Hair care

Almost Omnichannel: QVC to launch new dedicated retail beauty network

25-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The television shopping channel has evolved as media and consumer buying habits have. And at the end of October, QVC will debut a new multichannel beauty-only retail network for today’s personal care, fragrance, and cosmetics shopper.  

in-cosmetics LATAM director discusses growth of the event

24-Oct-2016 By Simon Pitman

Despite the crushing economic crisis in Brazil, the in-cosmetics Latin America event has gone from strength to strength. Cosmetics Design caught up with the show director to find out about just how much bigger this year's event was and discover how...

There’s a new way to make aldehydes, alcohols, olefins, and paraffins

20-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

This month in the scientific journal nature.com, researchers published findings that could make large-scale chemical production more efficient.

Organ-on-chip technology will be moving out of the lab and into the commercial market

20-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

This week, Emulate announced new funding and research partnerships that will advance the technology, which has significant potential for cosmetic and personal care development and testing.

Ginkgo Bioworks and Prospect Bio team up to speed ingredient development

19-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The biotech company will have new tech tools, thanks to this deal, and as a result be able to expand its bio-engineering capabilities for clients in fragrance, cosmetics, and beyond.

Can an olive oil waste product reduce the cost of biosurfactant production?

19-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Researchers from Brazil and Europe have found a use for an oil byproduct that they believe could save cosmetic ingredient manufactures money.

New data on the financial cost of cosmetic chemical exposure in the US

19-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

According to newly published research, daily use of consumer goods and packages made with endocrine-disrupting chemicals results in hundreds of billions of dollars in health care expenses and lost wages every year in this country.

Green Biologics expands in Europe with distribution deal

19-Oct-2016 By Simon Pitman

The US division of Green Biologics has signed a distribution deal that will see its Personal Care Intermediates distributed throughout the EU.

Five strange habits of consumers you’re never going to change

19-Oct-2016 By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science

We use personal care products every day, and trial new products as we need or hear about them. What you may not realise is there are some interesting consumer habits somehow hard-wired into our brains that even the most seasoned Cosmetic Chemist finds...

Personal care ingredient and packaging companies among top P&G suppliers of 2016

18-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

This week Procter & Gamble announced its annual list of top performing supply partners and a second, longer list of companies recognized with The External Business Partner Excellence Award.

This year’s SupplySide West ingredient tradeshow was the largest ever

17-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Boasting a record number of attendees and high industry engagement, the event organizers are looking ahead to 2017 for another show serving a spectrum of industries from dietary supplements to sports nutrition, and from functional food to personal care.

Cosmetic Enterprises, Ltd. to open second personal care manufacturing facility

17-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The California – based private label beauty maker has bought land and an existing building in a neighboring state and may begin production there as early as next summer.

Elé Corporation names new distributor for personal care ingredients in the eastern states

17-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The specialty chemical maker is hosting a booth at the upcoming IFSCC and will be using the occasion to inform new and prospective Elé customers about its latest US distribution deal.

Cosmetic ingredient maker Polykon clears land for new US manufacturing facility

13-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Wednesday, the company hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking at the White Oak Technology Park near Richmond, Virginia, and is on track to begin shipping ingredients to the likes of L’Oréal and Estée Lauder in 2018.  

Bellami Hair acquires Mirabella Beauty

13-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Bellami is aiming to become “one of the leading beauty brands in the world,” and the acquisition of color cosmetics company Mirabella is one small part of the plan, which includes retail stores, distribution partnerships, formulation updates, new leadership...

New Avon expands into categories beyond cosmetics and personal care

13-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Next year, the North American direct-sales beauty company is launching a new business unit. And just this week New Avon announced the hire of Anjana Srivastava, who will lead the initiative and identify the right new product opportunities.

Farouk Systems strengthens hair care partnership with Korea’s LG H&H

12-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The two companies already collaborate, but a new deal lets Farouk and LG H&H advance manufacturing and distribution internationally.

Biotechnology leader Ginkgo Bioworks opens enormous new foundry

11-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

As September came to a close, Ginkgo opened a facility that changes the scale and scope of biotech ingredient and organism production exponentially. And, it’s at sites like this where tomorrow’s genetically engineered inputs for fragrance, cosmetics,...

What matters most to women buying cosmetics in the US

11-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

In Mintel’s latest report on US beauty consumer expectations and motivations, analysts and data reveal current insights on how to best engage and educate shoppers as well as how to lift cosmetic and personal care sales.

Biotech: Engineering the future of fragrance, cosmetics, and personal care

10-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

From ingredient sourcing through to finished products, biotechnology is changing the way beauty gets made.

Two Views: Is beauty ready for bacteria?

06-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The microbiome, probiotics, and bacteria are buzz-worthy topics in personal care and cosmetic formulation. For this installment of Two Views, Cosmetics Design asked Kelly A. Dobos of Sun Chemical and Shaheen Majeed of Sabinsa if and how the industry is...

NYC’s Javits Center to host 2 major beauty industry tradeshows in 2017

05-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Both the NYSCC Suppliers Day event and the North American edition of in-cosmetics have announced plans to relocate to the convention center on Manhattan’s far west side, keeping the region’s cosmetics and personal care industry event scene competitive.

IFSCC 2016 congress kicks off October 30th

04-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The annual gathering of cosmetic chemists and affiliated beauty industry professionals is just weeks away and the program is packed with scientific educational sessions, technical exhibits, and lively opportunities for networking and recreation.

At P&G, over 15 beauty and personal care brands remain

04-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Coty has completed the acquisition of 41 P&G brands. But that CPG company still owns many big names in beauty and has plans to remain a market leader with advancing product technologies and legacy brands.

Rockefeller University debuts beauty science curriculum

03-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

In collaboration with The National Beauty Science Institute, New York City’s Rockefeller University, which specializes in biomedical research, is now enrolling students for its new consumer-facing educational program.

As of today, Coty is the world’s third-largest beauty company

03-Oct-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Having now completed the acquisition of P&G’s specialty beauty business, which doubled the company’s annual revenue, Coty takes its place as a global leader in fragrance, color cosmetics, and professional hair care and styling.

Fragrance brand Puig buys stake in Brazil naturals player Granado

03-Oct-2016 By Simon Pitman

Puig, one of the most significant independent global fragrance players, has taken a minority stake in Granado, a Brazil-based storied pharmacy and owner of naturals brand Phebo.

Amyris and Gingko Bioworks collaborate on bio-based products

29-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Biotech players Amyris and Gingko have confirmed the terms for their collaboration aimed at bringing cultured materials and ingredients to the market, both faster and more efficiently.

Lush chips in to tackle food waste

29-Sep-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Beauty brand Lush has donated £50,000 to a campaign to tackle food waste and hunger in London.

Coty joins S&P 500 and investors like it

29-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Coty has been added to the Standard & Poor’s 500, an announcement that drew applause from the investment world and sent stock prices on the up.

Ideas sharing between industries is where beauty innovation is going

29-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

The choice of packaging materials and formulation solutions available to beauty professionals is mind boggling, and undoubtedly it is the work the Material ConneXion library in New York City that has been the trigger for much of the innovation.

Print-a-perm? L’Oréal aims to lead on bioprinting hair

28-Sep-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

L’Oréal has announced the launch of a partnership aimed at developing the bioprinting of  hair follicles.

PCPC conference will tackle California Proposition 65 updates

28-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

The Personal Care Products Council will hold its 2016 Emerging Issues Conference in November, with one of core focuses of the agenda likely to be the overhaul of Prop 65.

Biomimetics: the future of beauty innovation from nature

27-Sep-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Biomimetics - using concepts and principles from nature to create new materials, devices and systems - could offer huge opportunities for beauty.

Cargill eyes expansion of its personal care business

27-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Agrofood giant Cargill is aiming to expand its footprint in the cosmetics and personal care arena, and has announced a new leader to head up the global team.

How smart packaging is shaping the beauty products of tomorrow, Part II

27-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Smart packaging is without doubt one of the most exciting and potentially revolutionary technologies to ever impact the beauty industry.

in-cosmetics Latin America readies to open its doors

27-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Next week the third edition of the in-cosmetics Latin America will open its doors in São Paulo Brazil, marking the evolution of an event that started off purely focused on the Brazil market and is now a major platform for ingredients provider from across...

How smart packaging is shaping the beauty products of tomorrow, Part I

26-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Smart packaging is without doubt one of the most exciting and potentially revolutionary technologies to ever impact the beauty industry.

The new L’Oréal USA headquarters is changing a neighborhood

22-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

In June, the beauty company opened new offices in New York City, just two avenues away from the Hudson River. Now the company has partnered with a local nonprofit to install new lighting in Hudson River Park.

Buying Beauty: a look at the latest cosmetics and personal care acquisitions

21-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

M&A activity has been coming along at a pretty good clip lately, and some of the most recent deals exemplify the current state of the beauty industry.

Naturals and Sustainability Special Newsletter

By-products and re-used materials raise bar on formulation sustainability

21-Sep-2016 By Simon Pitman

Ethical and sustainability claims are proving among the hottest trends right now, and a new way for formulators to tap into this heightened state of consumer consciousness is to reuse otherwise discarded materials.

Korea Kolmar buys Process Technologies and Packaging

20-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

In a multimillion dollar deal announced just yesterday, Kolmar (under the company name Seokoh) has acquired PTP to expedite expansion into this region’s cosmetics marketplace.

The 2016 in-cosmetics NA Formulations Challenge: An inside view

20-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

At the Reed Exhibition’s trade show earlier this month, Cosmetics Design was in the lab during the reality-TV style competition among accomplished cosmetic and personal care formulation teams, and now we’re spilling the beans.

in-cosmetics made its North American debut this month, and here’s what happened

19-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The bustling international cosmetics and personal care ingredient trade show held it’s first-ever event in New York City recently, and the educational sessions, live demos, trends presentations, award ceremony, formulations competition, and over 150 international...

Revlon’s developments so far in 2016

19-Sep-2016 By Michelle Yeomans

Multinational cosmetics firm, Revlon has seen a fair amount of role re-structuring higher up the chain and M&A activity in 2016. Here, we take stock of the most newsworthy movements…

L'Oréal names NEXT Generation Awards finalists

15-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty company’s Women in Digital Program honors and encourages entrepreneurs in the tech space. And the NEXT Generation Awards honor women whose tech innovations have the greatest potential to influence beauty and culture.

L’Oréal calls attention to advanced research on predictive evaluation models for safety and efficacy

14-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

This year in Nature Scientific Reports, a team of scientists working in partnership with L’Oréal and the University of Central Florida published findings that improve on the company’s work towards an in vitro ‘human-on-chip’ assay system.

Ulta Beauty’s omnichannel consumers are changing the business for the better

13-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Speaking at last week’s CEW Transformational Leaders event at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, the company’s CEO Mary Dillon, reveled just how valuable these shoppers are and how Ulta is evolving to meet the needs of all beauty enthusiasts.

Formulating for rapid results

13-Sep-2016 By Belinda Carli, director, Institute of Personal Care Science

As consumers become increasingly demanding of great results from their personal care products, how can you best formulate a product to ensure your consumer gets the rapid results they are looking for?

Winners announced for the 2016 Cosmetics Design “Best Ingredient Made from Recycled Materials Award”

12-Sep-2016 By Deanna Utroske

At the inaugural in-cosmetics North America event in New York City last week, Cosmetics Design announced the finalists, runner up, and honoree for the award, which recognizes the work ingredient developers are doing to make beauty products more ecologically...