Skin care

L’Oréal debuts new personalized skin care tech

14-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty maker chose to announce its new SkinCeuticals product and counter-top formulating technology at the 2018 Fast Company Grill in Austin, Texas (an event for influencers and innovative thinkers that coincides with the SXSW conference and festivals)....

US beauty device market is growing again, says Kline

14-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

According the market researcher’s recent report—looking at sales, investments, launches, and acquisitions for the full year 2017—the cosmetics and personal care device business is doing well and on track to continue growing by addressing an array of consumer...

Special Newsletter: Colour Cosmetics

Making Colour Cosmetics Modern: a look at innovations in ingredients, materials, and formulation technologies

14-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

As everyone in the industry well knows, color cosmetics have been around for hundreds upon hundreds of years—at least since the reign of Cleopatra. And while somethings never change, the nuances of beauty formulations, benefits, and outcomes are constantly...

Inolex launches new silicone alternatives

13-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Yesterday, the specialty chemical maker announced 2 new ingredients that it’s describing as next-generation silicone replacements. And in conversation with Cosmetics Design, Inolex global technical marketing manager Fana Makonnen explained why the company...

Lash extension trend inspires new eye makeup formulations and launches

13-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Every new beauty trend, treatment, and technology changes the routines and regimens that consumers use to care for and makeup their faces. Which explains why, in recent days, specialized lash and brow brands have launched color and cleansing products...

in-cosmetics global to feature 3 days of personal care and beauty marketing trends education

12-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The international personal care ingredients trade show takes place next month in Amsterdam. And this year, the thousands of product manufacturers attending will have free access to marketing trends programming, including a session on Beauty around the...

Indie Beauty Profile

Julianne Robicheau, Robi Luxury Skin Care

12-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Julianne Robicheau, founder of Robi Luxury Skin Care, explains why natural, luxury, and affordable are not mutually exclusive terms. And, she talks about the important role that confidence plays in building a cohesive beauty...

Hair and skin care brand launches its own organic ingredient line

12-Mar-2018 By Simon Pitman

Newly formed GIObis Laboratories has teamed up with Oh Oh Organics to launch all-natural organic emulsifying and preserving systems for the North American market.

13 women entrepreneurs accepted into Sephora Accelerate 2018

08-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Sephora has been running its Accelerate program for women brand founders and startup leaders for three years now. This week, the company announced the 13 women selected to participate in the 2018 edition of the program—they represent brands innovating...

PCPC annual meeting zeros in on the Power of Beauty

08-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At the end of February, the Personal Care Products Council convened its annual meeting in Palm Beach, Florida. The Power of Beauty was the theme of this year’s gathering. And leaders ranging from PCPC board members to magazine executives, market researchers,...

Heritage brand The Grandpa Soap Company expands into natural hair care

08-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Today the family-owned brand, known for its bar soaps, announced a collection of hair and scalp care products. The line extension incorporates several of the brand’s signature soap ingredients, like pine tar, buttermilk, and rose clay.

Beiersdorf Canada brand Nivea teams with Tessa Virtue

07-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The skin care brand has signed a deal with Olympic skater Tessa Virtue to help promote Nivea products and to foreground qualities that the brand, the country, and the woman all ostensibly have in common.

Burleson Research Technologies signs deal to offer GARD sensitization and potency assays

07-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

SenzaGen announced today that is has licensed the chemical safety testing method to BRT. The contract researcher will now be offering the tests to its cosmetic, chemical, and pharmaceutical clients here in the US.

Intimate skin care is coming to the beauty isle, thanks to women-led personal care startups and legacy brands

07-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Brand leaders like Avonda Urben and Keech Combe Shetty believe there ought to be specialized skin care products for the bikini area and vagina—in much the same way that women have specialized skin care for the face, the eye area, the décolleté; oral care...

Botaneco innovates efficacy testing to keep pace with changing personal care ingredient options

06-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Research scientists from the company’s facilities in Calgary, Alberta, and Lambertville, New Jersey, published data on their work with spectrophotometric screening in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology last year and continue efforts to build industry...

Is the future of beauty up for sale? RPG and IMX open auction of automated customization patents

06-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The company’s joint venture, Beauty Personalization Domination, has set an opening bid of $500 million for the full portfolio of 75 patents and anticipates bids well above that figure coming from top multinational cosmetics and personal care companies...

AmorePacific brand Mamonde launches in US

06-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The K-beauty skin care line signed an exclusive deal with Ulta Beauty that not only has the brand on select store shelves across the US but also has Mamonde creating products expressly for sale at Ulta.

Bell LATAM announces new executive appointments

05-Mar-2018 By Simon Pitman

Fragrance and flavors player Bell is targeting further growth for its LATAM business with the announcement of two new key executive appointments.

L’Oréal hair care brand teams up with TerraCycle to reduce plastic packaging waste

05-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

For a second year, Garnier is running a recycling program on college campuses. The company has partnered with not only the TerraCycle recycling company but also with the social change organization DoSomething.org for this year’s initiative.

Indie Beauty Profile

Michelle Houp, Prep U

05-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Michelle Houp, founder of Prep U (personal care brand for “stinky boys”), describes how she has democratized the onus of hygiene and refinement that befalls adolescents; and, she shares a few smart, simple tips for founders....

Henkel reports a strong 2017, driven by Latin America

01-Mar-2018 By Simon Pitman

Global personal and home care provider Henkel has reported strong growth for its 2017 results, with gains driven by its exposure to new markets, including Latin America.

L’Oréal USA announces new initiative for carbon neutral manufacturing and distribution

01-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty maker revealed plans today that will have all 21 of the company’s US operations facilities carbon neutral next year.

Personal Care Products Council asks beauty editors to help set the record straight on science and safety of cosmetics

01-Mar-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At this week’s annual meeting event in Palm Beach, Florida, the trade organization held a dedicated session for press in an effort to better mitigate the proliferation of misinformation about personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance ingredients.

Madison Reed pledges “zero alteration of advertising photography”

28-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The industry disrupting hair color brand has stepped forward as a pacesetter among beauty makers, changing its own ad strategy and inviting other personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance brands to commit to authenticity in advertising as well.

Spa-style brand Bliss relaunching with a vengeance

28-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The popular skin care brand has undertaken a complete refresh and will be launching online this month and in thousands of doors in the coming weeks. If all goes according to plan, the turnaround will stand as a case study in how to simultaneously respond...

Nail color and care manufacturer Kirker emphasizes custom services with updated website

27-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the New Jersey – based nail lacquer and nail care treatment product maker announced a full online refresh that foregrounds the company’s place in the modern beauty industry.

J&J probiotic research partnership explores links among the microbiome, nervous system, sleep, and skin health

27-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Holobiome Corporation and J&J are collaborating on the new project; and in a recent exchange with Cosmetics Design, Stefanie Dhanda, senior director of consumer scientific innovation at the health and beauty company’s Innovation Center, affirms, “there...

Indie Beauty Profile

Dara Levy, DermaFlash

26-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Dara Levy, the inventor and founder of DermaFlash, explains how she grew her signature spa treatment into a full-fledged beauty brand and why the best business experience is hard won.

Beauty Industry Awards deadline extended to March 5th

23-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Cosmetics Design team is thrilled by the tremendous response we have had for all ten of our Beauty Industry Award categories, but we are responding to numerous requests to extend the deadline by doing just that.

Kamedis launches in US with botanical personal care line for eczema, acne, and dandruff

22-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Plant-based beauty and skin care brands seem to be cropping up everywhere; presumably because nature-based formulations that deliver results are in high demand. With 15 years of global business behind it, Kamedis hopes to meet that demand for US beauty...

Natural skin care maker Weleda begins full brand turnaround

22-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

After decades of relying heavily on word-of-mouth here in the US and globally, the natural skin care brand has created its first-ever beauty and lifestyle campaign for the region. And that’s just step one of this year’s complete Weleda brand refresh....

Nestlé Skin Health expands acne care product line

22-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Last year the skin care maker introduced its Differin brand of acne treatment gel to the OTC market, after receiving FDA approval to do so in early 2016. Now the brand is adding two new products to the Differin line.

Chemyunion establishes itself as a major ingredients player in the Americas

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

Already a big player in the Latin American market, fine chemicals player Chemyunion is rolling out its North American expansion in a bid to become a dominant force in the Americas.

A look at Latin America’s four most powerful beauty markets - Euromonitor

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Chile are the most dynamic and robust beauty markets in the Latin America, which is why Cosmetics Design is taking a closer look at the key trends and market data.

Cosmetics Design's top LATAM stories

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

We are bringing you some of the highlights from our recent Latin American beauty market coverage, which includes interesting moves from brands and suppliers, industry expos and market trends.

Natura aims for bigger footprint in North America

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

As a major force in the Latin American cosmetics and personal care market, Natura is firing up its strategy for domination in the Americas by turning its attention to North America.

FCE Cosmetique readies for 2018 event

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

The dates for the FCE Cosmetique event are set for May 22 – 24 at the Sao Paulo Expo space and organizers NürnbergMesse Brazil is aiming to build on the success of last year.

Cosmetics Design Latin America wants to hear from you!

21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Cosmetics Design team is dedicating itself to providing the most cutting edge and informative news for the cosmetics and personal care industry throughout Latin America, so, naturally, we want to hear about all the news from your business in the region!

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21-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

We have always been swift to report on what is happening in the fast-moving Latin American cosmetics and personal care market, but now we are offering more targeted and in-depth coverage.

Coty announces AI competition for tech start-ups ready to revolutionize beauty

21-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Interested creative professionals and technology starts-ups have under one month to submit brand-specific pitches to Coty for consideration in the competition, which is an extension of the Digital Accelerator program that Coty launched last year.

New epigenCare platform makes skin care recommendations based on consumer DNA and gene expression

20-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The epigenCare platform cross-references personal care product ingredient lists with consumer genomics to generate personalized recommendations. And the New York – based biotech company behind the technology believes it has created a new marketing channel...

Burt’s Bees releases data showing natural skin care is better than synthetic

20-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The Clorox-owned beauty and personal care brand shared clinical data at this week’s American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting comparing the benefits of Burt’s Bees sensitive skin care products to those of a “dermatologist-recommended synthetic control...

Sciadonic acid takes topical route as first step in dietary ingredient development

19-Feb-2018 By Hank Schultz

The developers of sciadonic acid—a new to the market anti-inflammatory fatty acid—have pivoted to topical products as they search for partners to more fully develop the substance as a dietary ingredient.

California on track to ban sale of animal-tested cosmetics and personal care products

19-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

On Friday, State Senator Cathleen Galgiani introduced legislation that would prohibit the import and sale of any beauty product tested on animals—the ban would apply to both ingredients and finished goods.

Indie Beauty Profile

Laura Burget, Niu Body

19-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Laura Burget, co-founder of Niu Body, demonstrates the candor and strength of a self-possessed entrepreneur and describes what a millennial-made personal care brand looks like from the inside.

IFF 2017 full-year financial results

15-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This week, the fragrance maker announced Q4 and full-year results, reporting net sales of $3.4bn for 2017.

Skin care maker Cosmetic Solutions launches new hydrating and brightening serum

15-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The Florida-based private label company has just announced a newly formulated product that promises to provide both skin lightening and skin hydration benefits.

CIBS kicks off 2018 with luncheon event featuring Sumita Banerjee of L’Oréal

14-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The SVP of Talent Acquisition at L’Oréal spoke to the organization’s membership during yesterday’s event in New York City. The professional group for Cosmetic Industry Buyers and Suppliers has a number of these luncheon events and networking outings scheduled...

Cosmoprof NA collaborates with LA Fashion Week

14-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

Cosmoprof North America is stepping up its game by forming an exclusive collaboration with Los Angeles Fashion Week, Fall 2018, a city known as the nerve center for West Coast fashion and a growing hub for beauty.

Beauty brands Glossier, Curology, Beautycounter, and Madison Reed make 2018 Direct Brands Worth Watching list

13-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The list of 250 direct-to-consumer brands was compiled by the Interactive Advertising Bureau in partnership with business insights company Dun & Bradstreet. Some 30 cosmetics, fragrance, hair, and personal care brands are included in the list of brands...