Hair care

Cake Beauty launches in US

08-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The Canadian brand Heather Reier founded in 2003 was acquired near the start of 2018 and is now expanding into the States through a partnership with the Rite Aid drugstore chain. And, the brand’s new owners have plans to extend the international reach...

L’Oréal marks 60 years in Canada with new offices

07-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In 1958, the beauty maker opened in Canada with one division, L'Oréal Coiffure, focused on professional hair products. Now the Canadian subsidiary comprises 4 divisions, 39 brands, and brought in $1.192bn in sales last year.

Avon announces new GM and growth plans in Central America

07-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Monday, Jorge Leonardo Palomera Ruiz took over as general manager of the CARD markets—Central America and the Dominican Republic—at Avon. His appointment is just the latest in a string of leadership changes at the company since relocating its global headquarters...

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Unilever unites with Humane Society International to end animal testing for cosmetics

07-Nov-2018 By Natasha Spencer

In an “unprecedented move” by one of the globe’s leading beauty brands, Humane Society International notes how these increasing efforts to ban animal testing in the cosmetics sphere may well be the “beginning of the end for cruel cosmetics”. We spoke...

Coty wants to lead the beauty industry into a cruelty-free future

06-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This week the multinational personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance maker announced a new partnership with the advocacy group behind the Leaping Bunny logo. Along with the announcement came news that the Cover Girl makeup brand has been certified by Cruelty...

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The beauty industry’s stake in worldwide wellness

05-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

According to the Global Wellness Institute’s 2018 report, wellness is now a $4.2 trillion business; and the beauty, personal care, and anti-aging categories account for $1,083bn of that figure. Here, Cosmetics Design looks at brands and trends navigating...

5 takeaways from CEW’s panel event on natural beauty

05-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Last week in New York City, Cosmetic Executive Women hosted a discussion among industry leaders asking, What is the New Natural? Answers to this question were mixed but the likes of Tata Harper and Credo co-founder Annie Jackson, who both spoke on the...

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4 ways indie founders are approaching hair care

02-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Startups and niche brands exist in every category and corner of the beauty industry today. However, hair care and styling brands don’t always get the same fanfare that innovative color cosmetics, skin care, and fragrance indies do. Here, Cosmetics Design...

Expo Beauty Show 2018

Expo Beauty Show 2018, in photos

01-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The three day Expo Beauty Show closed its doors on Tuesday in Mexico City, confirming another extremely busy show for what is a favorite destination for professional beauty players, platforming domestic players, as well as bigger Latin American and Global...

Destination beauty professionals: EBS Mexico City 2018

01-Nov-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Expo Beauty Show, one of the biggest events for professional brands in Latin America, was held between October 28th and 30th, in Mexico City, and it was a heaving event.

Idea Couture event animates The Future of Beauty

01-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Last month in New York City, Idea Couture hosted an interactive and educational day-long event that brought the innovation and design firm’s new report on The Future of Beauty to life. The event and report highlighted 6 cosmetics and personal care trends...

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Prom Peru makes its debut at Belleza Y Salud

31-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Peruvian goverment's Department of Manufacturing Diversity, Prom Peru, had a big stand on the show of this year's Belleza Y Salud event in Bogota, Colombia, This was the first time the organization had exhibited and we spoke to Melissa Vallebuona...

Key trends from independent beauty brands in Europe

31-Oct-2018 By Lucy Whitehouse

What are the defining trends among independent beauty brands in Europe, and what is the current state of the indie beauty market in the region? We discovered key insights at last week’s Indie Beauty Expo in London.

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Colombian government backs moves to internationalize Belleza Y Salud

30-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

Cosmetics Design caught up with Juan Carlos Castro Lozano, executive director of the ANDI National Business Association of Colombia Chamber of Personal Care Products to find out how the organization has been helping to make the Belleza Y Salud event more...

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Is personal care ingredient distributor Acme-Hardesty a barometer of change in the beauty industry?

29-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Acme-Hardesty has been in business for decades as an industry agnostic oleochemical distributor. Now, as the global economy changes and beauty leans further toward naturals, the company has reorganized to better serve cosmetics and personal care makers....

Indie Beauty Profile

Dr. Isfahan Chambers Harris, Alodia Hair Care

29-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Dr. Isfahan Chambers Harris, founder of Alodia Hair Care, describes putting her scientific expertise to work to solve her own hair care challenges. And, sharing a bit of her personal background, she encourages would-be entrepreneurs...

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in-cosmetics North America 2018, in photos

24-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

Here are some of the photo highlights of a the busy in-cosmetics North America event, where there were many new ingredient launches, a strong conference program and underlying themes such as the adaption to the needs of indie beauty formulators. Click...

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in-cosmetics North America technical expert shares formulation highlights

24-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

This video is a must watch if you want to find out about some of the most exciting formulations innovations and what was going on in the Formulation Lab Challenge.

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in-cosmetics North America show director talks about what's new

24-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

in-cosmetics North America show director Daniel Zanetti talks about what was new at this year's event as well as how key industry trends such as color cosmetics growth and indie beauty are impacting business

Naturals expert Alban Muller features chicory-derived ingredient at in-cosmetics North America

23-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care ingredient maker teamed up with a major global corporation to put the byproducts of chicory beverage production to good use in the beauty industry. At last week’s in-cosmetics tradeshow in New York City, Antoine LaMarche, general manager...

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Algae has a big role in the future of global beauty

22-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Marine-derived ingredients are on the rise in cosmetics and personal care product formulations. In particular, algae from every corner of the ocean is being used as both an ingredient and an ingredient factory. Here, Cosmetics Design takes a quick look...

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Beauty Innovation Showdown: Indie Brands and Ingredient Makers

19-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Independent cosmetics and personal care brands are widely known as innovators. While, ingredient suppliers and specialty chemical companies have long partnered with big beauty makers on new technologies, benefits testing, and formulations. Now, as indie...

Belleza Y Salud 2018, in photos

17-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

This photo gallery contains some of the highlights from the recent Belleza Y Salud event. Held in Bogota, Colombia, the event is growing as a destination for brands, both from Colombia, the Latin American region, as well as for international brands wanting...

Raise the Green Bar sustainability summit takes place November 8 in NYC

17-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The full-day event, hosted by The Good Housekeeping Institute and Made Safe, a non-profit certifying body, returns to New York City for a second year to help cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands (in fact, any FMCG brand) discover, understand,...

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Herbal Essences releases innovative bottle design for people with low or no vision

17-Oct-2018 By Natasha Spencer

The Procter & Gamble household brand becomes the very first mass hair care brand in the US to produce and market an inclusive bottle creation for people with low or no vision.

All you need to know about the C Generation and beauty

16-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

What’s different about the C Generation is that it’s cross generational. This group is not defined by age, but about how the way in which it buys through digital channels.

Coty reformulates another hair color brand, adding ME+

16-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Monday evening in New York City, Coty executives, R&D leaders, and creative professionals hosted a launch event for the newly reformulated professional color product Koleston Perfect with ME+. But the new hair color is about more than a technology...

Fashion Snoops trend immersion event returns to NYC

15-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In early November, the trend forecasting agency Fashion Snoops is holding a full-day event in New York City, previewing coming color and culture trends that will impact fashion, home, design, and beauty in the years ahead. In-house FS experts and guest...

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals just became Nouryon

11-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of October, AkzoNobel completed a deal selling its specialty chemical business (which supplies the cosmetics and personal care industry with an array of ingredients) to the Carlyle Group and GIC. With a new name, Nouryon is moving forward...

Persona launches a beauty supplement

11-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The customized vitamin brand, backed by L Catterton, launched two new dietary supplements and a mobile app this month. It’s the latest in a long line of recent pill and capsule launches from wellness and skin care brands getting in on the beauty-from-within...

Millions in funding and partnerships bolster Genomatica’s personal care ingredient business

09-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This month the biotech chemical company announced new funding from Casdin Capital, Viking Global Investors, and Ginkgo Bioworks. Genomatica also outlined plans that will put the monies to work for clients in the beauty, textiles, and plastics industries....

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Trend Spotting: vinegar beauty treatments

08-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Vinegars have been used globally for centuries in cooking, medicine, cleaning, and personal care. Now with consumers’ interest in naturals, blend-it-yourself products, and time-honored traditions, vinegar is showing up quite often in skin care, hair and...

Does radio advertising matter for beauty?

08-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At this year’s annual National Association of Broadcasters trade show and conference event in Las Vegas, Nevada, Tag Station announced a new intelligence portal that gathers listener data from people using the NextRadio app. That Dial Report's first...

DuPont Tate & Lyle adds bio-based ingredient distribution capabilities

04-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The company manufactures ingredients, including bio-based Zemea propanediol for use in personal care product formulations, at its facility in Loudon, Tennessee. This month DuPont Tate & Lyle announced a facility expansion that will make storage and...

Walgreens acquires a minority stake in online beauty retailer Birchbox

04-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

As part of the newly announced deal, Birchbox is reinventing the Walgreens beauty department to be more experiential and include more prestige brands. Effectively, the drug store chain and the subscription box company are teaming up on a curated omnichannel...

The Clean Beauty Collective replaces Fusion Brands

04-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of October, the 15-year-old Canadian cosmetics and fragrance company announced a name change, a portfolio change, and a mission change. Additionally, there are plans for the Clean Beauty Collective to add new personal care and home categories...

A preview of marketing trends to be shown at in-cosmetics North America

03-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the cosmetics and personal care ingredient and manufacturing trade show returns to New York City. The event’s marketing trends content promises to equip cosmetic chemists and R&D professionals with the data, insights, and inspiration needed...

Around the World Beauty offers first US tours in New York City

01-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This summer, the global travel venture, founded by blogger and makeup artist Stephanie Flor, began running short walking tours to some of NYC’s newest cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance shops. Cosmetics Design recently joined a tour to get a sense...

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in-cosmetics LATAM director gives insight into the 2018 event

27-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

During last weeks in-cosmetics Latin America event I spoke with show director Daniel Zanetti to find out all about what was new at this year's event, some of the key trends, and how exhibitor and visitor numbers looked.

Belleza Y Salud opens its doors in Bogota, next week

27-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Belleza Y Salud event, one of the biggest for the beauty industry in the Latin American region, will take place next week in Bogota, Colombia, 3 – 7 of October.

L’Occitane unveils start-up studio, Obratori

27-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

The France-based brand owner says that the launch aims to promote an entrepreneurial spirit to promote the start-up of new and innovative cosmetic and personal care brands.

Palette Naturals: year one as a startup fragrance supplier

26-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Last year, Miriam Vareldzis launched a new venture—a beauty industry supply business dedicated to natural fragrance and ingredient transparency. Today, Palette Naturals has clients in 8 countries and the company’s fragrance accords are used in skin care,...

Givaudan introduces fragrance on the move concept

25-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

Givaudan has launched its fragrance on the move concept at last week’s in-cosmetics LATAM, highlighting another way the fragrance category is continuing to reinvent itself.

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The big business of natural beauty ingredients

24-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Acquisitions and launches in the natural cosmetics and personal care ingredients space have been coming along pretty steadily for the past year or so now—evidence that the natural beauty is no longer restricted to the fringes of the industry. Here, Cosmetics...

Avon cuts back US operations

20-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The direct-sales beauty, personal care, and wellness company announced plans this week to streamline operations in New York State. Avon is closing offices and reducing staff, all in an effort to “fuel growth,” according to company executives.

in-cosmetics Latin America 2018, in photos

19-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Cosmetics Design team was at the in-cosmetics Latin America 2018 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil this week, and in this photo gallery we bring you some of the highlights, including the most important and interesting ingredients and new technology to be...

Natural & Organic Labelling Special Edition

The rise and rise of vegan claims for cosmetics

19-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

Cosmetic and personal care carrying vegan claims are definitely on trend these days, highlighted by a daily deluge of new product launches carrying animal-friendly labels, worldwide.

Getting to the core of beauty brand strategies

19-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

At the recent Cosmoprof North America, Matthew Quint, who is Director of Columbia Business School's Center on Global Brand Leadership, gave a presentation about core brand strategy. Cosmetics Design spoke to him to find out more.

Natural & Organic Labelling Special Edition

Edible Beauty: pills, tonics, teas, skin care, and cosmetics

19-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Today’s personal care consumer believes that the body, effectively, eats whatever comes into contact with the skin. And this means that the quality and origin of skin care, hair care, fragrance, and beauty ingredients are all the more significant. Edible...

Sally Beauty gets into at-home hair color business

19-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The professional beauty supply retailer has added a consumer-friendly hair color box kit to its private label product portfolio and begun selling a similar kit from an existing national brand as well.