Skin care

Beauty Industry Awards showcases the best in cosmetic ingredients

13-Feb-2018 By Simon Pitman

With the deadline drawing closer for the Beauty Industry Awards and the Cosmetics Design team would love to see more submissions from ingredient players.

Coty Q2 financial results look good but the P&G beauty brands need more work

12-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The company’s net revenue is up nearly 15% for the quarter, coming in at $2,637.6m. Coty is striving to improve in-store sales and reports that e-commerce is “ahead of the market.”

Indie Beauty Profile

Bethany Hilt, Vertere Skin Care

12-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Bethany Hilt, founder of Vertere Skin Care voices her certainty that a beauty brand can improve lives and encourages aspiring beauty brand founders to connect with two kinds of people.

Arcade Beauty opens a whole new factory to fill minis and sample size cosmetics

12-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Minis are essential for personal care and cosmetics brands today. Whether for sanitary sampling, convenient on-the go products, or to comply with TSA travel regulations, consumers expect and demand branded, easy-to-use mini sized beauty products.

Skin Microbiome Congress announces agenda, including speakers from L’Oréal, Unilever, J&J, and Gallinée

08-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The upcoming 2-day event will feature more than 25 experts speaking on skin care, scalp care, probiotics, regulations, and much more.

Biotech company Amyris launches FDA-regulated, sugarcane-derived squalane

08-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance ingredient maker has just announced the availability of a pharmaceutical grade of its bio-based squalane. Having a USP certified ingredient not only opens up the pharma market for Amyris but also bolsters the...

Method soap’s new design-inspired collection of packaging

07-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The brand sees its packaging as a matter of design and home décor. Accordingly, this latest limited-edition of hand soap and dish liquid bottles all feature trendy metallic shades; and there’s a sort of influencer marketing campaign in the mix too.

Dove launches DermaSeries skin care collection and a new body positivity campaign

07-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Late last month, the Unilever brand introduced a new line of skin care and body care products for extremely dry skin that are also formulated to be gentle and sensorial.

The Estée Lauder Companies Q2 results

06-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Makeup and skin care continue to do well for the company, while this quarter’s results were uniquely impacted by the recent US tax reform bill, and for the immediate future, the company is banking on digital marketing and prestige beauty.

Trend Spotting: Water, water, everywhere

06-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In recent years, water has moved from being a commodity to a luxury. At this week’s beauty2 event in New York City, the brands exhibiting typify how that trend is playing out in beauty and personal care.

Indie Beauty Profile

Catherine Scott, Honest Hazel

05-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Catherine Scott, founder of Honest Hazel gives a bit of insight into how she’s methodically built a viable beauty brand with just one product. And, she speaks to the invaluable benefits of having a community of founders to...

Meant: The indie body care brand that will change everything

05-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At last month’s Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles, of the 150 cosmetics, personal care, fragrance, and lifestyle brands exhibiting, many were compelling; but only one stood out as a real game changer. Cosmetics Design interviewed Lindsay Knaak-Stuart,...

Nannette de Gaspé line extension brings dry mask technology to more beauty consumers

01-Feb-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Today the company is launching its new Miss de Gaspé collection, a more affordable assortment of reusable waterless skin care masks that incorporate the same innovative ingredient delivery system as the luxury Nannette de Gaspé collection does.

Skin Microbiome Conference set for May 2018

31-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The B2B events company Kisaco Research is hosting a Skin Microbiome Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, this spring. The two-day conference program will feature research, trends, regulations, and other topics that pertain to commercially viable beauty...

Henkel awards its best US suppliers

30-Jan-2018 By Henkel awards its best US suppliers

Henkel has recognized some of its leading suppliers in the personal care and home care segments as part of the annual American Cleaning Institute Annual Meeting and Industry Convention.

Sustainable Cosmetics Summit NYC focuses on green materials

30-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

The New York Sustainable Cosmetics Summit will take place in May and the team at Ecovia lntelligence have chosen to focus on green materials, as well as sourcing and marketing issues as key features of the two-day conference.

Submission deadline is looming for the Beauty Industry Awards

30-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

The deadline for submissions to the Beauty Industry Awards is February 26th. Watch this video to find out more about the competition, the ten ingredient and finished product categories and how to make your submission.

Mibelle focuses on hair care protection with ingredient launch

30-Jan-2018 By Lucy Whitehouse

In a move that taps into the trend for formulations that offer protection from environmental pollutants and stressors, Mibelle AG Biochemistry has launched a new ingredient.

4 indie beauty ingredient trends to watch in 2018

29-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Last week at the Indie Beauty Expo in Los Angeles, California, 150 brands specializing in cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance were on hand for the two-day event, which attracts top media, retail buyers, and consumers alike. Cosmetics Design was there...

Budding cosmetic chemists can now turn to virtual internships

25-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

Israel opens up its beauty market to international imports

25-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

The Israel government’s ministries of Health and Economy have agreed to a solution that will open up the country’s market for beauty and personal care products to international businesses.

Chokeberry seed oil finds expanded distribution in North America

25-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

With cosmetic and personal care brands constantly on the lookout for new and exotic natural and organic ingredient, chokeberry seed oil may capture the imagination of formulators.

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Big beauty makers and retailers get serious about reducing plastic packaging waste

24-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of this week, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched a new initiative to change the way plastic comes and goes in the world. The New Plastics Economy involves corporations, local government leaders, academics, NGOs, and other stakeholders...

On-the-go skin care resonates with US women – Mintel

24-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

US women are looking for effective skin care products that are simple to use and understand, while also being designed for convenience and on-the-go application, latest research from Mintel finds.

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C’est Moi, a beauty brand for teens, relaunches for spring 2018

23-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Over a year ago the brand was acquired by the children’s consumer products company JAKKS Pacific. Now this week, after being reinvented and repackaged, C’est Moi is launching an online retail business and exhibiting at the Indie Beauty Expo in LA as well.

Edgewell Personal Care to bag men’s grooming brand Jack Black

23-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

Consumer brands player Edgewell Personal Care has announced its intention to buy US-based skin carebrand Jack Black, one of the leading men’s grooming brands in North America.

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Beauty packager Qosmedix zeros in on sample sizes

18-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Several recent packaging trends like travel-friendly beauty, active beauty, waste-not want-not brands, dose control, and beauty boxes have led package makers like Qosmedix to offer brands more options when it comes to tiny containers for cosmetics and...

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Coty personal beauty assistant launches on Amazon Echo Show

18-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The multinational cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance company is debuting its Amazon Echo skill Let’s Get Ready for all Echo devices this month. Voice services, chat bots, and virtual assistant tools like this are on the rise; and Coty is an early...

Clariant expands manufacturing in North America

17-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

Switzerland-based fine chemicals player Clariant has expanded its North American manufacturing by growing its existing operations in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.

The top ten global consumer trends for 2018 – Euromonitor

17-Jan-2018 By Simon Pitman

The most important consumer trends this year will encompass concern for the environment, wellbeing, community, activism, sharing, frugality and personalization, according to Euromonitor International.

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Estée Lauder partners with travel site Expedia

17-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Experiential retail, the travel blog phenomenon, and influencer marketing all seem to have converged for this latest consumer engagement initiative from the prestige beauty giant. It’s the first time Estée Lauder has teamed up with a travel company, and...

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Mary Kay annual leadership conference in full swing

16-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The event brings together thousands of the beauty company’s independent sales directors every year bolstering the local community in more ways than one. The 2018 conference got started on Sunday and continues through tomorrow in Atlanta, Georgia.

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BeautyX Summit debuts this month in Los Angeles, California

16-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The new educational event for cosmetics and personal care entrepreneurs, takes place January 22nd and 23rd in LA. BeautyX panels, courses, and networking opportunities for this first edition of the summit will focus on media and...

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Shiseido Americas acquires biomaterial tech company Olivo Laboratories

15-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This month, the personal care and cosmetics company announced having bought “substantially all of the assets of Olivo Laboratories,” a venture led by CEO Amy Schulman. The deal includes Olivo’s so-called second-skin technology, which Shiseido plans to...

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Blue Diamond goes all in on almond oil for the cosmetics and personal care industry

15-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This month the almond growers’ agricultural collective announced its latest business initiative, supplying sweet almond oil to health and beauty care makers. Blue Diamond has been testing the waters for some time now, exhibiting at industry tradeshows...

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Color cosmetics brand Absolute New York to open first US retail store

11-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The mass market beauty brand has secured real estate in Midtown Manhattan and will open its flagship location there this spring.

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Avon launches wellness brand Espira and gets into the supplements business

11-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The North America – based New Avon LLC announced a line of beauty-from-within products this week. But Espira is more than simply ingestibles for hair, skin, and nail health; the brand also has product lines for overall nutritional support as well.

Brazilian personal care and cosmetics ingredient maker Nanovetores Technology S.A. signs with HORN

10-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The North American specialty chemical distributor was selected to be a key partner in Nanovetores’ expansion and to help the company begin to take its sustainable ingredient supply business global.

A new competitor enters the ceramide skin care space

10-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Ceramedx is the third brand from beauty and personal care maker ESN Group. The brand launch—some four years in the making—was announced on Monday.

Crown Laboratories acquires self-tanning brand Vita Liberata

10-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Late last week the pharmaceutical and consumer products company announced it has acquired the organic sunless tanning and skin care brand founded by CEO Alyson Hogg. Crown Laboratories sees the global brand as a fitting addition to their existing sun...

kathy ireland Health & Wellness to launch CBD skin care products

09-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This week Level Brands, the licensed brand marketing firm where Kathy Ireland serves as chairman emeritus and chief brand strategist, announced a partnership with Isodiol that is being touted as ‘a multimillion-dollar cannabidiol (CBD) products deal’.

New Skintuition tech on display at CES 2018 today

09-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The optical technology platform developed by Cambridge Consultants is bringing top-of-the-line skin data analysis in to the hands and homes of beauty consumers. Cosmetics Design caught up with Edward Brunner, head of Asia consumer business for the company,...

Beautycounter secures investments to fund accelerated growth

09-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The skin care and cosmetics company launched and led by Gregg Renfrew announced receipt of new funding from Mousse Partners that will facilitate her brand’s expansion and, by extension, further her mission to overhaul the beauty and personal care industry’s...

Indie Beauty Profile

Tran Wills and Ali Elman, Base Coat

08-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

In their Indie Beauty Profile, Tran Wills and Ali Elman, founders of the nail color and nail care brand Base Coat describe how the brand evolved as a natural complement to their Base Coat nail salons. And Elman advises prospective indie brand founders...

Beauty and personal care companies on Forbes Just 100 list

04-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The list ranks companies by their level of corporate citizenship. And the 2018 rankings, announced recently, include personal care and cosmetics leaders like Estée Lauder and P&G as well as a couple of ingredient supply companies and one retailer....

New insight on nanoparticle colloidal gel formation

04-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

A new device, developed at AGH University of Science and Technology, has enabled an international team of researchers to better observe early-stage gel formation.

Unilever acquires personal care brand Schmidt’s Naturals

04-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This week the multinational consumer goods company completed the deal to acquire Schmidt’s Naturals—a deal that was first announced just weeks ago and advances Unilever’s position in the clean, green, and natural beauty business.

Disruptive makeup brush brand Artis expands to Canada

03-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The relatively new beauty tool brand launched in Canada just last month and is hoping its distinctive and ergonomic brushes can change consumer expectations there and update color cosmetic application techniques as well.

New molecular skin mapping software promises to be useful in cosmetics industry

03-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Researchers from the University of California San Diego and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory teamed up to develop the new technology, and late last year, published details of their method in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Protocols....

Kao acquiring prestige hair care brand Oribe

02-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Late last year the global salon products company announced the signing of a deal to buy Oribe Hair Care. As part of the agreement, brand co-founder Daniel Kaner will join the Kao management team as president of Oribe.