Packaging

Inc. recognizes privately owned beauty makers and suppliers

11-May-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The business magazine’s second annual list of Private Titans highlights 1,000 companies across industries that were once startups but have since grown in sales, employees, valuation and other indicators so as to standout in the private sector.

Editor's Essay

CosmeticsDesign.com - staying home and staying connected with you

06-May-2020 By Deanna Utroske

All around the world, cosmetics and personal care industry professionals have been working from home during the Coronavirus pandemic. Without the usual calendar of events and tradeshows, we’re finding new ways to stay in touch and stay informed.

Is this a good time to educate beauty consumers about recycling?

06-May-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Recycle BC, a non-profit based in British Columbia, thinks so. The organization headed up by Tamara Burns just launched a campaign encouraging consumers to tour their own homes and spot any otherwise-overlooked recyclable packaging.

Bioplastics innovation ‘particularly poorly covered’ in cosmetics: Report

27-Apr-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Bioplastics research and development efforts worldwide remain very immature, particularly in cosmetics where there have been very few patents filed, according to Clarivate Analytics.

Use Only as Directed: FDA reminds the public that hand sanitizer is for external use only

27-Apr-2020 By Deanna Utroske

In today’s Coronavirus Update, the US Food and Drug Administration emphasizes efforts to maintain the safety of hand sanitizer and also takes care to state that sanitizer is not a medical treatment.

INW manufacturing single-use sachets of hand sanitzer for donation

24-Apr-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Texas-based skin care and supplements maker announced the new production plans this week along with a Unity Pay increase for hourly staff.

Health Canada relaxes hand soap regulations amid Coronavirus crisis

21-Apr-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Over the weekend, the government agency issued a public advisory announcing temporary regulatory requirements for hand soap, body soap, and household cleaning products.

Hand Sanitizer is now available with continuous spray technology, thanks to Starco Brands

21-Apr-2020 By Deanna Utroske

On Monday, the company’s Breathe brand launched a collection of hand sanitizer products, including 3 SKUs with what it calls ‘clean aerosol’ dispensing technology.

Making Beauty Packaging Better: how advancements in product and material innovation are shaping the marketplace

15-Apr-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Innovation begets innovation. The beauty industry, even now, is a fast-moving industry. As cosmetics and personal care product ingredients and formulations become evermore sophisticated and nuanced so too do the materials, and designs, and dispensing...

Ulta Beauty to furlough retail store associates on April 19

09-Apr-2020 By Deanna Utroske

In the face of difficult business choices, the beauty retailer pledges to take several steps to help support both furloughed and remaining staff during the Coronavirus crisis.

2020 Good Housekeeping Sustainability Awards open for entries

31-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the Good Housekeeping Institute began accepting submissions for its now annual awards program. This year the Institute will recognize sustainable packaging innovation in four industries: home care and cleaning, toys, food, and beauty and personal...

Coronavirus pushes B2B beauty to go digital

31-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

With nearly every 2020 cosmetic and personal care tradeshow canceled or postponed, beauty industry suppliers are taking ingredient launches, technical seminars, branded content, and much more online to keep business moving.

There’s a new beauty wipes labeling law in Washington State

26-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

On Wednesday, Governor Jay Inslee signed HB 2565 into State law, updating the labeling guidelines for cosmetic wipes, baby wipes, surfacing cleaning wipes, and other such non-flushables.

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A Refill and Recycling Revolution: TerraCycle’s Tom Szaky talks about beauty

25-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month’s PCPC Annual Meeting was all about sustainability. At the event, Cosmetics Design caught up with Szaky to discuss the business of TerraCycle, the Loop platform, and sustainable beauty packaging more broadly.

IBMG remains the go-to resource for indie beauty brand leaders, even during the Coronavirus pandemic

24-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Today, the Indie Beauty Media Group launched a new free online resource center called #BeautyUnites to keep independent cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brand founders informed, inspired, and in good spirits.

Editor's Spotlight

Victorialand Beauty reaches out to visually impaired consumers with site and packaging updates

23-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

For the skin care startup Victorialand Beauty, inclusive beauty is accessible beauty. And in recent months, the brand has improved website functionality and product packaging design to better serve consumers with vision impairments.

3 more major US beauty industry tradeshows get rescheduled due to COVID-19

19-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week the NYSCC Suppliers’ Day event, Cosmoprof North America, and Luxe Pack New York all announced new dates.

19 ways the beauty industry is responding to CoronaVirus

18-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

It wasn’t until 2020 that Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) became a factor of import in the cosmetics and personal care industry. But by now, no matter where in the world you are, the virus has changed things. Here Cosmetics Design looks at how our...

The Body Shop Canada redecorates to focus on refillables and activism

12-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Natura subsidiary reopened its CF Pacific Centre store in Vancouver, Canada, this month with new features meant to reintroduce consumers to the brand’s progressive mission for gender equality, environmental sustainability, and more.

The PCPC’s focus on science, safety, and sustainability

10-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of March, the Personal Care Products Council held its annual meeting event, complete with educational panels, keynotes, and breakout sessions. This year’s topic was sustainability. And Cosmetics Design was there to connect with the experts,...

2020 in-cosmetics global trade show postponed until June

05-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Today, the organizers behind in-cosmetics global have announced—in light of mounting coronavirus concerns in Europe—a postponement of this year’s event.

5 innovative brands win Blue Beauty Awards at INNOCOS

04-Mar-2020 By Deanna Utroske

At this week’s INNOCOS event in Scottsdale, Arizona, the first Blue Beauty Award winners were announced, recognizing cosmetics, personal care, and wellness brands for business strategies and initiatives that have a positive environmental effect.

2020 Indie Beauty Innovators Awards open for entries

26-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Late last week, the Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors opened their 2020 IBI Awards competition in 8 product categories and 7 stewardship categories.

What does IBE look like overseas?

24-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

One month from now, the Berlin, Germany, edition of the Indie Beauty Expo will open its doors, welcoming buyers from nearly 80 retailers as well as 100s of press and influencers, brand founders, and other industry professionals.

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VIKE Beauty at IBE LA: launching a brand and elevating a category

20-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

At last month’s Indie Beauty Expo event in Los Angeles, California, the beauty influencers known on InstaGram as The Vike Twins were showcasing their newly launched brand and category disrupting makeup remover mist.

L’Oréal Canada’s founding President has passed away

20-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Philippe Dalle opened the beauty maker’s Canada-based subsidiary in 1958 and served as President until 1984. This week the company and the industry morn his loss.

Sustainable Beauty strategies for the 2020s

20-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The New Year marked a new decade as well; and over the past two months news of environmentally sustainable cosmetics and personal care products, packaging, and business operations point to a future where green practices are built in rather than added...

in-cosmetics Global spotlights beauty tech

14-Feb-2020 By Kacey Culliney

in-cosmetics Global will feature a dedicated beauty tech zone, showcasing the latest smart products and providing a platform to network and spark collaboration.

Unilever gets into sustainable oral care race with recycled plastic toothbrush

05-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Among multinationals, Colgate has been making headlines in the sustainable oral care space of late, and several indie and startup brands are pushing the category forward as well. Now Unilever is back in the game with today’s launch of the Signal Ecolo...

NOHBA Summit on clean and green beauty opens in March

04-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The first summit event from the Natural and Organic Health and Beauty Alliance will run for 2 days in Los Angeles, California, bringing together cosmetics and personal care industry leaders for educational sessions and networking meant to clarify and...

Editor's Spotlight

Can plastic waste be transformed in to cosmetic and personal care ingredients?

27-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

In an article published late last year in the ACS journal Central Science, researchers document how polyethylene can be catalytically upcycled into liquid lubricants and waxes.

IBE announces 2019 Best in Show winners, 5 trends stand out

24-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Just days before the 2020 Indie Beauty Expo event series gets underway, the 2019 Best in Show have been announced; and several of the winning cosmetics and personal care products exemplify global innovation trends.

Beauty Tech Faceroll: one brand’s plan to reach consumers through gaming

23-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, Benefit Cosmetics announced a cross-industry collaboration that promises to reach more than 15,000,000 women.

KDC/ONE acquisition streak continues with Paristy Chemical deal

22-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

After buying several businesses in the second half of 2019, the Canada-based beauty manufacturing company has announced it’s acquiring Shanghai Paristy Daily Chemical Co., Ltd.

In-Depth Interview

Afro Sheen: the return of an iconic hair care and styling brand

21-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the popular unisex hair brand that went dormant in the 1990s is back on the shelves and sites of at-mass retailers. Cosmetics Design checked in with product development and marketing experts familiar with the Afro Sheen brand to learn more....

Beauty suppliers and manufacturers taking steps toward circularity

21-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Several companies in the cosmetics and personal care sector have signed on to support the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in its development of an online tool to help businesses measure and track their progress toward economic circularity.

Key industry suppliers to support indie beauty brands at Uplink Live

17-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The new tradeshow dedicated to bringing solution providers and indie brands together will open later this month in Los Angles, California. And top cosmetics and personal care industry suppliers, including Croda and Evonik will be among the exhibitors....

Can the beauty industry have a positive impact on the environment?

16-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Yes, if you ask Beauty Heroes and INNOCOS. The clean beauty discovery service and the global INNOCOS summit organizer have teamed up to launch a new awards program recognizing brands and products that are doing just that.

Āether Beauty: the indie brand setting an example for sustainable color cosmetics packaging

13-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The makeup brand Tiila Abbitt founded in 2018 is educating consumers and setting a new standard for makeup packaging. Āether Beauty’s latest launch is “literally the only liquid lip component in all of Sephora that can be recycled.”

Event Preview

Uplink Live hits LA, connecting suppliers with indie beauty brand leaders

09-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Later this month the tradeshow-within-a-tradeshow will open in Los Angeles, California, helping solution providers of every ilk meet with indie beauty brands and build the business relationships that will grow into industry gold.

TricorBraun acquires personal care packaging distributor Packaging Solutions Inc.

08-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The St. Louis, Missouri – based packaging design and distribution company announced the deal to acquire PSI on Tuesday.

ICMAD announces 2020 Cosmetic Technical Regulatory Forum program

08-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The 2-day educational event takes place next month in California and will cover a wide array of legal, technical, legislative, and regulatory updates affecting the cosmetics and personal care industry.

SCC celebrates a big milestone for beauty science

07-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This year, The Society of Cosmetic Chemists turns 75. And the professional organization has new commemorative logo to mark the occasion.

Sally Beauty is going vegan and eliminating single-use plastic shopping bags

02-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty retailer announced environmental sustainability initiatives, in response to consumer demand, late last year.

2019 Indie Beauty News Highlights

24-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

As we look ahead to 2020, let’s not forget the stellar year that 2019 has been for the independent beauty movement. Here Cosmetics Design reviews 10 top 2019 news items about all things indie.

The Year in Cannabis Beauty

24-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

2019 has been a big year for CBD, hemp, and cannabis in cosmetics and personal care. And while the regulatory climate is far from fixed, suppliers, manufacturers, and brands of every size have been making moves in cannabis beauty.

Highlights from our 2019 coverage of the LATAM region

19-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

It has been an interesting year in the Latin American region, with economic and political volatility, environmental issues and sustainability all underpinning what has happened in the beauty industry.

What’s the big fuss about the circular economy?

17-Dec-2019 By What’s the big fuss about the circular economy?

As beauty and personal care manufacturers and suppliers raise the bar on sustainability, the circular economy is a phrase that is popping up with increasing frequency? But what is it and what does it mean to the industry.

Editor's Spotlight

Indie Beauty Up Close: a conversation with Lynette Lovelace, Creator and CEO of Lifetherapy

09-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Long-time entrepreneur Lynette Lovelace launched the Lifetherapy brand in 2008 to “teach women about a positive way of life.” And what is now a neatly curated collection of fragrance, body care, and candles is still just the beginning of a lifestyle brand...

Expo Pack Mexico 2020 almost sold out

05-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

The organizers of the 2020 Expo Pack Mexico event, to be held at Expo Santa Fe, Mexico City, June 2 – 5, say that the event is proving highly popular and that exhibition space is selling out fast.