Archives for June 23, 2014

Asia in Focus

Removing make-up no longer boring as innovation booms in cleansing formulations

This month we are highlighting the opportunities for brands in the skin care cleansing arena. Here, our expert, Florence Bernardin reveals Japan to be the most lucrative market due to its traditionally long and refined beauty routine. 

First Philbeauty event highlights Philippines and international cosmetic business

The Philippines’ own beauty event closed its doors in Manila at the end of last week, following an expanded roll out that included a number of new additions this year.

The fate of Benefit’s World Cup pub now England are out – was it worth it?

Beauty brand Benefit Cosmetics had hoped to tackle the branding opportunity of the ongoing FIFA World Cup with a novel crowd-pleasing idea: a pop-up beauty pub aimed explicitly at women in London’s Covent Garden.

Payouts start for Kanebo over skin whitening complaints

Japanese cosmetics firm Kanebo is to offer short term compensation payments to 4,000 people who suffered from skin problems after using its whitening products containing the chemical Rhododeno.