Technology

Artificial skin: Shiseido plans to launch highly anticipated ‘second skin’ tech into market this year

06-Apr-2021 By Amanda Lim

Japanese beauty major Shiseido said it plans to launch ‘second skin’ this year, a so-called game-changing new technology which can diminish undereye bags instantly without the use of make-up.

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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.

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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.

Beyond Clarisonic? L’Oréal files patent on voice-cue smart skin treatment device

24-Feb-2021 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has developed a motorised skin treatment device that offers a range of cleansing and massaging options in response to vocal cues from users; it then provides smart audio feedback and guidance via an integrated speaker...

Cutitronics Innovation: the future of beauty tech is omnichannel

25-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The 2020 global health and financial crisis have accelerated the use of digital technology and data around the world, regardless of demographics and across industries. But the next-generation of consumer-held skin care technology wasn’t manifest by a...

Avon partners with Fuse Universal on training tech platform

13-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The social-selling beauty company took its popular paper brochure digital in 2018, introduced a mobile-first training solution for Avon representatives in May, and is now working with Fuse to create a digital education and communications platform for...

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L’Oréal Canada brings 5 tech startups into corporate accelerator program

18-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The technologies—voice, machine vision and location analytics, ecommerce advertising, multicloud broadcasting, and AI—aren’t exclusively beauty tech solutions. But L’Oréal Canada and the men leading these startups see great potential for their tech tools...

Nail color and care manufacturer Kirker emphasizes custom services with updated website

27-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the New Jersey – based nail lacquer and nail care treatment product maker announced a full online refresh that foregrounds the company’s place in the modern beauty industry.

Coty announces AI competition for tech start-ups ready to revolutionize beauty

21-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Interested creative professionals and technology starts-ups have under one month to submit brand-specific pitches to Coty for consideration in the competition, which is an extension of the Digital Accelerator program that Coty launched last year.

Technology and the future of beauty

20-Sep-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Tuesday at this week’s MakeUp in New York color cosmetics trade show in NYC, a standing-room-only conference session featuring speakers from L’Oréal, Google, and Peclers Paris, outlined how tech tools, data, and trends are changing beauty for consumers,...

P&G ploughs $100 million into Chinese digital innovation investment

11-Sep-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Leading personal care conglomerate, Procter & Gamble (P&G), plans to place $100 mn (€82.9 mn) investment into its China Digital Innovation Centre.

ADF & PCD New York opens up its innovation awards for submissions

04-Apr-2017 By Simon Pitman

ADF & PCD New York has opened up its annual innovations awards for submissions, with the aim of highlighting the very best in dispensing and packaging design and technology.

DuPont packaging innovation awards open for entries

14-Nov-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The chemical, material company has put out a call inviting entries in its annual packaging award competition. DuPont’s contest is meant to highlight and inspire packaging in cosmetics, personal care, and every other industry, that’s better for people...