Skin Care

CEW honors standout beauty brands at Indie 65 event and publishes sales data that brings a new kind of transparency to the indie beauty movement

23-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At Tuesday evening’s awards ceremony in New York City, CEW brought together a who’s who of indie beauty brand leaders for celebration and networking. The event simultaneously marked the launched of the organization’s first-of-its-kind report on the size...

Pricing up for personal care in Brazil as economy stabilizes

23-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

The Brazil economy is continuing to show signs of price stabilization as the consumer price index for September showed a slight deflation, but personal care prices proved the exception.

Mintel research highlights three key trends in LATAM men’s grooming market

23-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

The men’s grooming market in the Latin American market appears to be waking from a deep slumber, as younger Latinos start to take more interest in their appearance and personal care.

Nala wants to make personal care personal, starting with deodorant

22-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The Vancouver, British Columbia – based startup launched personalized deodorants this month. And Cosmetics Design checked in with Nala co-founder Mila Juristovski to learn more about the potential of custom, natural personal care products.

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Cosmetica Laboratories opens innovation hub in California

22-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In late September, the Canadian beauty maker cut the ribbon on a new product development facility meant to bring the company closer to indie beauty brands innovating for the future of cosmetics and skin care. Cosmetics Design editor Deanna Utroske recently...

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10 top tips: Building a Beauty Startup

21-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This past Thursday in New York City, the recommendation platform and entrepreneurship community Stacklist hosted a panel discussion among beauty business founders at the Amazon Web Services loft space. Cosmetics Design was there, along with some 250 aspiring...

The Body Shop to replace all recycled PET with Fair Trade plastics in 3 years

18-Oct-2019 By Kacey Culliney

The Body Shop has spent two years building a solid supply chain with Plastics for Change in India to source Fair Trade recycled plastic and plans to integrate these materials across its global recycled plastics portfolio within three years.

CIBS luncheon lecture clarifies the foundation, function, and future of the indie beauty movement

17-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Wednesday in New York City, the Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers organization hosted a luncheon event focused on all things indie beauty. And, Jillian Wright, co-founder of the Indie Beauty Media Group, gave the keynote lecture.

Grupo Boticario gets Leaping Bunny approval for entire range

17-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

Grupo Boticario, one of Brazil’s leading cosmetics, skin care and fragrance players, has confirmed that it has received the Leaping Bunny seal for its entire portfolio.

Acne care brand ZitSticka raises $5 million to launch new products

16-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The skin care startup, which got its start with just one acne treatment product in February, announced the series A financing this week.

Fragrance house IFF is developing CBD products for the US market

16-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month, International Flavors and Fragrances partnered with Neptune Wellness Solutions to collaborate on the creation of hemp-derived CBD products.

In-cosmetics Latin America draws biggest crowd to date

16-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

It was the sixth edition of in-cosmetics Latin America and it also pulled in the biggest ever visitor numbers, with the total now confirmed at 4,700 formulation professionals, a jump of 18% on the previous year.

Probiotics can treat psoriasis, shows new clinical data from ADM

15-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The agricultural processing company has completed a clinical study, recently accepted for publication in the international peer-reviewed journal Acta Dermato-Venereologica (which covers the fields of dermatology and venereology) that shows ingestible...

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Cuban beauty company first to exhibit at Belleza Y Salud

15-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

We caught up with the first ever Cuban company to exhibit at the Belleza Y Salud event in Bogota, Colombia.

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Indie Beauty Up Close: a conversation with Code of Harmony founder Janet Schriever

14-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month, Cosmetics Design stopped by the Code of Harmony Skin Lab—a combination day spa, retail shop, and skin care production lab in Long Beach, California—to speak with shop owner and indie brand founder Janet Schriever about her business, and her...