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Shiseido’s nine-month sales growth driven by Japan, China and travel retail

14-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Shiseido’s nine-month profits and sale “reached all-time highs” with help from China and travel retail sales, and despite natural disasters and supply shortages in its home country.

Croda opens marine biotech center in Canada

14-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The specialty chemical maker is looking to the marine environment and biotechnology as a sustainable alternative to conventional personal care ingredient manufacturing. And having acquired Prince Edward Island – based Nautilus Biosciences at the start...

No Sweat: Meeting the unique needs of active beauty consumers

14-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Beauty brands are increasingly positioning themselves to align with consumers’ growing interest in physical exercise by creating products designed for an active lifestyle.

BASF expands presence in sub-Saharan Africa

13-Nov-2018 By Lucy Whitehouse

BASF Personal Care says increasing its presence in sub-Saharan Africa allows it to respond to a personal care market that is “growing fast and holds great potential”.

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Trend Spotting: mushrooms of the world

12-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

The use of mushrooms in beauty product formulations has been an emerging for years. But now it seems that the prolific fungi are gaining real popularity with skin care consumers. Certainly, the natural cosmetics and personal care movement can take some...

Givaudan’s anti-aging hair care active bags award at in-cosmetics Asia

12-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Givaudan Active Beauty has won in-Cosmetics Asia’s Spotlight-On Formulation Award in the haircare actives category with its S3D Colourback concept product that claims to reverse signs of greying hair.

Halal packaging could add value to cosmetics for Muslims

12-Nov-2018 By RJ Whitehead

Cosmetics manufacturers are starting to turn to Halal packaging to tap into the huge and fast-growing Muslim markets in Asia and around the world.

Cannabis cosmetics crusader celebrates year on from Aussie hemp food legalisation

12-Nov-2018 By RJ Whitehead

Almost exactly a year ago, changes to the Australian Food Standards Code finally permitted the sale of low-psychoactive hemp seed as a food, after years of lobbying by producers and industry groups. Hemp skincare’s popularity has trickled down from last...

Aussie cosmetics firm spurns domestic market to sell directly to China through daigou

11-Nov-2018 By RJ Whitehead

While once the daigou channel was an unorganised means of distribution from countries like Australia to China for mostly health products and supplements, it is quickly transforming into something far more proper—especially for cosmetics manufacturers...

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The conscious beauty supply chain

09-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Conscious personal care consumers, mission-driven fragrance brands, and feel-good cosmetics marketing campaigns are hard to miss now days. So smart suppliers and distributors are not only helping beauty makers tell more nuanced ingredient stories, they...

Blood and beauty: time for the industry to cater to the menstrual cycle?

09-Nov-2018 By Lucy Whitehouse

The wellness trend across consumer goods industries has seen new avenues to engage consumers emerge: is the potential of beauty that works with the rhythms of the menstrual cycle one such area? We explore in this Editor’s Spotlight feature.

Revealed: The beauty innovations that are helping to combat urban stress

09-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Blue light, stress and pollution were among the skin stressors under scrutiny at in-Cosmetics Asia, where companies showcased the latest innovations to combat the effects of urban living.

Brand story: Top news on the big name beauty brands across APAC

08-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

We round up of our most-read brand-related stories of the region, featuring L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Tmall, CK Hutchison and more.

Compost to cosmetics: Aussie project to turn waste into value-added products

07-Nov-2018 By RJ Whitehead

Research into transforming detritus into commodities gets substantial public investment.

N-Collage: The Halal and ‘cruelty-free’ alternative to cosmetic collagen

07-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Geltor CEO Alex Lorestani reveals more about the firm’s ‘cruelty-free’ alternative to collagen, N-Collage, and the wealth of possibilities it offers the cosmetics industry.

Coty wants to lead the beauty industry into a cruelty-free future

06-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

This week the multinational personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance maker announced a new partnership with the advocacy group behind the Leaping Bunny logo. Along with the announcement came news that the Cover Girl makeup brand has been certified by Cruelty...

Gallery: Our top 10 most-read beauty and cosmetic stories in October

06-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Here's a recap of the most-read beauty and cosmetic stories of September, featuring the latest in animal-testing, Halal trends as well as updates on Chinese import taxes.

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Dr. Umar launches advanced hair transplant technology

06-Nov-2018 By Natasha Spencer

Dr. U Devices aims to disrupt the hair care industry with its hair transplant technology, Dr. UGraft System, that utilises Follicular Unit Excision (FUE).

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The beauty industry’s stake in worldwide wellness

05-Nov-2018 By Deanna Utroske

According to the Global Wellness Institute’s 2018 report, wellness is now a $4.2 trillion business; and the beauty, personal care, and anti-aging categories account for $1,083bn of that figure. Here, Cosmetics Design looks at brands and trends navigating...

Gemstones in beauty: An Asian-inspired trend that’s yet to hit Asia

02-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it is semi-precious stones that are carving a niche for themselves in the world of beauty. Ironically, says Sharon Kwek of Mintel, this trend has yet to take root in Asia, where gemstones and crystals are part and...

Henkel launches app for point of sale: Choicify

02-Nov-2018 By Lucy Whitehouse

Henkel, parent company of hair care player Schwarzkopf, has announced the launch of new app designed to assist consumers when looking to find the right hair colour shade for them.

Hot Topics: Top 5 trending beauty and cosmetics news stories on social media

01-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

In our round up of the top five stories trending online, we highlight the latest developments on the beauty industry in Vietnam, animal-testing in China and trends in gender-neutral fragrances.

Clariant: Transparency in supply chain is a “key demand”

01-Nov-2018 By Amanda Lim

Speciality chemicals company Clariant is working to reposition itself as sustainable solutions provider and a naturals expert as demand for transparency increases in the market.

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Colombian government backs moves to internationalize Belleza Y Salud

30-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

Cosmetics Design caught up with Juan Carlos Castro Lozano, executive director of the ANDI National Business Association of Colombia Chamber of Personal Care Products to find out how the organization has been helping to make the Belleza Y Salud event more...

Innovations and trends on display at in-Cosmetics Asia’s new series of R&D tours

30-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

For the first time at in-Cosmetics Asia – which begins today, Tuesday October 30 – a series of 90-minute research and development (R&D) will be taking place across all three days.

Exports driving force: International K-beauty trade grows four-fold in four years

29-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

South Korea’s cosmetics exports has become the driving force of the country’s exports sector, with its value quadrupling over the last four years to reach $4.95bn.

Singapore’s Luxasia poised for ambitious expansion in Vietnam

26-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

Luxasia, a Singapore-based luxury beauty and lifestyle omni-channel distributor, has identified Vietnam as a strategic growth market, brimming with potential.

China Focus: Our top stories featuring China’s cosmetics industry

25-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

We round up of our most-read news pieces about China, featuring exclusive partnerships, reduced import tax rates and why compulsory animal-testing will take more than five years to stop.

Standards, sustainability and safety: IFRA working to increase awareness across APAC following Singapore launch

25-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

The International Fragrance Association (IFRA) is making it a priority to increase awareness of the IFRA standards across APAC, following the launch of its new regional offices in Singapore.

Sustainable solutions: How the first step to socio-environmental harmony can begin with a single tree

24-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

‘Start small and you’ll support business sustainability’: That’s the advice for cosmetics companies seeking to offset the negative social and environmental impacts of their products and protect raw material supplies.

CK Hutchison and Meitu target millennials by integrating social media into retail

24-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

CK Hutchison, owner of beauty retailer and pharmacy Watsons, has struck a deal with Meitu to build a new social media orientated business model that enhances online and offline interaction with consumers.

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in-cosmetics North America 2018, in photos

24-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

Here are some of the photo highlights of a the busy in-cosmetics North America event, where there were many new ingredient launches, a strong conference program and underlying themes such as the adaption to the needs of indie beauty formulators. Click...

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in-cosmetics North America technical expert shares formulation highlights

24-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

This video is a must watch if you want to find out about some of the most exciting formulations innovations and what was going on in the Formulation Lab Challenge.

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in-cosmetics North America show director talks about what's new

24-Oct-2018 By Simon Pitman

in-cosmetics North America show director Daniel Zanetti talks about what was new at this year's event as well as how key industry trends such as color cosmetics growth and indie beauty are impacting business

Unilever third quarter results: personal care spotlight

23-Oct-2018 By Lucy Whitehouse

Growth in prestige personal care has accelerated for Unilever among its brands Hourglass, Living, Kate Somerville, and REN.

Let your hair down: New Pantene campaign encourages Japanese to be themselves at job interviews

23-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

Through a new advertising campaign, Pantene is encouraging young Japanese women to have the confidence to be themselves during job interviews.

Iberchem continues on SEA expansion with new Thai facility

23-Oct-2018 By Amanda Lim

International fragrance manufacture Iberchem Group is capitalising on the commercial success it has achieved in South East Asia with the inauguration of a new subsidiary in Bangkok.

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Algae has a big role in the future of global beauty

22-Oct-2018 By Deanna Utroske

Marine-derived ingredients are on the rise in cosmetics and personal care product formulations. In particular, algae from every corner of the ocean is being used as both an ingredient and an ingredient factory. Here, Cosmetics Design takes a quick look...

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