Hair care

Biotech cannabinoid maker teams with MetaLabs on hair care innovation

22-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, Lygos CBx and MetaLabs announced a deal that has the US and Korea – based companies collaborating on shampoo and other products formulated with CBG.

Women now outnumber men on Coty’s Board of Directors

22-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month the beauty maker announced two new Directors—Anna Adeola Makanju and Mariasun Aramburuzabala Larregui—as well as the departure of Paul S. Michaels.

Gattefossé to bring beauty ingredient production to the Americas region

21-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Late last week the specialty chemical company announced construction of a new production facility in Lufkin, Texas—a legally designated Foreign Trade Zone.

12-MINUTE WATCH: TRENDS 2021 BY COSMETICSDESIGN EDITORS

15 global beauty trends to watch in 2021: From CosmeticsDesign’s Editors

16-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Multicultural beauty, sophisticated hygiene and green products for all will take the spotlight next year, as consumers turn to relatable and engaging concepts that fulfil their needs. CosmeticsDesign’s global editors take you through the top 15 global...

Allergenic fragrances found in EU ‘perfume-free’ cosmetics: Council of Europe surveillance study

16-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Some cosmetic products sold in Europe still contain excessive levels of allergy-inducing fragrances when labelled and marketed as perfume-free, finds a study by the Council of Europe and its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare...

L’Oréal invests in social-selling software to increase ecomm revenue above 25%

16-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the multinational beauty maker’s venture capital fund announced a minority investment in Replika Software, a tool that lets brands create a ‘retail partnership’ with any individual active on social or streaming platforms.

UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2020: ‘Green pandemic recovery’ needed to curb 3°C global temperature rise

09-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Urgent action is needed to lower a global temperature rise in excess of 3°C by the end of this century, and United Nation leaders say COVID-19 recovery packages could offer a beacon of hope.

CBD: the beauty ingredient trend that can’t be stopped

09-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Innovations in cannabis beauty just keep coming from suppliers, brands, business leaders, and new entrepreneurs alike. Here Cosmetics Design looks at 2020 highlights from this compelling (and at times controversial) new category.

Mozzafiato: Italian Beauty has a new retail home in the US and Canada

09-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Building on the multi-brand specially beauty concept popularized by retailers large and small, like Sephora, Ulta, Credo, and Beauty Heroes, Mozzafiato is curating Italian Beauty brands for the US market and reaching consumers both online and in store....

L’Oréal, Kao Corporation and flurry of beauty suppliers secure 'Triple A’ CDP rating in 2020

08-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal, Asia-Pacific personal care giant Kao Corporation and four industry suppliers have been awarded a triple ‘A’ status for sustainable efforts across climate change, forests and water security this year, securing six of...

Can L’Oréal really help stop public sexual harassment?

03-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

After survey data showed that 9 out of 10 women around the world say that harassment is the number one issue they face, the multinational beauty maker teamed up with Hollaback!, an organization dedicated to transforming culture and ending harassment.

Coty – KKR deal is final

02-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week the beauty maker completed sale of its Wella business to global investment firm KKR.

APTAR beauty packaging meets Credo's sustainability guidelines

23-Nov-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the packaging supplier and the clean beauty retailer teamed up to make it all the easier for cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands to choose packaging that Credo deems sustainable.

IBMG’s latest launch connects retail buyers and indie beauty brands online

19-Nov-2020 By Deanna Utroske

As the Coronavirus pandemic wears on, the future of in-person meetings, events, and tradeshows where so many relationships were built and business deals transacted (or at least initiated) remains uncertain. To help independent cosmetics, personal care,...

Dr Harshita Kumari accepts $700,000 grant to study AvanSix personal care surfactants

12-Nov-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This new industry partnership has the University of Cincinnati Assistant Professor and her students working to make existing surfactants better and to innovate chemical compounds that would make AvanSix surfactants more fit and functional in today’s beauty...

Ecovia Intelligence announces 2020 Sustainable Beauty Award Winners

10-Nov-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The research and consulting company publicized this year’s winners and runners-up during a virtual event this month, celebrating brands, suppliers, and corporate leaders “pushing the boundaries of sustainability” in the international cosmetics and personal...

PODCAST: A global beauty view on COVID-19 – business resilience, learnings so far and future strategies

04-Nov-2020 By Kacey Culliney

The beauty and personal care world has faced significant upheaval on a global scale during the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but it has also emerged as resilient and innovative despite consumer and retail trends morphing at great speed....

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5 Insights on the current Latina Beauty movement

03-Nov-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Stephanie Flor, celebrity makeup and hair artist and Founder of Around the World Beauty, has traveled to more than 30 countries to further the global conversation about beauty. Here, she shares insight on the categories, trends, and people leading today’s...

Omnichannel Upgrade: Avon opens a first brick-and-mortar beauty retail shop in Los Angeles, California

28-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Just when social sales and DTC brands seem to have a competitive edge in the cosmetics and personal care marketplace, the direct sales beauty maker opens an enormous shop called Studio 1886 in LA’s Koreatown.

Uplink relaunches to better connect indie brands with beauty packaging and ingredient suppliers

27-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The online and events platform launched an all new website this month, complete with a concierge service for brand leaders. Cosmetics Design checked in with Nader Naeymi-Rad of IBMG to learn more.

Can biotechnology make PFAS and other so-called forever chemicals degradable?

27-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Degradability is increasingly important in the cosmetics and personal care industry. And whether per- and poly-fluorinated compounds are in beauty formulations as an ingredient or a trace contaminant, they persist in the environment and are (as a result)...

Cargill to boost natural beauty biz with Floratech acquisition

22-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the global food corporation announced the signing of a deal to purchase Floratech, a decades-old natural ingredient supplier serving the cosmetics and personal care industry.

6 Black-owned beauty brands score grants and business coaching from NVF and Barefoot

21-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the non-profit dedicated to advancing women entrepreneurs of color and the E & J Gallo Winery brand announced the businesses and Black women founders receiving the 2020 Barefoot Beauty Grant.

At-home versions of pro beauty products increase as pandemic wears on

21-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the Colgate-Palmolive brand PCA SKIN launched a Micro Peel At-Home Kit—it's just the latest DIY / pro skin treatment hybrid product to hit the market and help consumers keep up with their pre-pandemic routines.

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Raise the Green Bar Sustainability Summit is this Thursday

19-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

On October 22, the cross-industry sustainability event (now in its fourth year) goes online with a half-day of programming meant to help corporations, brands, and consumers connect and coordinate on all things sustainability.

What’s New? the latest cosmetics and personal care ingredient launches of 2020

15-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

With tradeshows going digital, ingredient supplies disrupted by the pandemic, and work-from-home precautions changing the way so many beauty industry insiders navigate the workday, keeping up on new ingredient launches can be a challenge. Here Cosmetics...

Sabinsa earns patent for botanical topical hair growth technology

15-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the ingredient supplier announced that its proprietary blend of β-glucogallin, cocos nucifera, and selenopeptides has been granted a patent in Mexico for the ability to protect dermal papilla cells.

New zeolite catalyst design tech to expedite production of specialty chemicals

14-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics and personal care ingredient makers can likely benefit from recent research published in Nature Materials that shows synthesizing finned zeolites can increase catalyst efficiency by 3 times.

Cantu gets into the body care business

14-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

On Tuesday, the popular mass textured hair care brand announced the launch of Cantu Skin Therapy, a line of body moisturizers.

SheaMoisture enlists Black creative professionals for It Comes Naturally brand campaign

13-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Unilever brand announced the new campaign this week, featuring the work of 6 visual artists—Monica Ahanonu, Rachelle Baker, Bisa Butler, Alexis Eke, Linda Mawala, and Reyna Noriega—and publicizing a new SheaMoisture pledge to share product proceeds...

2020 Cultivate Cohort accelerator foregrounds Textured Hair Care movement

09-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

On Tuesday, Sally Beauty Supply and salon products distributor Cosmo Prof announced the four woman-owned brands selected to participate in this year’s Cultivate Cohort. Three of those brands are all about the care and styling of kinky, coily, curly, wavy,...

2020 Beacon Awards coincide with Beauty Independent anniversary

08-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

IBMG’s beauty news publication has been running online for three years now. And late last month, the media company announced the first Beacon Award winners, celebrating the entrepreneurs, allies, and brands that not only make headlines on the site but...

AmorePacifc launches new grooming brand in US, including men’s intimate wash

07-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The Bro&Tips brand has been available in Korea since 2017, and now, thanks to a deal with Amazon, is being sold in the US men’s grooming market too.

Beauty Ballot: PCPC member companies pledge to give employees time to vote in 2020

05-Oct-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Under the leadership of Board Chair Keech Combe Shetty, the Personal Care Products Council is for the first time inviting member companies like Kao, Mary Kay, and L’Oréal to sign onto a civic engagement pledge.

There’s a new almond oil supplier in the beauty biz

30-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, California-based grower / processor Harris Woolf Almonds launched single-source sweet almond oil to the cosmetics and personal care ingredient marketplace.

Waste No More: why upcycled ingredients are the compost heap in green beauty’s backyard

25-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

As sustainability goals in the cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance industry advance to become circularity initiatives, new and novel raw materials that would have otherwise been waste are showing up in the beauty ingredient marketplace.

2021 Blue Beauty Awards open for nominations

24-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The program launched just last year as a collaboration between INNOCOS and Beauty Heroes, celebrates beauty, wellness, and lifestyle brands and products that are sustainable and making a positive impact on the environment.

L’Oréal sets new standard for travel retail with shop at LGA

23-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

At the end of August, the multinational beauty maker opened the Beauty Hub at the new LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Arrivals and Departures Hall in New York City.

Natura & Co and L’Oréal ranked most ‘inclusive and diverse’ beauty majors in the world: Refinitiv report

17-Sep-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Natura & Co and L’Oréal are two of the top 10 most inclusive and diverse publicly traded companies worldwide in 2020, according to financial market insights firm Refinitiv.

J&J invests in textured hair brand Sunday II Sunday

17-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson contributed to the brand’s seed financing round. It’s funding that will allow the D2C brand, specializing in active beauty for Black women, to reach more consumers with more products.

‘Accelerating action’: Johnson & Johnson outlines 2030 goals on plastic packaging, ingredients transparency and preventive health

16-Sep-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Johnson & Johnson has outlined a range of measures in its ‘healthy lives mission’ program that aim to boost sustainability and improve the health of consumers over the next ten years.

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