By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science
The Australian Society of Cosmetic Chemists (ASCC) supports networking between Australian chemists and cosmetic brands – this year they celebrate their 50th Annual Conference with the latest innovations and high profile speakers leading the line-up.
Multinational packaging and manufacturing company, Johnson & Johnson, prepares to launch its latest design facility in Science Park, Singapore, marking its first innovation unit outside New York.
Since the advent of BB creams, multifunctional color cosmetic products have evolved to the point where almost every product in the category has various claims.
Following its acquisition of Chemcolour in 2017 and its recent alliance with Momentive, the leading global speciality distributor talks about its entry into the APAC market and plans for growth.
The international personal care ingredients trade show takes place next month in Amsterdam. And this year, the thousands of product manufacturers attending will have free access to marketing trends programming, including a session on Beauty around the...
As leading speciality chemicals and food ingredients supplier, Azelis, becomes Australia Momentive’s exclusive distributor, we spoke to Camiel Huisman, Managing Director Australia, Azelis on what we can expect from Australia and New Zealand’s personal...
The Cosmetics Design team is thrilled by the tremendous response we have had for all ten of our Beauty Industry Award categories, but we are responding to numerous requests to extend the deadline by doing just that.
Researcher, developer and producer, Venn Skincare, pairs up with South Korean vegetable manufacturer, Asia Seed, to create vegetable-based skin care formulations.
Describing itself as a premier online beauty and wellness destination, the Indian retailer has announced its latest addition to its brand portfolio: ‘Soap Story’.
North Asia, Greater China and Southeast are next on the agenda, as premium anti-ageing supplier, Nu Skin Enterprises, launches its new beauty tool and treatment cleansers.
With the deadline drawing closer for the Beauty Industry Awards and the Cosmetics Design team would love to see more submissions from ingredient players.
Leading FMCG personal and health care company in India, Emami, penetrates the professional personal care arena through its strategic agreement with Brillare Science (Brillare).
Florida-based Valensa International and parent company EID Parry have announced a new joint venture to develop new ingredients and non-GMO certifications on existing algae products.
The deadline for submissions to the Beauty Industry Awards is February 26th. Watch this video to find out more about the competition, the ten ingredient and finished product categories and how to make your submission.
Consumer goods giant, Unilever, and Indonesian government-owned palm oil plantation company, PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN), reach an agreement to step up production of sustainable palm oil in Indonesia.
Natural beauty brand, Nature Republic, pushes forward with its overseas expansion by launching its first brick-and-mortar store to the Indonesian customer base in Jakarta.
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), a leading innovator of sensory experiences, moves ahead with a new flavours and fragrances plant located in Sri City, in the State of Andhra Pradesh in India.
In its 11th edition, Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) will promote the latest innovative launches and industry developments to a global audience.
Personal care giant, Shiseido, launches its new open innovation project with support from high school females, aged 14-18 years old, and companies from a range of industries.
Positive impact organisation, CEO Asia, launches the first Brands for Good Awards in Singapore to support and encourage the development of sustainable enterprises.
Following the success of the skin care favourite, we continued our conversation with Sharon Kwek, Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst, Beauty and Personal Care, Mintel, on how the sector developed in 2017 and what’s in store for 2018.
Moving forward, brands need to focus on building trust and loyalty to encourage consumers to embrace machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).
As the cosmetics industry concentrates on what will be big in 2018, we take a look at one of the sectors set to take it by storm and the developments inspiring this growing trend.
Advanced technologies that utilise machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are making their way into cosmetics and personal care brands’ online stores and physical shelves, and into the homes of consumers.
We caught up once more with Delon Wang, Trends Manager, Asia-Pacific at Mintel, for the final instalment of our Made in Australia series to consider the impact of sociological considerations from the millennial demographic.
As the beauty industry anticipates a rise in indie brands, we spoke to Sharon Kwek, Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst, Beauty and Personal Care, Mintel, about what we can expect from the not-so-small-timers.
Speaking exclusively with Cosmetics Design Asia, Delon Wang, Trends Manager, Asia-Pacific at Mintel, explains how Australia-hailed logos are being utilised on beauty and personal care items.
Asia’s largest health and wellness consumer show, Green Queen Expo 2018, will showcase all elements of living a healthy eco-lifestyle, drawing upon natural beauty and cosmetics, and holistic health.
Vivienne Rudd, Director of Global Innovation and Insight, beauty and personal care at Mintel discusses the use of fruit extracts in water to communicate a healthy and attractive marketing message to consumers.
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) beauty market has achieved a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% in recent years, announced global market intelligence company, Euromonitor International. Out of the total number of global sales, 51% of these come from the...
The Certification of Environmental Standards (CERES) makes it onto the non-profit natural and organic cosmetics-focused organisation’s list of approved certifiers.