Skin care

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.

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Cargill unleashes natural all-in-one beauty system

19-Nov-2018 By Natasha Spencer

As consumer demands for natural and ethical products rise, Cargill introduces its newly-launched beauty system. We spoke to Stephane LaCoutiere, Global Marketing Director at Cargill Beauty on how the company is ‘unleashing beauty sustainably’.

Indie Beauty Profile

Dr. Ebru Karpuzoglu, AveSeena

19-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Dr. Ebru Karpuzoglu, founder of AveSeena, describes the multifaceted approach she takes to skin care and why her new brand just may be what today’s wellness consumer is looking for.

Editor's Spotlight

3 inspiring indie beauty packaging ideas

16-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Everyone knows now that it’s wise to watch indie brands and to pay careful enough attention to identify scalable ideas and innovations coming out of the indie space--ideas that have resonance with consumers and potential in the global market. Here Cosmetics...

Is machine learning the key to truly personalized skin care?

15-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Beauty tech entrepreneurs Meghan Maupin and Sid Salvi think so. They’ve just launched their Atolla Skincare System on the crowd-funding platform Kickstarter and are optimistic that data-based customized serum formulations are the answer that today’s digitally...

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...

Evolution of the multifunctional trend: around the clock products

14-Nov-2018 By Lucy Whitehouse

Consumers consistently demand more from their skin care and cosmetics products. In this dedicated feature, we ask whether multifunctionality still important, and what’s new?

Special Edition Newsletter – Active Beauty

Active Recovery: the personal care and wellness category for people living energetically

14-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Cross-industry lifestyle brands focus on the full spectrum of their consumers' world. Cosmetics and personal care brands are getting in on the lifestyle trend too by including products for beauty, wellness, fitness, stress, and more in their product...

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...

Indie Beauty Profile

Andrew Grella, Formen Inc.

12-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In his Indie Beauty Profile, Andrew Grella, founder of Formen Inc., reveals how lessons learned in elementary school and university made him an entrepreneur. And, he notes that the market for men’s makeup and complexion products isn’t limited to millennials...

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.

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...

Shiseido Americas prepares for growth by acquisition and tech acceleration

07-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This week the cosmetics company announced its new tech hub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as changes to Marc Rey’s role, adding the responsibilities of chief growth officer to his current position as president and CEO of Shiseido Americas. Both...

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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...

Johnson & Johnson to buy Japanese skin care holding company

06-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In a forward-looking statement issued late last month, the consumer packaged goods and pharmaceutical company announced an offer to acquire Ci:z Holdings Co., Ltd., which owns the Dr.Ci:Labo, Labo Labo, and Genomer skin care brands as well as some salon...

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...

Editor’s Spotlight

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...

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DSM showcases beauty formulas made for chemists, consumers, and Instagram

05-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At this year’s in-cosmetics North America event, DSM wasn’t showing new ingredients but rather chose to feature new ways to work with familiar inputs and deliver benefits that are very much in vogue with contemporary trends, regulations, and formulator...

Indie Beauty Profile

Allison Moss, type:A Brands

05-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Allison Moss, founder of type:A Brands, shares real insight into how she’s leading a deodorant brand that is changing the category’s packaging norms, helping define the clean beauty movement, and navigating what would seem...

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...

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...

Editor’s Spotlight

The skin care category you may have missed

31-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Lip care and lip color have grown in recent years; and some might say that lip products now comprise a stand-alone category—one that epitomizes the multifunctional formulations blurring the boundaries of beauty today. Here Cosmetics Design takes a closer...

Belleza Y Salud 2018

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.

Creator of apple-based antioxidant skin cream targeting APAC expansion

31-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

The founder of Renovatio and creator of APSKIN, an antioxidant skin cream made from apples, is eyeing further expansion in Asia-Pacific (APAC) beginning with Thailand next year.

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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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Kuida Colombian CBD skin care range launches at Belleza Y Salud

29-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

A major new skin care range based on CBD oil was launched at the recent Belleza Y Salud event in Bogota, Colombia, Called Kuida, and launched by Colombian company Khiron, the new range has significant financial backing and looks set for a strong start.

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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....

Editor's Spotlight

EPARA and the rise of luxury skin care for women of color

26-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This week in New York City, indie founder Ozohu Aodh and Essence magazine beauty director Julee Wilson introduced the luxury natural skin care line EPARA to a room of industry editors and influencers ahead of the brand’s retail debut in the US. EPARA...

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Colombian coffee-based scrub and mask brand aims big

25-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

A brand new brand on the Colombian market, Mae Selva has been built around coffee as the base ingredient for a range of masks and scrubs. We spoke to co-founder Felipe Paros to find out about the brand's ambitions for the future.

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Geltor shows bio-tech collagen at in-cosmetics North America

25-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The new bio-design company is focused on developing proteins for consumer-facing industries like cosmetics and personal care. And at this month’s in-cosmetics trade show in New York City, the Geltor team was talking up its first ingredient, N-Collage....

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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...

Editor’s Spotlight

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...

Indie Beauty Profile

Therese Clark, Lady Suite

22-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Therese Clark, founder of Lady Suite, discusses how and why she’s launching a clean women’s wellness brand into the cosmetics and personal care space. And she shares insight into why it takes a healthy mix of creative vision...

Editor’s Spotlight

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,...