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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.

Waste No More: why upcycled ingredients are the compost heap in green beauty’s backyard

25-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

As sustainability goals in the cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance industry advance to become circularity initiatives, new and novel raw materials that would have otherwise been waste are showing up in the beauty ingredient marketplace.

A deep dive into CosmeticsDesign's Skin Microbiome Webinar

The future of the skin microbiome? ‘It’s mind blowing’ – think oral care, intimate care and makeup

24-Sep-2020 By Kacey Culliney

There will be a proliferation of newly carved out product categories targeting the skin microbiome in coming months, as consumer interest spikes and development capabilities advance, say experts.

2021 Blue Beauty Awards open for nominations

24-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The program launched just last year as a collaboration between INNOCOS and Beauty Heroes, celebrates beauty, wellness, and lifestyle brands and products that are sustainable and making a positive impact on the environment.

Natura & Co and L’Oréal ranked most ‘inclusive and diverse’ beauty majors in the world: Refinitiv report

17-Sep-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Natura & Co and L’Oréal are two of the top 10 most inclusive and diverse publicly traded companies worldwide in 2020, according to financial market insights firm Refinitiv.

Noniko and Verity team up on refillable stainless-steel deo packaging

15-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The California-based deodorant brand has plans to be a fully plastic-free business by mid-2021. And the brand’s partnership with a new beauty packaging company is a key piece of that sustainability strategy.

Serious about the skin microbiome: Science, regulation and opportunities in 2020

09-Sep-2020 By Kacey Culliney

The skin microbiome continues to ignite interest as science fast advances and product innovations hit shelves, but where exactly are the biggest opportunities for industry and what will be the key challenges moving forward?

Nutrafol hair supplement brand patents botanical ingredient blend

03-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the popular hair wellness startup announced that it has secured a US patent for the proprietary blend of botanical ingredients that powers Nutrafol hair growth supplements.

2021 Beauty Shortlist Awards open for entries

02-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The international cosmetics, personal care, and wellness awards program is known as a discovery platform for retailers and consumers as well as for being independent from advertiser or sponsorship support.

2020 Conference on Engineering Cosmetics and Consumer Products goes online in September

27-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers will host the 3-day event, showcasing the latest personal care and beauty formulation trends, engineering innovations, and packaging and manufacturing technologies.

One Ocean acquired by Present Life

25-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The new beauty and wellness holding company, led by former Coty CEO Camillo Pane, announced the acquisition just this week.

FORMA is building brands for next-gen beauty consumers

24-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

A new venture, backed by the growth equity firm General Atlantic, has emerged from what was Morphe Holdings to develop, accelerate, acquire, and curate the personal care, cosmetics, and wellness brands that will win over Millennial and Gen Z consumers.

Clean Beauty spending up 26% among Gen Z consumers

20-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

That’s according to new data from financial services company Klarna, who only today announced a partnership with Beautycounter.

Unfiltered Experience rethinks what’s possible with virtual beauty events

19-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The new industry event—launched just last year—connects beauty brand founders with influencers, buyers, experts, and editors. And the 2020 edition of Unfiltered Experience promises to bring that same high-value interconnectedness to an online event.

Brown Girl Jane to help fund and mentor Black women beauty and wellness entrepreneurs

13-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The month, the indie beauty brand teamed up with Unilever to expand on its #BrownGirlSwap initiative and further support Black brand founders.

Why should formulating chemists care about personalized beauty?

12-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

A lot of what’s going on in the personalized beauty space today relies on algorithms, data, and all things digital. But ingredient makers are getting in on the trend too, helping chemists trouble shoot NPD for personalized and custom formulation options.

Keech Combe Shetty elected Board Chair of PCPC

04-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Personal Care Products Council has announced that as of Monday, Keech Combe Shetty—Executive Chair at Combe, the personal care company behind brands like Vagisil and Just For Men—is the organization’s new Board Chair.

Buy now, Pay later: Sephora Canada signs a deal with PayBright

23-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty retailer already offers US consumers an installment payments option in partnership with Klarna, a Sweden-based bank and financial services company. Now, a deal with Paybright brings that same financing option to beauty consumers in Canada.

Indie Beauty Opportunity: The Big Find is back at QVC and HSN

21-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The 2020 edition of Qurate Retail Group’s indie brand pitch competition is now open for entries.