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Listen Up! a collection of 2019 podcasts featuring Cosmetics Design editors

29-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

On occasion, the editors of the Cosmetics Design sites take a break from writing news to share a different perspective of what we see happening in the beauty and personal care industry, hosting or guesting on podcasts.

IMCD expands into Latin American with Colombian acquisition

29-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

Netherlands-based specialty chemicals distributor IMCD has expanded its footprint in the Latin America market with the acquisition of the Colombia ingredients distributor Unired Quimicas.

Clean & ethical beauty 2020: CosmeticsDesign Summit returns to unravel key insights

27-Nov-2019 By CosmeticsDesign-Europe Staff

Clean and ethical has taken the food and nutrition world by storm, and following hot on its heels is beauty. The movement has been flourishing in cosmetics and personal care for some time now and will soar in due course, propelled by the continued and...

Beauty ingredient and packaging material suppliers stand out in the global bioplastics market

26-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Growth strategy consulting firm Frost & Sullivan recently published a report on the bioplastics market; and all 8 companies highlighted in the report serve the cosmetics and personal care industry.

And the winners of the 2019 Sustainable Beauty Awards are…

26-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

The results of the Sustainable Beauty Awards are in, revealing who is leading the field for sustainable products, ingredients, packaging and industry leadership, as well as who is the biggest pioneer.

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M&A activity hints at new realities in the beauty sector

25-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This past week Coty bought controlling stake in Kylie Cosmetics, The Estée Lauder Companies acquired Korea-based skin care brand Dr Jart+, and Olaplex accepted a private equity deal from Advent International. To get a sense of what these transactions...

Schwarzkopf partners with TerraCyle to up sustainability

21-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

Hair care specialist Schwarzkopf has partnered with international recycling provider Terracyle to launch its free Schwarzkopf Recycling Program in the US.

Olaplex sells to private equity firm Advent International

20-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This week the professional hair brand and the firm announced a deal that will see Olaplex grow in terms of global market reach, product portfolio, and retail strategy.

Ever wondered about the first steps needed to develop a global beauty brand?

20-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

A live online masterclass aims to outline the first steps to develop a global beauty brand that consumers will love and keep them coming back for more.

Natura results show strong revenue growth across portfolio

19-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

Natura & Co has posted strong third quarter results, showing that its three main brands – Natura, The Body Shop and Aesop – all showed good growth.

10 beauty tech and retail takeaways from CEW’s 2019 Connected Consumer conference

19-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Friday in New York City, Cosmetic Executive Women hosted the 3rd annual Connected Consumer conference, bringing together more than 20 digital technology experts and 700+ attendees for a half-day of knowledge sharing and networking.

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Kids’ blend-it-yourself bath brand Dabble & Dollop debuts on QVC

18-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The past Saturday evening, the video commerce channel introduced the first Big Find pitch winner to its viewership. Cosmetics Design checked in with founder Stephanie Leshney about her experience pitching and presenting alongside show host Shawn Killinger.

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Courtney Adeleye launches Generational Advantage Fund and partners with MAV Beauty Brands

15-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The founder of the hugely successful hair brand The Mane Choice announced this week that she’s teaming up with MAV to grow the business more broadly. As part of the deal, Adeleye is expanding her give back mission—launching a financial literacy program...

‘Avoiding gender-based stereotypes’: Confidence top trait associated with masculinity in today’s beauty market

14-Nov-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Gender norms are morphing and masculinity ideals shifting, and beauty players must keep up and focus on confidence and holistic health – important for male consumers, says Euromonitor International.

SC Johnson adds another personal care brand to its business with Coola acquisition

14-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The household cleaning company has bought 2 sun care businesses and a men’s skin care line this year, bringing the number of brands in the SC Johnson lifestyle category up to 8.

Dove takes a new approach to plastic packaging

14-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The Unilever brand announced its new No | Better | Less Plastic framework recently and is moving forward with new beauty packaging initiatives that will remove over 20,000 metric tons of virgin plastic from the brand’s supply chain.

Henkel to acquire professional hair brand DevaCurl

14-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

Germany-based cosmetics and personal care player Henkel has announced that it is acquiring premium professional hair care brand DevaCurl, which specializes in treatments and products for curly hair.

The Estée Lauder Companies publishes a first full CR report

13-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Business is changing. Beauty consumers care about the social and environmental implications of the products they buy; and financial stakeholders see value in publicly responsible and truly sustainable companies. And so, the beauty maker is taking stock...

Avon partners with Fuse Universal on training tech platform

13-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The social-selling beauty company took its popular paper brochure digital in 2018, introduced a mobile-first training solution for Avon representatives in May, and is now working with Fuse to create a digital education and communications platform for...

Special Edition: Biotechnology for Natural Formulation

Has biotech made more natural beauty ingredients available?

12-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Here, Cosmetics Design looks at a selection of ingredients, made possible through biotechnology, that have come to market in recent years and how those new inputs figure into the natural and green beauty movements.

Special Edition: Biotechnology for Natural Formulation

The surge of the decade? Reflecting on a ‘renaissance’ in plant cell culture tech for cosmetics

12-Nov-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Consumer desire for sustainable and natural cosmetics continues to fuel the surge in interest around plant cell culture technology, with huge advances made in the past ten years, academics say.

Biotechnology for Natural Formulation

Three biotech ingredient technologies that are raising the bar on sustainable beauty

12-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

Biotechnology has been heralded as a less costly, more efficient means of producing a range of active ingredients for beauty and personal care, but perhaps the biggest advantage is the sustainability factor.

Brazil authorities give Natura’s Avon acquisition green light

12-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

Competition authorities have given their approval to Natura & Co’s acquisition of Avon Products Inc, citing no restrictions for the deal.

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CEW Connected Consumer event returns to New York City

12-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This Friday, Cosmetic Executive Women will host the popular beauty tech event for the third year running. Speakers will be a who’s who of the tech and beauty industry, representing Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Pinterest as well as P&G, Estée Lauder,...

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Vantage Group reopens jojoba processing facility in Tucson, Arizona

12-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Late last month the specialty chemical and ingredient supply company welcomed press, local officials, and Vantage team members to an opening event for the newly rebuilt jojoba oil processing facility.

How To: a collection of advice for indie beauty brand leaders

11-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Over the years, Cosmetics Design has covered numerous events on the independent beauty movement. Here is a selection of guidance for startups from insiders and experts who have spoken at those events as well as a few notes from the Cosmetics Design editorial...

KDC/ONE acquires Benchmark Cosmetic Laboratories

07-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The Canada-based beauty and personal care manufacturer announced the latest in a series of acquisitions this week. This time the company adds California-based prestige manufacturer Benchmark to its global network of product production facilities.

CASIC to hold Latin American industry symposium in Buenos Aires next week

07-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

The Latin American Cosmetic, Personal care and Home Care Industries Association (CASIC), is to hold a symposium on the development of safe cosmetics and household products.

Caswell-Massey opens NYC pop-up boutique

06-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The centuries-old American fragrance brand has been updating nearly every aspect of its business over the past 3 years and is now welcoming long-time consumers, new brand fans, and curious shoppers to experience the old and the new of Caswell-Massey at...

Natural Cosmetics Act to set legal definition of ‘natural’

06-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The bill, introduced in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, would define and legislate the use of the word ‘natural’ and the term ‘naturally-derived’ for cosmetics and personal care labeling and marketing. Ingredient suppliers would be required...

Latin America helps buoy Clariant’s financial performance

05-Nov-2019 By Simon Pitman

Specialty chemicals players Clariant has overcome challenging conditions in North America and China, as well as the Care Chemicals division, thanks to strong results in its new markets, particularly in Latin America.

Symrise announces plan to use only renewable energy resources by 2025

05-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

As a sustainability strategy update, the multinational fragrance and personal care ingredient maker joined the RE100 Initiative this month.

Education Time: Estée Lauder, IFF, and Douglas team up with ESSEC Business School

05-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Starting in January 2020, Veronique Drecq will lead a new program at the school—supported by Estée Lauder, IFF, and Douglas subsidiary Nocibé—called Leading a Beauty Brand.

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Ingredient makers are going indie

04-Nov-2019 By Deanna Utroske

It’s no longer unusual for multinational raw material suppliers to work with indie beauty brands; but it’s still not the norm. Here Cosmetics Design looks at an array of legacy specialty chemical companies doing business directly with cosmetics, personal...

Special Edition: in-cosmetics North America

in-cosmetics North America director discusses new venue for 2020

29-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

The in-cosmetics North America event is heading to New Jersey in 2020. Cosmetics Design spoke to show director Daniel Zanetti to find out more.

Clean beauty ingredient evaluation progam has arrived

29-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Amy Ziff, founder of certification program Made Safe, announced the new ingredient evaluation program called Nontoxic Certified last week at the Raise the Green Bar Summit in New York City.

Special Edition: In-Cosmetics North America

Trend Spotting: in-cosmetics North America 2019

29-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At last week’s beauty and personal care ingredient trade show in New York City, a handful of ingredient innovations stood out. Here are a couple of the top trends Cosmetics Design saw at this year’s in-cosmetics North America event.

Special Edition: LATAM Male Grooming

Argentine men’s grooming brand focuses on sustainability

29-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

Dandy is a cosmetics and personal care brand out of Buenos Aires, Argentina, that is focusing in on two of the biggest trends in the Latin America market – men’s grooming and sustainability.

Special Edition: LATAM Male Grooming

Mintel research highlights three key trends in LATAM men’s grooming market

29-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

The men’s grooming market in the Latin American market appears to be waking from a deep slumber, as younger Latinos start to take more interest in their appearance and personal care.

Special Edition: LATAM Male Grooming

Argentine men’s grooming brand shares what it takes to corner the category

29-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

The trend for men’s grooming in Latin America is one of the biggest to hit the region in recent years, but that doesn’t mean to say that tapping into this growth potential is easy.

Speical Edition: LATAM Male Grooming

How do Latin American men relate to the naturals trend?

29-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

In Latin America the naturals trends has swept the region, impacting product launches across the board. That impact has also been seen in the fast-growing men’s grooming category.

Editor's Spotlight

2019 Good Housekeeping Sustainable Packaging Award winners announced

28-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At last week’s Raise the Green Bar sustainability summit in New York City, Birnur Aral and Carolyn Forté of the Good Housekeeping Institute announced the winners from indie, niche, and legacy brands in 9 categories across bath and body, makeup and skin...

Indie Beauty Profile

Stephanie Leshney, Dabble & Dollop

25-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Stephanie Leshney, founder of the blend-it-yourself kids personal care brand Dabble & Dollop, talks about how her experience in the cosmetics and personal care ingredient business informed the brand she is building now...

in-cosmetics North America 2019, in photos

24-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

The in-cosmetics North America 2019 event opened its doors at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan, New York City, yesterday. Here we bring you some of the highlights in this photo gallery and an important announcement from the organizer.

CEW honors standout beauty brands at Indie 65 event and publishes sales data that brings a new kind of transparency to the indie beauty movement

23-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At Tuesday evening’s awards ceremony in New York City, CEW brought together a who’s who of indie beauty brand leaders for celebration and networking. The event simultaneously marked the launched of the organization’s first-of-its-kind report on the size...

Pricing up for personal care in Brazil as economy stabilizes

23-Oct-2019 By Simon Pitman

The Brazil economy is continuing to show signs of price stabilization as the consumer price index for September showed a slight deflation, but personal care prices proved the exception.

Editor's Spotlight

10 top tips: Building a Beauty Startup

21-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This past Thursday in New York City, the recommendation platform and entrepreneurship community Stacklist hosted a panel discussion among beauty business founders at the Amazon Web Services loft space. Cosmetics Design was there, along with some 250 aspiring...

The Body Shop to replace all recycled PET with Fair Trade plastics in 3 years

18-Oct-2019 By Kacey Culliney

The Body Shop has spent two years building a solid supply chain with Plastics for Change in India to source Fair Trade recycled plastic and plans to integrate these materials across its global recycled plastics portfolio within three years.

Indie Beauty Profile

Luca Burnett, YANTRA Beauty

18-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In his Indie Beauty Profile, Luca Burnett, founder of YANTRA Beauty, describes a hair care brand that puts the insights and experience of professional stylists into products for everyday consumers.

CIBS luncheon lecture clarifies the foundation, function, and future of the indie beauty movement

17-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Wednesday in New York City, the Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers organization hosted a luncheon event focused on all things indie beauty. And, Jillian Wright, co-founder of the Indie Beauty Media Group, gave the keynote lecture.