Hair care

Will waterless hair wash from OWA upend the category?

16-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty startup led by Kailey Bradt is preparing to launch its first product—a powder shampoo—in the weeks ahead. What this means for the hair care category is yet to be seen. But Moondust Hair Wash is already distinctive. Cosmetics Design checked...

Vantage Specialty Chemicals acquires German surfactant maker

15-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care ingredient maker announced the deal late last week. By adding LEUNA-Tenside GmbH to the Vantage business, the company hopes to expand its specialty personal care offerings and grow its reach in Europe.

BeautyX Summit returns to Los Angeles, California, this month

15-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The two-day educational event for entrepreneurs and indie beauty brand leaders will take place January 21 and 22 in LA. Attendees will hear from editors, influencers, and other experts on every facet of social and conventional media. Cosmetics Design...

Top LATAM articles of 2018

10-Jan-2019 By Simon Pitman

It has now been a full year since Cosmetics Design USA started its dedicated coverage of the Latin American market, bringing you the business news, trends and technology developments from that region.

In 21 European countries, independent beauty brands have a new retail champion

10-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This week the Indie Beauty Media Group announced a multifaceted partnership with Germany-based beauty retail giant Douglas. It's the fourth retail partnership struck by the organization behind the—now global—Indie Beauty Expo events and the second...

From The Editor's Desk

What Brazil’s new presidency might mean for the country’s cosmetics industry

09-Jan-2019 By Simon Pitman

After years of economic uncertainty and fluctuating fortunes for the cosmetic and personal care industry in Brazil, we consider how new president Jair Bolsonaro might impact the future.

Laurie Ann Goldman in as CEO at New Avon LLC

09-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Goldman began her work as the CEO of the US-based, stand-alone division of the social selling beauty company Tuesday and is already talking about invigorating the business, driving sales, and encouraging progress for women.

The LATAM industry events worth looking out for in 2019

08-Jan-2019 By Simon Pitman

Looking ahead to 2019 there are a plethora of industry events worth noting down in the calendars for Latin American cosmetic and personal care players.

Good Housekeeping’s first Sustainability Awards accepting submission from cosmetics and personal care brands

08-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The long-trusted consumer magazine launched a Green Good Housekeeping Seal program in 2009, a Raising the Green Bar summit event in 2017 (in conjunction with Made Safe), and now has a sustainability awards program too. Submissions are open; and beauty...

Editor’s Spotlight

Beauty startups from Oceania are going global

07-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics Design recently predicted that ‘all things Australian’ will be good for the personal care and cosmetics business this year. Before this trend fully catches hold, here’s a look at some of the indie brands from Australia and New Zealand that are...

Beauty Industry Awards 2019

Last few weeks to enter the 2019 Beauty Industry Awards!

07-Jan-2019 By Simon Pitman

The clock is ticking on the closing date for entries to the 2019 Beauty Industry Awards. With last entries excepted no later than February 8th that leaves just three weeks to enter.

Editor’s Spotlight

2019 Goals: Building on the wisdom of indie beauty brand founders

04-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The Indie Beauty Profile column is moving…to Fridays! But before going ahead with that, Cosmetics Design is looking back over a selection of the business advice that featured cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brand leaders have shared over the past...

From The Editor's Desk

Top coverage to look out for on Cosmetics Design in 2019

02-Jan-2019 By Simon Pitman

Looking ahead to 2019, the Cosmetics Design team has a packed year ahead for its subscribers, including new face-to-face events, webinars, special editions and in depth event coverage.

Beauty packager Aptar reaches energy management milestone

02-Jan-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In late 2018, the company’s Wisconsin facility secured ISO 50001 certification; an announcement that comes in the midst of ongoing efforts from cosmetics and personal care industry manufacturers and suppliers to reduce their environmental impact.

Nexeo launches new sampling site for personal care innovation

20-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

The stie highlights the company{s expertise in formulation as well as digital technology that allows chemists, formulators and manufacturers to explore themed sampling kits.

in-cosmetics Global readies for Paris 2019

20-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

The 30th edition of the leading formulation and ingredients for the beauty and personal care industry will take place place when in-cosmetics Global opens its doors in Paris on April 2nd, 2019.

The Cosmetics Design 2019 Trends Video

The Cosmetics Design beauty and personal care industry trends for 2019

19-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

During 2018 the Cosmetics Design team has had its eye on the big trends in an effort to determine what is going to be driving the industry in 2019. In this video we have combined our know-how to bring you a total of 20 trends to look out for in the Americas,...

From The Editor's Desk

Are beauty consumers tiring of social media?

19-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

If a new report from TABS is anything to go by beauty consumers are losing interest in social media as a go-to for purchasing decisions. Here we take a closer at the data and try to find out what is next.

Editor’s Spotlight

What is indie beauty anyway?

18-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Recently, brands featured on the Indie Beauty Profile column have been asked to define or explain their thinking on what makes a cosmetics, personal care, or fragrance brand independent. Here, Cosmetics Design has complied a selection of the replies in...

Top Ingredient and Product Launch Predictions: 2019

18-Dec-2018 By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science

Looking to the year ahead, we ask industry expert Belinda Carli, Director of the Institute of Personal Care Science, what her predictions are for the top launches and trends tipped to define the beauty industry in 2019.

IFF acquires three personal care ingredients from Kemin Industries

18-Dec-2018 By Lucy Whitehouse

IFF-Lucas Meyer Cosmetics (IFF-LMC), a cosmetic actives subsidiary of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., has expanded and strengthened its strategic portfolio.

Indie Beauty Profile

Laura Rudoe, Evolve Beauty

17-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Laura Rudoe, founder of the small-batch, artisan personal care brand Evolve Beauty, gives us a good insider understanding of why independent brands are so ingenious. And, she describes building a hand-made products business...

From The Editor's Desk

Global ingredients players are helping indie beauty, but competing too

12-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

Everyone wants a slice of the fast-growing indie beauty market right now, and while it has never been easier to launch a brand, the competition is getting all the more fierce.

Amyris and ADL expand production of fermentation-derived ingredients

11-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

Amyris, a leading player in fermentation derived ingredient, has confirmed that it is expanding production of with its contract partner ADL Bionatur.

Editor’s Spotlight

2018 cosmetics and personal care ingredient launches

10-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Certainly no year passes in the beauty industry without a significant number of new ingredient technologies coming to market. Here, we look at selection of standout ingredients that made headlines on Cosmetics Design over the last 12 months.

Univar adds Sino Lion ingredients in US

10-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care and cosmetics ingredient distributor announced a new partnership this month, one that not only expands Univar’s sustainable ingredients portfolio but that will also generate new so-called green prototype product formulations for beauty...

Editor’s Spotlight

These 4 indie brands are going all in on marine ingredients

07-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At next month’s Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles, California, numerous new cosmetics and personal care trends will be visible. Chief among them, the emerging marine ingredients trend. Here Cosmetics Design looks at 4 brands, exhibiting at IBE, that are...

Cosmetics Design’s new column: From The Editor’s Desk

05-Dec-2018 By Simon Pitman

Cosmetics Design is bringing you a new regular column, From The Editor’s Desk, designed to offer our readers a more in depth perspective on matters that are impacting our industry.

Supplier Case Study

From the Ground Up: how Brazilian Kimberlite Clay is building a global beauty ingredient business

05-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Founded just three years ago, Brazilian Kimberlite Clay has been supplying beauty makers since first exhibiting at the Dubai Beauty World Middle East event in 2016. This month, Cosmetics Design caught up with the company’s international business director...

First US Microalgae Industry Summit set for May 2019

04-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Algae and algae outputs are increasingly useful in the cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance industries—a fact that is not lost on global events producer Active Communications International. The company is hosting its first US Microalgae Industry Summit...

SCC Annual Scientific Meeting keynotes to cover new tech and leadership topics

03-Dec-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At the upcoming December event in New York City, over 50 experts will speak about science, technology, and formulation, covering both the basics of cosmetic product development and chemistry as well as the latest ideas and innovations in the beauty, personal...

Unilever’s next CEO is current president of beauty and personal care

30-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of the New Year, Alan Jope will take over as CEO of the multinational consumer goods company. Having most recently led the beauty and personal care business—Unilever’s largest division—and been with company his entire career, Jope has the...

Pure & Mine bets on consumer preference to blend personalized hair care

29-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The new brand is counting not only on consumer demand for customized personal care but also on the fact that consumers know what they want and that individual expectations and tastes should determine what goes into each shampoo and conditioner formulation.

In NYC, Beautycounter is selling product, advancing advocacy, and providing education

27-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The direct-sales clean beauty brand opened its first permanent physical store on Prince Street in New York City last month. But the Beautycounter retail story isn’t the story of one more startup getting into brick-and-mortar; founder Gregg Renfrew has...

Univar expands into Latin America

26-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

Fine chemicals and ingredient distributor has expanded its reach into the fast-growing Latin American market with the opening of a new sales office in Colombia.

New biotech patent makes Spirulina microalgae into a specialty chemical factory

26-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Lumen Bioscience announced today that the US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for its gene editing and insertion technology that makes the microorganism into a platform that can readily produce biologics, proteins, and other various molecules...

Editor’s Spotlight

Tea Time: 3 indie brands brewing up beauty

23-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

A wide variety of tea-derived inputs is used in personal care product formulations, most often for their antioxidant activity. Green tea, white tea, fermented black tea, matcha, blue tea (which is really butterfly-pea flower and lemongrass), and other...

Ecovia Intelligence natural cosmetics masterclass

21-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

Natural and organic market information provider Ecovia Intelligence has opened up the registration for a one-day Natural Cosmetics Masterclass training and workshop in San Francisco on January 15th, 2019.

Editor's Spotlight

How is indie beauty shaping up in Europe?

21-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The first ever Indie Beauty Expo (IBE) to take place in Europe has just been wrapped up in London, a small event that showcased some of the leading brands targeting the market there.

Winners revealed: Cosmoprof Asia honours best in beauty innovations

21-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

The winners of the Cosmoprof Asia and Cosmopack Asia Awards were announced at last week’s Hong Kong trade show in front of 200 guests, including finalists, buyers, and influencers.

in-cosmetics North America 2018 ups visitor numbers

20-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The final visitor numbers are in for in-cosmetics North America, and the organizer has confirmed that the number of business professionals visiting the event was up 6%.

Count down to 72nd annual SCC Scientific Meeting

20-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The SCC’s annual Scientific Meeting and Technology Showcase is due to take part at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, December 11 – 12.

Avon’s results point to need for bigger changes – analyst

20-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

A disappointing third quarter results for Avon has prompted one analyst to suggest the company need to make some big changes to remain competitive.

Cosmoprof Bologna 2019 event designed around sustainability

20-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The organisers of next year’s Cosmoprof Bologna, one of the biggest global industry events, say that this year’s event has been carefully put together around the concept of sustainability.

Croda opens marine biotech center in Canada

14-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The specialty chemical maker is looking to the marine environment and biotechnology as a sustainable alternative to conventional personal care ingredient manufacturing. And having acquired Prince Edward Island – based Nautilus Biosciences at the start...

No Sweat: Meeting the unique needs of active beauty consumers

14-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Beauty brands are increasingly positioning themselves to align with consumers’ growing interest in physical exercise by creating products designed for an active lifestyle.

Editor’s Spotlight

Trend Spotting: mushrooms of the world

12-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The use of mushrooms in beauty product formulations has been an emerging for years. But now it seems that the prolific fungi are gaining real popularity with skin care consumers. Certainly, the natural cosmetics and personal care movement can take some...

Coty announces new CEO and shifts corporate focus to financials

12-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Camillo Pane took on the CEO role in July of 2016 just about one year after he joined Coty’s category development team. Now Pane is out and Pierre Laubies, an executive who’s apparently adept at reducing the debt burden of CPG companies, is in as CEO...

Editor’s Spotlight

The conscious beauty supply chain

09-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Conscious personal care consumers, mission-driven fragrance brands, and feel-good cosmetics marketing campaigns are hard to miss now days. So smart suppliers and distributors are not only helping beauty makers tell more nuanced ingredient stories, they...

FDA to launch survey on allergens from cosmetics

08-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The US FDA wants to increase awareness and knowledge of allergens caused by cosmetics, and to this aim it has asked consumers to share their experience.