Nutricosmetics

Beauty Tradeshow Info: Previewing Cosmoprof NA 2021

11-Aug-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This year’s CPNA tradeshow opens August 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will (as usual) feature exhibitors from all sectors of the beauty industry: cosmetics and personal care consumer brands; supply side companies offering ingredients, product dev solutions,...

Searching for Skin Supplements: the beauty-from-within boom continues

09-Aug-2021 By Deanna Utroske

So-called beauty vitamins like zinc, vitamin C, vitamin D, turmeric, biotin, and collagen are in demand. And data shows that consumers continue to search for supplements and add them into their routines.

Amyris joins the menopause beauty movement

27-Jul-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the biotech company announced plans to add yet another consumer-facing business to its portfolio of cosmetics and personal care brands.

Highlights from the Beauty from Within webinar

26-Jul-2021 By Danielle Masterson

The beauty from within category is resonating in the marketplace as consumers look to maintain a youthful glow and even turn back the clock. The nutri-cosmetics market is forecasted to grow significantly over the next few years and the rising interest...

Inside the trends that are driving the nutri-cosmetic boom

15-Jul-2021 By Danielle Masterson

We're taking a look at a what is shaping and defining the category as we gear up for next week's Beauty from Within Webinar.

Mintel is seeing a spike in demand for beauty market intelligence, here is why

30-Jun-2021

With pandemic lockdowns slowly being lifted, the beauty and personal care industry is starting is emerging from its hibernation. This means innovation pipelines are being fired up again, but for what? We contacted Mintel to find out more.

Natura &Co - one year in to the Commitment to Life

23-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the Brazil-based multinational beauty maker shared an update on its Commitment to Life, a corporate social responsibility initiative focused on “some of the world’s most pressing issues” first announced in June 2020.

Upcycled Certified seal now available for cosmetics and personal care products

17-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the Upcycled Food Association began enrollment for the Upcycled Certified program, giving consumer beauty brands the opportunity to highlight the use of waste-stream ingredients.

Mary Kay joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation Network, aiming to source materials more sustainably

03-Jun-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty maker is among the Foundation’s 10 newest Network members, businesses and institutions tasked with leading the change to a circular economy.

CPNA Returns: the largest B2B beauty event in the region opens registration for August 2021 tradeshow

18-May-2021 By Deanna Utroske

For nearly two decades now, Cosmoprof North America has been one of the most expansive and well-attended cosmetics and personal care industry events in the US. Now, BolognaFiere Cosmoprof (the organization behind the tradeshow) prepares for a safety-first,...

Immunity and beauty: The science, trends and future promise for growth

18-May-2021 By CosmeticsDesign-Europe Senior Reporter

Interest in topical and ingestible beauty products that support and even boost immunity is gaining traction, but what science can back up product developments and how much growth potential is there really in this space?

SCC call-for-speakers deadline is May 15

05-May-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The Society of Cosmetic Chemists is developing the content program for the organization’s 75th Annual Scientific Meeting and Showcase and is currently accepting abstracts from prospective speakers.

Amanda E Johnson and LaToya Williams-Belfort to speak at Black Enterprise Summit

05-May-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Tomorrow, Thursday May 6, the multimedia company is hosting a free online event for small businesses and aspiring founders. And the program includes both the COO of Mented Cosmetics and the Executive Director of the 15 Percent Pledge.

ROELMI HPC: developing ingredients for tomorrow’s global beauty marketplace

28-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

With a watchful eye on the US cosmetics and personal care market, the Italian biotech company is leveraging green chemistry, local sourcing and production, and the science of sustainability to innovate for the future of beauty.

Sephora at Kohl’s: where department stores and next-gen beauty retail meet

27-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty retail partnership will be realized in-store this August and continue expanding in the years ahead.

Beauty Pitch Alert: The Big Find returns at QVC and HSN

15-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

For the third year now, the video commerce and livestream retailer Qurate is running The Big Find pitch competition to discover founder-led brands across consumer product categories, including cosmetics and personal care.

Sustainable step change: Can circular beauty become a mainstream reality?

08-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Many beauty manufacturers, suppliers and retailers have made important sustainability pledges for this coming decade, but as efforts kickstart in shifting linear business models to circular ways of working, there remains a raft of challenges along the...

Beauty subscription service IPSY announces banned ingredients list

07-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Late last month, IPSY introduced an initial list of 32 ingredients that the company will prohibit in products shipped by the end of 2022.

Circular Beauty: The future of sustainable sourcing, green chemistry and eco-design

24-Mar-2021 By CosmeticsDesign-Europe Senior Reporter

The global beauty industry is working hard to make circularity a mainstream reality, reinventing and reconsidering all aspects of complex supply chains. But what does the future truly hold as industry tries to close the loop?

L’Oréal Canada calls for innovative startups

24-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This month the beauty maker announced an open innovation challenge, recruiting scalable businesses with winning solutions in ecommerce, conscious tech, or new channel opportunities.

Innovation in Action: advances in microbiome beauty

19-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Personal care and cosmetics consumers are more intrigued and informed about the human microbiome every day. Here, Cosmetics Design takes a look at newly emerging science, brand updates, and other microbiome news worth knowing.

Bon Voyage: how beauty brands can redefine the future of wellness travel

18-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics Design recently checked in with travel, beauty, and wellness expert Edyta Satchell to find out how brands can best innovate to meet the needs of business and leisure travelers, and why now is the time to do so.

Beauty-from-within ingredients join NutraIngredients-USA Awards roster

15-Mar-2021

CosmeticsDesign-USA’s sister publication, NutraIngredients-USA, has expanded its ‘Ingredient of the Year’ categories for its annual NutraIngredients-USA Awards with the addition of Beauty-from-Within Ingredient.

PROBIOTA - ONE WEEK AND COUNTING!

Probiota 2021: A conversation with Wesley Carpentier

03-Feb-2021 By Will Chu

With one week to go till Probiota, NutraIngredients took the opportunity to chat with one of the panellists for the event to hear his thoughts on where the industry is heading towards in the next few years.

Tracee Ellis Ross to advise on Ulta Beauty diversity and inclusion initiatives

02-Feb-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Today, the beauty retail chain announced the new D&I Advisor role along with efforts to ensure that all customers and stakeholders “feel connected to and reflected at Ulta Beauty.”

Black-owned beauty gets support from L’Oréal USA – NAACP partnership

01-Feb-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Just in time for Black History Month, the multinational cosmetic and personal care company has announced a grant program—deadline February 18, 2021—to support startups and small businesses.

TriNutra introduces B’utyQuin for cosmetic product formulations

28-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The nutritional supplements company has ventured into beauty, launching 3% thymoquinone black cumin seed oil as a topical skin care active at the start of 2021.

James B Holcomb moves to Univar Solutions

28-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of year, the chemical distribution executive joined Univar to lead the company’s ingredient distribution business in North America.

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.

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...

DuPont launches new probiotic to reduce stress

14-Jan-2021 By Jim Cornall

DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences has launched HOWARU Calm, a probiotic aimed at helping dietary supplement manufacturers decrease the cycle of consumer stress.

Beauty vitamin maker HUM Nutrition launches stress reducing supplement

06-Jan-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This week the brand with the tag line ‘Beauty Starts from Within’, announces its latest gummie supplement, Calm Sweet Calm.

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.

Mary Kay funds global water protection efforts in partnership with Nature Conservancy

17-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month the multinational beauty company expanded upon its partnership with the Nature Conservancy to support programs in Mexico, Colombia, the Solomon Islands, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and beyond.

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...

L’Oréal invests in social-selling software to increase ecomm revenue above 25%

16-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the multinational beauty maker’s venture capital fund announced a minority investment in Replika Software, a tool that lets brands create a ‘retail partnership’ with any individual active on social or streaming platforms.

UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2020: ‘Green pandemic recovery’ needed to curb 3°C global temperature rise

09-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Urgent action is needed to lower a global temperature rise in excess of 3°C by the end of this century, and United Nation leaders say COVID-19 recovery packages could offer a beacon of hope.

Mozzafiato: Italian Beauty has a new retail home in the US and Canada

09-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Building on the multi-brand specially beauty concept popularized by retailers large and small, like Sephora, Ulta, Credo, and Beauty Heroes, Mozzafiato is curating Italian Beauty brands for the US market and reaching consumers both online and in store....

L’Oréal, Kao Corporation and flurry of beauty suppliers secure 'Triple A’ CDP rating in 2020

08-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal, Asia-Pacific personal care giant Kao Corporation and four industry suppliers have been awarded a triple ‘A’ status for sustainable efforts across climate change, forests and water security this year, securing six of...

Can L’Oréal really help stop public sexual harassment?

03-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

After survey data showed that 9 out of 10 women around the world say that harassment is the number one issue they face, the multinational beauty maker teamed up with Hollaback!, an organization dedicated to transforming culture and ending harassment.

APTAR beauty packaging meets Credo's sustainability guidelines

23-Nov-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the packaging supplier and the clean beauty retailer teamed up to make it all the easier for cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands to choose packaging that Credo deems sustainable.

IBMG’s latest launch connects retail buyers and indie beauty brands online

19-Nov-2020 By Deanna Utroske

As the Coronavirus pandemic wears on, the future of in-person meetings, events, and tradeshows where so many relationships were built and business deals transacted (or at least initiated) remains uncertain. To help independent cosmetics, personal care,...

Ecovia Intelligence announces 2020 Sustainable Beauty Award Winners

10-Nov-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The research and consulting company publicized this year’s winners and runners-up during a virtual event this month, celebrating brands, suppliers, and corporate leaders “pushing the boundaries of sustainability” in the international cosmetics and personal...

RCT: Vitamin D supplementation assists eczema treatment

05-Nov-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

Vitamin D supplementation can improve patient response to treatment for severe eczema, according to a new RCT involving 92 children and teens.

PODCAST: A global beauty view on COVID-19 – business resilience, learnings so far and future strategies

04-Nov-2020 By Kacey Culliney

The beauty and personal care world has faced significant upheaval on a global scale during the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but it has also emerged as resilient and innovative despite consumer and retail trends morphing at great speed....

Omnichannel Upgrade: Avon opens a first brick-and-mortar beauty retail shop in Los Angeles, California

28-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Just when social sales and DTC brands seem to have a competitive edge in the cosmetics and personal care marketplace, the direct sales beauty maker opens an enormous shop called Studio 1886 in LA’s Koreatown.

Uplink relaunches to better connect indie brands with beauty packaging and ingredient suppliers

27-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The online and events platform launched an all new website this month, complete with a concierge service for brand leaders. Cosmetics Design checked in with Nader Naeymi-Rad of IBMG to learn more.

Can biotechnology make PFAS and other so-called forever chemicals degradable?

27-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Degradability is increasingly important in the cosmetics and personal care industry. And whether per- and poly-fluorinated compounds are in beauty formulations as an ingredient or a trace contaminant, they persist in the environment and are (as a result)...

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Raise the Green Bar Sustainability Summit is this Thursday

19-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

On October 22, the cross-industry sustainability event (now in its fourth year) goes online with a half-day of programming meant to help corporations, brands, and consumers connect and coordinate on all things sustainability.

Beauty Ballot: PCPC member companies pledge to give employees time to vote in 2020

05-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Under the leadership of Board Chair Keech Combe Shetty, the Personal Care Products Council is for the first time inviting member companies like Kao, Mary Kay, and L’Oréal to sign onto a civic engagement pledge.