Skin Care

Sustainable step change: Can circular beauty become a mainstream reality?

08-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Many beauty manufacturers, suppliers and retailers have made important sustainability pledges for this coming decade, but as efforts kickstart in shifting linear business models to circular ways of working, there remains a raft of challenges along the...

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ECM specialists Xylyx Bio launch skin care brand

08-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Today, executives from Xylyx Bio announced the launch of VIVIQ Skin Health, a consumer brand that leverages proprietary ECM tech.

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Beauty subscription service IPSY announces banned ingredients list

07-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Late last month, IPSY introduced an initial list of 32 ingredients that the company will prohibit in products shipped by the end of 2022.

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Almond-derived cosmetic ingredient traceability easier with CASP

06-Apr-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The California Almond Sustainability Program is a free collection of online interactive tools for growers and handlers to share best practices and data on growing, processing, and crop management.

Researchers reveal new skin microbiome opportunities for fucoidan

01-Apr-2021 By Nikki Hancocks

A new study investigating the effects of two organic seaweed extracts on atopic dermatitis (AD), the most common type of eczema, suggests they may alter gene expression when used as a topical solution.

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Cosmetic treatment info site RealSelf adds beauty product ecommerce

30-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This month the online medical aesthetics community launched a skin care shopping platform, featuring brands like HydroPeptide, Obagi, SENTÉ, and BeautyStat.

Indie Beauty Profile

Gregory Macdonald, Bathorium

30-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Gregory Macdonald, Founder of Bathorium, sees indie beauty as a community and bathing as a lost art. In his Indie Beauty Profile, he describes the brand he’s building to reinvigorate the bath category globally.

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Beauty brands help boost business at Yottaa

25-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

The website performance optimization specialist served more than 200% more sites during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and signed deals with notable skin care and hair care brands like TULA and Briogeo.

Circular Beauty: The future of sustainable sourcing, green chemistry and eco-design

24-Mar-2021 By CosmeticsDesign-Europe Senior Reporter

The global beauty industry is working hard to make circularity a mainstream reality, reinventing and reconsidering all aspects of complex supply chains. But what does the future truly hold as industry tries to close the loop?

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L’Oréal Canada calls for innovative startups

24-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This month the beauty maker announced an open innovation challenge, recruiting scalable businesses with winning solutions in ecommerce, conscious tech, or new channel opportunities.

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Innovation in Action: advances in microbiome beauty

19-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Personal care and cosmetics consumers are more intrigued and informed about the human microbiome every day. Here, Cosmetics Design takes a look at newly emerging science, brand updates, and other microbiome news worth knowing.

Hand Sanitizer donations continue as industry supports COVID precautions

18-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

This month, as in-person learning resumed in Shelby County Tennessee, local beauty maker Ampro Industries delivered more than 6,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to help keep students, teachers, and staff safe.

Bon Voyage: how beauty brands can redefine the future of wellness travel

18-Mar-2021 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics Design recently checked in with travel, beauty, and wellness expert Edyta Satchell to find out how brands can best innovate to meet the needs of business and leisure travelers, and why now is the time to do so.

IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas Digital Summit is back for 2021

17-Mar-2021 By Stephen Daniells

After a record-breaking 2020 Digital Summit, the IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas is back for 2021 with a dynamic extended program, a more immersive platform with new features, and more on-demand content.

Performance-driven: Aussie skincare brand Ultraceuticals expanding across the US after enduring pandemic setbacks

17-Mar-2021 By Amanda Lim

Australian cosmeceuticals brand Ultraceuticals is moving at full speed with US expansion, with plans to expand nationwide by July, after bouncing back following a series of COVID-19 delays.