Packaging

Mary Kay signs onto UN Women’s Empowerment Principles

19-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the social sales beauty company added its name to a growing roster of businesses and corporations participating in WEPs. And late last week, when Deborah Gibbins, the company’s chief operating officer, spoke at a United Nations forum focused...

Sustainable Cosmetics Summit will return to NYC for 10th year

14-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The green beauty conference event hosted by ecovia Intelligence is set to take place in New York City again this May and will feature an array of expert speakers from innovative brands like Pinch of Colour, material recycling ventures like TerraCycle,...

Indie beauty was everywhere at 2019 CEW Product Demo

13-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Voting closes Thursday night. And it’s a tough call for the Beauty Awards this year: the room of indie beauty brands attracted quite a crowd, while elsewhere on the show floor startups and founder-led brands competed with legacy brands and multinational...

FaB NY event features beauty brands using tech and new approaches to commerce

12-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This past Thursday evening in New York City, FaB, the global fashion and beauty tech meetup group headed by Odile Roujol, held its second event in the city, featuring over a dozen speakers and attracting a large and diverse crowd of founders, funders,...

Editor’s Spotlight

This One Actually Works: How many deodorant brands can the market bear?

11-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Alternative deodorants from established indie brands, new startups, natural product makers, and even multinationals are having a moment. There seems to be a new underarm product—in some clever form, format, or formula—launched every day now. Here, Cosmetics...

4 novel beauty innovations seen at Beauty Squared

07-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This week’s Beauty Squared event in New York City features 20+ indie brands, all orbiting the mindful beauty space. Here Cosmetics Design looks at 4 brands doing things differently in packaging, color cosmetics, skin care, and personal care.

Aptar partners with Odore on fragrance sample distribution platform

06-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The internet-of-things sampling platform company announced the partnership last month—a deal that gives Aptar and its beauty dispensers business reach in the digital retail space as well as an additional service Aptar can offer existing and prospective...

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A look at all things legal in beauty with Aliza Karetnick, Partner at Ballard Spahr LLP

05-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics Design recently sat down with Aliza Karetnick, an attorney who specializes in cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance, to discuss legal concerns facing beauty makers, suppliers, and retailers today. During our conversation, Karetnick shares...

PCPC Washington Report takes stock of wins and losses for the beauty industry

28-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At this week’s annual meeting event, members of the Personal Care Products Council’s board of directors presented an overview of how all things political in the US just now are affecting the organization’s work on behalf of the industry.

Aptar continues outreach to indie beauty brands with new site

26-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The packaging company launched its new site for startups and standalone cosmetics and personal care brands at this week’s Luxe Pack event in Los Angeles, California. It’s the next iteration of Aptar’s Indie Boutique offering.

Amazon continues to attract indie beauty brands

25-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month, Pour Moi Skincare announced plans to start selling on the multinational ecommerce platform—a move that more and more cosmetics and personal care startups are making since Amazon launched its dedicated indie beauty shop last summer.

Qosmedix adds mini beauty packaging division

21-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The supplier’s new Itty Bitty Beauty offering is a platform meant to simplify the design and packaging selection process for brands looking to add mini sizes to their cosmetics and personal care product portfolio. Qosmedix will launch its new platform...

Can limited-edition packaging work for indie personal care brands?

19-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

OLIKA believes it can. The design-driven consumer goods brand launched 2 years ago and still has essentially one product: hand sanitizer. In late January, OLIKA debuted the first of its Rare Bird Collection, a limited-edition series of OLIKA’s popular...

ADF&PCD returns to NYC in 2019

19-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In mid-September, the North American edition of Easyfairs beauty packaging event will showcase the latest in aerosol, dispensing, perfume, and cosmetic packaging. The 2-day show will feature exhibitors, tours, awards, and educational presentations pertinent...

Editor’s Spotlight

Small but Mighty: how mission-led indie beauty brands are sharing the wealth

18-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At a benefit event in New York City last week, Linda Treska, founder of the waterless makeup brand Pinch of Colour, announced the launch of Blue Angel Charity, a nonprofit working in tandem with the brand to “combat the global water crisis.”