Archives for January 15, 2018

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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...

Indie Beauty Profile

Lori Machiorlette, Worth Beauty

15-Jan-2018

By Deanna Utroske

In her Indie Beauty Profile, Lori Machiorlette, founder of Worth Beauty—the company behind the blendSmart mechanically rotating makeup brush—talks about how her business has progressed to become a “spinning revolution” around the globe. And she reminds...

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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...