Skin care

A milestone moment for natural personal care

19-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The independent California Baby brand celebrates its 20th anniversary this month and is doubling down to be an even more influential leader in the natural space with products for consumers of all ages.

Raspberry extract shows strong anti-ageing potential

19-Nov-2015 By Andrew MCDOUGALL

Research carried out by two biotechnology companies has found that an extract from the raspberry plant is effective in promoting skin hydration and protecting the cells from excessive water loss, meaning it could have potential for skin care and anti-ageing...

Sephora CEO reveals the new store concept you’ve been waiting for

18-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Speaking at a sold-out CEW event last night in New York City, Calvin McDonald, Americas President and CEO of the prestige beauty retailer, shared the inside story of Sephora’s reimaged concept store on San Francisco’s Powell Street.

Biotechnology companies continue to invest in cosmetics and skin care

17-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

This week VDF FutureCeuticals and RXi both announced new initiatives in the beauty space and are moving ahead to develop products formulated with novel ingredients.

At-home beauty devices market to outpace spa and salon segments through 2020

16-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

P&S Market Research, a consulting services and industry forecasting agency, released its Global Beauty Devices Market report late last week, outlining the multiplicity of factors driving the category.

New process manufacturing platform from Selerant promises to streamline vendor management

12-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The product development software company announced today its latest tool, the Selerant Collaboration Portal, and is publicizing an exceptional ROI projection for industry users.

State-of-the-art silk protein patent granted

11-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Specialty biotechnology company Silk Therapeutics announced late last month that the US Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for its non-GMO, stable liquid silk protein. Cosmetics Design connected with that company’s CEO, Greg Altman, to get the...

New packaging options address consumer expectations

11-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The latest launches from personal care and beauty packaging makers key in on industry trends such as convenience, personalization, and multifunction. Here Cosmetics Design explores a handful of the newest container offerings.

Hallstar launches ingredients targeting growing facial masks category

11-Nov-2015 By Simon Pitman

Hallstar has chosen to tap into the growing demand for facial masks by launching three ingredients aimed at heightening the efficacy of mask treatments.

2015 #beauty20 award winners fêted in NYC

10-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

This marks the second year that innoCos events produced the digital marketing awards in New York City, honoring brands in 10 categories from best app to best Instagram and everything in between.

What the fruit trend means for fine fragrance and scented personal care

10-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics Design spoke with fragrance expert Lisa Wilson, owner of Scent & Strategy, about the proliferation of newly sophisticated fruit notes and what perfumers are getting into next.

Organic labelling class action suit settled in California

10-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Avalon Organics and Jason Brand Cosmetics have come to a proposed settlement in a lawsuit claiming products sold during the 4 years prior to May 2011 were labeled in a way that misled consumers.

CD Buzz

CD Buzz: The latest analysis on P&G, Coty and fine fragrance trends

06-Nov-2015 By Simon Pitman

In this edition of CD Buzz, the Cosmetics Design USA team bring you the latest analysis on P&G's return to growth strategy and recent developments from Coty, which has announced another major acquisition and plans to reorganize the business,...

ChromaDex, P&G announce deal for nicotinamide riboside

05-Nov-2015 By Stephen Daniells

ChromaDex Corp. has entered into a joint development agreement with Procter & Gamble for development of forms of nicotinamide riboside (NR) for select applications.

Avon posts big losses against currency headwinds and shaky global economy

04-Nov-2015 By Simon Pitman

Avon Products was hit harder than most by a strong dollar, together with a slow performance from its North American operations and economic challenges in developing markets such as Brazil.

Q3 results show Revlon US sales up nearly 5%

04-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Today the beauty company announce its quarterly results and highlighted top performing product segments in the US and globally.

L'Oréal USA patent quota suit dismissed by a federal judge

04-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

When the head of patents for the beauty company spoke up with concerns about how L'Oréal manages it patent applications, he lost his job and took his former employer to court.

Coty relocates HQ to London as part of major structural changes

03-Nov-2015 By Simon Pitman

Coty has announced a complete restructuring of its business operations and executive team, while also making the decision to relocate its executive management office to London.

Indigenous Brazilians source personal care ingredients for income and land preservation

03-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Natura cosmetics is an early client of Sentinels of the Forest, a program meant to help tribal peoples protect the forest and harvest Brazil nuts for sale and processing. 

Coty pays $1 billion to acquire Hypermarcas beauty business in Brazil

02-Nov-2015 By Simon Pitman

Coty has taken its second bold acquisition move this year after it announced plans to buy the Brazilian beauty and personal care brand holder Hypermarcas.

Advance retail orders and prestige drive Estée Lauder results

02-Nov-2015 By Simon Pitman

Estée Lauder has delivered strong first quarter results that have helped counter on-going headwinds from foreign currency translations, while also giving profits a significant boost.

ADF & PCD trades shows coming to New York in 2016

02-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The Aerosol & Dispensing Forum and Packaging of Perfume, Cosmetics & Design shows have run for more than a decade in Paris and are currently recruiting speakers for the inaugural US event. 

EWG announces a verification seal for products made without ingredients of concern

02-Nov-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The nonprofit intends to increase consumer access to information about what’s in personal care, food, household cleaners, and other goods and is working with licensing and brand management company Healthy Lifestyle Brands to orchestrate the program. 

Mary Kay moves ahead on new global manufacturing facility

29-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

This week the direct-sales beauty company selected Dallas / Fort Worth as the site of the new facility, a sizable building project that promises not to disrupt production and distribution as usual.

SETAC Annual Meeting focuses on environmental impact of cosmetics

29-Oct-2015 By Simon Pitman

The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is holding its 35th Annual Meeting, which this year has a session devoted to the environmental impact of cosmetic and personal care products.

Creating personal care products with the help of plants

29-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Rebecca Blahosky of Botanic Innovations spoke with Cosmetics Design reporter Deanna Utroske at the SCC Suppliers Day event in Long Beach, California, this month about sourcing and formulating with ingredients derived from fruit, vegetable, and herb seeds.

L’Oréal honors top tech founders

28-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The company’s US-based Women in Digital initiative has announced it’s 2015 Next Generation Award Winners, recognizing the achievements of three original digital company leaders.

Growth of global ingredients market outpaces personal care industry

28-Oct-2015 By Simon Pitman

The growth of the global market for personal care ingredients will continue to outpace forecasts for the overall industry, according to latest research estimates.

Patent application filed for silk protein skin care platform

28-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The skin care maker Silk Therapeutics was granted a patent this week by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and plans to continue innovating new technologies and uses for its signature material.

A closer look at the 10 ways naturals are changing beauty

27-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Yesterday, Cosmetics Design ran coverage of a new report from JWT Intelligence on the impact consumer naturalism is having on the cosmetics and personal care industry. Here we zoom in a bit on 10 natural and organic micro trends that matter.

Sephora in Brazil partners with logistics company CEVA

27-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The cosmetics retailer has been operating in Brazil since 2012 and just selected a new supply chain partner to centralize and accelerate its business.

An evolving personal care market inspires new ingredients from Dow Corning

27-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

At Univar’s recent Personal Care Affair conference for cosmetic chemists, the silicone ingredient specialist presented chemical details and functionality notes on a selection film formers and fast-drying hair care ingredients—some new, some newly reimagined.

The low-down on sub-micron encapsulation

How sub-micron encapsulation is taking cosmetic product efficacy to new heights

26-Oct-2015 By Simon Pitman

At the recent Suppliers Day California 2015 event, Cosmetics Design caught up with the Shai Sheffer, CFO at New Jersey-based Salvona, to learn all about sub-micron encapsulation and how it is helping to take active ingredients and product efficacy to...

10 ways naturals are changing the beauty and personal care business

26-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Lucie Greene, worldwide director of JWT Intelligence, presented the futurism and innovation consultancy’s newest research report—Beauty: the new natural—at a CEW Global Trends Event late last week in New York City.

Anti-aging company Jeunesse Global falls under suspicion

21-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The multi-level marketing company is the target of a newly filed deceptive advertising complaint with the FTC and the Florida Attorney General.

Lubrizol offers multi-category new solutions at Suppliers’ Day California

20-Oct-2015 By Simon Pitman

Lubrizol was one of a number of major cosmetic ingredient players that made the more unusual move of launching new products and formulation solutions at last week’s California Suppliers’ Day 2015 event.

Airborne phthalates readily absorbed through the skin, say researchers

20-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Findings, newly published in the journal of Environmental Health Perspectives, show that the synthetic plasticisers are taken in by the body in novel ways and that a person’s age is a major determinant of the absorption level.

CEW Achiever Awards event celebrates outstanding beauty industry leaders

19-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Friday at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, Cosmetic Executive Women hosted its 40th annual Achiever Awards luncheon, recognizing the accomplishments of executives, and giving special awards for lifetime achievement, fragrance innovation and corporate...

Dow Corning launches healthcare grade ingredients for skin care and cosmetics applications

19-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

At the SCC Suppliers Day event in California, the silicone materials company debuted a topical-ingredients portfolio intended for formulating OTC products that bridge the gap between beauty and wellness.

Will neuro-cosmetics be the next big trend?

15-Oct-2015 By Simon Pitman

Tapping into the big trend for wellbeing and sensory enhancement, a number of cosmetic ingredients targeting neurological stimulation could be the start of something new.

L'Oréal honors women in science

13-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The company’s L'Oréal For Women in Science program, now in its twelfth year, is granting $60,000 to each of five post-doctoral scientists to support ongoing research in a spectrum of disciplines.  

Business media wary of under-regulated cosmetics industry

13-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

It’s not uncommon for consumer-facing publications, beauty blogs, or activists to voice disapproval of US personal care regulations, but this Sunday the online new site Business Insider joined in the chorus.

TCH acquires beauty-from-within company Organic Holdings

08-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The category continues to evolve as consumers equate wellness with beauty and brands pair up topical products with ingestibles. And, deals like this one suggest that there is a wider market for nutritional beauty product.

New packaging from reclaimed plastic

08-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

One social enterprise organization has masterminded a supply chain to keep discarded plastic from harming the environment by salvaging it to make new injection molded containers and other items.

Unilever calls for a hygiene indicator in global sustainable development goals

07-Oct-2015 By Lucy Whitehouse

Unilever CEO Paul Polman recently announced his support for a hygiene indicator to be added into the list of global goals which are set to shape the sustainability agenda for the next 15 years.

Clarisonic makes the leap to men’s grooming

07-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

The L'Oréal brand, based in Redmond, Washington, has begun a campaign to market its Alpha Fit tool to men with and without beards.  

Chemical company Wilshire Technologies expands US headquarters

07-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Amid a wave of growth in the specialty chemical sector, the manufacturer is relocating its New Jersey facility to enlarge its capacity on multiple fronts.

Mobile purchases are rising fast and driving cosmetics sales, says PayPal

06-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Cosmetics Design checked in with Katie Ochieano, SMB Merchant Marketing for the online payment company, to find out just how valuable mobile shopping and contextual commerce are for beauty brands.

Ethnic personal care on the rise: Walker & Co $24 million funding

05-Oct-2015 By Lucy Whitehouse

In the US, ethnic or multicultural consumers will soon become the majority, according to market researcher Kline, with people of color already accounting for over one-third of the US population.

Beauty Business Trend: celebrity entrepreneurship trumps endorsement

05-Oct-2015 By Deanna Utroske

Today’s consumer identifies with ambitious and successful stars that challenge themselves and the status quo. So while celebrity-endorsed products are losing their charm, celebrity owned brands have stepped into the spotlight.