The effect pigment companies joined forces at the start of the year and are making plans to bring more products and services to cosmetics and personal care customers globally.
As we venture into 2016, international beauty brands are reminded that China's male facial skin care market holds vast opportunity as the younger generation steps up its online shopping behaviors and is willing to spend time and money on daily skin...
In what’s being billed as the ‘first beauty contest judged by robots’ Beauty.AI and its partners are crowdsourcing facial imaging data that will be used to set a new course for anti-aging and skin care.
The company is leveraging its long history with the territory to source black sea rod oil, one of Maxey’s signature ingredients, in waters where taking coral is commonly forbidden.
The third Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Cosmetics and Personal Care Products is set to spotlight the latest regulatory developments in New York.
Beauty apps are not new, but as a wave of updated designs and technologies comes into play, the time to for cosmetic companies to invest in the technology seems to be now.
In our final post of 2015 the Cosmetics Design team is bringing you a selection of the biggest trends that we have covered over the course of the year, as well as trend projections for 2016.
The Cosmetics Design USA team has put together a list of the top ten trends to look out for in 2016 and here they all are in this latest edition of CD Buzz.
Welcome to the Editor’s Picks for 2015 – a selection of the most far-reaching and popular articles the Cosmetics Design has published over the course of this fast-moving and fascinating year.
Coty executives have made the decision to create a new senior executive position putting Andraea Dawson-Shepard in the role of senior vice president, corporate affairs.
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the bill—which would definitively ban the use of microbeads in beauty products and personal care formulations—that was unanimously passed last Friday and now is in the hands of President Obama.
Federal antitrust regulators have requested further information from Walgreens and Boots Alliance on their plans to merge two drugstore chains to create a $17 billion business.
The California-based prestige color cosmetics brand will ring in the New Year with a new CEO and an infusion of capital meant to ensure continued innovative product development.
Procter & Gamble is well known for fiercely guarding what it sees as its intellectual property and this time it’s after Dollar Shave Club for allegedly infringing on its razor designs.
This morning, Avon announced its acceptance of a $605m equity investment from Cerberus Capital Management that will help the direct-sales beauty company develop further internationally, deliver value to shareholders, and (for now) let the North American...
A new survey highlights that mainstream color cosmetics players continue to dominate the category in the US, while revealing the specialty brands that are making the most gains.
At this year’s annual SCC meeting in New York City, Yelena Loginova of Coty presented a multidimensional approach to evaluating nail product efficacy that could help formulators back resulting product claims with quantitative data.
L’Oréal research, carried out with Ghent University in Belgium, has identified a new protocol for evaluating the efficacy of some dispensing systems in the microbial protection of water-based preservative-free cosmetic products.
Procter & Gamble has published its 17th annual sustainability report, sending out a clear message that renewable energy and materials are an integral part of its goals, moving towards 2020.
A group of researchers say that a new method of morphogenesis could take the development of many oil-in-water cosmetic and personal care formulations to the next level.
The annual CEW charity auction supports Cancer + Careers, a non-profit that empowers people with cancer to thrive at work, and stands as a commendable opportunity for the industry to join together and benefit society in a meaningful way.
This month the fragrance and flavors manufacturer rolled out a new look and new mission that puts innovation first and is meant to position the company as the go-to industry partner for profitable endeavors.
In order to avoid misinforming consumers the science behind a product needs to be communicated according to unisex youth brand Sam Farmer, but the problem is there is no direct line to do so at present.
Chaz Dean, celebrity hair stylist and owner of the Wen hair care line, has been named in a lawsuit that claims more than 200 women from over 40 states have experienced adverse reactions after using the brand.
Yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cell Biology, the living cell tomography company debuted its new microscope, which lets researchers work with cells like never before.
The WorldStar Awards for health and beauty have been announced, ahead of specialized award winners which will be revealed in January, and it seems The Americas have been left behind by stiff competition in Europe and Asia.
Innovative R&D capabilities and tech savvy cosmetics brands have boosted South Korea's reputation around the globe which has ushered in a new era of industrial competitiveness for the country.
DuPont and Dow are to merge with the intention of forming three divisions that will include a material science business as the focus for cosmetics and personal care ingredients, that will eventually be spun off into three separate companies.
Steiner Leisure Limited, owner of a portfolio of well-known skin and hair care brands, has been bought by consumer-focused private equity firm Catterton.
Carbon emissions and sustainable development are in the spotlight at the moment with the COP21 climate change summit happening in Paris and L’Oréal, who is presenting in its home city, says that there is no reason the company cannot make market gains...
The consolidation of these US chemical corporations will be a game changer for the personal care and cosmetics industries and have staggering economic implications on a regional, national, and global scale.
Free from claims should not all be put in the same category as some can help consumers identify products and make selections based on their own preferences quicker, says Lorraine Dallmeier, Director of online Organic Cosmetic Science School Formula Botanica.
The company’s five-year plan takes social, environmental, and economic issues into account and is a case in point of how one personal care company is setting goals to make sustainability happen.
Specialty chemical maker Croda has just completed testing on a hair-conditioning agent and determined its effectiveness on hair types across the age spectrum, including grey hair.
The past week has seen Avon Products’ share price fluctuate significantly as hoax news that Oprah Winfrey was about to invest in the company gives way to talk of trying to prevent a potential ‘fire sale’.
Rising concerns around 'chemical pollution' coupled with an ancestral interest in traditional medicine has seen demand for holistic based or natural cosmetics - a segment that continues to go from strength to strength this year in Asia.
Monday, the House of Representatives voted on a bill to impose a national ban against using the plastic ingredient in cosmetics and personal care product formulations. The Senate has yet to formally weigh in on microbeads.
Indie brands are the ones to watch right now, as innovative products and sleek marketing translate into breakneck market growth. And here we highlight the top drivers in the category.
The global list includes 100 organizations that meet the firm’s criteria, and those companies have for five consecutive years also been more profitable than companies that don’t make the cut.
In laboratory testing, an FDA-approved diabetes drug has been shown to extend life and prevent wrinkles; upcoming clinical trials will look explicitly at the pill’s potential to stave off the effects of aging in humans.
The Georgia-based company acquired 5 Unilever brands this month and is looking to leverage its history serving women-of-color to full advantage in the growing multicultural category.
The UK has long been a big market for self-tanning, or ‘fake tan’, products, but new research suggests that their use is declining as Brits are opting for a more natural look.
Indie beauty insiders Jillian Wright, Jessica Richards, and Nader Naeymi-Rad weigh in on the future of this dynamic category with predictions for 2016, commentary on the response from big beauty, and the evolution of the Indie Beauty Expo event.
The FDA has created a webpage outlining its guidelines for smaller and homemade cosmetic players in an effort to regulate this niche but fast growing area.
Avon stock prices soared by as much as 17% yesterday as rumors circulated that Oprah Winfrey wanted to invest in the cosmetics giant – a story that has proved to be a hoax.
Growth in the market for personal care packaging is expected to exceed that for the personal care industry as a whole, if predictions that demand from emerging markets will remain strong. But will an increasingly fragile global economy put the stoppers...
