an expert says about the cosmetics marketing position

22-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Developing effective non-binary marketing takes more than removing gendered pronouns and heteronormative imagery, according to an expert.

Spicy findings: Mix of peppers and turmeric as effective as minoxidil in treating hair loss – study

21-Apr-2022 By Amanda Lim

A team based in China has found that a concoction of capsaicin, piperine, and curcumin compounds was as effective as minoxidil in treating alopecia areata.

Circular Beauty: How can industry make circularity a mainstream reality? FREE webinar

21-Apr-2022 By Amanda Lim

A raft of industry players are joining the circular beauty movement, but how can the sector encourage consumers to adopt circularity en masse?

Let's catch up: 5 CosmeticsDesign articles to revisit today

20-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

CosmeticsDesign has been experiencing some technical difficulties, but we're back! You can revisit these popular articles while we start publishing again.

Bulldog edges into hair care with ‘natural hero ingredients’ range

14-Apr-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Bulldog Skincare has expanded into hair care with a range of natural styling products designed to offer men effective alternatives.

Three ingredient trends CosmeticsDesign saw at In-Cosmetics this year

13-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

In-Cosmetics Global returned this year in Paris, and CosmeticsDesign was there to scope out what’s hot in cosmetics ingredients.

Digital startup Skinfo wants to ‘make conscious choices easier’ in beauty

13-Apr-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Swedish digital startup Skinfo has developed an online tool to simplify the display of beauty ingredients online, driving transparency and helping to build consumer trust, its founder says.

Kao launches waterless dry shampoo sheet first developed for use in space

13-Apr-2022 By Amanda Lim

Japanese personal care major Kao Corporation has launched a pair of dry shampoos under hair care brand Merit in response to the growing demand for dry shampoos that can be used on the go, including a shampoo sheet concept first developed for use in space.

Concept to practice: What 4 beauty experts say about circular beauty today

08-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Much of the cosmetics industry is discussing the concept of circular economies in beauty, but whether brands, infrastructures and consumers around the world are ready to actually apply the model is yet to be seen.

Sunny outlook: Korea’s cosmetics industry poised for growth in Q2 – trade report

05-Apr-2022 By Amanda Lim

The Korean cosmetic industry is predicted to grow in the second quarter this year despite the economic uncertainty, according to a new report by the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI).

Custom hair care brand Prose teaming with BreezoMeter to create precise protective beauty

01-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Protective beauty is the cosmetic industry’s answer to environmental impacts on skin and hair health, and a custom hair care brand is teaming up with BreezoMeter to get precise about pollution.

Hair loss and alopecia: 5 articles to revisit on CosmeticsDesign

31-Mar-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

After last week's surprising Oscar moment, alopecia and female hair loss has been on the tough of pop culture. Revisit these CosmeticsDesign articles to brush up on what's happening in the personal care side of this hot issue.

From the ground up: BASF launches inclusive beauty accelerator to help indies fill industry gaps

30-Mar-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

To fill gaps in demand for inclusive beauty ingredients, BASF has launched an accelerator to focus on indies hoping to make inclusive and diverse personal care products.

Nutraceutical brand lands stamp of approval from American Hair Loss Association

29-Mar-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Amid the heightened discussion surrounding alopecia, Advanced Trichology says it is the first consumer brand to get the green light from the hair loss group.

It's all insight: 5 popular articles on experts' take on the personal care industry

24-Mar-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Take a step back from your vantage point in personal care and revisit these popular articles on CosmeticsDesign with industry perspective from expert.

Next-gen methods can 'transform' chemical risk assessment: Experts

24-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

There are strong opportunities to widen use of new approach methodologies (NAMs) for chemical risk assessments on worker safety and environmental impact of cosmetics, though regulatory acceptance will require a collaborative industry-research push, say...

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Walmart launches prestige beauty retail space online with Space NK, soon in-store

22-Mar-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Walmart launched BEAUTYSPACENK with Space NK to bring prestige personal care to the retail giant's online and instore sales spaces . CosmeticsDesign spoke with Laurie Tessier, merchandising director for prestige beauty at Walmart, about the launch.

Citrus fruit waste offers upcycled active skin care promise: Review

16-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The peel and seeds from industrial processing of citrus fruits can be used in an array of active skin care formulations for their bioactive compounds, though circular industrial frameworks need to be further developed to scale use, say researchers.

It’s just natural: three things CosmeticsDesign saw at Expo West

14-Mar-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

While Expo West is primarily a food, drink and supplement show, there was plenty for cosmetics professionals to see with legacy and new brands doing natural and organic beauty products.

What's hot: 5 articles to revisit on CosmeticsDesign this weekend

11-Mar-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

CosmeticsDesign has been attending tradeshows this week, but there are hundreds of great articles on CosmeticsDesign to revisit before we come back with new content next week.

Unilever invites ‘disruptive’ sustainable innovators to join its collaboration initiative

10-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever has widened the call for startups, scaleups and entrepreneurs to engage with its collaboration initiative, inviting those specialised in sustainable ingredients and packaging to join.

Cosmetic ingredient platform Novi gets $40 million in funding to expand service

09-Mar-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Novi Connect already helps beauty brands access ingredient sustainability data, and a $40 million investment means the platform can expand its services and the industries it serves.

‘Maintaining the microbiome’: Biotech startup Sequential Skin debuts in vivo B2B testing service

03-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

UK-Singapore headquartered biotech startup Sequential Skin has taken a solid stride into B2B microbiome testing with the debut of its end-to-end in vivo service for consumer care companies.

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L’Oréal exec: The future of beauty packaging is ‘eco-desirability’

03-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The future of beauty packaging will centre on blending sustainability with desirability and rely on innovative industry partnerships and advances in material science, lifecycle analysis and smart product design, says L’Oréal’s global director of sustainable...

‘Great resilience’: Beiersdorf sales and net profit rise in FY 2021

02-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

International skin care major Beiersdorf has reported a rise in group sales and net profit for the full year of 2021, with significant growth in Latin and North America.

Back to basics: major areas for growth in R&D for Black hair, according to experts

01-Mar-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Brands from the mass market to prestige products have been looking to be more inclusive of Black hair care consumers, but whether or not they’re doing that starts with R&D.

Five things CosmeticsDesign saw at Luxe Pack and MakeUp LA 2022

28-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Luxe Pack LA and MakeUp LA took place last week, and between packaging and contract manufacturing exhibitors, sustainability and style were prevalent across the trade show.

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How to win over… the eco-conscious consumer while avoiding the pitfalls of greenwashing

28-Feb-2022 By Amanda Lim

Sustainability is one of the hottest topics in beauty today, but how can the sector move beyond packaging to innovate with new concepts, product formats and materials to win over the eco-conscious consumer, while avoiding the trap of greenwashing? We...

CosmeticsDesign articles to revisit on the regulation and safety testing

25-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Regulation and safety are important in any consumer goods, particularly ones that go on the skin and near the eyes and mouth.

‘Clear, transparent and comparable’: Beauty giants launch EcoBeautyScore Consortium

24-Feb-2022 By Kacey Culliney

A group of beauty majors have kickstarted an EcoBeautyScore Consortium, set to establish a brand-agnostic and transparent global environmental impact scoring system by the end of this year.

China focus: Latest developments from L’Oréal, Coty, Estée Lauder and more.

24-Feb-2022 By Amanda Lim

We round up the most recent developments in China’s booming beauty market, featuring insights from L’Oréal, Coty, Estée Lauder and more.

Packaging, formats, formulation: Sustainability articles to revisit this week

23-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Sustainability is as a broad conversation in the beauty world, ranging from packaging, formulation, product format, supply chain structures and many more facets of the industry.

Cruelty-free cosmetics: Industry majors publish ‘practical and structured’ 10-step framework for animal-free safety analysis

23-Feb-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The trade association Cosmetics Europe and scientists from Beiersdorf, L’Oréal, Procter & Gamble and Unilever have published a study outlining a framework on using read-across as part of a next-generation method to conduct cosmetics safety assessments.

E-commerce, social media, VR: technology articles on CosmeticsDesign to revisit

22-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

E-commerce become more prevalent when the pandemic started, and it seems to be here to stay, but some companies are changing their social media strategies and approach to VR.

Hair care articles to revisit on CosmeticsDesign this week

21-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

There's always a lot going on in hair care, but 2022 has already seen lots of launches, research and tech innovations.

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Mentality major barrier to upcycling: NYSCC chair's thoughts on upcycled cosmetic ingredients

18-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Research and brand stories around upcycled ingredients are on the rise, but making the ingredients scalable may be a challenge. CosmeticsDesign spoke with Giorgio Dell’Acqua, current chair of the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists, about the current...

Prill power: P&G files patent for dissolvable hair care pouches

18-Feb-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Procter & Gamble (P&G) has developed water-soluble pouches containing dissolvable hair care pellets for a user-friendly, sustainable alternative to existing bottled and solid formats.

Frederick Benjamin launches into Target, enters white space for Black hair care

18-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Hair care brand Frederick Benjamin launched into Target stores in February, filling a white space for men of color looking for clean-and-natural-focused products.

PFAS regulations are here, cosmetic companies need to prepare as legal barriers grow

17-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

The class of chemicals which bring us non-stick pans, PFAS, is prevalent across industries, including cosmetics, but regulation and litigation over safety concerns are increasing.

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Virtual shopping and shopping for a virtual world: Orveon CEO thoughts on AI and tech in beauty

16-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Technology in beauty is not new, but in a world of virtual tools, augmented reality and virtual reality, new frontiers of commerce may be opening up. CosmeticsDesign spoke with Pascal Houdayer, CEO of Orveon, owner of bareMinerals, BUXOM, and Laura Mercier,...