Skin care

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.

Editor’s Spotlight

Skin care brands around the world are adding geolocation and climate data to the mix

15-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Beauty brands both big and small like Aesop and 5yina as well as beauty tech providers like Revieve, out of Finland, are formulating product and developing technologies that take the place and space where a consumer is located into consideration in the...

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...

Indie Beauty Profile

Andrew Glass, Non Gender Specific

15-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In his Indie Beauty Profile Andrew Glass, founder of Non Gender Specific, reminds entrepreneurs just how often they might be told, “that is a horrible idea,” before the business takes off. And, he describes the beginnings of a skin care brand that’s aspiring...

Editor’s Spotlight

4 independent brands that have disrupted the deo business

12-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Personal care isn’t the flashiest or most glamourous segment of the industry. But many an indie brand in recent years has launched with innovative versions of the daily staple that is underarm deodorant. Here, Cosmetics Design looks a small selection...

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...

Indie personal care brand 5yina adds décolletage treatment in time for breast cancer awareness month

11-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Yesterday evening at a pop-up event in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, the skin care brand led by acupuncturists Angela Chau and Ervina Wu launched their latest product. Cosmetics Design was there to learn why 5yina chose to expand into whole body...

Ahead of in-cosmetics North America, Asian beauty expert Florence Bernardin talks J Beauty with Cosmetics Design

10-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

At in-cosmetics North America next week in New York City, Bernardin will give a marketing trends presentation on Rediscovering Japanese Beauty. Cosmetics Design checked in to get a preview of her insights and observations.

This new Target brand includes affordable personal care basics

10-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The cheap-chic department store announced a new owned brand this week. Smartly will be available in stores starting Sunday and most of the products will cost less than $2—remarkable, considering some of the personal care items in the collection were “developed...

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....

Is photoadaptation the next big sun care benefit?

09-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In a world where self-tanner has been a fact since the 1950s (with ups and downs in popularity) and more recently paint-on freckle products (from suppliers like Faber Castell and brands like Freck) have come to market, one beauty entrepreneur believes...

Editor’s Spotlight

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...

Indie Beauty Profile

Kenna Whitnell, Altilis Beauty

08-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Kenna Whitnell, founder of Altilis Beauty, describes how her academic work in biotechnology led her to develop novel plant-based skin care ingredients and why she believes indie beauty entrepreneurs have cause to celebrate...

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...

Cheeky Physique: a new category of body care arrives

03-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

A small selection of brands on the market today are taking the healthy aging approach to body care. These body contouring, skin fitness, and anti-aging brands are all about plumping, firming, smoothing, tightening, and treating skin with the same care...

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...

Khiron signs multiple distribution deals for CBD skin care in Colombia

02-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Today, the company with plans to become “the dominant integrated medical cannabis company in Latin America” announced retail, online, and wholesale distribution deals that will ensure its Kuida-branded women’s skin care products make their way into the...

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...

Indie Beauty Profile

Lishawn Lalonde, Uliv Skincare

01-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Lishawn Lalonde, founder of Uliv Skincare, suggests that, as a solo entrepreneur, taking slow but steady steps forward is the best way to build a plant-based skincare line.

Editor’s Spotlight

Supplementing Indie Beauty

28-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Color brands commonly branch into skin care and vice versa, fragrance brands have been known to add body care, and hair color brands regularly add care and treatment products to their portfolios. Today, beauty supplements are some of the most buzz worthy...

in-cosmetics LATAM 2018

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.

Gender inclusive plant-based deodorant hits the market

27-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

With consumer desire for natural-based but effective deodorants a priority, a new ‘plant-powered’ deodorant called Myro has just been launched in the US.

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.

Shey by Menaye: importing indie luxury body care

25-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Monday evening at the Perfumarie in New York City, brand founder Menaye Donkor and her small team hosted an event for press, industry insiders, and in-the-know consumers, introducing those gathered to the Italian luxury body care brand Shey and previewing...

Editor's Spotlight

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...

So what was BASF doing at Cosmoprof North America?

18-Sep-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Cosmetics Design team caught up with Ido Kadman, Marketing Communications Manager at BASF Care Chemicals, to find out what the company was doing at Cosmoprof North America, one of the industry's biggest events, but also one that is very much...

Momentive Performance Materials to be acquired

18-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The New York-based beauty and personal care ingredient maker announced this week that a collective of South Korean entities will acquire Momentive in a deal valued at just over $3 billion.

New Chapter founder unveils plan for new line of topical products

17-Sep-2018 By Hank Schultz

New Chapter founder Paul Schulick plans to launch a line of topical products aimed at the skin microbiome with a plan to reenter the ingestibles field in 2020.

A short survey of sustainable cosmetics and personal care packaging strategies

17-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Brands, manufacturers, and suppliers all around the beauty industry are keen to use less energy, generate less waste, and reduce their overall carbon footprints. Here Cosmetics Design looks at a few of the packaging solutions that can help cosmetics and...

Indie Beauty Profile

Lindsay Knaak-Stuart, Meant

17-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Lindsay Knaak-Stuart founder of Meant, illustrates how she’s built a stylish yet simple body care brand that has—without an ad budget—captured the attention of discerning consumers and enviable retail buyers alike.

Spotlight on Indie Beauty

Inventing Indie Beauty

14-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Independent cosmetics and personal care brands commonly get started with the hope of meeting an overlooked consumer need or filling an industry niche. Still, it’s not that often something truly new comes to market. Here Cosmetics Design identifies 4 new...

Everywhere at Once: why omnichannel beauty retailer Birchbox is updating its site

13-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This summer, the subscription makeup and personal care box company launched a newly revised and refreshed website. Cosmetics Design checked in with Meredith Schwartz, Birchbox's VP of product, to get an inside view of the redesign project.

eco + amour: A new concept shop in Canada combines green beauty and sustainable retail

12-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Open just this month in Toronto, Ontario, eco + amour is all about refillable and eco-friendly personal care and home care. It’s not a new approach to retail but it’s one that makes buying beauty and skin care products experiential and sharable. Plus...

Trend Analysis: Nutribloom Consulting founder Paula Simpson on beauty-from-within

12-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Nutraceuticals, nutricosmetics, beauty vitamins, supplements, ingestibles, beauty-from-within products, functional foods and beverages, collagen tablets; the list goes on. Regardless of what they’re being called, natural health supplements have gone mainstream....

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Wellness Simplified: Cosmetics Design talks with Tonik founder Pip Summerville

12-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

A fair number of brands exhibiting at this year’s Indie Beauty Expo in New York City were dedicated to wellness. One such brand, Australia-based Tonik makes single-ingredient supplements. Cosmetics Design spoke with Tonik founder Pip Summerville at IBE...

Centrum launches a beauty vitamin in Canada

11-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The supplement brand, owned by Pfizer, added a gummi multivitamin that promises beauty-from-within benefits to its product portfolio this summer.

MoonBox: a look at the metaphysical beauty movement

11-Sep-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Mineral makeup is one thing, but there’s a whole new niche of the beauty and personal care industry that is based on mindful beauty, holistic healing, astrology, numerology, crystals, stones, and smudge sticks. To find out more about this growing segment...