Skin care

Indie Beauty Profile

Lisa Pineiro, Glotrition

19-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Lisa Pineiro, founder of Glotrition, describes a skin care brand with two hero products—because there’s more than one way to care for the skin. And through her own founder story, she shares insight into the beauty consumer’s...

From The Editor’s Desk

Are LATAM beauty brands poised to be a big international hit?

18-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

With the emergence of Brazil’s Natura brands on to the global market place, there is growing evidence that Latin American beauty brands are gaining momentum, both regionally and worldwide.

Alcone’s direct-sales skin care and makeup brand plans for future growth

18-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Launched as LimeLight in 2015, rebranded LimeLife in 2018, and boasting revenues of nearly $100 million last year, the beauty brand recently bought into a manufacturing management tech solution to streamline and optimize its overseas product production...

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Can new tech from Cutitronics give skin care consumers clinical-quality results at home?

18-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty tech company promises to help consumers realize skin care product benefits, as demonstrated in clinical testing, in real life. Cutitronics devices are not yet on the market, but the company was at in-cosmetics Global this month talking with...

Sabah essential oils extractor on the hunt for new cosmetics and fragrance collaborators

18-Apr-2019 By Richard Whitehead

An essential oils firm that grows lemongrass, cinnamon, torch ginger and vetiver in one thousand acres of lush countryside in Malaysia's Borneo state of Sabah is seeking new cosmetics and fragrance opportunities.

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile: Men's Grooming.

17-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

The men's grooming and natural trends have both seen huge growth in the LATAM region in recent years. Here we look at a selection of products that combine both trends, brought to us by the Mintel Global New Products Database.

1 cosmetics and personal care company ranked among America’s Best Midsize Employers of 2019

17-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Forbes and Statista collaborated to determine which companies employees like working for best; and just 1 beauty maker made their list of 500 midsize businesses.

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AEM Lab debuts unique marine mud at in-cosmetics Global

17-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

214 million years ago a meteorite hit what is today Québec, Canada; between then and now, the Earth has turned the mineral-rich space rock (sea water and the impacted, surrounding soil) into mud and clay with a unique composition and an array of skin...

Amway disrupts its own beauty business, launching 50 new mobile apps

17-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The direct-sales company recently teamed up with low-code platform developer Kony to create apps that help its representatives—Amway Business Owners—around the world better engage with and sell to their customers.

Caring for sensitive skin: Rising interests in aesthetic treatments prompts Singapore brand to accelerate expansion

17-Apr-2019 By Amanda Lim

Singaporean beauty brand Caring Skin is advancing its expansion to capitalise on the popularity of aesthetic treatments in Asia and the rise of sensitive skin issues among consumers.

Colombia takes a big step forward towards banning animal testing

16-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

The House of Representatives for Colombia agreed unanimously by voting for a bill that would prohibit the use of animals in tests for cosmetics and personal care products.

L'Oréal Canada gains access to local tech startups with new partnership

16-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In the hands of a multinational beauty company like L’Oréal, any tech can become beauty tech, a minor detail that is not lost on the leadership of L'Oréal Canada or its new partner OSMO. And so, the two distinctly different ventures are working together...

New legislation in Canada advances likelihood of animal testing ban

16-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

On Friday, Conservative MP Marylyn Gladu (who represents Sarina—Lambton, Ontario) moved to have a bill read that would effectively ban the sale and manufacture of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients tested on animals. Advocates are calling this legislative...

WATCH: Sam Farmer on unisex products for gender neutral teen personal care

12-Apr-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

In this exclusive interview, we caught up with Sam Farmer, whose personal care products are designed to offer young consumers products that avoid limiting gender stereotypes.

Lycored highlights research that shows tomato nutrient complex has skin benefits

11-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

Lycrored, an international wellness company focused on ingestible skincare solutions, has highlighted peer-reviews research that shows supplementation of Lycoderm has skin care benefits.

Chemyunion CEO discusses adapting to international markets

11-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

Brazil-based Chemyunion has been expanding fast into international markets in recent years, with a particular focus on the vast US market. Cosmetics Design spoke to CEO Marcelo Golino to find out more.

Gattefossé’s Emulium Illustro picks up Gold at in-cosmetics Global

11-Apr-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

The company’s new water-in-oil (W/O) emulsifier of natural origin, designed principally for pigmented formulations, won this year’s Gold Innovation Award in the Functional Ingredient category.

LATAM companies at in-cosmetics Global, in photos

10-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

Latin American companies left a big mark on the show floor at the recent in-cosmetics Global event in Paris. In this photo gallery we bring you some of the highlights and tell you what those businesses were highlighting.

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The multiuse trend spells opportunity and headaches

10-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

The in-cosmetics Global event is always a major platform for new and emerging trends. And plenty of new trends were in evidence at the Paris event, but one in particular caught my eye – the move towards multiuse or multipurpose products.

Givaudan Active Beauty launches anti-ageing active, plus botanicals

10-Apr-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

Givaudan used last week’s in-cosmetics to launch its Agefinity cosmetic active that uses natural ingredients and ‘pioneering’ biotech.

Vantage acquires Textron Plimon Natural Oils

09-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

Vantage Specialty Chemicals has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Textron Plimon, a specialist in natural oils for the personal care, food and fine chemical industries.

PromPeru highlights natural but innovative ingredient players

09-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

PromPeru is hard at work building a platform for natural ingredients suppliers from Peru, and this year’s in-cosmetics Global event provided the perfect event to highlight some unique offerings.

in-cosmetics Global Paris, in photos

09-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

The in-cosmetics Paris appears to be the best attended event in almost to date, if preliminary figures prove to be an accurate representation. In this photo gallery we bring you some of the most interesting developments from the biggest formulation players....

Beauty Kitchen takes sustainability to the next level

09-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

UK brand Beauty Kitchen has taken sustainability and eco-friendly up a notch or two with its pioneering programme ‘Return. Refill. Repeat.’

Indie Beauty Profile

Tejal Ramnathkar Engman and Alexandra Turner, Malavara

08-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In their Indie Beauty Profile, Tejal Ramnathkar Engman and Alexandra Turner, co-founders of Malavara, describe their journey to create a hair treatment and body care brand that fits the modern moment: ‘Ayurveda hacked’, as their ecommerce site calls it....

5 digital beauty retail developments that just changed everything

05-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In recent weeks, major technology companies, social media platforms, and personal care makers have made a handful of announcements that definitively change the way consumers buy makeup, personal care, fragrance, and more. Here, Cosmetics Design takes...

Sephora adds LATAM brands to its Accelerate program

04-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

Over the past five years the Sephora Accelerate program has helped to platform many indie beauty brands, and the latest additions to the program include two LATAM brands.

Mary Kay’s sprit of entrepreneurship impacts women today

04-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

While it was just last month when Mary Kay signed the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles. The company has been focused on women’s entrepreneurship since day one. To find out more about the Mary Kay approach to expanding women’s economic and...

Insider Tips: sourcing sustainable beauty packaging materials

03-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Andrew Dent, EVP of Material ConneXion, has actionable ideas about finding quantifiably sustainable packaging, the realities of recycling, and how greener practices can mean increased value for consumers and companies. Ahead of this year’s Sustainable...

Latin America beauty market rethinks its approach to water

03-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

In Latin America changing weather patterns and pollution have had a significant impact on urban water supplies in recent years, putting pressure on beauty and personal care brands to become a part of the solution, rather than the problem.

Natura teams with Santander on tailored banking for consultants

02-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

Natura’s beauty consultants in Brazil will now have access to a banking service that has been specifically designed to complement their financial needs.

Khiron and Dixie brands JV targets Latin America

02-Apr-2019 By Simon Pitman

Leading Colombian/Canadian CBD cosmetics player Khiron has teamed up with US-based Dixie brands in a venture aimed at expanding the CBD cosmetic category in Latin America.

CEW honors indie beauty brand founders

01-Apr-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Last month in New York City, the professional organization Cosmetic Executive Women held its first Female Founders Awards event, celebrating the brands and business built by Amy Errett, Lauren Gores Ireland and Marianna Hewitt, Gregg Renfrew, Vicky Tsai,...

Indie Beauty Profile

Maya Ivanjesku, LaFlore Probiotic Skincare

29-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile Maya Ivanjesku, chief scientific officer at LaFlore Probiotic Skincare, shares insight in to the challenges of building a microbiome skin care brand and offers personal care startup founders refreshingly honest advice about...

ICMAD teams up with Beauty Cluster Barcelona on international collaboration

28-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

US-based beauty and personal care trade body ICMAD has joined forces with Beauty Cluster Barcelona to help promote greater international collaboration.

Comunidad Andina symposium targets cosmetics legislation harmonization

28-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

The Comunidad Andina (CAN) recently held a meeting involving representatives from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, targeting the harmonization of cosmetics legislation between the countries.

From The Editor's Desk

How to make the most out of in-cosmetics Global

27-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

It is the biggest event on the calendar for the worldwide cosmetics and personal care ingredients market, but the fact that is so enormous can also make it daunting and difficult to navigate.

Dove wants media images to represent women as they are

27-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Today, the Unilever personal care brand announced a partnership with Getty Images and Girlgaze that makes a new library of stock photos available to media and advertisers for license. With its new #ShowUs initiative, Dove wants to expand the conventional...

Costa Rica agrees to drop tariffs on Korean cosmetics

26-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

The governments of Costa Rica and South Korea have signed a trade agreement that triggers the Central American Free Trade Agreement between the two countries, dropping tariffs on Korean cosmetic imports.

in-cosmetics Global 2019 welcomes indie beauty brands

25-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

At next month’s in-cosmetics global tradeshow in Paris, beauty startups and independent personal care brands will have a clear path to follow and an easier time connecting with ingredient suppliers that are offering low order volumes and other services...

Indie Beauty Profile

Ndidi Obidoa and Chinelo Chidozie, Bolden

22-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In their Indie Beauty Profile, Ndidi Obidoa and Chinelo Chidozie, co-founders of Bolden, outline a mass market skin care brand for women of color that has garnered shelf space at a major US retailer and neatly defined a large consumer base.

Charkit adds CBD to personal care ingredient portfolio

21-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the Connecticut–based specialty chemical company signed an agreement with Panacea Life Sciences to distribute hemp-derived CBD isolates and distillates to beauty makers.

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile

LATAM Beauty Brands Profile: Korean brands with a natural twist

20-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

In this latest look at product innovation in Latin America we look at a selection of the latest beauty launches that feature Korean style innovation with a natural twist, bought to us by Mintel.

From The Editor's Desk

What does soil health have to do with the Cosmetics Industry?

20-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

A huge body of scientific evidence makes it hard to deny that pollution from the agricultural industry has contributed significantly to global climate change, but what might perplex some is how this is connected to the cosmetics and personal care industry.

Puig buys stake in Colombian premium beauty player

19-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

Spain-based fragrance specialist Puig has invested in a minority stake in Loto del Sur, a major retailer and brand owner in the Colombia’s premium beauty category.

Soil Carbon Initiative introduces standard targeting the naturals supply chain

19-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

With transparency, sustainability and protecting the environment becoming crucial issues for natural and organic beauty consumers, a new agricultural standard aims to meet these concerns.

The finalists for the 2019 Beauty Industry Awards are…

19-Mar-2019 By Simon Pitman

Our third annual Beauty Industry Awards has been another huge success, with a tremendous number of high quality entries making the judges’ decisions harder than ever.

Mary Kay signs onto UN Women’s Empowerment Principles

19-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the social sales beauty company added its name to a growing roster of businesses and corporations participating in WEPs. And late last week, when Deborah Gibbins, the company’s chief operating officer, spoke at a United Nations forum focused...

Editor’s Spotlight

Skin care from Israel is building momentum in the US

18-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

Indie beauty businesses with roots in Israel, like FRÉ Skincare, have been available on the market in the United States for a few years and are now moving to be competitive with mainstream personal care brands in the region.

Indie Beauty Profile

Ovsanna Mkrtumyan, Zatik Naturals

15-Mar-2019 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Ovsanna Mkrtumyan, co-founder of Zatik Naturals, describes how she and her cofounder built an organic, vegan personal care brand by trial and error; highlights a clever seasonal retail strategy; and outlines the brand’s wide-ranging...