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21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

We have always been swift to report on what is happening in the fast-moving Latin American cosmetics and personal care market, but now we are offering more targeted and in-depth coverage.

Sciadonic acid takes topical route as first step in dietary ingredient development

19-Feb-2018 By Hank Schultz

The developers of sciadonic acid—a new to the market anti-inflammatory fatty acid—have pivoted to topical products as they search for partners to more fully develop the substance as a dietary ingredient.

California on track to ban sale of animal-tested cosmetics and personal care products

19-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

On Friday, State Senator Cathleen Galgiani introduced legislation that would prohibit the import and sale of any beauty product tested on animals—the ban would apply to both ingredients and finished goods.

CIBS kicks off 2018 with luncheon event featuring Sumita Banerjee of L’Oréal

14-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The SVP of Talent Acquisition at L’Oréal spoke to the organization’s membership during yesterday’s event in New York City. The professional group for Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers has a number of these luncheon events and networking outings scheduled...

Beauty brands Glossier, Curology, Beautycounter, and Madison Reed make 2018 Direct Brands Worth Watching list

13-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The list of 250 direct-to-consumer brands was compiled by the Interactive Advertising Bureau in partnership with business insights company Dun & Bradstreet. Some 30 cosmetics, fragrance, hair, and personal care brands are included in the list of brands...

Arcade Beauty opens a whole new factory to fill minis and sample size cosmetics

12-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Minis are essential for personal care and cosmetics brands today. Whether for sanitary sampling, convenient on-the go products, or to comply with TSA travel regulations, consumers expect and demand branded, easy-to-use mini sized beauty products.

Valensa, Parry launch JV with Indian partner on phycocyanin development

08-Feb-2018 By Hank Schultz

Florida-based Valensa International and parent company EID Parry have announced a new joint venture to develop new ingredients and non-GMO certifications on existing algae products.

Meant: The indie body care brand that will change everything

05-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At last month’s Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles, of the 150 cosmetics, personal care, fragrance, and lifestyle brands exhibiting, many were compelling; but only one stood out as a real game changer. Cosmetics Design interviewed Lindsay Knaak-Stuart,...

Budding cosmetic chemists can now turn to virtual internships

25-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

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Big beauty makers and retailers get serious about reducing plastic packaging waste

24-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of this week, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched a new initiative to change the way plastic comes and goes in the world. The New Plastics Economy involves corporations, local government leaders, academics, NGOs, and other stakeholders...

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BeautyX Summit debuts this month in Los Angeles, California

16-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The new educational event for cosmetics and personal care entrepreneurs, takes place January 22nd and 23rd in LA. BeautyX panels, courses, and networking opportunities for this first edition of the summit will focus on media and...

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Avon launches wellness brand Espira and gets into the supplements business

11-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The North America – based New Avon LLC announced a line of beauty-from-within products this week. But Espira is more than simply ingestibles for hair, skin, and nail health; the brand also has product lines for overall nutritional support as well.

kathy ireland Health & Wellness to launch CBD skin care products

09-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This week Level Brands, the licensed brand marketing firm where Kathy Ireland serves as chairman emeritus and chief brand strategist, announced a partnership with Isodiol that is being touted as ‘a multimillion-dollar cannabidiol (CBD) products deal’.

New Skintuition tech on display at CES 2018 today

09-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The optical technology platform developed by Cambridge Consultants is bringing top-of-the-line skin data analysis in to the hands and homes of beauty consumers. Cosmetics Design caught up with Edward Brunner, head of Asia consumer business for the company,...

Beauty and personal care companies on Forbes Just 100 list

04-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The list ranks companies by their level of corporate citizenship. And the 2018 rankings, announced recently, include personal care and cosmetics leaders like Estée Lauder and P&G as well as a couple of ingredient supply companies and one retailer....

Cosmoprof Bologna focuses on international industry

20-Dec-2017 By Simon Pitman

The Cosmoprof Bologna Worldwide event organisers are focusing on making the 2018 event portfolio even more international with the addition of some key events and further partnership developments.

News Review: Indie Beauty 2017

04-Dec-2017 By Deanna Utroske

This year independent cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands became so prominent, Cosmetics Design launched a weekly column dedicated to these innovative startups and their founders. The Indie Beauty Profile is on vacation this month. But in the...

Will beauty care ingredient makers nurture the next generation of indie brands?

29-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Specialty chemical companies are already catering to the needs and expectations of independent personal care and cosmetics brands. And major manufacturers and retailers are running programs and competitions to support indie innovation. Now, Symrise has...

Diversity, Equality, Reality: A look at the business of beauty in 2017

28-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Over the past year, individuals, corporations, and organizations have taken steps to make the cosmetics and personal care industry more inclusive and a more accurate reflection of local and global populations. Together, the 9 articles featured on today’s...

It’s not just consumers that are buying up indie beauty

22-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

A new report from management consulting and market research firm Kline takes a look at the disruptive, market-moving indie brands that are well positioned to be bought up.

Ginseng from Canada on its way to being a cosmetics and personal care ingredient

16-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The government has just announced funding meant to make emerging markets more aware of the country’s exportable ginseng crop.

L’Oréal, Coty, Unilever, Clarins, Nestlé, Beautycounter, and Aveda among those committed to Paris Agreement

15-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Right now in Bonn, Germany, 100+ US companies, institutions, and leaders are taking part in the UN Climate talks known as COP23. Besides those mentioned already, select industry suppliers and some smaller finished goods beauty and personal care brands...

Good Housekeeping hosts first-annual Green Summit

14-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The consumer magazine, well-known for its Good Housekeeping Seal and more recently the Green Good Housekeeping Seal, hosted a full-day conference in New York City last week, bringing together experts and advocates to discuss the state and future of ‘green,’...

A new private equity firm wants to invest in cosmetics and personal care

06-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Founders Neda Daneshzadeh and Alicia Sontag announced the launch of Prelude Growth Partners at the start of this month and are on the lookout for “high potential, fast-growing consumer brands” in the beauty business.

Canada's most trusted beauty and personal care retailers, according to BrandSpark data

02-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The insights and marketing firm released the results of its latest consumer trust survey this week, and which stores and etailers Canadian cosmetics and personal care shoppers trust says a lot about the current beauty retail moment.

Costco steps up “effort to reduce potential chemical harm to humans and…environment”

31-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The warehouse retailer announced an updated chemical management policy this month as well as a partnership with the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry that will help the company limit so-called chemicals of concern along the supply chain as well as in...

California SCC Suppliers’ Day keynote explores how beauty consumers define ‘natural’

30-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Denise J. Herich, founder of the beauty product testing and consumer research firm The Benchmarking Company, kicked off Suppliers’ Day last Wednesday in Long Beach, California, with a data-rich presentation on how today’s consumer understands natural...

SCC annual scientific meeting and tech showcase preview

26-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The National Society of Cosmetic Chemists will host its annual program in December at a new venue in NYC. This week, Cosmetics Design spoke with Anna Langerveld, the organization’s 2017 chair, to find out what’s in the works for this year’s two-day event....

It’s almost time for the SCC California Suppliers’ Day

23-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care tradeshow takes place this week in Long Beach, California, on Wednesday, October 25, and Thursday, October 26. Keynote presentations on the opportunities and challenges of natural beauty will set the tone for the event. And the Cosmetics...

CEW event brings digital beauty pros together to learn from the best

18-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Beauty’s digital, tech, and marketing insiders flocked to CEW’s Connected Consumer Conference last week to hear the experts discuss how brands are using the latest tech tools to engage with consumers today. And Cosmetics Design was there to find out what’s...

Trending Tech: A quick tour of digital beauty business innovations

17-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

At recent cosmetics and personal care industry events across New York City beauty tech makers were exhibiting imaging systems, product development (and full lifecycle) software, as well as in-store digital tools and toys. Here, Cosmetics Design takes...

Sephora Accelerate 2018 is open for applications

16-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty retailer is now accepting applications for its program supporting women entrepreneurs in the cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance industries. Though founders need not be beauty brand leaders to apply; Sephora is also actively recruiting...

Beauty brands need innovation and social media to excel, say pros at Beauty Biz Roundtable

11-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The fall installment of the twice-yearly industry event took place late last week in Santa Monica, California, bringing cosmetics and personal care industry executives together for networking, brainstorming, and ideas sharing.

Lion Equity Partners acquires Vivabox USA

10-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The Denver, Colorado – based private investment firm announced completion of the deal recently and now has plans to grow the cosmetics and personal care sampler box maker’s business organically and strategically by acquisition.

October is breast cancer awareness month and the beauty business world knows it

04-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The pink ribbon movement celebrates 25 years this month and prominent cosmetics and personal care companies are marking the milestone with donations, data, research partnerships, and specially branded products to raise money for the cause.

Walmart updates chemical ingredient policy for cosmetics, skin care, and more

02-Oct-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The discount retailer has refreshed its policies around chemical ingredients in an effort to be a leader in the stainable chemistry movement as well as to provide transparent formulation information to consumers.

Natural and organic personal care product labeling, a path to a solution

25-Sep-2017 By Gay Timmons

Earlier this month, Cosmetics Design sent out a special e-newsletter on natural and organic labeling in the cosmetics and personal care industry. Here, Gay Timmons, president of the Natural and Organic Health and Beauty Alliance and an occasional commenter...

Beauty subscription service Birchbox turns 7

21-Sep-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The cosmetics and personal care products sampling business celebrates its seventh anniversary this month with a collectible box series and customer appreciation offers.  

Agnes B. Chapski to lead Sandow’s Beauty Engine

20-Sep-2017 By Deanna Utroske

This week the media company, which specializes in design, beauty, fashion, and luxury, announced that Chapski will join Sandow as president of both its Beauty Engine brand services venture and its NewBeauty publication.

“If we as beauty companies want every woman to buy our products…”

19-Sep-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Jamie Kern Lima, speaking at this year’s CEW Achiever Awards, urged beauty leaders to change the way images and models are used to market cosmetics and personal care products to women.

ABC shines light on tainted ingredients with book chapter on essential oil adulteration

18-Sep-2017 By Hank Schultz

The American Botanical Council is continuing to shed light on the issue of the adulteration of botanical ingredients by making available a book chapter on the adulteration of essential oils.  This comes on the heels of the publication of an ABC bulletin...

Finalists announced for 2017 L’Oréal Women in Digital NEXT Generation Award

14-Sep-2017 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the beauty powerhouse announced the three brands that are still in the running for L’Oréal’s annual award honoring tech innovations that are set to change the cosmetics and personal care industry.

Beauty startups to compete for $5,000 prize at JPitch during in-cosmetics NA

12-Sep-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Johnson & Johnson hosted a live event for cosmetics and personal care startups at this year’s in-cosmetics Global event. Now, the company is relaunching the initiative as JPitch. And, interested consumer product innovators and tech companies can...

Is paraben research sensationalised?

05-Sep-2017 By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science

Research can be used to support amazing and important findings – it can also unfortunately be taken the wrong way before a true causative relationship is established, to create fear.

Marketing pros to get special attention at second annual in-cosmetics North America trade show

05-Sep-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Last year the global event series for cosmetics manufacturers made its North American debut with a show in New York City. For 2017, the show organizers are adding dedicated programming for marketers and product development professionals. This, in addition...

How beauty brands can get social media right

30-Aug-2017 By Sinead Norenius-Raniere

In today’s digital environment, things move fast especially with social media. So having a clear understanding of what is important and what you should be doing is critical to success both from an engagement standpoint but also a brand standpoint.

Biotech firm offering cosmetic companies an alternative to animal testing to open in US

29-Aug-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Genoskin makes unique human skin models for testing specialty chemicals as well as finished personal care and cosmetic products. This week, the French company announced plans to bring its business to the United States.

FIT and Allure Magazine launch online beauty certificate program

28-Aug-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Online learning in the cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance industries is gaining ground: L’Oreal teamed up with General Assembly on a program for the company’s marketing pros in late 2015, The Fragrance Foundation launched a perfume course early this...

in-cosmetics Latin America to be highly experiential and educational

23-Aug-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Next month in São Paulo, Brazil, the international cosmetics and personal care ingredient trade show opens its doors again, this time with a dedicated Protection Showcase, more interactive features, and programming to inform R&D pros and marketers...

Supplements could be missing opportunity connected to essential oils, experts say

31-Jul-2017 By Hank Schultz

Herbal product companies may be missing an opportunity in which essential oils and specific dietary supplements could be recommended simultaneously in condition-specific settings, experts say.