Skin care

in-cosmetics Latin America Special Newsletter

in-cosmetics Latin America is almost here again

28-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

The biggest event for beauty and personal care formulation and R&D experts in Latin America is just over two months away.

in-cosmetics Latin America Special Newsletter

What to expect at in-cosmetics Latin America 2019

28-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Ahead of the in-cosmetics Latin America event, Cosmetics Design caught up with show director Daniel Zanetti to find out more about what to expect.

in-cosmetics Latin America Special Newsletter

Wellbeing drives the LATAM natural trend, but research points to difficulties finding products

28-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Natural and organic cosmetic and personal care products continue to be a growing niche in the Latin America region, but latest research from Mintel suggests price and availability is holding it back.

Increased sales boosts profits for Natura

27-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Natura’s latest results for its second quarter shows that the company continues to make big gains, with both sales and profits both showing very strong gains.

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D’Alchémy: a natural skin care brand inspired by medieval chemists

27-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Polish beauty entrepreneur Anna Mamczur is on a mission to build a brand with the best anti-aging product in the world. She founded Phenome Organic Skincare in 2009 and D’Alchémy just 2 years ago. At Cosmoprof North America last month, Cosmetics Design...

Nestlé acquires personalized (beauty) supplement brand Persona

27-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Persona relies on genetic data, individual consumer assessments, and algorithmic technology to customize vitamins and supplements. And late last year, the relatively new company added beauty supplements with hair and skin benefits to its product portfolio....

Act Your Age: Are indie skin care brands for kids leading the beauty market back to demographic segmentation?

26-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Several independent skin care brands exhibiting at last week’s IBE NY tradeshow are targeting young consumers according to their age or life stage. There was a brand for collegiate women, one for tweens edging in on puberty, and another offering organic...

Latest data shows Argentines spending less on cosmetics

22-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Consumer spending dating for the month of July shows that less money is being spent across most categories, including cosmetics and personal care.

$15 million in funding for Herbivore means more cooks in the kitchen

22-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Thanks to this month’s deal with Silas Capital and Stage 1 Fund, the skin care brand that Julia Wills and Alex Kummerow started in their Seattle, Washington, kitchen eight years ago is about to grow exponentially. And the day-to-day operations of the...

From The Editor's Desk

Has the cosmetics industry hit an innovation rut?

21-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

One of the best ways of measuring future industry trends and innovation is a trip to in-cosmetics Global, an event that shines a light on what the next generation of products will look like. But this year, pinpointing something truly new was hard to do.

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Why is Lubrizol pursuing indie brands?

21-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The global cosmetics and personal care ingredient supplier hired a chief accelerator director in 2017, invested in One Ocean Beauty in 2018, and this week the company is exhibiting at Uplink Live in New York City. At this year’s BeautyX Capital Summit,...

Game of trust: Why authenticity and transparency are crucial in influencer beauty marketing

21-Aug-2019 By Amanda Lim

Beauty brands and marketers need to “smarten up” their social media strategy as beauty consumers increasingly demand authentic and transparent content from influencer marketing.

Beauty Tech Deal: Cellink to acquire Cytena

20-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month, multinational bioprinting technologies company Cellink announced having reached a deal to acquire Cytena for €30.25 million. The Freiburg, Germany – based venture specialises in single-cell printing technology. And the deal will expand Cellink’s...

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My Magic Mud: the indie beauty brand using dirt to get people clean

20-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This week, My Magic Mud is exhibiting at the Indie Beauty Expo in New York City. But Cosmetics Design caught up with CEO Jessica Arman last month in Las Vegas, Nevada, to learn how this dirt-based beauty brand that launched with a single product—a tooth...

Editor's Spotlight

Regulatory Update: The California Consumer Privacy Act takes effect soon

19-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The new data privacy law goes into effect in January 2020 and could mean a significant change in business practices for any cosmetics or personal care venture that conducts ecommerce with California residents. Late last month, Cosmetics Design spoke to...

Avicanna partners on cannabis testing lab in Colombia

15-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Avicanna will form a joint venture with Canadian full-service testing and research laboratory Sigma Analytical Services to set up a cannabis-exclusive analytical facility in Colombia.

BeautyX Capital Summit opens Monday in New York City

15-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The once-a-year knowledge sharing summit is all about capital raising, funding strategies, and the financial realities of launching and running an independent beauty brand. And the 2019 edition of BeautyX Capital promises to be a must-attend event for...

Beauty Tech Launch: the Atolla Skin Health System hits the market

15-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This week the Brooklyn-based beauty tech venture headed up by Meghan Maupin and Sid Salvi officially launched. The new personalized skin care system makes use of an at-home testing kit, mail-order custom serums, and machine learning to document and adapt...

From The Editor's Desk

Winning over Gen Z: Keep it simple!

14-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

A steady stream of market research is pointing to the fact that Generation Z is not only very difficult to engage as a consumer, but also they do not seem to be particularly interested in buying ‘stuff’.

Skin Sanity’s prebiotic blend of plant extracts earns US patent

14-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The brand’s acne treatment technology, developed and manufactured by Cosmetic Research Lab, was recently granted a US patent. And Skin Sanity is positioning its skin care product line (formulated with the unique technology) as a clean beauty alternative...

Canadian entrepreneur Jen Carlson to launch teen personal care brand

14-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

After launching and leading 2 food brands for babies and kids, Carlson has spent the past year building a non-gendered skin and body care brand for teens. Her new Thirsty Naturals brand is set to launch in retail stores across Canada on Monday.

Tazarotene acne treatment lotion is one step closer to market

14-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Last week, Bausch Health Companies announced that a New Drug Application for tazarotene acne treatment lotion filed by the company’s skin health business, Ortho Dermatologics, was accepted by the US FDA. If approved, the lotion would be the first of its...

Avon opens new lab in Mexico targeting local innovation

13-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Avon has opened a new state of the art research and development to support its Celaya plant, Northwest of Mexico City, and ramp up the development of products targeting the local market.

HERgonomics: 3 women reinventing the gestures of beauty

13-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Skin care tools, makeup applicators, and cleansing devices are fairly commonplace in consumer beauty routines. And when something is common and familiar it can be difficult to imagine things differently. But that’s exactly what beauty entrepreneurs Angela...

Editor's Spotlight

5th annual IBE NY event attracts indie beauty brands from around the world

12-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This year’s New York City edition of the Indie Beauty Expo will take place August 21 and 22 at Pier 94 on Manhattan’s West Side. And, brands from nearly every continent will be exhibiting at show – more than 225 of them, all hoping to capture the attention...

Indie Beauty Profile

Michele Gilfoil, Planet Botanicals

09-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile Michele Gilfoil, founder of Planet Botanicals, describes building an accessible personal care brand with sustainably sourced natural ingredients. And, while sharing her story and advice of entrepreneurship, she notes that building...

Khiron signs distribution deal to expand its CBD skin care brand in Latin America

08-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Khiron, the Colombian-Canadian manufacturer of the Kuida CBD cosmeceutical brand, says it has signed a distribution agreement with Grupo Exito, one of the largest retailers in both Colombia and South America.

Start-up grows palm oil alternative for skin care in a lab

08-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

A Boston-based technology start-up, C16 Bioscience, has developed a lab-grown alternative to palm oil that the developers say could replace potentially environmentally harmful farmed palm oil.

Healthy Living and the future of beauty

08-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Healthy Living is one of several megatrends changing consumer goods industries around the world today. In conversation with Cosmetics Design, Kayla Villena, senior beauty analyst at Euromonitor International, explains how this megatrend emerged, how it’s...

$4.2 trillion and growing—but what exactly is wellness?

08-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In an effort to help leaders in governance and business understand this prosperous movement, The Global Wellness Institute is publishing a series of papers, covering the megatrends behind the movement, the history of wellness, terminology, and what it...

Cargill Beauty teams up with Univar in Latin America

07-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Two of the world’s biggest ingredients suppliers have formed a partnership in the Latin American region that aims to deliver nature-derived, label-friendly and functional ingredients to the region’s personal care industry.

The CBD trend looks like a gold rush, but regulation remains a big obstacle

07-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

The regulation is a nightmare, finding quality reliable suppliers can be challenging and know how to market CBD personal care is conundrum, but still beauty professional want in.

Naturals and men’s grooming driving demand for Caribbean essential oils in Europe

07-Aug-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Europe’s growing natural cosmetics market and increased interest in men’s personal grooming is driving demand for Caribbean essential oils, particularly black caster and coconut oils.

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Yubi Beauty: because there’s more than one way apply makeup

07-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Adiya Dixon Wiggins has reinvented the most common of beauty tools: the makeup brush. “Yubi slides onto your fingers to become an extension of your hand,” explains Dixon Wiggins in this video interview with Cosmetics Design, filmed at the recent Cosmoprof...

Kion snaps up innovation award, eyes international expansion

06-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Brazil brand Kion Cosmetics has scooped the top prize in International Business Magazine’s annual award for technological innovation in natural and vegan cosmetics.

3 beverage industry trends inspiring beauty product development

06-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Snacks and drinks and dietary trends regularly influence consumer expectations and new personal care and cosmetics product launches. At Cosmoprof North America last month in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cosmetics Design noticed this selection of beverage-inspired...

This Month in Fragrance: July 2019

06-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This July, Symrise shared results of its new AI-powered digital perfumer test in Berlin, beauty and fragrance packager Albéa announced plans for a circular packaging strategy, method soap created scents for its latest limited editions, and product discovery...

The industry continues to bolster support of Indie Beauty

05-Aug-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Late last week in-cosmetics announced that the show is formally expanding its indie brand programing for 2019. This year’s North American edition of the tradeshow will include the new Indie Trail feature as well as dedicated tours and PCPC content for...

DSM strives to obtain GRASE status for UV-filters

01-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

DSM Personal Care & Aroma is proposing an accelerated scientific approach the GRASE status for most UV-filter products available in the US.

NPD research points to three ways to win over Gen Z

01-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

Millennial consumers have been deemed difficult to please and having no consumer loyalty, but Gen Z consumers have really thrown marketeers and brand owners.

Cosmoprof North America 2019, in photos

01-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

The biggest B2B beauty industry event in the Americas closed its doors on Tuesday, and here we bring you some of the highlights of the show in photo gallery form, including the discovery seconds, the new Cosmopack section, the Cosmoprof Factory and some...

Skin researcher reveals how idigenous tribes are helping to unlock microbiome secrets

01-Aug-2019 By Simon Pitman

We spoke Dr. Chris Callewaert, a post doctoral researcher from the University of Ghent, to find out how is research into skin microbiome has taken him to the far flung corners of the earth.

LATAM companies at Cosmoprof NA, in photos

31-Jul-2019 By Simon Pitman

The massive Cosmoprof North America event attracted beauty companies from all over the world, and in this photogallery we focus on a broad selection of this year's exhibitors who came from the Latin American region.

Croda commits to cutting greenhouse gases

31-Jul-2019 By Simon Pitman

Croda International says it is committing to reducing its greenhouse gases for its worldwide operations in line with its Science Based Targets initiative.

Anne-Marie Kline shares 5 tips for building a competitive indie brand

31-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Speaking at the Indie Beauty Innovators Awards event, hosted by ICMAD, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Monday evening, the former CMO of Living Proof gave founders in the room her best advice for leading a brand to success in today’s rather crowded cosmetics and...

Inaugural Unfiltered Experience, in photos

30-Jul-2019 By Simon Pitman

The Cosmetics Design team was at the first ever Unfiltered Experience in Las Vegas this weekend. And we captured some of the highlights from the event in this photo gallery.

Vegan probiotic beauty has arrived, and it’s winning hearts and minds

30-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At Unfiltered Experience, this past Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dr. Lili Fan was showcasing her newly launched eponymous brand of skin and body care, formulated with lactobacillus—notably, a strain of the microorganism that is not the product of fermented...

An Indie Brand to Watch: SmartyPits, award-winning prebiotic deodorant

30-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At last night’s Indie Beauty Innovators Awards event in Las Vegas, Nevada, SmartyPits was recognized with ICMAD’s 2019 award for Charitable Company. The brand, founded and led by Stacia Guzzo, donates both product and sales revenue to breast cancer research...

The ingredient and packaging industries respond to the Indie Beauty movement

29-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Independent cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands get a lot of credit for product innovation, for social media domination, for being a market-disrupting sensation. Here, Cosmetics Design looks at ways that startups and founder-lead brands are...

Indie Beauty Profile

Victoria Fu and Gloria Lu, Chemist Confessions Inc.

26-Jul-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In their Indie Beauty Profile, Victoria Fu & Gloria Lu, founders of Chemist Confessions Inc., explain how a chemistry blog on IG became a skin care brand, why that makes for a loyal yet quirky consumer base, and that often times as entrepreneurs,...