Outside-the-box cosmetics player MAC has become the first major brand in the business to launch a line of cosmetics dedicated to consumers who want to mirror their pets look.
Avon researchers have identified two biological factors that make for a more nuanced understanding of why skin changes with time and how lines and wrinkles form.
Just how much personal care and cosmetics product are loyal consumers in contact with? That’s what a team of researchers from the US and Europe – including two pros from P&G – set out to discover.
The anti-aging skin care category has gone a bit quiet lately, but one consumer products company is betting that hand care will lead the category going forward.
The trend for consumers to be fitter and healthier is one of the biggest influences helping the professional skin care market show signs of recovery, with Germany and the UK as the driving regions at present.
A new study released by Allied Market Research has revealed that, despite some belief in the anti-aging category to push forward the most growth, it seems it’s actually online sales and male grooming bringing in the big bucks for beauty.
With a new cosmetics range about to be launched by yet another vlogger, Cosmetics Design takes a look at the strong influence that YouTube beauty reviewers continue to hold over the beauty industry.
At the recent Cosmoprof Las Vegas event Cosmetics Design was lucky enough to catch up with Amy Levin, founder of CollegeFashionista.com - a site dedicated to college fashion and beauty trends.
In a move which sees the French-founded cosmetics giant step into direct competition with category titans Birchbox, Sephora has just announced the launch of its own beauty box monthly subscription service.
Procter and Gamble’s CEO admits the company was clearly over-extended, particularly in Beauty, but with the refocus ‘essentially done’ it will become a simpler business to create value from.
The second Cosmopack Symposium will open its doors in New York City next month, complete with two-days of network opportunities and a targeted conference program.
We all have certain memories that are triggered by different odors, which is what fragrance specialist Drom is trying to encapsulate with its latest line of fragrances.
Estee Lauder saw sales and earnings drop in the fourth quarter mainly due to a big drop in skin care as some of its heritage brands come up against big challenges attracting consumers.
Sephora is continuing its march into the North American market, and particularly the digital retail space, with the opening of its first distribution centre in Canada for online retail, together with enhanced digital capabilities for its web platforms.
Despite the obvious sustainable benefits of coconut oil over palm, a politician has accused the Philippines government that the latter should be given an equal footing as coconut shows 'little growth' due to pests and calamities.
Cosmetics Design caught up with London-based Dr. Russo Skincare founder Dr. Luca Russo to find out about the unique sun protection actives he has incorporated into his newly launched skin care cleansing line.
As the largest generation ever, Millennials’ spending will reach $2.5 trillion dollars in 5 years and the new Women 2020 study from Meredith Corporation highlights what that means for personal care and cosmetics brands.
Coty pleased the financial market by revealing a strong set of fourth quarter results, beating expectations and seeing the business swing back into profit.
The Cosmetics Design team caught up with Andrew Grella at the recent Cosmoprof Las Vegas event. At just 23 years old, Grella has established his own line of makeup for men and in this interview he tells the story.
With a new Brazilian regulation aiming to generate more research and cultivation of indigenous plant species, cosmetics companies look set to benefit but will also be expected to foot the bill.
There used to be a time when celebrity endorsement was enough to sell a product but those days may be gone now as consumers would rather see an ambassador as a person who represents their age in make-up ads.
Unilever made its intentions clear since the start of the year through four prestige skin care acquisitions and the company now believes it is a major player right away in the market with more to come thanks to the addition of key figures too.
During the recent Cosmoprof Las Vegas event, we caught up with Susanne Norwitz, founder of Maya Chia Beauty. The skin care line has been developed using chia seed oil, and here Norwitz tells the interesting story of how she came to develop a line based...
NetBase, the social analytics solutions firm, compiled data in a recent report that explores what exactly consumers are saying about leading skin care brands and reveals how those brands can leverage social media more fully.
George Schaeffer, founder of OPI, of one of the biggest names in nail care, talks about his shift into the professional hair care sector. Having created a household name for the OPI brand, he explains in this interview how he wants to do the same thing...
Henkel has taken a novel approach to consumer testing its Schwarzkopf hair products by launching its new VIP Tester program and offering selected internet users the possibility to exclusively test its latest styling, hair care, and colour products.
Industry body ICMAD has launched a one-day conference called MasterMinds Personal Care. Looking at the big issues in the cosmetics packaging category, the event will take place in Irvine California on September 9th.
Late last week the retailer opened beautyBOUTIQUE.ca as an online shopping site, getting in on a mass-market trend that’s moving similar companies into closer competition with specialized beauty and personal care retailers.
As one of the leading players in the North American professional hair care market, staying one step ahead of the competition is crucial, and executives at Zotos International believes it can be done by making its hair brand straightening brand, CP 180...
The Canada government has now made moves that should make it the first country in the Americas to place a ban on microbeads in personal care formulations.
A newly released Harris Poll shows that well over half of women shopping for beauty and personal care products read the label before making a selection and that many are looking for formulations that exclude particular ingredients.
Scientists have found that the cyclic oligosaccharide beta-cyclodextrin is capable of interacting with different components in sweat and body secretion and this could position it as an active for use in body care formulations and deodorants.
At the recent Cosmoprof Las Vegas event Cosmetics Design caught up with Brian Park, founder of O.R.G Skin Care, a line that has evolved out of the fast paced and highly advanced South Korean skin care market.
Elizabeth Arden had a tough fourth quarter, with revenues suffering on account of unfavourable currency exchange and a big decline in its North American operations.
At least that’s how company president & CEO Christian Brickman put it in his statement to the press on Thursday, which also indicates gross profits are up slightly and includes a revision of previous expectations for fiscal year 2015.
In a climate of soft dietary supplement sales Vitamin Shoppe endured what CEO Colin Watts called a “difficult quarter.” The company is embarking on a new course that will see it pivot more toward functional foods and personal care, he said.
The organisers of the in-cosmetics trade show are turning their attention to the summit arena announcing its first ever Formulation Summit to focus on texture and sensoriality in personal care.
The newly spun-off and renamed business, Edgewell Personal Care, has released the first financial results, showing it was hard hit by the currency revaluation in Venezuela and the strength of the US dollar.
Italy-based Ancorotti Cosmetics is one of the few companies in the world specializing in mascara. We caught up with the vice president of the North American operations, Mary Aunn Guarino, to find out more.
Gina McCarthy, the agency’s administrator, signed the new pollution emission guidelines on Monday, and algae industry groups are already calling the plan a “huge win” that will result in the commercialization of countless technologies and products.
France-based speciality chemicals provider Safic-Alcan has acquired a majority stake in Ohio-based ChemSpec, a deal that will also give it a footing in the China market.
The biggest sustainability issue the cosmetics industry is facing at present is ‘efficiency’, says Amarjit Sahota, as cosmetic companies look to raise products sales whilst reducing their environmental impacts.
Avon has improved its ecommerce platform, launched a representative empowerment site called Beauty for a Purpose and is constructing a global IT system that will vary according to the needs of a given market.
Beiersdorf has continued on its positive growth path thanks to the weak euro’s current situation, lower costs, and rising sales of Nivea and Eucerin products; although it remains cautious after business slowed in the first half of the year in the Western...
A team of researchers based at the John Hopkins University in Baltimore believe they may have found proof that photoaging damage from ultraviolet radiation could be reversed.
The quest for unique and individualized personal care products has consumers clicking through Etsy and browsing local boutiques, but some beauty brands are taking the local global and blending custom products for an infinite number of clients.
Rather than studying hair according to ethnicity, researchers from Purdue University are categorizing hair by curl patterns and investigating the threshold at which each can tolerate heat styling.
New Jersey-based Sun Chemical and parent company, DIC, have acquired Kingfisher Colours Limited, a privately-owned decorative cosmetics color manufacturer with a global footprint and based in Reading, United Kingdom.
