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5 small beauty businesses awarded FedEx grants

01-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Last week FedEx Express Canada announced 30 small businesses receiving grants under the company’s new #SupportSmall initiative, a program to help small business across that country survive the Coronavirus economic recession.

2020 Conference on Engineering Cosmetics and Consumer Products goes online in September

27-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers will host the 3-day event, showcasing the latest personal care and beauty formulation trends, engineering innovations, and packaging and manufacturing technologies.

Ulta Beauty is newest retail partner for KVD Vegan

25-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Kat Von D brand launched at Sephora in 2008, was fully acquired and renamed by KENDO Brands at the start of the year, and as of this week, KVD Vegan is at Ulta Beauty too.

FORMA is building brands for next-gen beauty consumers

24-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

A new venture, backed by the growth equity firm General Atlantic, has emerged from what was Morphe Holdings to develop, accelerate, acquire, and curate the personal care, cosmetics, and wellness brands that will win over Millennial and Gen Z consumers.

Clean Beauty spending up 26% among Gen Z consumers

20-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

That’s according to new data from financial services company Klarna, who only today announced a partnership with Beautycounter.

The Detox Market acquires green beauty ecommerce platform

20-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the retailer announced the purchase of Clementine Fields, a Canada-based site specializing in clean and green beauty and lifestyle brands.

Unfiltered Experience rethinks what’s possible with virtual beauty events

19-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The new industry event—launched just last year—connects beauty brand founders with influencers, buyers, experts, and editors. And the 2020 edition of Unfiltered Experience promises to bring that same high-value interconnectedness to an online event.

2020 Beacon Award nominees have been made public

18-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, Beauty Independent announced the list of nominees for its 2020 Beacon Awards, a new program developed to celebrate the brands, products, retailers, and people that make indie beauty innovative and successful.

Is a new subscription box the answer to clean beauty product discovery?

18-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

In July, MUA and podcaster Cassandra McClure launched the Clean Beauty Kit, a monthly subscription box for both pros and consumers looking to live the clean beauty lifestyle. Cosmetics Design checked in with the entrepreneur to learn about who she’s reaching,...

Personal care innovation insights for a COVID-19 world

17-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Belinda Carli, Director of the Institute of Personal Care Science, is well-regarded in the industry for her deep knowledge of the latest product formulation technologies, advances in beauty science, and trends that matter in the marketplace. In this video,...

Brown Girl Jane to help fund and mentor Black women beauty and wellness entrepreneurs

13-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The month, the indie beauty brand teamed up with Unilever to expand on its #BrownGirlSwap initiative and further support Black brand founders.

Why should formulating chemists care about personalized beauty?

12-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

A lot of what’s going on in the personalized beauty space today relies on algorithms, data, and all things digital. But ingredient makers are getting in on the trend too, helping chemists trouble shoot NPD for personalized and custom formulation options.

New Zealand – based skin care brand Antipodes teams with Purity Life

11-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, Antipodes signed a partnership deal with the natural CPG distributor to reach consumers across Canada.

AmorePacific maneuvers to reach more US consumers via ecommerce

06-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the long-standing Korean Beauty company began selling the full portfolio of both its AMOREPACIFC and Mamonde brands on the Amazon Premium Beauty store.

Keech Combe Shetty elected Board Chair of PCPC

04-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Personal Care Products Council has announced that as of Monday, Keech Combe Shetty—Executive Chair at Combe, the personal care company behind brands like Vagisil and Just For Men—is the organization’s new Board Chair.

Sustainability matters more in 2020, shows new data

29-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The California-based biotech company Genomatica has just released survey data on if and how much consumers in the US care about environmental issues during the COVID-19 health crisis.

Cosmetic Additives market sees year-over-year gain in June 2020

29-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

New data published by the American Chemistry Council this month shows that the US specialty chemicals market is improving, since taking a record dip in April. But only 3 industry sectors saw a Y/Y increase last month.

Buy now, Pay later: Sephora Canada signs a deal with PayBright

23-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty retailer already offers US consumers an installment payments option in partnership with Klarna, a Sweden-based bank and financial services company. Now, a deal with Paybright brings that same financing option to beauty consumers in Canada.

30-minute watch – Episode 6

Clean & Ethical Beauty Video Series Episode 6: Brainstorming the future

21-Jul-2020 By Amanda Lim

In our final episode of the Clean & Ethical Beauty Video Series, we discuss how the events of today will impact how the clean and ethical beauty category might look in the future. Scroll down to watch episode 6.

Indie Beauty Opportunity: The Big Find is back at QVC and HSN

21-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The 2020 edition of Qurate Retail Group’s indie brand pitch competition is now open for entries.

Luxury Brand Partners launches ONE/SIZE, a makeup brand for the underrepresented

21-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

On Friday LBP and Patrick Starrr announced the new brand, now available for sale on the Sephora website (and launching in over 500 doors across 2 countries later this month).

Newly launched Beacon Awards to honor indie beauty innovation and excellence

21-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

In mid-July, Beauty Independent announced a new awards program to recognize the achievements of cosmetics, personal care, and wellness entrepreneurs.

Sustainable lipstick twist: Italian firm develops separable paper-plastic packaging

09-Jul-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Italian packaging specialist Mktg Industry has developed a separable double-layered paper and plastic design for lipsticks, enabling easy refills and simply recycling for consumers.

30-MINUTE WATCH – EPISODE 4

Clean & Ethical Beauty Video Series Episode 4: Getting the message right

07-Jul-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Communicating the concept and credentials of clean and ethical beauty in a market without any unanimous industry or consumer definition remains a big challenge, but there are plenty of clear opportunities when navigating this space. Scroll down to watch...

New China regulations: Final CSAR rules revealed after delays caused by COVID-19

06-Jul-2020 By Amanda Lim

China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has published the final version of its Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation (CSAR), which will take effect on January 1, 2021.

Coty to bite into celebrity-led ‘winning formula’ with KKW stake: GlobalData

01-Jul-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Coty’s move to acquire a 20% stake in Kim Kardashian West’s beauty line KKW will enable it to leverage the power and buzz of personality-driven cosmetics – especially important in the face of ongoing COVID-19 challenges, says GlobalData.

Beauty retail goes live on-air as Livescale and Shopify team up in North America

01-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics and personal care brands using the Shopify ecommerce platform can now livestream shoppable video content.

Clean Beauty Tech: Novi helps brands source ingredients that meet clean beauty retailers’ guidelines

30-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Kimberly Shenk founded the Novi platform in 2019 and already the venture has partnered with suppliers like Inolex and retailers like Sephora to streamline clean beauty ingredient sourcing for brand leaders, R&D pros, and formulating chemists.

Mary Kay sponsors new Society of Cosmetic Chemists scholarship for ‘minority’ students

23-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The SCC’s new Madam C.J. Walker Scholarship is a next step in the organization’s efforts to improve diversity, equality, and inclusion within the cosmetic and personal care industry.

Is the ‘mainstream’ beauty industry finally making space for Black-owned businesses?

22-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The murder of George Floyd, this past May 25, sparked a renewed and global movement for racial justice. As a result, evermore government and business leaders as well as influencers, consumers, and working-class people are speaking up and taking action...

Jane Lauder moves up the ranks at ELC, as first Executive VP of Enterprise Marketing and Chief Data Officer

18-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Today, The Estée Lauder Companies announced not only Jane Lauder’s next executive leadership role but also the creation of a new business area, dedicated to digital, data, and analytics-driven creative and marketing initiatives.

Beauty industry supplier Oh, Oh Organics adds CBD to ingredient portfolio

18-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the organic cosmetics and personal care ingredient distributor announced a partnership with Kuleana, a farm-to-bottle CBD producer based in Hawaii.

2020 Sustainable Cosmetics Summit zeros in on circularity

17-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Taking place September 28 – 30, with an executive-facing program that’s all about creating sustainable beauty for a circular economy, this year’s North American edition of the SCS will be a virtual event to accommodate health and safety precautions necessary...

30-MINUTE WATCH - EPISODE 1

Clean & Ethical Beauty Video Series Episode 1: Why it matters

16-Jun-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Clean and ethical beauty has evolved significantly in recent years, fuelled by various environmental, societal and business factors, but why does this burgeoning category matter more today? Scroll down to watch Episode 1.

'A business look': Clean & Ethical Beauty 2020 video series launches

15-Jun-2020 By Global Editorial Team

CosmeticsDesign is launching a Clean & Ethical Beauty online video series this week, compiling the latest trends, data and expert opinions on how and why the business opportunities are evolving in this growing space.

SPECIAL EDITION: SUSTAINABLE SOURCING AND WASTE REDUCTION

Wild beauty: FairWild Foundation says certification protects threatened plant species

11-Jun-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Wild plants are used extensively in beauty and personal care formulations, but the conservation status of many species remains unknown so certification programmes offer real value in securing sustainable supply, says the FairWild Foundation.

Clean beauty 2020: Two-thirds of women worldwide want greater label transparency, finds survey

10-Jun-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Female shoppers worldwide want greater labelling transparency on clean beauty products, with many claiming brands do not provide sufficient ingredient information on-pack, a survey finds.

Post-pandemic beauty: Blockchain and biotech set to thrive as safety fears soar, says expert

10-Jun-2020 By Kacey Culliney

The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has accelerated and morphed consumer trends, catapulting safety and hygiene to the fore and increasing the relevance of blockchain and biotech in beauty, says a trends expert.

Editor's Spotlight

4 top takeaways from the Beauty Entrepreneurship Community Roundtable

08-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This past Wednesday, 10 cosmetics and personal care business insiders gathered via Zoom Video Conference to discuss the challenges and opportunities that Black brand owners and that Black-owned cosmetics and personal care businesses have in the marketplace...

Puig-Charlotte Tilbury acquisition: ‘It’s an interesting choice’ but ‘totally makes sense’

08-Jun-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Spanish fashion and fragrance firm Puig will acquire a majority stake in Charlotte Tilbury – an interesting move given rumoured competition from Unilever, though one that makes a lot of sense given company strategies, according to market experts.

Tax relief: International cosmetics brands set for boost as China mulls over change

08-Jun-2020 By Amanda Lim

A proposal to end taxation on cosmetic products in China could provide a major boost to international cosmetic companies retailing in the country.

4 recent highlights from the clean beauty movement

03-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Clean Beauty is here to stay. And every day there’s something new and exciting happening in this growing market sector. Here, Cosmetics Design considers a collection of noteworthy news from the Clean Beauty space.

Albéa completes divestments to Silgan and refocuses on ‘legacy’ divisions

02-Jun-2020 By Kacey Culliney

French packaging major Albéa has completed the divestment of its dispensing systems, metal and Brazil businesses to US packaging firm Silgan, now refocusing on tubes, rigid cosmetic packaging and beauty solutions, its CEO says.

Black is Beautiful: the global CPG marketplace just got a whole lot smarter

02-Jun-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The magnitude and significance of the multicultural consumer in the cosmetics and personal care industry has never been lost on Romina Brown and her team at Strategic Solutions International; she’s been helping brands compete to win in this space for...

Beauty during COVID-19: ‘The whole definition of retail is no longer clear’

28-May-2020 By Kacey Culliney

The beauty retail landscape has morphed dramatically during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, with brands forced online and cross-channel marketing more critical than ever in what will soon become the new normal, an online marketing expert says.

Highs and lows: Beauty giants report mixed economic impact amid COVID-19

25-May-2020 By Kacey Culliney

The ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the face of beauty business as we know it, and a dig into the financials shows some majors and categories have weathered the storm better than others.

Beauty Tech Innovation: virtual real-time brow try-on is here

21-May-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Today, Perfect Corp. and Benefit Cosmetics launched a new WeChat mini program that lets mobile beauty consumers choose the right eyebrow look before an in-store appointment.

A bite for beauty? Global luxury goods to decline 18% in 2020 amid COVID-19

20-May-2020 By Kacey Culliney

The global luxury goods market will shrink dramatically in the face of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, with significant downgrades expected in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and France, says Euromonitor International.

UPDATED: Asqaun makeup brushes with Pylote tech tested for Coronavirus efficacy

19-May-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The packaging, makeup, and beauty tools company has announced test resulting showing the efficacy of Pylote mineral microshperes against a coronavirus (strain 229E), not the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Is single-dose beauty packaging what retail needs to succeed?

14-May-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Before the Coronavirus pandemic, beauty product testing was a mainstay of cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance retail. With stores starting to reopen in the Americas region, brands and retailers are looking for the right way to let shoppers test makeup...