Skin care

Attendee registration opens for first New York City edition of NYSCC Suppliers Day

07-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The annual personal care and cosmetics ingredients trade show has long been held outside the city in Edison, New Jersey, a town central to many ingredient and manufacturing facilities, but little else. This year, the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists...

Before and after images can help boost the natural beauty category - Kline expert

06-Feb-2017 By Simon Pitman

Proving how effective natural cosmetic and personal care products are is one of the biggest barriers for many players, but a new market report from Kline Group underlines how before and after shots can really help.

Colorescience and Solésence go in together on skin care

06-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The makeup company Colorescience and the sun care company Solésence are working together on a new collection of products that merge skin care and UV protection.

Estée Lauder reports uneven Q2 financials across the Americas region

06-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Many brands saw a sales increase in North America; the lift in Latin America was not as significant, while in Canada, sales were flat. Globally, skin care and fragrance did well. Hair care did not.

All Beauty Water doubles down on functional food strategy

06-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty-from-within beverage maker has been selected to join a food-focused business accelerator with the aim of making products like All Beauty Water part of women’s everyday beauty routines.

Beauty and anti-aging is by far the largest sector in the $3.7 trillion wellness economy

02-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

That is according to newly released data from the Global Wellness Institute.  The non-profit, focused on research, innovation, and advocacy, held an event in New York City this week to launch its 2017 Global Wellness Economy Monitor report. And Cosmetics...

in-cosmetics Global 2017 to feature a makeup bar

02-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

At this year’s event in London, color cosmetics ingredient makers have the opportunity to showcase new technologies, ingredients, and prototypes. For visitors it’s a chance to discover what the ingredients can do in formulation by trying nail color, eye...

Researchers from North Carolina State University develop wearable, wireless skin hydration sensor

01-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The team’s findings are slated for publication in the Wiley journal Advanced Healthcare Materials and are likely to have applications in not only health monitoring but in cosmetics and personal care too.

Hydromer secures patent for antimicrobial soaps

01-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The biotech company makes polymers, coatings, ingredients, and the like for an array of industries including cosmetics and personal care. With this new patent, Hydromer plans to launch a personal care products line as well.

L’Oréal USA rolls out executive leadership changes

01-Feb-2017 By Deanna Utroske

This week the cosmetics company announced four appointments and a couple of departures. The men taking on new leadership roles across professional products, brands, and HR have all been working with L’Oréal for years.

For Canadian cosmetics companies Mexico is a land of opportunity, say HSBC report

31-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

A newly published report from The Conference Board of Canada, and commissioned by banking and financial services company HSBC, outlines how Canadian businesses can best navigate the realities of the Mexican economy.

Ulta Beauty establishes its own holding company

31-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

As of January 29, the cosmetics retailer has reorganized its company structure, and Ulta executives believe that the business will be more efficient in this new configuration.

Lubrizol gives its North American skin care active ingredients brands a single name

31-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Going forward the company’s skin care actives businesses will share one name and one headquarters here in the States.

Is there room for innovation in the deodorant category?

30-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Natural, niche, and startup personal care brands regularly advance new deodorant formats and formulations. Among the latest attempts to disrupt the deodorant market is Switch Fresh, a patented redesign of the conventional container that could significantly...

Personal care industry executives meet with Trump

30-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Last week the new President met with 12 business leaders, among them the CEO of Johnson & Johnson. Cosmetics Design reached out to Gorsky to find out how he’ll be representing the cosmetics and personal care industry in these meetings going forward.

Target announces new plan to phase out select chemical ingredients

26-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The retailer has a timeline in place to make ingredient lists more transparent and suppliers more accountable to consumer expectations. As a result, certain ingredients will be banned from Target altogether.

Sourcing personal care ingredients from hemp getting easier

26-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

As more states make headway on farming and research initiatives, more hemp and hemp derivatives will make their way to market as beauty and personal care ingredients. Recent government actions in Kentucky and Alaska are a small part of what’s to come...

P&G beauty, hair care, skin care, and grooming sales all up, according to Q2 financials

24-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Late last week the CPG company announced quarterly earnings, and by CEO David Taylor’s own assessment, “delivered good results…in a difficult operating environment.”

Cosmetics manufacturer Autumn Harp to receive local funding

24-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The Vermont-based beauty maker has been awarded economic development financing that should, in the end, mean more jobs for residents of the area.

New study considers how solvents influence skin properties

24-Jan-2017 By Simon Pitman

A study by researchers at the University of Lund, in Southern Sweden, is taking a closer look at how solvents used in creams and lotions can impact the skin.

Trump White House moves swiftly against issues of import to the cosmetics and personal care industry

23-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

On Friday, inauguration day here in the States, a lot of changes took place as the Obama administration came to an end and a new team took power. As part of this transition, social and environmental policy pages were removed from the WhiteHouse.gov site.

Shiseido acquires US customization player MatchCo

23-Jan-2017 By Simon Pitman

Shiseido has continued to expand its international and US footprint with the acquisition of MatchCo, a California-based developer of customized digital tools used in personalization beauty regimes.

Olay and 23andMe release skin aging data

23-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The P&G skin care brand is hinting at personalized, DNA-based beauty products and, in the meantime, sharing stats from a study on how skin ages. Good news for Olay: it’s not all predetermined by genetics; lifestyle and personal care choices play a...

The Fragrance Outlet leverages digital to grow in store and online

19-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

With plans to lift its store count by more than 10% this year and to create a seamless cross-channel shopping experience for consumers, the fragrance and beauty retailer has expanded its deal with tech provider Aptos.

Specialty chemical distributor Azelis acquires Ross Organic

19-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The deal will see Ross Organic and the team behind the company carry on as a distinct brand and puts Azelis squarely in the natural personal care and cosmetic ingredient business.

Revlon announces a complete structural reorganization

18-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

In the interest of global growth and brand agility, the beauty and fragrance company has redesigned how brands, regions, and supporting departments work.

Coty facility coming to Calabasas, California

18-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty maker’s planed move to a site west of Los Angeles has been approved by both the city’s council and planning committee. And, while the decision has upset select local leaders and residents, it’s not generating nearly as much press as other recent...

P&G brand Braun to update styling and grooming portfolio

18-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

This month the brand is launching new and improved men’s grooming tools to keep up with current consumer expectations and deliver the latest shaving, trimming, and styling technology.

Procter and Gamble launches Preneur, an experimental retail incubator

17-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Increasingly today, established cosmetic and personal care companies are launching startup residency programs and R&D incubators. P&G is taking the notion a step further.

Avantium acquires Liquid Light patent portfolio

17-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The chemical tech company Avantium has announced the purchase of 100+ pending and granted patents for making CO2 into various materials, including specialty chemicals with applications in cosmetics and personal care.

P&G targets zero waste from manufacturing

16-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

As the New Year got underway the CPG and personal care company announced an initiative to further reduce, recycle, and repurpose manufacturing waste. It’s a strategy that presents both new challenges and new opportunities.

Barbara Menarguez takes on top US fragrance and beauty post at Chanel

16-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Her predecessor left the executive vice president position in December of last year. Now the long-time Chanel finance leader is set to take control of the company’s skin care, color cosmetics, and fragrance business in the States.

Fast Track Your Formulations in 2017

16-Jan-2017 By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science

You have a great formulation idea but now that you are about to put that idea into action, what is the best to get it to market as quickly as possible. What's the best approach?

Alexandra Papazian accepts general manager role with Shiseido Americas’ brand Laura Mercier

12-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Papazian will join Shiseido in the coming months to help oversee growth of the company’s global prestige business by leading the recently acquired Laura Mercier color cosmetics and personal care brand.   

Two Views: Digital democratizes beauty

12-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

For this installment of Two Views, Cosmetics Design reached out to digital entrepreneurs— Jessica Pritchett and Jihan Thompson—in an effort to better understand how technology is expanding the reach and potential of beauty products and services.

Color cosmetics brand Mineral Fusion sets an EWG record

12-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The vegetarian, natural makeup company now has over 100 beauty products verified by the Environmental Working Group for being made according to certain manufacturing protocol and without select ‘ingredients of concern.’

Less than four weeks left to submit for the Beauty Industry Awards

11-Jan-2017 By Simon Pitman

The count down to the first ever Cosmetics Design Beauty Industry Awards is well under way and there are now less than four weeks to go for the cut off date for submissions to the three regional competitions.

L’Oréal pays over $1bn to acquire Valeant skin care brands

11-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty leader is buying three affordable, skin care brands that will substantially boost L’Oréal’s revenue in the active cosmetics category in the US market.

New research on the prevention of scars has anti-aging potential

11-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

An international team of scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California–Irvine, New York University, and more, have just published their findings on the potential of myofibroblasts to help heal skin without scaring.

Coty to buy 60% of popular cosmetics and skin care ecommerce platform

11-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty company announced plans Tuesday to partner with the mobile-first social selling platform Younique. 

Bioprocol launches ingredients made from rare Colombian fruits

11-Jan-2017 By Simon Pitman

Colombian ingredients maker Bioprocol has tapped into some of the unique flora found in the country to launch two new ingredients that tap into rare plant extracts.

The pick of the technology crop, from CES Las Vegas

10-Jan-2017 By Simon Pitman

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas January 4 - 8, featured eight companies at the event’s dedicated ‘Beauty Tech’ marketplace space, all demonstrating a variety of advanced technologies. 

Consumers value sustainability, shows Unilever data

10-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The multinational consumer goods company recently released the results of its global consumer survey on sustainability, results which indicate that shoppers in the US are highly motivated to make ‘purpose-led’ purchases.

Trend Watch: Cosmetic and personal care ingredients borrowed from Traditional Chinese Medicine

10-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

It’s a trend that unites global beauty rituals with homespun wisdom. And the long-standing practice and emerging science that substantiate the benefits of TCM ingredients appeals to beauty consumers worldwide.

Sunday was National Winter Skin Relief Day

09-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

It seems there’s a day of celebration for nearly everything. And now, thanks to the parent company of CeraVe Skincare, January 8 has indeed been officially declared National Winter Skin Relief Day.

‘Your Skin, Your Story’ campaign from L’Oréal evokes consumer genomics ads

09-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The multi-channel ad campaign hit the airwaves yesterday during The Golden Globe Awards event. And while the product has nothing to do with DNA, the new messaging has a lot in common with ads from companies like ancestry.com and 23andMe.

Differentiated beauty strategy bolsters Walgreens Boots Alliance Q1 results

09-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Company sales for the quarter were down nearly 2% compared to the same period last year, and executives hope beauty will play a part in lifting sales figures. Though some analysts aren’t so optimistic.

Johnson and Johnson at work on skin care that modulates bacteria

05-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The multinational company has partnered with a biotech firm specializing in probiotic skin care and cosmetics as part of its new JLINX program.

Tara Poseley joins Paula’s Choice Skincare as CEO

05-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The company has formally announced Poseley’s appointment and is looking to leverage her expertise as a brand visionary to grow Paula’s Choice to its next level.

Women’s Marketing Inc. and Seurat Group reveal data on ‘How Women Buy Beauty Today’

04-Jan-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The two companies recently presented findings on current consumer behavior when it comes to gathering product and trend information, going online or into stores to shop, and making the final decision to purchase a beauty product.