Skin care

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Dr. Mark Gray launches rebranded Ao Skincare at Cosmoprof

02-Aug-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At this week’s beauty trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, dermatologist and brand founder Mark Gray spoke with Cosmetics Design about formulation updates, aesthetic design changes, and the strategy behind this New Zealand – based brand’s approach to ethical,...

ICMAD announces City award winners at Cosmoprof NA

01-Aug-2018 By Simon Pitman

The annual winners of the ICMAD Cosmetic Innovator of the Year Awards (CITY), were announced this week at the Cosmoprof North America event in Las Vegas.

Troy expands natural preservative line

01-Aug-2018 By Simon Pitman

Troy Corporation has announced the expansion of it natural preservative line, TroyCare LSB, in a bid to meet increasing formulation demand for more targeted natural preservation solutions.

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Beauty brands can do more with media

01-Aug-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Stephanie Scott founded First and Last PR six-and-a-half years ago and has seen the cosmetics and personal care industry as well as all things media change substantially in that time. Here, in conversation with Cosmetics Design, she discusses how it was,...

Skin care device maker DermaFlash adds new sun care

31-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The at-home dermaplaning brand launched another skin care product this summer. DermaFlash already sells a cleaner and moisturizer (bundled with the device or edges refill purchase) as well as resurfacing peel pads. The DermaProtect product is the brand’s...

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Eco-Friendly cosmetics and personal care packaging is in high demand

31-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

“Our customers are really demanding more environmentally friendly options,” Sari Sternschein, VP of Marketing at Qosmedix, tells Cosmetics Design in this video interview (filmed at Cosmoprof North America). She describes the recycled and recyclable solutions...

Arcade Beauty buys assets from Suite K to expand sampling and fragrance capabilities

30-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty sampling company announced the transaction late last week. It’s a deal that lets Arcade take over a nearly 80,000 square-foot facility in New Jersey and lets Suite K refocus their beauty and personal care contract manufacturing business.

News Analysis – Guest Author

Beauty products caught in an ugly trade war

30-Jul-2018 By Aliza R. Karetnick

As global players, the well-being of cosmetics and personal care companies depends, in large measure, on an open international marketplace free from excessive duties, which have a tendency to depress manufacturing growth and, in turn, dampen robust industry...

Indie Beauty Profile

Jessica Postiglione, OLIKA

30-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Jessica Postiglione, CEO of OLIKA, details the strategy behind the first brand from a company that’s laser-focused on differentiation in the personal care industry. Her company’s Birdie and Minnie are known as much for their...

Amyris appoints execs to support growth of Clean Beauty business

26-Jul-2018 By Simon Pitman

Amyris has announced the appointment of two key executives to help in the growth of its Clean Beauty skin care line, sold under the Bioassance brand.

Aging hands are a real skin care concern, shows new Nestlé Skin Health data

26-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In a survey conducted by Wakefield Research, US women over 40 reported concerns about the changing look of their hands over time. And, a majority believe “there is nothing that could be done to prevent signs of aging on their hands” –suggesting white...

In-cosmetics North America strives to attract indie brands

25-Jul-2018 By Simon Pitman

Indie brands have been taking the US beauty world by storm, in turn throwing up a new set of formulation criteria that will be addressed at the forthcoming in-cosmetics North America.

Executive Interview

7 things Markwins Beauty Brands is doing now to become the next big name in the industry

24-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Monday in New York City, Cosmetics Design sat down with Stefano Curti, the privately owned company’s new global president, to discuss how he plans to grow “the largest indie company in beauty” into a consummate multinational, leading the industry in skin...

Cannabis beauty: How to stay on the right side of the law!

23-Jul-2018 By Simon Pitman

Cosmoprof North America opens its doors in Las Vegas on Sunday, which is also the same day of the event’s not-to-be missed educational session ‘High On Beauty: The Cannabis Dilemma'.

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Jeanine Recckio can see the future of beauty

23-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In this video interview, Cosmetics Design sits down with beauty futurologist Jeanine Recckio of the Mirror Mirror Imagination Group to explore how she works; how smart brands can stay relevant and on-trend by adapting insights from any and every industry...

Indie Beauty Profile

Julia Teren, Thesis

23-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Julia Teren, founder of Thesis, makes known just how much time and dedication are required to develop and sustain an indie brand. And, she describes her efforts to build a business on ingredient principles that fall outside...

SC Johnson fragrance ingredient disclosure program reaches a milestone

19-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Consumer behavior isn’t neatly compartmentalized by industry; and the expectations of beauty shoppers aren’t limited by the practices of cosmetics and personal care makers—which is to say that SC Johnson’s latest accomplishment in scent transparency will...

Schmidt’s Naturals expands into a new personal care category

18-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The Unilever brand announced the line extension on Tuesday. And while the surfactant needed to formulate liquid cleansing products often keeps naturals brand out of this category, the company believes they’ve chosen ingredients that doesn’t compromise...

P&G will acquire indie skin care brand FAB

18-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Reports are circulating this week that P&G will pay close to $250m for the popular skin care brand founded by Lilli Gordon and known as First Aid Beauty.

CRUNCHI adds skin care

18-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

On Monday, the multi-level marketing makeup brand announced the launch of two new products. Skin care is a new category for Crunchi, a company that prides itself on organic ingredients and what it calls toxin-free cosmetics and personal care formulations....

3 beauty makers named to best workplaces list

17-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This month, Indeed (the employment search engine) announced its new list ranking the 50 best workplaces. The company rankings are based on employees’ reviews and ratings; and three multinational cosmetics and personal care corporations are included.

Credo writes the book on clean beauty

16-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In late June, the cosmetics and personal care retailer announced new clean beauty brand standards—a dictionary if you will—that outlines what safe beauty ingredients are and what consumers need to know to make informed purchasing decisions. Cosmetics...

Indie Beauty Profile

Evelyne Nyairo, Ellie Bianca

16-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Evelyne Nyairo, founder of Ellie Bianca, outlines the principles and practices that make hers a socially conscious skin care business. And being something of a serial entrepreneur, she speaks from experience, advising other...

Beauty and fragrance ingredient maker Sensient acquires Mazza

12-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Founded in 2011, Mazza Innovation has made a name for itself over the years for its botanical extraction technology—a process that is solvent free and instead uses pressurized low polarity water. It’s tech that Sensient will now leverage to develop clean...

Evio Beauty Group to launch hemp seed oil and CBD beauty collection

12-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Edmonton, Alberta – based Aurora Cannabis announced this week that the company has made a strategic investment in Evio. And, together the two Canadian companies intend to develop and sell cannabis-based cosmetics.

Avon product brochure goes digital

12-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The multinational social-sales beauty brand is continually revamping its business these days. There have been drastic changes in leadership, real estate, product manufacturing…the list goes on. But Avon hopes the move to digital brochures—in 12 countries...

Skin care is working for the industry and for consumers, says NPD

11-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

A new report--2018 Makeup In-Depth Consumer Report—from the global market information provider shows that in the US, skin care is not only selling well as a stand-alone category but is also a popular benefit of multifunctional makeup.

Khiron Life Sciences adds CBD skin care and body care

11-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

A Colombian government institution has just given the medical cannabis company the go ahead to make, sell, and export several CBD wellness products. The announcement comes amid a wave of (incremental) progress in the Americas region towards the widespread...

Feminine care fragrances get an on-trend update

10-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In response to consumer concerns, the legacy feminine care brand Vagisil recently launched a new line of products scented and tested for delicate, sensitive skin.

Algatech says despite concerns about sunscreen claims astaxanthin can support skin health

09-Jul-2018 By Hank Schultz

Some marketers making claims for sunscreen-like action on their dietary supplement products have received warning letters. But one astaxanthin supplier maintains its ingredient has data backing its important sun health benefits.

Cosmoprof NA panel hits on the cannabis 'dilemma'

09-Jul-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Cosmoprof North America event is now less than three weeks away. And featuring a packed education program, one session not to miss concerns the big buzz around cannabis and hemp formulated products.

Indie Beauty Profile

Michelle Matthewman, Caim & Able

09-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Michelle Matthewman, managing director of Caim & Able (a personal care brand centered on the topical benefits of magnesium), has a realistic take on the time commitment required to run a personal care startup. And, she...

Avon positions Skin-So-Soft Bug Guard as Lyme disease preventative

05-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

New Avon, the investor-owned US element of the social-selling company, is running a summer marketing initiative (and circulating press materials) that highlight the disease prevention benefits of its Bug Guard sprays and lotions.

Altilis Beauty singled out as Startup of the Year by Innovation Guelph

03-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At a gala event late last month, the skin care brand built by Kenna Whitnell around an uncommon hero ingredient—breadfruit flowers sourced from Samoa—won Innovation Guelph’s 2018 Startup of the Year award.

Laline expands into Canada

03-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The personal care brand (which is a subsidiary of Fox Group, an apparel retailer based in Israel) entered the Canadian beauty market place late last month. And within the next several months, Laline will open a handful of retail locations across Ontario.

SVBeautyTech accelerator opens with 9 companies

03-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Claire Chang of igniteXL has teamed up with Draper University on a new project calculated to bolster early-stage startups that are levering technology to disrupt business as usual in the cosmetics and personal care industry. The inaugural SVBeautyTech...

Hum Nutrition launches dissolving collagen tablets

02-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty-from-within and supplements brand just debuted Collagen Pop, pressed tablets that dissolve in water like Airborne or 8Greens. Sold on the Hum Nutrition site and at all Sephora stores in the US, the new wellness / beauty ingestible is the latest...

Indie Beauty Profile

Eric Fallon, Rebels Refinery

02-Jul-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In his Indie Beauty Profile, Eric Fallon, founder of the grooming and personal care brand Rebels Refinery, stresses the importance of knowledgeable mentors and revels in the joy of media and celebrity acclaim.

Experiential beauty retail is winning with consumers, shows Kline data

28-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Sales climb when cosmetics and personal care brands provide shoppers with engaging digital and personal experiences, according to the market researcher’s Beauty Retailing USA: Channel Analysis and Opportunities report.

Personal care brand Dove adding watermark to untouched ad photos by 2019

28-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The Unilever brand, acclaimed for its Self-Esteem Project, announced a ‘No Digital Distortion Mark’ initiative this week. In doing so, Dove joins a growing number of brands, retailers, and media that have given up Photo Shopping—and are verifying as much...

Creating Pickering emulsions for cosmetics and personal care formulations just got a whole lot simpler

28-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Late last month, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago published findings in the peer-reviewed America Chemical Society’s journal Applied Materials & Interfaces. Their work promises to greatly simplify how stable, surfactant-free...

Unilever acquires majority stake in Equilibra

28-Jun-2018 By Simon Pitman

Unilever has confirmed the acquisition of a 75% stake in Italian personal care and wellbeing business Equilibra.

JLABS opens in NYC with 3 skin care innovators in residence

26-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The life sciences incubator for emerging companies is a project of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, New York State, and the New York Genome Center. All told, there are 26 companies in residence at the facility on 6th Avenue in SoHo. And 3 of those innovators...

The Makeup Show is leaving Dallas but staying in Texas

26-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In 2019, the show that brings makeup artists and brands together for education, networking, and shopping will have a new home for its Texas edition.

Avon patents variable skin care routine

26-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The social sales company moved its headquarters to Europe in 2016 and hasn’t exactly been making headlines in the Americas region in the interim. But, Avon announced early this month that it has secured two US patents for something that is being called...

Should male grooming brands adjust their customer journey approach?

21-Jun-2018 By Natasha Spencer

Strategy and Research unit, Inkling London, uses OpenSource to explore how male grooming brands can optimise their offering and customer experience.

Beauty brands play their part in Tori Spelling’s new make-over TV show

21-Jun-2018 By Simon Pitman

A new beauty and fashion make-over TV show, hosted by actress Tori Spelling is providing a big opportunity for beauty brands to connect with consumers.

New FIT research on Transparent Beauty redefines cosmetics and personal care business

21-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Last week at New York City’s Fashion Institute of Technology, graduate students in the 2018 class of FIT’s cosmetics and fragrance marketing and management program presented their capstone research projects to a crowded auditorium of industry leaders....

It’s full speed ahead for beauty ingredient producer Sustainable Botanicals International

20-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The new company, started in April by Conrad Plimpton (best known as the founder and chairman of Inolex), is endeavoring to be a major figure in the sustainable cosmetics and personal care supply chain. SBI is partnering with and buying up natural, organic,...

Beauty Pitch Angels event returns to CosmoProf NA for 2018

20-Jun-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Registration is open through the end of June for both entrepreneurs and investors interested in participating in the event next month. The Beauty Pitch Angels program is essentially an interactive venue for emerging cosmetics and personal care brands...