2018 saw a boom of beauty supplements from skin care brands and vitamin makers alike. Now, innovative startups are refining the options—formulating and marketing teas, tinctures, mix-in powders, and pills to ensure beauty-from-within outlives the trend...
Unilever posted strong full year 2018 results, with big gains in the Asia Pacific region, but in Latin America the picture was not so rosy, with Argentina and Brazil being singled out.
The indie beauty trend is taking North America and, increasingly, Europe, by storm. But is it gaining the same sort of popularity in Asia? If so, where are the hot spots for indie beauty?
From controversy over misreporting of potentially unsafe UK cosmetics after Brexit, to Unilever’s expanded transparency programme for ingredients, we take a look at the key updates for safety and regulation so far this year in this Editor’s Spotlight.
Californian beauty firm e.l.f. Cosmetics Inc. fined almost a million dollars after 'unwittingly' violating the North Korea Sanctions Regulations by importing false eyelash kits that contained materials from the country.
In our round up of the top five stories trending online, we highlight the animal testing ban delay in Australia, Crabtree & Evelyn’s rapid decline, Shiseido’s developments in anti-aging and more.
There is an increasing body of evidence pointing to the fact that luxury consumers are changing their buying patterns while also becoming more difficult to access. So how to navigate these new hurdles?
Germany-based ingredients provider has launched a new alcohol-based multifunctional preservative for the cosmetics and personal care market, called SymOcide BHO.
To answer this questions, Cosmetics Design spoke to decision makers at Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division, to find out how ingredients providers come up with solutions that suit the specific demands of indie beauty players.
With halal beauty a rising focus for brands, formulators and ingredients suppliers alike, we speak to companies working in the space to find out why the trend is rising, and how they are responding.
Ecovia Intelligence has revealed its picks for the top trends and drivers set to define sustainable beauty and personal care in the coming year. We reveal the specialist research consulting & training company’s predictions in this Editor’s Spotlight.
Want an insight into where the industry sees fragrance trends going in 2019? In this Editor’s Spotlight, we take a look at four big predictions from Bell Flavors & Fragrances.
The microbiome trend has taken the industry by storm and Cosmetics Design is homing in on it with a dedicated ingredient category for this year’s Beauty Industry Awards as well as a two-day conference program dedicated to the topic for our inaugural Cosmetics...
Technology is continuing to play a bigger part in the beauty industry, and this is really being emphasized by the product launches at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, in Vegas.
Shiseido has opened a new office hub in Singapore to house the regional headquarters of Shiseido Asia Pacific, the global headquarters for Shiseido Travel Retail, and the affiliate office of Shiseido Singapore.
We caught up with Kezzler, a company that offers technology to digitize individual products in the supply chain to give them a unique, secure and traceable identity, on the rising demand for transparency in the beauty industry. This Editor’s Spotlight...
Cosmetics Design is upping its coverage of the Latin America market with the introduction of a brand new column to support Latin American cosmetic and personal care brands.
Combining genomics, microbiome profiles, and blood analysis, the new company is gathering consumers’ personal molecular information and providing product recommendations in return.
From its appointment of a new CEO at the start of the year, through to its strides to push forward its business in APAC while cutting back in the US, Avon had a busy year with its efforts to boost its market share.
The multinational beauty player is the latest to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to meet specific consumer demands: we discover how it works.
Among APAC’s emerging economies and lucrative markets, APAC’s cosmetics legislation is changing at a fast pace. Here we reveal the latest developments set to come into place in 2019.
The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) will be launching its own sustainability initiative in collaboration with the flavours industry later this year.
The ‘My Skin Track pH’ device by La Roche-Posay is the first wearable sensor and companion app to easily measure personal skin pH levels and create customized product regimens to better care for skin, says the company.
Cosmetics Design recently predicted that ‘all things Australian’ will be good for the personal care and cosmetics business this year. Before this trend fully catches hold, here’s a look at some of the indie brands from Australia and New Zealand that are...
The clock is ticking on the closing date for entries to the 2019 Beauty Industry Awards. With last entries excepted no later than February 8th that leaves just three weeks to enter.
The Indie Beauty Profile column is moving…to Fridays! But before going ahead with that, Cosmetics Design is looking back over a selection of the business advice that featured cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brand leaders have shared over the past...
While there is a lot of money to be made in the millennial space, Gen X consumers are arguably a stronger demographic when it comes to their spending power, but are they being overlooked?
Looking ahead to 2019, the Cosmetics Design team has a packed year ahead for its subscribers, including new face-to-face events, webinars, special editions and in depth event coverage.
In our latest round up of the top five stories trending online, we highlight the latest cosmetics developments by Kao, advances in animal testing, bespoke beauty and intimate care.
During 2018 the Cosmetics Design team has had its eye on the big trends in an effort to determine what is going to be driving the industry in 2019. In this video we have combined our know-how to bring you a total of 20 trends to look out for in the Americas,...
If a new report from TABS is anything to go by beauty consumers are losing interest in social media as a go-to for purchasing decisions. Here we take a closer at the data and try to find out what is next.
APAC’s cosmetics regulations have constantly been in the headlines in 2018, and here we round up our top most-read policy stories of the year, featuring animal-testing, CBEC and import laws.
Nouryon has launching a new film-forming polymer that has been designed to help meet a variety of consumer trends trends, particularly demand for high protection products.
Recently, brands featured on the Indie Beauty Profile column have been asked to define or explain their thinking on what makes a cosmetics, personal care, or fragrance brand independent. Here, Cosmetics Design has complied a selection of the replies in...
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