Packaging

Insider Tips: sourcing sustainable beauty packaging materials

03-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Andrew Dent, EVP of Material ConneXion, has actionable ideas about finding quantifiably sustainable packaging, the realities of recycling, and how greener practices can mean increased value for consumers and companies. Ahead of this year’s Sustainable...

From The Editor's Desk

Guatemalan designer shows how sustainable packaging can be done

03-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

I was intrigued to see an article I recently wrote about a Guatemalan designer creating sustainable packaging becoming one of the highest hitting on Cosmetics Design USA.

Dove wants media images to represent women as they are

27-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Today, the Unilever personal care brand announced a partnership with Getty Images and Girlgaze that makes a new library of stock photos available to media and advertisers for license. With its new #ShowUs initiative, Dove wants to expand the conventional...

in-cosmetics Global 2019 welcomes indie beauty brands

25-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At next month’s in-cosmetics global tradeshow in Paris, beauty startups and independent personal care brands will have a clear path to follow and an easier time connecting with ingredient suppliers that are offering low order volumes and other services...

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.”

Bond No. 9 moves into color cosmetics

14-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Today the niche fragrance company launched a first collection of lipsticks that, like the Bond No. 9 perfumes and scented products, celebrate iconic New York City neighborhoods.

20+ companies in beauty made Forbes 2019 list of America's Best Employers for Diversity

13-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The second annual ranking includes cosmetics and personal care manufacturers, industry suppliers, and a range of beauty retailers. Sephora, Ulta, Amazon, and Qurate all made the list; as did P&G, Mary Kay, The Estée Lauder Companies, and Unilever.

PCPC celebrates 125 years and readies for 2019 annual meeting

06-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The Personal Care Products Council will hold its annual meeting later this month, bringing together 500+ industry executives, supply-side professionals, and media for a mix of educational programming, networking, and strategic meetings.

ProAmpac reorganizes to serve cosmetics and personal care brands

06-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the flexible packaging company announced a newly configured team that will work with beauty makers to design and develop packaging solutions that make sense for the modern marketplace.

Unilever launches deodorant wipes and mini sprays

05-Feb-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care maker has been making headlines lately for its partnership with TerCycle and the Loop waste-free shopping platform, where Unilever will be trialing refillable ‘Minum’ deo tubes. Press materials announcing this latest launch conspicuously...

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This is what mindful beauty looks like.

31-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At IBE LA last week, Āether Beauty founder Tiila Abbitt spoke with Cosmetics Design about environmentally sustainable beauty packaging, how international trade relationships affect recycling in the US, her brand’s approach to ingredient sourcing, and...

Arcade Beauty and Vengo Labs team up to reinvent beauty on the go

30-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Portable skin care products, mini beauty, and sample sizes of everything from hair care to body care have become increasingly popular over the last year or so. Now, sampling company Arcade Beauty and retail tech maker Vengo Labs are teaming up to put...

Editor’s Spotlight

4 must-know beauty trends spotted at IBE LA

28-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Every day the indie beauty movement gets more sophisticated, the brands more varied, and the innovations more relevant. Cosmetics Design discovered these 4 trends last week at the Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles, California—trends that signal what’s...

Editor’s Spotlight

Sustainable Indie Makeup: Do niche cosmetics brands hold the answer to a circular economy?

21-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

A seemingly infinite number of niche personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance brands have come to market under the guise of being sustainable, green, or otherwise better for the environment than the typical drug store or department store brand. Here, Cosmetics...

GC3 invites green beauty tech startups to apply for upcoming showcase

17-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council is accepting applications for chemistry technology solutions and new ingredients that meet the needs of major companies—needs like UV filters with low aquatic toxicity and naturally derived hair conditioning...

Eco Well Podcast to host live show and green beauty consumer discovery event

16-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Jen Novakovich’s green beauty venture out of Canada features Cosmetics Design editor Deanna Utroske as a guest on this week’s podcast; and in March will host a first-of-its-kind panel discussion and shopping event, with the aim of connecting consumers...

Will waterless hair wash from OWA upend the category?

16-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty startup led by Kailey Bradt is preparing to launch its first product—a powder shampoo—in the weeks ahead. What this means for the hair care category is yet to be seen. But Moondust Hair Wash is already distinctive. Cosmetics Design checked...

BeautyX Summit returns to Los Angeles, California, this month

15-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The two-day educational event for entrepreneurs and indie beauty brand leaders will take place January 21 and 22 in LA. Attendees will hear from editors, influencers, and other experts on every facet of social and conventional media. Cosmetics Design...

Natural skin care brand Burt’s Bees shifts toothpaste manufacturing to P&G

10-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Clorox has owned Burt’s Bees since 2007, sold Burt's Bee branded toothpaste since 2010, and recently signed a licensing deal with P&G. Burt’s Bees toothpaste, made by P&G, hits shelves this month.

Good Housekeeping’s first Sustainability Awards accepting submission from cosmetics and personal care brands

08-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The long-trusted consumer magazine launched a Green Good Housekeeping Seal program in 2009, a Raising the Green Bar summit event in 2017 (in conjunction with Made Safe), and now has a sustainability awards program too. Submissions are open; and beauty...

Editor’s Spotlight

Beauty startups from Oceania are going global

07-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics Design recently predicted that ‘all things Australian’ will be good for the personal care and cosmetics business this year. Before this trend fully catches hold, here’s a look at some of the indie brands from Australia and New Zealand that are...

Editor’s Spotlight

2019 Goals: Building on the wisdom of indie beauty brand founders

04-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The Indie Beauty Profile column is moving…to Fridays! But before going ahead with that, Cosmetics Design is looking back over a selection of the business advice that featured cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brand leaders have shared over the past...

Beauty packager Aptar reaches energy management milestone

02-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In late 2018, the company’s Wisconsin facility secured ISO 50001 certification; an announcement that comes in the midst of ongoing efforts from cosmetics and personal care industry manufacturers and suppliers to reduce their environmental impact.

BASF breaks new ground with chemically recycled plastics

20-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

BASF is targeting the circular economy trend with its ChemCycling project, which helps turn waste plastic into new products.

Editor’s Spotlight

What is indie beauty anyway?

18-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Recently, brands featured on the Indie Beauty Profile column have been asked to define or explain their thinking on what makes a cosmetics, personal care, or fragrance brand independent. Here, Cosmetics Design has complied a selection of the replies in...

Printing industry sets sustainability goals for labeling

11-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership, (SGP) has set its goals for the print manufacturing on how to acheive higher levels of responsibility and sustainability.

Cosmetics Design’s new column: From The Editor’s Desk

05-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

Cosmetics Design is bringing you a new regular column, From The Editor’s Desk, designed to offer our readers a more in depth perspective on matters that are impacting our industry.

Unilever and Veolia partner on sustainable packaging

03-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Call it Blue Beauty, Conscious Business, or a Circular Economy; in any case small beauty brands and multinational cosmetics and personal care corporations are rethinking the status quo and working to ensure that the industry won’t be undone by thoughtless...

Winners revealed: Cosmoprof Asia honours best in beauty innovations

21-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

The winners of the Cosmoprof Asia and Cosmopack Asia Awards were announced at last week’s Hong Kong trade show in front of 200 guests, including finalists, buyers, and influencers.

Cosmoprof Bologna 2019 event designed around sustainability

20-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The organisers of next year’s Cosmoprof Bologna, one of the biggest global industry events, say that this year’s event has been carefully put together around the concept of sustainability.

Luxe Pack readies for second Los Angeles edition

19-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The dates are set for February 27th and 28th, 2019, for the second edition of the Luxe Pack Los Angeles event, in Barker Hangar, Santa Monica.

Editor's Spotlight

3 inspiring indie beauty packaging ideas

16-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Everyone knows now that it’s wise to watch indie brands and to pay careful enough attention to identify scalable ideas and innovations coming out of the indie space--ideas that have resonance with consumers and potential in the global market. Here Cosmetics...

Editor’s Spotlight

The conscious beauty supply chain

09-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Conscious personal care consumers, mission-driven fragrance brands, and feel-good cosmetics marketing campaigns are hard to miss now days. So smart suppliers and distributors are not only helping beauty makers tell more nuanced ingredient stories, they...

Editor’s Spotlight

The beauty industry’s stake in worldwide wellness

05-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

According to the Global Wellness Institute’s 2018 report, wellness is now a $4.2 trillion business; and the beauty, personal care, and anti-aging categories account for $1,083bn of that figure. Here, Cosmetics Design looks at brands and trends navigating...

Indie Beauty Profile

Allison Moss, type:A Brands

05-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Allison Moss, founder of type:A Brands, shares real insight into how she’s leading a deodorant brand that is changing the category’s packaging norms, helping define the clean beauty movement, and navigating what would seem...

5 takeaways from CEW’s panel event on natural beauty

05-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Last week in New York City, Cosmetic Executive Women hosted a discussion among industry leaders asking, What is the New Natural? Answers to this question were mixed but the likes of Tata Harper and Credo co-founder Annie Jackson, who both spoke on the...