NuSkin expands its direct selling in China
10-Jan-2008 - US based skin care and cosmetics company NuSkin has been given permission to expand its...
Regulatory confusion over eyelash enhancer
09-Jan-2008 - Jan Marini Skin Research (JMSR) has removed its eyelash lengthening product from the market due...
Avon plans job cuts to reduce long-term costs
09-Jan-2008 - Direct selling firm Avon plans to cut 2,400 jobs in order to make significant future...
Lip gloss claims to help you slim
09-Jan-2008 - A new slimming lip gloss modelled on a range of energy drinks takes the collaboration...
Online marketplace to promote ethical consumerism
08-Jan-2008 - A new online ethical marketplace affiliated with eBay is to be launched in the Spring...
Disappointing sales growth in festive period
08-Jan-2008 - Health and beauty sales growth slowed sharply over the festive period in the UK, according...
Solbar moves soy isoflavones into beauty market
07-Jan-2008 - Israeli company Solbar has extended its Solgen soy isoflavones extracts onto the cosmeceutical market, a...
Consumer group expects sharp rise in organic certification
07-Jan-2008 - The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) expects the number of organic certified personal care products in...
Indian spend on big brands remains low
07-Jan-2008 - Despite significant growth in the Indian cosmetics and toiletries market in recent years, per capita...
Armani quashes rumours over L'Oreal bid
04-Jan-2008 - Leading fashion house Giorgio Armani denies that it has received any offer from L'Oreal to...
Good looking bias presents marketing opportunities
04-Jan-2008 - The beauty industry has received a boost from a study suggesting that the attractiveness of...
Fruit extracts aimed at growing selective UK market
04-Jan-2008 - Safic-Alcan is taking organic cosmetic ingredients extracted using brine from the coast of Brittany to...
Cuban cosmetics company targets France
04-Jan-2008 - Suchel Camacho, one of Cuba's leading cosmetic and fragrance manufacturers, says it plans to expand...
Ingredients firm TRI-K changes its name to Kemira Specialty
03-Jan-2008 - Aiming at a global audience TRI-K has changed its name Kemira Specialty after the cosmetic...
Misleading scientific claims from celebs multiply
03-Jan-2008 - Stella McCartney made one of the year's most misleading celebrity science claims when publicising her...
L'Oreal linked to Giorgio Amani
03-Jan-2008 - L'Oreal is preparing behind the scenes for the purchase of a stake in Giorgio Armani,...
Retail index points to slack holiday sales
03-Jan-2008 - The Christmas period is undoubtedly the most important time for luxury cosmetic players but early...
Minnesota bans mercury from cosmetics
02-Jan-2008 - Minnesota followed California in going beyond federal requirements on cosmetics yesterday by becoming the first...
Prestige skin care and make-up look strong for 2008
02-Jan-2008 - The prestige beauty market continues to out-perform an otherwise flat market as US consumers rush...
Research group raises health alarm over coumarin
21-Dec-2007 - The popular lavender scented ingredient coumarin may pose a significant health risk and should not...
Consumers are still suspicious of nano cosmetics
21-Dec-2007 - A recent consumer survey by German risk assessor BfR has shown that there is still...
In-Cosmetics readies to open its doors in Amsterdam
21-Dec-2007 - One of the leading events in the European personal care industry calendar, In-Cosmetics, is readying...
Atrium plans to sell its actives and chemicals division
20-Dec-2007 - Atrium is planning to sell its active ingredients and specialty chemicals division in order to...
Non-science used to market cosmetics
20-Dec-2007 - L'Oreal and Procter and Gamble stand accused of misleading customers with impressive sounding claims that...
Nano-revolution leaves consumers in the dark
20-Dec-2007 - Although nanotechnology is now creeping into many hair and skin care products and improving their...
