Technology

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...

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...

How smart packaging is shaping the beauty products of tomorrow, Part II

27-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Smart packaging is without doubt one of the most exciting and potentially revolutionary technologies to ever impact the beauty industry.

How smart packaging is shaping the beauty products of tomorrow, Part I

26-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Smart packaging is without doubt one of the most exciting and potentially revolutionary technologies to ever impact the beauty industry.

Luxe Pack Monaco opens its doors next week with expanded offering: three shows in one

14-Sep-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Luxe Pack, one of the leading trade shows dedicated to creative packaging, will hold its Monaco 2016 edition next week with an enhanced programme spread over three parts.

Croda acquires encapsulation tech from Brazil’s Inventiva

11-Jul-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The team, technology, and territory of the company founded by Renata Raffin and Candice Felippi, which specializes in nanotech encapsulation of cosmetics actives, will add to Croda’s business in and beyond personal care.

Expert highlights trends and technologies at in-cosmetics brasil

21-Oct-2015 By Simon Pitman

During the recent in-cosmetics brasil  Cosmetics Design caught up with Belinda Carli of the Institute of Personal Care Science, who highlighted some of the most interesting trends and new product launches at the event, including an advanced anti-aging...

Google patents personal fragrance device

18-Feb-2015 By Simon Pitman

Google technologies has secured a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a wearable fragrance emission device that deodorizes the moment body odor occurs.

Pack Expo 2014 targets cosmetic and personal care packaging

01-Oct-2014 By Simon Pitman

Pack Expo International 2014 will open its doors in Chicago from November 2nd, and its organizer says there will be plenty of technology and product launches geared toward cosmetic packaging professionals.