This month, the 12-year-old lash and brow conditioner brand announced a line extension into hair care, launching three volumizing products formulated for fine and thinning hair.
New Avon, the investor-owned US element of the social-selling company, is running a summer marketing initiative (and circulating press materials) that highlight the disease prevention benefits of its Bug Guard sprays and lotions.
At the start of the month, Sun Chemical announced the deal—one that moves Sun as tep closer to its goal of being the preeminent pigment supplier in the global makeup manufacturing industry.
At a gala event late last month, the skin care brand built by Kenna Whitnell around an uncommon hero ingredient—breadfruit flowers sourced from Samoa—won Innovation Guelph’s 2018 Startup of the Year award.
The personal care brand (which is a subsidiary of Fox Group, an apparel retailer based in Israel) entered the Canadian beauty market place late last month. And within the next several months, Laline will open a handful of retail locations across Ontario.
Claire Chang of igniteXL has teamed up with Draper University on a new project calculated to bolster early-stage startups that are levering technology to disrupt business as usual in the cosmetics and personal care industry. The inaugural SVBeautyTech...
The beauty-from-within and supplements brand just debuted Collagen Pop, pressed tablets that dissolve in water like Airborne or 8Greens. Sold on the Hum Nutrition site and at all Sephora stores in the US, the new wellness / beauty ingestible is the latest...
In his Indie Beauty Profile, Eric Fallon, founder of the grooming and personal care brand Rebels Refinery, stresses the importance of knowledgeable mentors and revels in the joy of media and celebrity acclaim.
At the end of June, the personal care and fine fragrance ingredient supplier announced the opening of two new facilities in Asia. Bell has confidence that the additional presence in these countries and access to local market intelligence will enrich the...
Sales climb when cosmetics and personal care brands provide shoppers with engaging digital and personal experiences, according to the market researcher’s Beauty Retailing USA: Channel Analysis and Opportunities report.
The Unilever brand, acclaimed for its Self-Esteem Project, announced a ‘No Digital Distortion Mark’ initiative this week. In doing so, Dove joins a growing number of brands, retailers, and media that have given up Photo Shopping—and are verifying as much...
Late last month, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago published findings in the peer-reviewed America Chemical Society’s journal Applied Materials & Interfaces. Their work promises to greatly simplify how stable, surfactant-free...
Moving beyond its 2020 vision, the fragrance and flavors maker has set new environmental objectives—regarding water, waste, and emissions—that will guide the company into the year 2025.
This week, New Jersey – based Agilex Fragrances announced the acquisition of California-based Fragrance West. As a result of the deal, Agilex has manufacturing facilities on both coasts, a fact that the company believes will be a distinct advantage in...
The life sciences incubator for emerging companies is a project of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, New York State, and the New York Genome Center. All told, there are 26 companies in residence at the facility on 6th Avenue in SoHo. And 3 of those innovators...
The social sales company moved its headquarters to Europe in 2016 and hasn’t exactly been making headlines in the Americas region in the interim. But, Avon announced early this month that it has secured two US patents for something that is being called...
The deal, announced just this morning, expands Kramer’s business into the hair care and scalp care space—and is likely the first of many transactions that diversify the OTC company’s brand portfolio.
Well, not small exactly but niche. The current proliferation of beauty startups means that every brand has to work harder to be distinctive and win consumers over. Cosmetics Design checked in with Melissa Reinking, general manager at Bioclarity, to find...
In their Indie Beauty Profile, Maegan Scarlett and Liora Dudar, founders of oVertone Haircare, urge would-be personal care or cosmetics entrepreneurs to just get started and keep improving. And, they describe the workings of an independent beauty startup...
A new beauty and fashion make-over TV show, hosted by actress Tori Spelling is providing a big opportunity for beauty brands to connect with consumers.
Last week at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology, graduate students in the 2018 class of FIT’s cosmetics and fragrance marketing and management program presented their capstone research projects to a crowded auditorium of industry leaders....
This week, Sally Beauty began accepting applications for its new Cultivate program, an initiative meant to support women’s entrepreneurship in the hair care industry and bring innovative new products to the company’s customers. But unlike similar industry...
The new company, started in April by Conrad Plimpton (best known as the founder and chairman of Inolex), is endeavoring to be a major figure in the sustainable cosmetics and personal care supply chain. SBI is partnering with and buying up natural, organic,...
Registration is open through the end of June for both entrepreneurs and investors interested in participating in the event next month. The Beauty Pitch Angels program is essentially an interactive venue for emerging cosmetics and personal care brands...
The Estée Lauder color cosmetics brand is well known for engaging the LGBTQ community and having a passion for diversity. In honor of Pride Month (the annual celebration of queer life and history), the brand is giving donation voucher to employees and...
The digital-first, millennial-focused beauty and hair color brand announced the deal Monday; explaining that with the benefit of private equity funds, Panagakis will facilitate an expansion of Lime Crime into new categories and even more retail channels...
On Friday the skin care brand opened a pop-up shop on 5th Avenue in Manhattan’s Flatiron neighborhood. It’s the second summer that Unilever is leveraging this limited-time, experiential, personalized retail strategy to engage beauty consumers.
Last week at New York City’s Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, The Fragrance Foundation held its annual awards event. Trophies were given to nearly 20 fragrances across luxury, prestige, and mass. The event also honored 2018 Hall of Fame inductee Ann...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Risa Barash, founder of Fairy Tales Hair Care, outlines how a single-product grew into a leading problem / solution brand in the children’s hair care space, competing with the likes of Suave Kids at major retail stores.
At a two-day event in Boston, Massachusetts, last month, experts from personal care, medicine, academia, government, and beyond came together to share learnings and build a network among professionals in this emerging field. As part of the program Cecile...
The privately-owned beauty company is known for its portfolio of non-competing color cosmetics brands, like Physicians Formula and wet n wild. With this latest deal, Markwins adds an MUA brand to the mix and there are plans to expand Markwins with acquisitions...
Last night’s celebration in New York City was a lively and glittery event, with more than 20 awards given out to brands, fragrance houses, perfumers, internet celebrities, and more. But over the course of the evening, presenters and honorees alike shared...
The beauty and personal care ingredient distributor has a good track record here in the States and has strategically partnered with regional ingredient makers over the years. Now, Netherlands-based IMCD has seized the opportunity to grow in the US market...
Beauty brands, personal care ingredient makers, contract manufacturers, and Instagram influencers all seem to be conspiring to make blue skin care products a 2018 trend to be remembered. Here, Cosmetics Design takes a look at the spectrum of blue ingredients...
The team at Coty has been steadily reinventing the iconic mass-market beauty brand since acquiring CoverGirl from P&G in October 2016. And these latest developments are hardly the end of it.
It's your final opportunity to register for the Skin Protection 2018 online event, so do it now so you can take advantage of our full online webinar presentation programme, which will let you in on everything you need to know about this fast moving...
This week the contract manufacturer is showcasing their latest collection of prototype formulas at a pop-up exhibit in Los Angeles, California. It’s part of a three-city tour bringing Capsum’s encapsulation methods to brand leaders and formulators looking...
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Michelle Tu, founder of CURA Skincare, emphasizes the advantage that networking plays in the personal care business. And in simply sharing her (brand’s) profile here, she reveals how a product line built around a single hero...
On Friday, the accomplished beauty executive became president of the Bare Escentuals business, taking leadership of two color brands: bareMinerals and BUXOM. The new role is in addition to her work as president of Shiseido’s Global Makeup Center of Excellence,...
The two companies announced a strategic partnership this week that will allow Guatemala-based Nelixia to expand its already renowned essential oils business and enable Firmenich to provide its flavors and fragrance customers with more natural raw materials.
Christina Agapakis, creative director of the biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks, thinks it is. So when Cosmetics Design visited the company’s labs in Boston, Massachusetts, late last month, she shared insight into the expansive possibilities that biological...
Our US editor, Deanna Utroske, catches up with Danuta Dudek, the founder of travel skin care brand Cotarde, on their success at this year's Beauty Industry Awards.
Tuesday evening in New York City, the team behind CosmoProf North America hosted a preview event, featuring 11 global beauty trends. Cosmetics Design caught up with Ulli Haslacher, founder of Pour Moi Skincare, at the event to talk about geomoisturization...
