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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.

Noniko and Verity team up on refillable stainless-steel deo packaging

15-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The California-based deodorant brand has plans to be a fully plastic-free business by mid-2021. And the brand’s partnership with a new beauty packaging company is a key piece of that sustainability strategy.

Personal Care manufacturer Kao USA joins Cincinnati Innovation District

10-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This summer, the company behind brands like Oribe, Jergens, Bioré, and Molton Brown moved into the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub to better connect with local STEM talent and collaborate on the future of beauty.

Serious about the skin microbiome: Science, regulation and opportunities in 2020

09-Sep-2020 By Kacey Culliney

The skin microbiome continues to ignite interest as science fast advances and product innovations hit shelves, but where exactly are the biggest opportunities for industry and what will be the key challenges moving forward?

dpHUE names Beth Spruance Bennett CEO to lead growth through COVID

09-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

In response to the at-home hair color brand’s tremendous growth, Donna Pohlad, Founder and CEO, brought on Bennett to take over the top job and guide the brand’s cross-channel strategy.

Clean-Beauty retailer Credo adds NUELE hair care to product assortment

03-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The month the Black-owned clean hair brand began a retail partnership with the popular clean beauty store. NUELE Hair Serum is now being sold both in store and online at Credo.

Nutrafol hair supplement brand patents botanical ingredient blend

03-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the popular hair wellness startup announced that it has secured a US patent for the proprietary blend of botanical ingredients that powers Nutrafol hair growth supplements.

2021 Beauty Shortlist Awards open for entries

02-Sep-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The international cosmetics, personal care, and wellness awards program is known as a discovery platform for retailers and consumers as well as for being independent from advertiser or sponsorship support.

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.

L’Oréal launches at-home hair color service in an ever more crowded market

27-Aug-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Today the beauty maker announced a collection of new services—Haircolor Concierge—for consumers coloring their own hair. But there’s plenty of competition from DTC brands and other recent DIY hair color launches as the industry regroups to keep pace with...

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.

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.

Codex Beauty’s broad spectrum anti-microbial preservation system available to license

30-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

Today, the clean beauty brand announced the issuance of two US patents for two different ingredient technologies and that one of those is now available to other skin care, hair care, and personal care brands.

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.

Trend Watch: Neutrogena enters scalp care category

23-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week the Johnson & Johnson – owned brand launched a collection of 4 Neutrogena Healthy Scalp products, exclusively available at Walmart through the end of 2020.

Voyant Beauty Holdings set to acquire KIK’s personal care business

22-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

KIK is divesting its personal care manufacturing business to focus on consumer products in the household, pool, and automotive sectors.

Au naturale? ‘Natural’ tops online 2019 beauty claims but consumer interest wanes, says Euromonitor

22-Jul-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Natural was the top product claim made across the online global beauty and personal care space last year, driven by a huge wave of new brands entering the market. But consumer interest in the space is fading, warns Euromonitor International.

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.

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.

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.

Clariant – Ei partnership expands into Canada

02-Jul-2020 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the cosmetics and personal care ingredients distributor announced that their partnership with Clariant now extends beyond the US into Canada.