Indie founder and influencer Africa Miranda has an impressive social following (47K on IG); she blogs, she acts, and she is about to embark on a nationwide book tour. Her work takes her not only across the US, but around the world as well. And she’s telling...
This year’s Indie Beauty Expo in New York City was the largest yet, featuring nearly 250 cosmetics, personal care, fragrance, and wellness brands. Among all the exhibits and demos, these 5 product launches stood out to Cosmetic Design.
One of the main focuses of the Familia Luna Farms is the production of botanicals and essential oils, many of which can be used for cosmetics and personal care ingredients.
Next week, a joint event, bridging the Aerosol and Dispensing Forum with a show dedicated to the packaging of Perfume, Cosmetics, and Design, returns to New York City for the third time, and comprises exhibits, awards, and educational programing—programming...
Indie brand founder Michelle Vidal patented her spray technology after years of researching the composition of thermal springs around with world and testing canned facial mists already on the market. At last week’s IBE New York event, Cosmetics Design...
Regenerative agriculture is slowly making inroads into the consumer mindset but still remains a mystery to most. To get to grips with the concept this article takes a look at the most important element: the soil.
Cosmetics Design caught up with founder Sara Happ and her colleague Peggy Fry at Cosmoprof North America to discuss where and how the lip care and lip color brand is growing.
Indie cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands (and their agency allies) have been speaking up about the packaging services they need for success. Industry suppliers are responding. At last week’s BeautyX Summit in New York City, Cosmetics Design...
The rise and rise of the organic and naturals trend in the cosmetics and personal care industry is putting increasing pressure on farmers to produce pesticide-free, sustainable and efficient crops for raw materials.
Indie Beauty and personal care brands are known for innovation, which means that last week’s Indie Beauty Expo in New York City was a good place to learn about the creative ways brands are formulating scrubs, polishes, and exfoliators now that microbeads...
At last month’s beauty and personal care industry tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cosmetics Design sat down with Tony Kemeny, founder and inventor at LBK Nails to discuss his reinvention of the nail polish bottle cap—a version that lets consumers test...
Following the buzz of last week's Indie Beauty Expo in New York City last week, the Cosmetics Design team has put together a photo gallery that includes some of the hottest new brands and product launches at the event.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Shiva Tavakoli, co-founder of Joon Haircare, outlines her retail growth strategy for the brand. And she shares her tips for keeping a new beauty business focused on what matters most.
The cosmeceuticals brand was showing both nail care and skin care kits at Cosmoprof North America this year. And a key feature of both kits is the imagery, icons, and text that Dermelect is using to share benefit, safety, and ingredient information with...
Luxury glass bottle manufacturer Saveglass Group has confirmed the opening of its new multi-service factory in Mexico, following a $120 million investment.
Innovative startups are changing the way consumers style their hair; and at Cosmoprof North America, Cosmetics Design spoke with Michiyo Oishi, Co-Founder of Beauty Tribe, to learn about the brand’s Jetset Hot Rollers, how better tool technology creates...
The Society of Cosmetics Chemists Michigan chapter is stating its Naturals Technical Symposium on September 6th, which features a full conference program that focuses on regulation, amongst a host of topics.
Karine Théberge, CEO of BioMod Concepts, spoke on-camera with Cosmetics Design at Cosmoprof North America last month in Las Vegas, Nevada. The mask maker describes her company’s expanded formula offerings, branded customization options, what she’s launching...
Lena & Lina launched less than a year ago, in November of 2017; though that brand’s Founder and CEO Paulina Kapoor has been at work on the skin care collection since 2015. At Cosmoprof North America, she spoke with Cosmetics Design about the brand’s...
This week at Indie Beauty Expo in New York City, some 250 independent cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands will be exhibiting their products for buyers, press, and consumers. A handful of those brands figure into a swiftly emerging new category:...
In an article today about why women founders and indie brands are leading the way in feminine hygiene, intimate skin care, and hormonal beauty, Cosmetics Design checked in with brand leaders about the new Fem-Hy category that spans facial skin care, body...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Mary Futher, founder of kaia naturals, describes a brand that puts “careful thought, scientific research, [and] naturally derived ingredients in every product,” to save her customers the trouble of scrutinizing labels; and...
New indie skin care brand founder Aneela Zaman has been showcasing her Sleeping Beauty serum at industry shows across the country, at the CEW Demo Day in New York City, at IBE Dallas, and most recently at Cosmoprof North America in Las Vegas. That’s where...
Behind the fast moving hair care brand pipeline formulation experts are working relentlessly to raise the bar on ingredient offerings. We spoke to leading player Chemyunion to discover more.
Hair care is the pivotal part of any cosmetic and personal care player’s portfolio in the Latin American market, so Cosmetics Design caught up with one of the region’s biggest players to find out how to make hair care work in such a competitive market..
Hair care has always been the driving force in the Latin America beauty market, but as the category continues to evolve, the types of products available to consumers are changing, and fast.
Cosmetics Design has tapped into the expertise at market research provider Mintel to bring you the latest hair care launches to hit the Latin American market.
At next month’s in-cosmetics Latin America, Andrew McDougall, global analyst at Mintel, will be giving a presentation that touches on the growing market for probiotic- and microbiome-based hair and scalp care products.
In the third and final installment of our video interview, Kayla Villena, senior analyst in beauty and fashion at Euromonitor, discusses the cosmetics and personal care trends she saw on the show floor at Cosmoprof North America this year, shares insight...
Founders of indie beauty and wellness businesses have one final chance to take advantage of a BeautyX educational event this year. The two-day seminar on financing, funding, and investor capital—complete with panel discussions, case studies, networking...
In the face of significant market challenges of late, Avon Products has appointed José Vicente Marino as executive vice president and general manager, for the all-important Brazil market.
Part two of our video interview with Kayla Villena, senior analyst in beauty and fashion at Euromonitor, is all about how brands are (or should be) adapting to shifting cultural views of aging and new consumer expectations—those of millennials, gen Z,...
Relocating an emerging cosmetics or personal care brand from its comfortable, original market to stores and consumers an ocean away is no doubt challenging. But companies like Umma represent a new generation of beauty distributors, accelerating and investing...
Kayla Villena, senior analyst in beauty and fashion at Euromonitor, spoke with Cosmetics Design at the recent Cosmoprof North America event in Las Vegas, Nevada, about the industry’s language and approach to aging over the decades and about what brands...
There’s a whole swath of indie beauty brands advocating the notion that simple is best and less is more. They usually formulate with natural ingredients and have relatively small product portfolios. Still, the consumer appetite for what’s new, next, and...
Support services for cosmetics and personal care startups are showing up in every corner of the industry. And new brand founders can get a multitude of help from PR firms, ingredient makers, contract manufacturers, packaging companies. Still, full-service...
Consumer hunger for the latest niche offering in the naturals and organics beauty space has never been higher. Here are our top picks for independent companies leading the pack.
This summer, the Canadian retailer launched dedicated ecommerce for beauty consumers. The new site features both mass and luxury brands and boasts being “Canada's largest online beauty destination.”
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Tina Hedges, founder of LOLI Beauty, offers advice that she’s gained over the course of several entrepreneurial ventures; enumerates how LOLI takes sustainability to the far end of possibility; and explains why the seed of...
This past Sunday at PBE in New York City, there were plenty of compelling concepts and innovations to be seen; including new ingredient trends such as avocado oil and purée, cucumber seed oil, and alternative sugars like molasses. In this video montage,...
Avon’s growth in Latin American markets over the last couple of has slowed significantly in the first two quarter sales of 2018, as it hit challenges in the Brazil market.
Recent data from market research and consumer trends group NPD shows that just a few key factors boosted Q2 prestige skin care sales for 2018 to $1.3bn—a figure that’s up 12% compared to the same quarter last year.
The brand led by CEO Thomas Shipley is well know for its direct-response TV retail presence. And just last year the brand began to sell at Ulta stores. Now Keranique is adding another retail channel, teaming up with salon professionals to get the brand’s...
The private equity – backed label maker has, since 2011, been distinctly acquisitive. Resource Label Group’s deal to acquire Ingenious Packaging is the company’s 11th acquisition in that time.
At last week’s Cosmoprof North America tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada, Steinberg spoke with Cosmetics Design editor Deanna Utroske about her new brand’s impressive retail reach; what young women expect from packaging and formulation; how millennials approach...
The woman behind the longstanding June Jacobs spa brand and contract manufacturing labs of the same name launched a consumer skin care collection this week on Sephora.com. And before the month is out, her new Naturally Serious brand will be available...
As part of the company’s reformulation and relaunch of its iconic baby care products, the multinational is disclosing more ingredients—including fragrance ingredients. J&J attributes the new policy to consumers' expectation to “know 100% of the...
The beauty wellness brand has until now been focused on skin care formulated with natural ingredients. But this summer (as is increasingly common among personal care brands) Well Within added two skin care supplements to their product portfolio.
At Cosmoprof North America last week, Molly Nover-Baker, beauty director at Pour Moi Skincare, sat down with Cosmetics Design editor Deanna Utroske to discuss the brand’s content-forward approach, the importance of accessible consumer education, upcoming...
