Mixer & Pack, a leading developer of perfumery and cosmetics for third parties based in Spain, has announced the appointment of a new GM, Juan Mediavilla.
in-cosmetics Group, a major player in the field of industry events organisation for the beauty and personal care industry, has announced a series of promotions and appointments across its senior management team.
Wednesday evening at the Harmonie Club in New York City, four prestige fragrance, skin care, and color cosmetics brand leaders discussed the state of luxury beauty today and how they plan to continue growing the business units they oversee.
This week the consumer goods company announced a deal to acquire the hair care and personal care company founded by Richelieu Dennis in 1992. Known for efforts to reposition what have been called ‘multicultural’ and ‘ethnic’ beauty products in the mainstream...
CDP, a sustainability indexing company, has awarded L’Oréal and Unilever triple A ratings for sustainability, making them the only two companies to achieve this globally.
Henkel, a German industrial and consumer goods company, has announced it is partnering with a development organisation to support smallholder farmers in Colombia.
Royal DSM (DSM) and Zhejiang Haixing Investment (Haixing) acquire a majority equity stake in Chinese high-tech enterprise, Inner Mongolia Rainbow Biotechnology.
With UV protection never more sought-after, boosted by the rise in interest in protection more broadly (particularly due to the anti-pollution trend), DSM has announced the launch of its Sunscreen Optimizer tool.
L’Oréal has announced that its two new alternatives to animal testing have been adopted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The German chemical and consumer goods company has teamed up with the Plastic Bank, a social enterprise which aims to stop ocean plastic and provide opportunities for people in poverty.
The United Nations Environment Project (UN Environment) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) have announced funding to support farmers working with sustainable palm oil.
We caught up with expert formulator, Barbara Brockway, head of personal care at Applied DNA Sciences, on her insights from the show floor at this year’s SCS Formulate event in the UK.
A new report from management consulting and market research firm Kline takes a look at the disruptive, market-moving indie brands that are well positioned to be bought up.
The company’s Essential Energy brand will launch globally in January 2018. And it promises to bring new ingredients, packaging, fragrance, and experiences to US consumers passionate about wellness, mindfulness, and beauty.
In a sign that the major beauty corporation is keeping up with its commitment to diversity and equality, global beauty giant L’Oréal has been awarded a French prize for commitment to gender equality.
The global, natural ingredient-based cosmetics company has announced its results for the period ending September 2017, revealing that progress is being made particularly with its online offering.
Naturex, a manufacturer of natural specialty ingredients for the food, health and cosmetic industries, has announced the appointment of a new Chief Scientific Officer.
Explosions and fire destroyed the company’s manufacturing and contract filling facility in New Windsor, New York, yesterday. Several employees were injured and at least one lost his life. Now, regulatory compliance investigations are underway.
British male grooming player, Bulldog Skin Care for Men, has announced the release of a study which found that nearly a fifth of men would rather keep their beard than their partner.
The Estée Lauder Companies’ color cosmetics brand has stepped up as a thought leader today and all throughout National Trans Awareness Week. Here, Nancy Mahon, senior vice president of global corporate citizenship and sustainability for MAC, shares insight...
Here, we take a deeper dive look into the four core trends predicted by market research firm Mintel to transform the beauty industry in the coming year.
December 7, Cosmetics Design convenes a panel of industry insiders with expertise on hair care ingredient and formulation trends that go beyond the category’s most basic functions of cleaning, maintaining, and treating hair. This webinar delves into scalp...
With the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) having recently released the second of its two part guidelines for technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetics, we take a look at how the industry is responding.
Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the research arm of global healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, has released a report on its impact so far to mark its five year anniversary.
Biodegradable plastics offer innovative solutions to improve recycling quality by facilitating the means for more efficient separate waste collection, a new study reportedly confirms.
The major pharmacy-led retail company has announced it will be using Fareva for the manufacture and supply of its own beauty brands and private label products.
The Sustainable Beauty Awards’ winners for 2017 were announced last week at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Paris, with major names including Neal’s Yard Remedies and Aveda recognised.
In our special newsletter on preservatives, we explore how an array of emerging and developed solutions are being released to replace chemical-based components that are rightly or wrongly feared by personal care consumers.
The flavours, fragrance and cosmetics ingredients company says it has enjoyed accelerated growth in the third quarter, with a ‘considerable increase’ across sales and earnings for the nine-month period.
Preservatives have left many formulation experts and ingredient developers with a huge dilemma: how to maintain product integrity and safety without using the conventional preservatives consumers are trying to avoid.
Demand for effective and safe preservative ingredients has never been higher, but with consumers and regulators alike turning against some established synthetic preservatives, how can the industry keep up?