Skin care

Elizabeth Arden records second quarter loss

08-Feb-2016 By Simon Pitman

Elizabeth Arden’s second quarter results missed Wall Street’s expectations and recorded a loss, as actual sales figures were hard hit by the strong dollar.

CEW Global Trends Report reveals data behind the advancing prestige cosmetics business

08-Feb-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The event, held at the Harmonie Club on New York City’s Upper East Side last week, reviewed beauty industry sales, trends, and more from 2015 and forecast 2016, using facts and figures from both Nielsen and NPD. 

Galderma announces data-driven campaign on the genetics of facial aging

08-Feb-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The skin care company’s Mom Genes initiative promises to spark a conversation among women about family-linked aging patterns. 

Estée Lauder delivers strong results, but is cautious on outlook

08-Feb-2016 By Simon Pitman

Estée Lauder has continued its strong run of financial results, reporting industry leading revenue growth for its second quarter on the back of like-for-like gains worldwide.

Researchers caution against the use of 4NP and similar chemicals

04-Feb-2016 By Deanna Utroske

A HackensackUMC study consistently found hormone-disrupting chemicals in children and is calling for further research into how this relates to pediatric hormonal disorders and what can be done to limit exposure. 

Silk Therapeutics to launch in new personal care categories and move into retail

04-Feb-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Last year the skin care company received a patent for its biotech silk protein ingredient, and now Silk Therapeutics has big plans for the millions of dollars raised during its just-closed series A2 financing round. 

Edgewell Personal care results hit by international exposure

03-Feb-2016 By Simon Pitman

The Edgewell Personal Care business stood up to some tough challenges during its first quarter, as sales were hit hard by international currency translations.

ICMAD cosmetic regulatory forum focuses on building "bulletproof" products

03-Feb-2016 By Simon Pitman

As well as having a full agenda, this year’s ICMAD Technical/Regulatory Forum will focus on “Building a Bulletproof Product”.

Skin care maker Dickinson’s Witch Hazel brings its history into the future

03-Feb-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The legacy beauty brand celebrates its 150th anniversary this year and is launching an updated product line, aiming to preserve the company’s heritage and cater to today’s consumers at the same time. 

New research points to impact of microplastics on oyster farming

02-Feb-2016 By Simon Pitman

The environmental impact of microplastics has forced legislators worldwide to impose future bans on microplastics, but new research is revealing just how widespread the damage to marine life can be.

ICMAD Young Designer Awards ceremony is just around the corner

02-Feb-2016 By Simon Pitman

February 18th is the date to note in your calendars for the 17th annual ICMAD Young Designers Awards, to be held in Newport Beach, California.

Coty’s latest acquisition raises the stakes in the Brazilian beauty market

02-Feb-2016 By Deanna Utroske

This week Coty completed its purchase of Hypermarcas S.A., a deal that gives the expanding cosmetics, fragrance, and personal care company a strong foothold in the world’s 3rd largest beauty market.

EOS settles class action suit and will improve labeling

02-Feb-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The lip care and skin care company announced late last week that a settlement was reached in a recent class action suit claiming that EOS lip balm can cause a rash and that product labeling is inadequate. 

Korean beauty brands lowering their target consumer age

02-Feb-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Long-established Korean beauty brands are having to adapt their approach to court younger consumers, to avoid missing out on the huge growth potential they offer the sector.

Research points to food additive compound as effective sunscreen

01-Feb-2016 By Simon Pitman

New research from scientists at the University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy, shows evidence that a compound found in the food additive annatto could be effective in protecting against UV rays.

Indie Beauty Expo expands to meet industry demand

01-Feb-2016 By Deanna Utroske

iBE just announced its 2016 event calendar. With shows set for both coasts and the promise of media exposure, relevant buyer interaction, and a full day of influential consumer traffic, independent cosmetics and personal care brands are piling on. 

Estée Lauder promotes three top executives

28-Jan-2016 By Simon Pitman

The Estée Lauder Companies has announced  the promotion of three top level executives as part of an ongoing restructuring of its management team.

Study finds aluminium chloride antiperspirant solution reduces sweat more effectively

28-Jan-2016 By Andrew MCDOUGALL

A new study has found that of two commonly used topical antiperspirants, the one containing aluminium chloride hexahydrate quantitatively and objectively appeared to reduce sweat more effectively.

Coty consolidates and expands its North Carolina manufacturing facilities

27-Jan-2016 By Simon Pitman

Coty has announced plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Lee County, North Carolina, which will include the consolidation and transfer of a nail polish facility in Hollywood, California.

Galderma expansion project awarded public funding

27-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The Nestlé Skin Health division is building on to its existing North American manufacturing plant, boosting production capacity and increasing employment at the site by more than 20%.

Experiential Retail: How industry leading cosmetics brands are moving ahead

27-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

L’Oréal’s color cosmetics brand NYX Professional Makeup just opened a digitally enhanced flagship store in California’s Silicon Valley. It’s the start of a new retail strategy for NYX and part of an industry wide movement.

P&G results get thumbs up from investors

26-Jan-2016 By Simon Pitman

Procter & Gamble’s second quarter results showed an increase in core sales and improved profit margins, beating analysts’ expectations and sending share prices up.

H&M to launch Ecocert cosmetics and personal care collection

26-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

By this time next month, the retailer’s Conscious product line will be available in select stores, aiming to meet consumer demand for portable products, unisex fragrances, certified natural beauty items, and more.

Brazil’s recession is an e-commerce opportunity for personal care brands

26-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The country’s population is increasingly urban and eager to buy name-brand goods, and companies selling FMCG on international marketplace sites or brand pages are getting in on the ground floor of this emerging economy. 

How the shrewdest cosmetics and personal care brands engage consumers and attract investors

25-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

A CEW Business Insider event in New York City last week explored the connection between indie brand strategy, consumer expectations, and M&A activity in the beauty business. 

CD Buzz : Latest analysis on the winning digital tactics for beauty players

22-Jan-2016 By Simon Pitman

In this latest CD Buzz video, we look at what beauty players are doing to capture fickle younger consumers and the type of digital tactics that are really working.

North America is the fastest growing beauty drink market globally, says research report

21-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Nutricosmetic and beauty-from-within beverages sell best in Europe, but as consumers in this region discover the benefits and learn more with the help of educational marketing campaigns, the category will grow tremendously.

Biotech development just got easier for specialty chemical, fragrance ingredient, and cosmetics companies

21-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Amyris, an industrial bioscience company, launched a new program that lets researchers and businesses experiment with bio-synthetic ingredient making without investing in full-scale manufacturing.

Part 4 of 4

Natural Fragrance: scents and trends

21-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Market trends and popular scent notes influence what natural fragrance makers are formulating, where these personal care products and perfumes are being sold, and how the supply chain is evolving.

Part 3 of 4

Natural Fragrance: maintaining quality and gaining scale

20-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Natural fragrance ingredients are in limited supply. As demand for naturally scented personal care products and perfumes increases, brands are formulating with a combination of oils and isolates to keep pace.

Bell Flavors and Fragrances has a new senior perfumer

20-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Promoted from within, the new lead perfumer will bring his extensive background in the industry to bear on Bell’s personal care fragrance division.  The company has announced the hire of a new fragrance quality control manager as well.

Part 2 of 4

Natural Fragrance: trading on exclusivity and purity

19-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Ingredients used to formulate natural perfumes and scented personal care products differ from conventional ingredients, and this presents a challenge for brands. At the same time it’s an opportunity to develop and sell uniquely valuable product.

High-maintenance men capture the attention of media and the personal care industry

19-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The men’s grooming category is thriving, thanks in no small part to the consumer beard trend, and now shaving and facial hair maintenance products occupy distinct niches in the personal care industry.   

Mary Kay reframes multicultural beauty

19-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The direct-sales cosmetics and skin care company has built an increasingly diverse team of representative and is boasting hundreds of thousands of new recruits in 2015, many of which are Millennials.

Part 1 of 4

Natural Fragrance: a must-watch beauty and personal care segment

18-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Demand for clean, natural, and organic perfumes and scented personal care products is on the rise. How the segment is shaping up, gaining momentum, and anticipating the trends deserves a closer look.

Who will acquire Revlon?

18-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

That’s the question majority owner Ron Perelman is asking—late last week he filed a statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission declaring that his investment firm is exploring strategic alternatives involving the company.

in-cosmetics North America and MakeUp in New York form an alliance for this year’s overlapping events

18-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The cosmetics industry trade shows, set for late summer of 2016, have partnered to facilitate attendee access to both, despite the events’ taking place in two New York City boroughs on the same dates.

Class action lawsuit filed against EOS lip care

14-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The suit filed Tuesday by plaintiff Rachael Cronin, and all other similarly situated complainants, asserts that the product causes a rash; and it has already sparked a fair bit of negative media coverage.

‘Non-toxic’ nanoparticles used in personal care and cosmetics disrupt immune function

14-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory observed that some nanoparticles diminish the function of macrophage immune cells while others cause cell death.

P&G cuts Olay's offering to core products to court anti-aging consumers

13-Jan-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

P&G has slashed Olay’s product offering right back to just 120 core products, in a bold move committing the brand to its recently announced new marketing focus on ‘ageless beauty’.

P&G streamlines global PR strategy

12-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The consumer goods company is making changes to save money and influence consumers all at once, with public relations efforts squarely refocused on brand-building thought leadership initiatives.

DS Laboratories expands distribution online in the US and Asia

12-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The biotech-driven personal care company has partnered with thee sizable dot-coms to reach more consumers; a strategy that may stretch to include brands DS Laboratories is acquiring from WR Group. 

New chemical analysis company caters to startups in Southern California

12-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The Mass Spec Lab provides third-party high tech testing to companies in personal care, cosmetics, and beyond that’s meant to elevate the level of accuracy and ease regulatory approval for smaller brands.

Canada beauty imports from South Korea up 48%, thanks to free trade agreement

11-Jan-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

The recent Canada-Korea free trade agreement (CKFTA) has seen imports of Korean beauty brands soar in the North American country, according to a new report.

Beauty personalisation and interactivity is key for Millennials, says Euromonitor

11-Jan-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Cosmetics is one of the few areas in which millennials buck the trend of being “nowners” (no-owners) and are keen to spend, according to a recent overview by Euromonitor International.

Indie beauty gets backing from community banks

11-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Privately owned cosmetics and personal care brands garner a lot of attention when it comes to M&A activity, but local financial institutions are backing local brands and helping independent beauty grow too.

L’Oréal to introduce #WorthSaying campaign this awards season

07-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

Sunday during the Golden Globe broadcast, the beauty company will launch a campaign designed to expand the red carpet conversation with a multitude of insights from women, sharing and connecting in real time with L’Oréal’s brilliantly up-to-date messaging.

LVMH signs on to become part of the world’s largest consumer-focused investment firm

07-Jan-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The newly formed private equity group L Catterton is a partnership among LVMH, Groupe Arnault, and Catterton, and is aiming to impact all the major consumer markets—cosmetics and perfumes included.

The Old Spice brand portfolio gets a make-over

07-Jan-2016 By Simon Pitman

Procter & Gamble has decided to revamp one of the oldest men’s grooming brands by reformulating and rebranding with the help of a digital informercial to get the message out.

L’Oréal enters wearables market with My UV skin patch to better protect against sun damage

07-Jan-2016 By Andrew MCDOUGALL

Beauty behemoth L’Oréal has marked its entrance into the world of flexible electronics with the launch of its first smart skin patch, smaller than a band aid, which utilises a sensor to analyse UV radiation on the skin.