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Cosmetics Design's top LATAM stories

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

We are bringing you some of the highlights from our recent Latin American beauty market coverage, which includes interesting moves from brands and suppliers, industry expos and market trends.

FCE Cosmetique readies for 2018 event

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

The dates for the FCE Cosmetique event are set for May 22 – 24 at the Sao Paulo Expo space and organizers NürnbergMesse Brazil is aiming to build on the success of last year.

Cosmetics Design Latin America wants to hear from you!

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Cosmetics Design team is dedicating itself to providing the most cutting edge and informative news for the cosmetics and personal care industry throughout Latin America, so, naturally, we want to hear about all the news from your business in the region!

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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.

Coty announces AI competition for tech start-ups ready to revolutionize beauty

21-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Interested creative professionals and technology starts-ups have under one month to submit brand-specific pitches to Coty for consideration in the competition, which is an extension of the Digital Accelerator program that Coty launched last year.

Skin care maker Cosmetic Solutions launches new hydrating and brightening serum

15-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The Florida-based private label company has just announced a newly formulated product that promises to provide both skin lightening and skin hydration benefits.

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...

Cosmoprof NA collaborates with LA Fashion Week

14-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

Cosmoprof North America is stepping up its game by forming an exclusive collaboration with Los Angeles Fashion Week, Fall 2018, a city known as the nerve center for West Coast fashion and a growing hub for beauty.

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.

Skin Microbiome Congress announces agenda, including speakers from L’Oréal, Unilever, J&J, and Gallinée

08-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The upcoming 2-day event will feature more than 25 experts speaking on skin care, scalp care, probiotics, regulations, and much more.

Method soap’s new design-inspired collection of packaging

07-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The brand sees its packaging as a matter of design and home décor. Accordingly, this latest limited-edition of hand soap and dish liquid bottles all feature trendy metallic shades; and there’s a sort of influencer marketing campaign in the mix too.

New World Odor: How New York City’s Perfumariē is revolutionizing all things fragrance

05-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The Perfumariē, a new fragrance concept shop, has reimagined the way perfumers, consumers, brands, and marketers approach the business of sensory perception. It’s no easy gimmick of experiential retail; rather, the Perfumariē is a place where professionals...

Sustainable Cosmetics Summit NYC focuses on green materials

30-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

The New York Sustainable Cosmetics Summit will take place in May and the team at Ecovia lntelligence have chosen to focus on green materials, as well as sourcing and marketing issues as key features of the two-day conference.

Indie Beauty Profile

Gretchen Chevalier, ittsē

29-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Gretchen Chevalier, founder of ittsē, explains how her work in beauty manufacturing led her to develop a distinctive color cosmetics brand around functional, stylish packaging. And, she shares practical yet daunting advice...

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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Hair treatment brand HairSil rebrands and relaunches as a direct-to-consumer business

24-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The mass-market product line is now available through the company’s own ecommerce sites; and HairSil has opened new offices to support the venture. This relaunch is just another example of how beauty brands are experimenting and reinventing to find their...

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C’est Moi, a beauty brand for teens, relaunches for spring 2018

23-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Over a year ago the brand was acquired by the children’s consumer products company JAKKS Pacific. Now this week, after being reinvented and repackaged, C’est Moi is launching an online retail business and exhibiting at the Indie Beauty Expo in LA as well.

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Beauty packager Qosmedix zeros in on sample sizes

18-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Several recent packaging trends like travel-friendly beauty, active beauty, waste-not want-not brands, dose control, and beauty boxes have led package makers like Qosmedix to offer brands more options when it comes to tiny containers for cosmetics and...

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Fragrance and beauty packaging supplier Groupe Pochet to be honored at 2018 Art of Packaging Gala

16-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The annual Pratt Institute event is a fundraiser for the Marc Rosen Scholarship and Education Fund for Packaging by Design; but it is also a chance to celebrate the innovation of brands and suppliers.

TricorBraun acquires personal care and nutraceutical packager

08-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Earlier this month TricoBraun announced the acquisition of Package All Corp, a New York State - based company with pharmaceutical, beauty, and beverage packaging capabilities (to name a few).

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....

Disruptive makeup brush brand Artis expands to Canada

03-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The relatively new beauty tool brand launched in Canada just last month and is hoping its distinctive and ergonomic brushes can change consumer expectations there and update color cosmetic application techniques as well.

Will the next generation of luxury be unattainable beauty and fragrance products?

03-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Many cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands are experimenting to discover what luxury means in a digital age. Curiously, the latest marketing initiative from fitness club company Equinox may offer some ideas. The company’s new Commitment collection...

Ariana Grande and the celebrity fragrance business

02-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Influencer and celebrity brands aren’t what they used to be, and recording artist Ariana Grande’s fragrance partnership with LUXE Brands is a case in point. Late last year the franchise passed the $150 million retail sales milestone.

LATAM Special Edition Newsletter

Cosmoprof’s ambitions in the Latin American market

21-Dec-2017 By Simon Pitman

Cosmoprof already has a major global presence with its events in Europe, Asia and North America. Now it is looking to increase its footprint in Latin America through its partnership with the Belleza Y Salud event.

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.

The Fragrance Foundation opens nominations for 2018 awards

18-Dec-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Wednesday, the foundation began accepting applications for its annual award program honoring perfumers, newly launched scents, indie fragrance, bath and body collections, packaging, media and marketing campaigns, and much more. This year’s competition...

Listen to Cosmetics Design on Where Brains Meet Beauty

14-Dec-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Editor Deanna Utroske is the guest on the latest edition of Where Brains Meet Beauty, a podcast hosted by Jodi Katz, founder of the Base Beauty Creative Agency. Over the course of the episode she talks with Jodi about what surprises her in the cosmetics,...

KDC further diversifies beauty manufacturing business with acquisition of Northern Labs Inc

13-Dec-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care contract manufacturing company has been growing swiftly, buying up related businesses—this time it’s a manufacturer that specializes in liquid, gel, lotion, and paste CPG for not only beauty brands but also those in the home, laundry,...

The NEST Fragrances business will be bigger and better in the New Year

12-Dec-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Thanks to Eurazeo’s $70 million investment in the home and fine fragrances company, NEST is on track to expand its product portfolio and retail reach.

Ecovia announces cosmetics masterclass focused on food ingredients

12-Dec-2017 By Deanna Utroske

As part of its occasional series of educational events, the global research and consulting firm will run a full-day event in San Francisco, California, early next year about the opportunities, challenges, and regulations pertaining to formulating personal...

Trend Flashback: Women’s Innovations

11-Dec-2017 By Deanna Utroske

One of the predictions in last December’s Cosmetics Design video ‘Top ten cosmetics and personal care trends for 2017’ was that, “Women will stand out in 2017 as the founders, inventors, and business leaders in personal care and cosmetics.” Here, we’ve...

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...

Hilton Lifestyle launches first skin care product

29-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care company started by Paris Hilton last year has, just this week, announced the launch of a single product, which promises to be the first in a full skin care collection coming to market early in the New Year.

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.

Shiseido to ring in the New Year with neuroscience-inspired skincare launch

22-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The company’s Essential Energy brand will launch globally in January 2018. And it promises to bring new ingredients, packaging, fragrance, and experiences to US consumers passionate about wellness, mindfulness, and beauty.

Advocacy group Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families rates toxic retailers

21-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Mass market retailers, well-known for their beauty and personal care departments, fare much better than the specialty cosmetic retail shops that received grades as part of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families annual retailer report card program.

Fire devastates private label beauty maker Verla International

21-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Explosions and fire destroyed the company’s manufacturing and contract filling facility in New Windsor, New York, yesterday. Several employees were injured and at least one lost his life. Now, regulatory compliance investigations are underway.

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...

Biomod Concepts launches the SkinSmart Dry Mask Boutique

15-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The biotech laboratory behind the dry mask infuser technology made popular by Nannette de Gaspé has just announced a market-ready collection of dry masks available in a variety of active formulations, skin care shapes, and decorative patterns.

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,’...

Shiseido Americas acquires AI tech company Giaran

08-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The deal brings advanced artificial intelligence technologies to the beauty company. And Shiseido intends to take full advantage of the company’s tech tools and data capabilities.

NJPEC Package of the Year Awards Gala takes place this month

06-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The 2017 edition of the annual New Jersey Packaging Executives Club awards event on Thursday, November 16, will be a celebration of this year’s winners—winners whose names have already been announced. And, several prominent beauty brands and esteemed...

Palette Naturals has arrived and fragrance ingredient labeling will never be the same

02-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

On cosmetics and personal care product ingredient lists ‘fragrance’ has long stood in for a propriety blend of notes, for closely guarded intellectual property, or—where some consumers are concerned—for undisclosed potential allergens. Rather than slowly...

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.

New packaging partnership creates TricorBraun South America SAS

01-Nov-2017 By Deanna Utroske

TricorBraun has teamed up with Amfora Packaging on a joint venture that will reach 5 countries in South America. Both companies, on their own, serve the cosmetics and personal care market, and TricorBraun South America will do the same.

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...