Nutricosmetics

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...

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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...

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...

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...

Anne-Marie Kline shares 5 tips for building a competitive indie brand

31-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Speaking at the Indie Beauty Innovators Awards event, hosted by ICMAD, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Monday evening, the former CMO of Living Proof gave founders in the room her best advice for leading a brand to success in today’s rather crowded cosmetics and...

The ingredient and packaging industries respond to the Indie Beauty movement

29-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Independent cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands get a lot of credit for product innovation, for social media domination, for being a market-disrupting sensation. Here, Cosmetics Design looks at ways that startups and founder-lead brands are...

Uplink Live opens in New York City this August

25-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Produced by the Indie Beauty Media Group, Uplink Live is a 2-day event where brands at any stage of business can connect with a wide array of service providers. And prominent industry suppliers—like Gattefossé, Lubrizol, Croda, and Symrise—will be on...

Cibus picks up another patent for non-transgenic gene editing technology

23-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Last week, the biotech company announced receipt of the patent No. 10,287,594 for technology that builds on Cibus’s previously patented gene-editing tech. And now, Cibus is confident that it has in-house intellectual property for the use of Gene Repair...

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Indie Beauty brand leaders as product knowledge experts

22-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Startup founders and independent brand leaders in the cosmetics and personal care business know what’s been missing in the marketplace and they often keep in close contact with consumers both online and in person, making the beauty entrepreneur’s perspective...

L’Oréal Canada brings 5 tech startups into corporate accelerator program

18-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The technologies—voice, machine vision and location analytics, ecommerce advertising, multicloud broadcasting, and AI—aren’t exclusively beauty tech solutions. But L’Oréal Canada and the men leading these startups see great potential for their tech tools...

Kopari closes $20 million Series A funding round, thanks to L Catterton, Unilever Ventures, and others

17-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Coconut oil is the hero ingredient in Kopari products. And the San Diego, California – based beauty startup has plans to grow its business even further, creating more coconut beauty products and reaching more consumers in-store and online.

Project Beauty Expo moves to Los Angeles, California

16-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Last year, the beauty discovery show and entrepreneur education event, hosted by and for women of color, took place in New York City. For 2019 it’s headed to the West Coast. PBE will take place from September 14 through 16, and a first look at the program...

Charkit acquires CA Specialties and Custom Ingredients, Cathy Ayer Clark stays on as president

16-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Late last week, the multi-industry chemical supplier announced its latest acquisition. Adding the Custom Ingredients business to its portfolio means Charkit now offers that company’s popular ready-made ingredient blends for both personal care and industrial...

6 indie brands helping define the mindful beauty movement

15-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Mindful beauty is a catchall term that describes the sorts of businesses and brands that conscious consumers want to support. Here, Cosmetics Design takes a look at 6 types of mindful beauty and a small selection of the indie brands that are envisioning...