The annual CITY awards facilitated by ICMAD have been rebranded for 2019 and are now accepting entries for products, brands, and people across some 14 categories.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Nickie Nougaisse, founder of Curls Dynasty talks about building a solution-based hair brand for people with textured hair, specifically for people with dry hair issues and those who are transitioning from a chemically relaxed...
CBD, hemp seed oil, and other hemp-derived ingredients are showing up everywhere in beauty right now. At this year’s NYSCC Suppliers’ Day tradeshow in New York City, industry suppliers and at least one testing lab were very much in on the cannabis trend,...
DuPont Tate & Lyle, Corbion, INOLEX, and ACT Solutions are all on the same team when it comes to creating a collection of USDA BioPreferred personal care product prototypes for beauty makers and contract manufacturers eager to create natural products...
At this week’s NYSCC Suppliers’ Day event in New York City, Cosmetics Design spoke with Jane Sum, Covestro’s head of cosmetics, about that company’s Baycusan line of biodegradable film formers, as well as about Covestro’s first ingredient in a new collection...
The beauty and personal care market is without doubt one of the fastest paced consumer goods categories, which means that staying on top of the ever-changing market trends is crucial to remaining competitive.
Two months ago, the Unilever brand announced its Project #ShowUs, a campaign and Getty photo library designed to change the way media portray women. Now Dove has plans to engage with Walmart shoppers and include them in the new photo library.
Dubbed as the “Beauty Experience,” The Makeup Show is where professional makeup artists go to restock their favorite products and engage in demos and workshops with premier artists from around the globe.
Mintel is again returning to participate at the FCE Cosmetique, which is taking place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from May 21st to 23rd, at the Sao Paulo Expo.
This year’s FCE Cosmetique will have a distinct focus on the industry innovations of the future when it opens its doors in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from May 21st to 23rd, at the Sao Paulo Expo.
FCE Cosmetique is one of the biggest events for the LATAM beauty and personal care industry and has continued to evolve rapidly to keep apace of this fast-paced sector. In this article we highlight what new additions have been made for the 2019 show....
Professionals from every possible cosmetics and personal care industry niche flock to in-cosmetics Global each year to discover what’s new in beauty ingredients, in formulation technologies, in marketing strategy, and more. To find out what one expert...
This past weekend in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, the prestige sun care brand opened a pop-up shop that invited millennials back to school to learn about the importance of daily sunscreen use and about how the Supergoop brand can help make that...
The half-day event this June will bring together experts in technology, retail, and media to explore the ways that AI and AR are changing how consumers discover and shop for cosmetics and personal care product.
This year’s New York City edition of The Makeup Show includes numerous indie exhibitors across categories, from skin care to color cosmetics, from lash makers to nail brands, and from accessories to brushes. Following this weekend’s press preview of the...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Renata Eileena, founder of Possible Cosmetics, shares her understanding that every beauty consumer has valuable product knowledge and that every brand leader has more to learn—that perhaps no one is every truly a beauty industry...
Unilever’s first quarter results demonstrated steady sales growth in most regions, with emerging markets proving strong, but in Latin America the results were very mixed.
The P&G shave and personal care brand used the platform to test market and build interest in what was as the time a limited-edition razor. After a successful run on Indiegogo and winning an Engadget award at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show,...
As wellness and beauty continue to converge, consumers, brands, and professionals alike are adjusting their understanding of both. In response to this shift, aesthetic device maker The HydraFacial Company and Wakefield research ran a survey and put together...
In this interview filmed at in-cosmetics Global, Cosmetics Design sits down with science communicator Trina Espinoza (aka msbeautyphile) to learn about her work educating beauty consumers, what she’s doing to bridge the gap between industry information...
The recent in-cosmetics Global event proved to be a strong platform for Colombian natural ingredients providers, with a Colombian Pavilion serving to platform four different businesses.
Biotechnology takes advantage of two truths, DNA coding and micro-organisms’ innate ability to ingest one item and generate another. It is the subsequent corollary with which biotech companies like Geltor manufacture bioidentical ingredients—in this case...
Ovation Science’s new skin care brand is already adding to its portfolio. The Vancouver, Canada – based company terminated a prior licensing agreement with Canopy Growth Partners and announced the ARLO Beauty brand just last month. And sunscreen will...
As sustainability becomes more an more an imperative in the cosmetics and personal care industry, this is being highlighted by the program for the forthcoming New York edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit.
This week the Japanese color cosmetics maker celebrated the official opening of its first manufacturing facility in United States. The Monroe Township, New Jersey, facility is equipped to produce not only conventional color products but also OTC and SPF...
At in-cosmetics Global in Paris this month Cosmetics Design sat down with Tamara Rausch, Product Manager of Lycored, a wellness and supplement company that’s moving in to the skin care ingredient supply business.
Fragrance can be elusive. But it’s an important sector of the beauty industry and one that Cosmetics Design covers more often than you might think. This month we’ve shared news of corporate partnerships, venture capital investment, recognition of an outstanding...
At next week’s tradeshow in New York City, the NYSCC will host hundreds of beauty ingredient suppliers and welcome even more industry insiders working in formulation, product development, research and innovation, market research, consulting, and beyond....
At this year’s ingredient trade show in New York City, Fedora Stojkoska-Hristov, head of New Product Development for Rare Beauty Brands; Sanjiv Mehra, Chairman of ICMAD and CEO of eos products; and Cosmetics Design Editor Deanna Utroske will discuss what...
The 2019 edition of the NYSCC Suppliers Day event will be open for business at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, NYC, for annual two-day show taking place on May 7th and 8th.
L'Oréal and L'Occitane are among the huge name speakers set to reveal exclusive insight into the skin's mircobiome and its potential for beauty and personal care at the Cosmetics Design Summit 2019.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Andrea Dinnick, founder of Desavery, explains why being self-funded has—so far—been the right choice for her growing skin care business. And, she very plainly lists the 10+ jobs that a beauty entrepreneur must be ready to...
The Greater Cannabis Company has partnered with leading Brazilian cosmetics and personal care player Allume Cosmeticos, its first step in to the world beauty.
At the Sustainable Brands Conference in Paris, the company announced plans to use the hair brand’s marketing reach as “a force for good and a force for growth,” which means that Herbal Essences will be talking a lot about its certified botanical ingredients...
This week the fragrance maker announced its first quarter sales figures, boasting a net increase of 3.8%. While European product sales account for the bulk of the Inter Parfums business, a nearly 55% lift in US sales gets the credit for this quarter’s...
The commerce marketing solutions firm recently published findings that illustrate what motivates cosmetics and personal care consumers to buy directly from brands via ecommerce or social media rather than shop for beauty at conventional retail stores....
One of the buzz words at this month’s in-cosmetics Global event in Paris was undoubtedly sustainability. It’s been on the radar for years, but it’s not going away. In fact it is only gaining momentum.
The venture capital fund, founded by Barbara Paldus, announced a new partnership today with a fragrance maker out of California. Together, Heretic Parfum and Sekhmet Ventures plan to grow the business globally.
Horphag’s maritime pine-bark extract already has a long history in the personal care market. And now, given beauty makers’ current interest in all things related to trees and oceans, the company could see even greater interest in Pycnogenol.
In this guest piece, beauty industry commentator Imogen Matthews analyses the big themes emerging from this year’s in-cosmetics Global Marketing Trends presentations.
Avon is one of the biggest cosmetic and personal care players to back a Humane Society International campaign to ban the testing of animals on ingredients and products in the LATAM region.
Today, the beauty retailer launched the 2019 Sun Safety Kit meant to help consumers find their new favorite sun care products and simultaneously support research and education at the hospital’s cancer center.
The 2-day educational event for indie beauty brand leaders takes place next month and features cosmetics and personal care retail experts from Credo, The Detox Market, Whole Foods, Neiman Marcus, Feelunique, Sephora, and more. To learn more about this...
Caroline Hadfield is no stranger to the beauty industry. She’s held executive positions with LVMH, Sephora, and The Body Shop. And most recently she’s built a beauty brand from within a biotech firm. Cosmetics Design sat down with Hadfield earlier this...
After over a decade formulating for legacy beauty brands, biochemist Mirela Mitan when back to university to study luxury marketing. In 2014 she earned an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business; and in 2015 launched the luxury, indie skin care brand...
Just 34 of the more than 800 companies exhibiting at the in-cosmetics Global tradeshow in Paris this month opted to be featured on the event’s first Indie Trail map—a guide meant to help indie beauty brands and aspiring founders find and connect with...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Lisa Pineiro, founder of Glotrition, describes a skin care brand with two hero products—because there’s more than one way to care for the skin. And through her own founder story, she shares insight into the beauty consumer’s...
With the emergence of Brazil’s Natura brands on to the global market place, there is growing evidence that Latin American beauty brands are gaining momentum, both regionally and worldwide.
