Hair care

in-cosmetics Asia counts down to 10th edition

18-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Asia’s leading personal care ingredients event will celebrate its 10th instalment by welcoming first-time speakers and exhibitors, and unveiling recent product launches.

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Building your social media video presence part 3: Why visual content is the best option for beauty brand tutorials

17-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

With social video on the up, we asked Alexandra English, Director of Marketing at Pixability, how this compares with text-based marketing, what approaches brands should take to be a winner at video marketing, and how they can get ahead of their competitors....

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DIY & customisation: Market evolution from West and East

16-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

With DIY and customisation becoming huge buzzwords in 2017, we spoke to Florence Bernardin, Founder of Information & Inspiration about why this trend has really got off the ground now.

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Building your social media video presence part 2: Impacting marketing strategies

16-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

We explored how brands can ensure they appeal to their target audiences, the possibility of using influencer marketing and the ability for niche indie names to compete with the big global players in the second part of our interview with Alexandra English,...

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Hair care in Southeast Asia part 2: Humidity and heat sets hair apart

11-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

We caught up with Nicole Fall, Founder of Asian Consumer Intelligence, to speak about what makes Southeast Asian hair care trends unique, their widespread appeal, and how these are set to change.

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Hair care in Southeast Asia part 1: Formulations, functionality and a fine balance

10-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Sharing her views on the biggest hair care trends emerging from Southeast Asia, is Nicole Fall, Founder of Asian Consumer Intelligence.

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Flying Fish part 2: The personal care industry is “overdue a shake-up”

10-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

We continued exploring the changing personal care space with Mário Braz de Matos and Joël Céré of Flying Fish Lab to delve into the opportunities available for SMEs and ask what the future of personal care innovation has in store.

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Flying Fish part 1: Applying a “controlled disruption” methodology to personal care

09-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Marketing its open innovation consultancy and ahead of its presentation at the upcoming in-cosmetics Asia event, we caught up with Mário Braz de Matos and Joël Céré of Flying Fish Lab to ask about the company’s success to date and its approach to tackling...

Dabur joins Amazon’s Global Selling Programme

09-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Leading Indian Ayurvedic company, Dabur, introduces its herbal and nature-inspired product range to US Amazon customers.

Clarivate Analytics’ latest report shows that global innovation growth rate is slower

03-Oct-2017 By Natasha Spencer

The leading provider of insights and analytics, Clarivate Analytics, reveals in its 2017 State of Innovation Report: The Relentless Desire to Advance report how patented inventions from China have slowed down and R&D investment has reduced.

Chinese selective spending habits part II: Creating the desired lifestyle

27-Sep-2017 By Natasha Spencer

We continued our conversation with Laurel Gu, Research Director, and Jessica Jin, Associate Beauty Director, both of Mintel, on the Chinese economy and how selective spending habits are causing a thought-provoking stir for brands. 

L’Oreal founder’s daughter, Liliane Bettencourt, obituary

26-Sep-2017 By Lucy Whitehouse

Liliane Bettencourt passed away last week, following decades of dedicated activity as a leader within the beauty and personal care industry.

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Chinese selective spending habits part I: What the economy means for beauty

26-Sep-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Market research agency, Mintel, reveals how urban Chinese consumers are more selective spenders in 2017, so we caught up with Laurel Gu, Research Director, and Jessica Jin, Associate Beauty Director to find out why this is and the impact this is likely...

Indian Soulflower explores move into UK and UAE

20-Sep-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Natural and organic personal care label, Soulflower, eyes up UK and UAE markets, after it successfully navigated its expansion into the US last year.

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mySmink part II: Mastering marketing for global shoppers

18-Sep-2017 By Natasha Spencer

In our second look at the new beauty player on the digital Malaysian marketplace, we profile mySmink’s business and marketing strategy to explore how it plans to harness its introduction and growth.

Words Mean Nothing: The plight of natural and organic beauty labeling

15-Sep-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Depending on whom you ask, personal care and cosmetic regulations in the US are overly nuanced, too convoluted, or not exacting enough. All the same, trends and marketing strategies have collided in recent years to make ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ beauty...

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Why consumers struggle with natural and organic labelling and how to fix it

15-Sep-2017 By Simon Pitman

Natural and organic labelling claims, certification and branding are confusing enough even for industry professionals, so imagine how consumers feel. We spoke to Ecovia Intelligence-founder Amarjit Sahota to find out how things can be simplified.

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mySmink part I: Beauty platform launches in Malaysia

13-Sep-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Malaysian online beauty platform, mySmink, emerges as a multi-brand marketplace that also provides beauty information and guidance.

Is paraben research sensationalised?

05-Sep-2017 By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science

Research can be used to support amazing and important findings – it can also unfortunately be taken the wrong way before a true causative relationship is established, to create fear.

The Hut Group is number 1 retailer in Australia

30-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

The e-commerce firm’s recent acquisition of Australian and New Zealand e-retail giant RY.com.au propels it into the top beauty seller spot.

Ultra Contouring: The personalised hair care trend dominating 2017 Wella TrendVision

30-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

The 2017 Wella TrendVision event celebrated China’s top hairstyle inspirations and creations by focusing on personalised optical illusions.

Suning showcases O2O high-end product growth in China

29-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

As Chinese consumers opt for high-quality items, Suning's 2017 8.18 shopping spree achieves online sales growth of 263% compared with 2016.

Industry first: Dedicated K-beauty social network launches

28-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

With the K-beauty cosmetics craze generating sales of $225 mn (€190.7 mn) in 2016 in the US alone, one tech entrepreneur is releasing the “Facebook of Korean beauty”.

Cosmoprof Awards adds Beauty Circle Awards to the agenda

23-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Cosmoprof Asia 2017, the favourite Asia Pacific (APAC) event that reveals the latest trends and novelties in the cosmetics industry, prepares for new awards to recognise cutting-edge developments in the region.

Alibaba teams up to remove counterfeit products

21-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

French luxury group, Kering, and e-commerce marketplace, Alibaba Group, partner to engage in joint enforcement actions to prevent online and offline cosmetics infringements and protect intellectual property rights. 

Halal cosmetics: India proves prosperous

21-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Independent network of accreditation entities, International Halal Accreditation Forum (IHAF), notes how halal producers are looking to India for growth amid demands for Shariah-compliant cosmetics.

Vitabrid C12 launch marks first exclusive Korean beauty brand in Barneys New York

16-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Active Vitamin C-based hair and skin care name, Vitabrid C12, hits US shelves with an exclusive retail agreement with luxury speciality retailer, Barneys New York.

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Ayurvedic beauty in India part II: A way of life

16-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

The Indian government and leading brands recognise the potential of Ayurvedic beauty and are supporting its growth, Shreyansh Kocheri, Senior Research Analyst at Euromonitor International explains.

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Ayurvedic beauty in India part I: Mindfulness and wellbeing

15-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

With Ayurvedic beauty appearing as a core marketing message in India, we asked Joanna Chan, Research Analyst at Euromonitor International why this trend is taking off and how it is expected to develop.

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The Convenience Factor part III: Diversifying demographics

14-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

In the third part of our interview with Matthew Crabbe, Director of Research, Asia-Pacific at Mintel, we explored how convenience in cosmetics shopping is appreciated by all demographics, and how brands can communicate this across marketing campaigns. 

Marico builds ethnic hair portfolio with Isoplus acquisition

07-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Indian consumer personal care group, Marico, adds South African ethnic hair styling collection, Isoplus, to its growing portfolio.

Shiseido celebrates 10 years of supporting females in science with research grants

07-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Personal care giant, Shiseido, holds an awards ceremony to honour 10 years of supporting female researchers in science.

Anti-ageing in APAC part II: Widespread appeal to younger, older female and male demographics

02-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

We continued our conversation with Sharon Kwek, Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst, Beauty and Personal Care at Mintel on how the uniqueness of the anti-ageing trend enables brands to reach out to various demographics.

Anti-ageing in APAC part I: Potential to outpace Europe

01-Aug-2017 By Natasha Spencer

As the anti-ageing cosmetics arena continues to grow at an accelerated pace throughout Asia-Pacific (APAC), we asked Sharon Kwek, Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst, Beauty and Personal Care at Mintel what this societal trend means for cosmetics companies.

AmorePacific demonstrates beauty and digital technology

26-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

APTechUp+, the first beauty startup incubator programme in Korea, gives its five selected start up beauty tech businesses the opportunity to showcase their digital innovations.

Indonesia hosts first-ever hair care exhibition

24-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

The hair care and hairdressing industry is set to flock to the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, for the city’s first ever hair-focused exhibition.

A hair and skin care line made from rice bran. And that includes the packaging!

24-Jul-2017 By Simon Pitman

At the recent Cosmoprof North America event we caught up with a spokesperson for the Taiwanese brand Reise. What is different is that not only is the Taiwanese hair and skin care line formulated using rice bran, the material has also been incorporated...

Marico’s Hair & Care releases new campaign for fruit hair oil range

19-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Leading Indian consumer goods name, Marico’s Hair & Care, releases a new marketing campaign to advertise its innovative fruit hair oils.

The hottest ingredient launches at in-cosmetics Korea

18-Jul-2017 By Belinda Carli, director of The Institute of Personal Care Science

Following up from the inspirational in-cosmetics Korea 2017, what were some of the key trends we’ve seen emerging in this region, and actives being launched set to dominate in the coming year? And which of these trends are we likely to see migrate to...

Shinsegae Department Store boosts presence in China

12-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

South Korean leading retailer, Shinsegae Group, enters China’s e-commerce market amid selecting digital expansion as its strategic marketing priority.

L’Occitane Chinese appoints Bolloré Logistics for distribution management

12-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Cosmetics and fragrance retailer, L’Occitane, prepares to launch its National Distribution Centre in August with transport and planning firm Bolloré Logistics gearing up to handle the brand’s Chinese distribution.

Summer 2017: It’s all about natural eyelashes, eyebrows and hair care

11-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Shiseido reveals the top hair care trends making a big wave this spring/summer 2017 season.

H&M Beauty enters Malaysia

11-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

Leading fashion and cosmetics brand, H&M, prepares to launch its beauty range in the Malaysian marketplace, after making a successful impact in Singapore.

The evolution of beauty retail in Southeast Asia

11-Jul-2017 By Simon Pitman

A prolonged economic growth spurt is helping to drive the cosmetics and personal care market throughout Southeast Asia and reshaping the beauty retail landscape, research from Mintel reveals.

Amazon to launch in South Korea marketplace

10-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

E-commerce giant, Amazon, is getting ready to launch in South Korea as it advertises a variety of job positions in Seoul.

Amyris biotech facility to produce cosmetic ingredients for Asia

05-Jul-2017 By Deanna Utroske

The company recently announced advanced plans to build a biorefinery in conjunction with the government of Queensland Australia. As part of that state’s Biofutures Acceleration Program, Amyris is set to provide bioproducts for the Asian personal care...

in-cosmetics Korea show director stresses importance of marketing

04-Jul-2017 By Simon Pitman

As in-cosmetics Korea reports a 17% hike in attendance for its 2017 event, Cosmetics Design caught up with show director Sarah Gibson to find out about the secret to success at this small but important show.

in-cosmetics Asia 2017 preview: It’s all about naturals, face masks and colour cosmetics

03-Jul-2017 By Natasha Spencer

As in-cosmetics Korea closed its doors last week, organisers Reed Exhibitions are gearing up for its in-cosmetics Asia show.

Listen to Cosmetics Design on Beauty is Your Business

27-Jun-2017 By Deanna Utroske

Senior Correspondent Deanna Utroske is the guest on the latest edition of Beauty is Your Business, in which she chats with the podcast’s hosts about the indie beauty revolution, the latest ingredient trends, and much more. Take a break from the daily...

Micellar technology simplifies hair washing routines

26-Jun-2017 By Natasha Spencer

In our Q&A with Andrew McDougall, Global Haircare Analyst at Mintel, we asked what the new, innovative technology has to offer formulators, brands and consumers on the market, and how it is set to transform hair care regimes.