Skin Care

In Conversation: Cosmetics Design interviews indie brand leaders

14-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Innovative cosmetics and personal care startups have been making headlines here on Cosmetics Design for years. But not all of our conversations with indie brand leaders are included in the weekly Indie Beauty Profile column. To highlight brands and innovations...

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The discovery of an ancient Amazon hair treatment launched this brand

13-Jun-2019 By Simon Pitman

A trip to a remote part of the Amazon had hairdresser Fabian Lliguin wondering what made local tribeswomen’s hair so shiny and healthy. After they revealed what the secret was, a brand was born.

Socati maneuvers for rapid growth in hemp-extract production business

13-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Earlier this year, the Oregon-based company acquired cosmetics and personal care ingredient maker Blue Marble Biomaterials; and now Socati has appointed 4 new board members with experience in a range of industries and swiftly expanding market niches....

Why is this vegan handbag company getting into the beauty business?

13-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Thanks to funding from an anonymous angel investor, GUNAS will soon be selling soaps. The company Sugandh Agrawal founded in 2009 is, according to New York City – based financial advisor Neil Mohinani, currently valued at $5 million and by 2025 that figure...

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How one lab is helping beauty makers and suppliers succeed in the microbiome skin care movement

13-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

A contract laboratory called BaseClear, located in the South Holland province of the Netherlands, has been doing microbial genomic and DNA work for decades. At the AIRS Conference in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month, Cosmetics Design spoke with the...

CBD product makers should be mindful of FDA guidelines, says Kline

12-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Following the FDA's public hearing on Scientific Data and Information about Products Containing Cannabis or Cannabis-Derived Compounds on May 31, the Kline consulting and research firm issued a media release highlighting 3 points of which cosmetics...

Will new data change beauty makers’ foam formulation strategy?

12-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

An article on the dynamics of collective bubble collapse, published last month in the online peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports, outlines 2 mechanisms by which foams collapse and proposes a next research approach to discover how to formulate more...

From The Editor's Desk

Natura’s Avon acquisition creates the first Latin American beauty powerhouse

12-Jun-2019 By Simon Pitman

Natura’s acquisition of Avon was significant not only because of the magnitude of the deal, but also because it has created the first ever major Latin American multinational.

Expo Belleza event founder shares incredible growth story

11-Jun-2019 By Simon Pitman

The Expo Belleza event in Medellin, Colombia has only been running for four years but has grown exponentially, having started off as a very small event for beauty professionals. Cosmetics Design spoke to event co-founder Joseph La Manna to find out more.

ADF&PCD New York Innovation Awards accepting entries

11-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The annual packaging awards event for fragrance, personal care, cosmetics, and aerosol products coincides with the ADF&PCD tradeshow. The show and awards celebration will take place in mid-September. And in preparation, the event organizers are accepting...

2 beauty brands receive funds from Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy investment program

11-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At the end of May, WES announced its support of 14 women-led businesses in Manitoba. Among the recipients are Heather Urqhart’s Huna Natural Apothecary and a brand called Tiber River Naturals, led by Adriana DeLuca and Michelle Lalonde.

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AYUNA is formulating skin care with postbiotic and prebiotic active ingredients

10-Jun-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Isabel Ramos, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the eco-lux indie beauty brand AYUNA Less is Beauty, recently gave a talk at the AIRS International Conference on Genomics and Microbiomics in Barcelona, Spain. Cosmetics Design caught up with Ramos...

President of ABC discusses the big trends driving the Brazil market

06-Jun-2019 By Simon Pitman

Brazil is by far the biggest market for cosmetics and personal care in the Latin American region making it the biggest trendsetter and influencer for the industry in the region. Cosmetics Design spoke to Vania Leite, president of Brazilian beauty and...

Is microbiome beauty from within set to be big?

06-Jun-2019 By Simon Pitman

Beauty from within is a small but fast growing niche that also could serve to boost the skin microbiome trend. Cosmetics Design spoke to Stephen Daniells, editor-in-chief of NutraIngredients USA to find out more.

Next big buzzword? Ichimaru Pharcos targets ‘skin thinning’ concerns in rapidly ageing Japan

06-Jun-2019 By Amanda Lim

Ichimaru Pharcos has developed an organic anti-ageing ingredient, SpringMint, to tackle skin thinning, which it believes is set to be one of the new buzzwords in the anti-ageing category.