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Friendly Beauty: what new terminology means for brands and formulators

17-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

In an effort to reach consumers looking for safe, effective, knowledge-based beauty, cosmetics and personal care products are being marketed as ‘friendly’. While investors and retailers are looking for a ‘beauty brand she can believe in’.

in-cosmetics Global spotlights beauty tech

14-Feb-2020 By Kacey Culliney

in-cosmetics Global will feature a dedicated beauty tech zone, showcasing the latest smart products and providing a platform to network and spark collaboration.

KENDO Brands launches first KVD Vegan lip gloss

05-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty brand incubator, owned by LVMH, bought remaining stake and ownership of Kat Von D Beauty at the start of the year, renamed the brand, and is now launching new product and a new marketing campaign.

PharmaCielo will start shipping CBD isolate to beauty makers in the EU and beyond

05-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Colombia-based (Canada-owned) cannabis cultivator signed a 3-year deal late last month with CBD Export Global to distribute CBD isolate and broad-spectrum CBD oil in Europe.

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Cheekbone Beauty: socially conscious business in action

04-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

“Cheekbone Beauty is all about empowering and enhancing the lives of Indigenous youth,” Founder Jenn Harper tells Cosmetics Design in this video interview, which goes on to explore the Canada-based color cosmetics brand’s vision, financing approach, and...

NOHBA Summit on clean and green beauty opens in March

04-Feb-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The first summit event from the Natural and Organic Health and Beauty Alliance will run for 2 days in Los Angeles, California, bringing together cosmetics and personal care industry leaders for educational sessions and networking meant to clarify and...

Stephens and Associates acquired by SGS

28-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The contract research and testing lab venture, based in the Southwestern US, is now part of the multinational inspection, verification, testing, and certification company SGS.

IBE announces 2019 Best in Show winners, 5 trends stand out

24-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Just days before the 2020 Indie Beauty Expo event series gets underway, the 2019 Best in Show have been announced; and several of the winning cosmetics and personal care products exemplify global innovation trends.

LBB Specialties restructures leadership team for further growth

23-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care and cosmetics ingredient distribution venture has named a new CEO and Executive VP to “maximize growth” in existing markets as well as through additional acquisitions.

Beauty Tech Faceroll: one brand’s plan to reach consumers through gaming

23-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, Benefit Cosmetics announced a cross-industry collaboration that promises to reach more than 15,000,000 women.

FDA calls meeting on standardization of talc testing methods

22-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

In early February, the public health agency will hold a public meeting on testing methods for asbestos in talc and for cosmetic products containing talc.

KDC/ONE acquisition streak continues with Paristy Chemical deal

22-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

After buying several businesses in the second half of 2019, the Canada-based beauty manufacturing company has announced it’s acquiring Shanghai Paristy Daily Chemical Co., Ltd.

Beauty suppliers and manufacturers taking steps toward circularity

21-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Several companies in the cosmetics and personal care sector have signed on to support the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in its development of an online tool to help businesses measure and track their progress toward economic circularity.

Editor's Spotlight

Indie beauty brands are winning with QVC and HSN

20-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Following a pitch competition in mid 2019, the video commerce channels owned and operated by Qurate Retail Group are putting winning brands on air and in front of millions of consumers.

Key industry suppliers to support indie beauty brands at Uplink Live

17-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The new tradeshow dedicated to bringing solution providers and indie brands together will open later this month in Los Angles, California. And top cosmetics and personal care industry suppliers, including Croda and Evonik will be among the exhibitors....

Equicapita buys beauty franchise business Visage Cosmetics

16-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Canada-based private equity firm sees beauty as a sound investment in the current and any future economic reality.

Can the beauty industry have a positive impact on the environment?

16-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Yes, if you ask Beauty Heroes and INNOCOS. The clean beauty discovery service and the global INNOCOS summit organizer have teamed up to launch a new awards program recognizing brands and products that are doing just that.

The future of a Natura-Avon beauty powerhouse?

15-Jan-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Natura & Co has finalised its Avon acquisition, creating a global pure-play beauty giant and direct-to-consumer leader – a mega-business it wants to use to fight the climate crisis, champion cruelty-free, female empowerment and local communities.

Clean Beauty gets an infusion of capital

15-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the prestige clean color cosmetics brand Ilia Beauty announced a Series B funding round, led by Sandbridge and including the New York City – based firm Silas. The investment enables Ilia to, among other things, further finance product development...

Āether Beauty: the indie brand setting an example for sustainable color cosmetics packaging

13-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The makeup brand Tiila Abbitt founded in 2018 is educating consumers and setting a new standard for makeup packaging. Āether Beauty’s latest launch is “literally the only liquid lip component in all of Sephora that can be recycled.”

Event Preview

Uplink Live hits LA, connecting suppliers with indie beauty brand leaders

09-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Later this month the tradeshow-within-a-tradeshow will open in Los Angeles, California, helping solution providers of every ilk meet with indie beauty brands and build the business relationships that will grow into industry gold.

ICMAD announces 2020 Cosmetic Technical Regulatory Forum program

08-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The 2-day educational event takes place next month in California and will cover a wide array of legal, technical, legislative, and regulatory updates affecting the cosmetics and personal care industry.

SCC celebrates a big milestone for beauty science

07-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This year, The Society of Cosmetic Chemists turns 75. And the professional organization has new commemorative logo to mark the occasion.

Coty and Kylie Jenner announce plans for the future of Kylie Cosmetics

07-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Monday, the multinational beauty maker announced a new CEO as well as details on how the Kylie Cosmetics business will be structured going forward.

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3 under-the-radar beauty trends to watch for at IBE LA this month

03-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

At the end of January, the now exclusively B2B indie beauty trade show will open in Los Angeles, California.

Sally Beauty is going vegan and eliminating single-use plastic shopping bags

02-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty retailer announced environmental sustainability initiatives, in response to consumer demand, late last year.

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ITA helps Italian Beauty win in the US market

02-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Italian Trade Agency partners with legacy and startup brands across categories to help bring the best and latest in Italian cosmetics, personal care, and grooming innovation to consumers here in the States.

Biotech-derived cannabinoid molecules from Amyris are on their way into beauty

02-Jan-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Late last year, Amyris announced a first shipment of its fermentation-made cannabinoid ingredient to LAVVAN; and the molecules are likely to end up in products across a number of industries, including beauty and personal care.

2019 Indie Beauty News Highlights

24-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

As we look ahead to 2020, let’s not forget the stellar year that 2019 has been for the independent beauty movement. Here Cosmetics Design reviews 10 top 2019 news items about all things indie.

The Year in Cannabis Beauty

24-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

2019 has been a big year for CBD, hemp, and cannabis in cosmetics and personal care. And while the regulatory climate is far from fixed, suppliers, manufacturers, and brands of every size have been making moves in cannabis beauty.

Unflitered Experience heads to OffPrice show in Las Vegas

19-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

Beauty popup Unfiltered experience is collaborating with OffPrice Show, during the Las Vegas Fashion Week, which runs in the second week of February, 2020.

Givaudan launches Brazilian botanical extract collection

19-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

Givaudan Active Beauty has unveiled its latest collection of natural botanical extracts, which have all been sustainably sourced from the Brazilian forests.

Highlights from our 2019 coverage of the LATAM region

19-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

It has been an interesting year in the Latin American region, with economic and political volatility, environmental issues and sustainability all underpinning what has happened in the beauty industry.

L’Oréal’s China targeting strategy via duty free ‘promising’

19-Dec-2019 By Kacey Culliney

L’Oréal’s EMEAI travel retail unit established numerous successful experiential campaigns in Dubai Duty Free this year, targeting and engaging Chinese passengers.

What beauty retail brought us in 2019

18-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

Beauty retail has come full evolved beyond all recognition in the past few years, with digital retailers, social media and the growth of dedicated high street chains such as Ulta and Sephora all playing a part.

Pilot Chemical expands into Latin America with Órgano Síntesis acquisition

18-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

US-based Pilot Chemicals has expanded into the Latin American markets with the acquisition of Órgano Síntesis, located in Toluca, Mexico.

New York state makes move to ban 1,4-dioxane

18-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Monday that means cosmetics and personal care products containing 1,4-dioxane will have some restrictions pertaining to sales in the state.

Getting the eco message clear is crucial to green beauty success

17-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

The market for green beauty products is continuing to outpace average industry growth, but a new report from intelligence provider stresses that getting the eco-friendly message clear is crucial.

What’s the big fuss about the circular economy?

17-Dec-2019 By What’s the big fuss about the circular economy?

As beauty and personal care manufacturers and suppliers raise the bar on sustainability, the circular economy is a phrase that is popping up with increasing frequency? But what is it and what does it mean to the industry.

Ulta Beauty results boosted by celebrity cosmetics

17-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

Underling the big trend that is seeing consumers increasingly choosing celebrity products, Ulta Beauty’s results show that its US customers are spending more on premium cosmetics.

Andean Community delays harmonization bill for safer cosmetics

12-Dec-2019 By Andean Community delays harmonization bill for safer cosmetics

The Andean Community has agreed to delay the introduction of legislation designed to update regulatory framework for cosmetic and personal care products in the region for another 6 months.

Fashion friends: L'Oréal announces Prada tie-up for 2021 luxury beauty line launch

12-Dec-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Global beauty major L'Oréal has signed a long-term license agreement with high-end Italian fashion house Prada to develop a luxury beauty line it says will be an ‘ideal complement’ to its Luxe brands.

Clariant and PAT team up on novel plant-based cosmetic actives

11-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Late last month, the two companies announced signing an agreement to develop new beauty ingredient technologies together.

Natura defends environmentalists’ work in Amazon

05-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

In light of criticism by the Brazil government towards NGOs working towards protecting the Amazon region, Natura has come out in defense of environmental protection the region.

ColourPop ‘quickly becoming the beauty brand to beat’

05-Dec-2019 By Kacey Culliney

LA cosmetics brand ColourPop is stealing social media interest and generating most purchase intent online, according to beauty intelligence firm Cherry Pick.

Flourishing future? FairWild says beauty can ramp up wild plant protection

05-Dec-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Interest in FairWild certification to protect plant biodiversity and harvesting livelihoods continues to blossom, and beauty can play its part in driving wider protection and certifications, says the foundation’s executive officer.

Beauty makers are leaving big money on the table, suggests new AARP data

04-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This year’s AARP Survey of Women’s Reflections on Beauty, Age, and Media finds that women of every age are more likely to purchase cosmetics and personal care products from brands that cater to a true diversity of women, that there’s a sizable space in...

Hudson’s Bay launching private label skin care and makeup

04-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This week the department store chain announced the new beauty brand Les Essentiels, created in partnership with Brittny Robins.

How brands can resonate with the conscious beauty consumer

04-Dec-2019 By Simon Pitman

One of the hottest trends in the beauty industry right now is the rise of the conscious consumer, an area a new study market intelligence provider PreScouter has focused on.

Green Beauty Night is coming to the US this February

03-Dec-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The event, presented by The Eco Well, is an evening of conversation among cosmetic chemists, industry ingredient makers, and science communicators on the topic of sustainability.