What our editor recommends reading after a busy month of travel

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It has been a busy summer at CosmeticsDesign, with our editor visiting tradeshows across the country and checking on what’s happening in personal care.

Today’s editor’s choice is Three trends CosmeticsDesign saw at Cosmoprof 2022. Watch this video featuring editor Ravyn Cullor discussing trends in finished cosmetics products she saw at the Cosmoprof Las Vegas trade show.

After the video, there are several new Q&As to browse. CosmeticsDesign spoke with several industry experts about their segment of the industry, what innovations they’re working on and where they see the industry going.

Please keep reading CosmeticsDesign to see what stories our editor has brought back from this summer’s shows and learn about what’s new in cosmetics and personal care.

Editor's Spotlight
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Three trends CosmeticsDesign saw at Cosmoprof 2022
Three trends CosmeticsDesign saw at Cosmoprof 2022

Cosmoprof features hundreds of finish products vying for the attention of buyers, but the show also reveals some trends in consumer products.

Watch the video here...

Beautycounter launches partnership with Pact Collective to improve packaging circularity
Beautycounter launches partnership with Pact Collective to improve packaging circularity

Even if a package has a recycling symbol on it, it may not be easily recyclable and beauty brand Beautycounter wants to help its consumers close that loop.

CosmeticsDesign spoke with Beautycounter Vice President of Safety and Sustainability Colin Price about the new partnership and what it means in the context of beauty sustainability.

This interview was conducted via email.

To start out, tell me a bit about the takeback program.

We’re thrilled to partner with Pact Collective. This partnership will help us address a near-term gap in the circularity of some of our packaging.

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Genomatica on using biotech to reinvent ingredient supply chains
Genomatica on using biotech to reinvent ingredient supply chains (Veronika Viskova/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Q&A

Biotech is a buzzword in cosmetic ingredients today, and Genomatica has insight into the movement both a supplier and partner in the space.

CosmeticsDesign spoke with Genomatica product marketing manager Kyle Huston about what the company is doing in the personal care space beyond their own butylene glycol ingredient, what role biotech plays in the industry and what the technologies future may be.

I was hoping we could talk a little more broadly about what your company is doing in the personal care space right now.

A lot of our business is composed of designing technologies, licensing and selling technologies to companies who want to remake their supply chain. 

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To fragrance and beyond: Quintis on Australian-grown sandalwood in personal care
To fragrance and beyond: Quintis on Australian-grown sandalwood in personal care (AegeanBlue/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Q&A

As Quintis and other companies grow sandalwood in Australia, making it possible to ethically source the ingredient, more potentials in personal care are being uncovered.

CosmeticsDesign spoke with Quintis Cheif Marketing Officer Vanessa Ligovich about the introduction of their ingredient to the personal care market, how sandalwood could be used outside of fragrance and what is next for the company.

Tell me a little bit about how things have been going with getting your sandalwood into the market.

It's going really well. We've released two studies in the last six months around the antioxidant effects of sandalwood. Since then we've had a lot of interest in the oil. The more we start to talk about it, the more interest we're actually getting. 

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