Online retail giants Amazon and eBay have pulled several illegal skin lightening creams containing mercury sold in the UK, Belgium and US following investigative findings from international NGO coalition The Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG).
The trends that are defining packaging for beauty products are evolving fast, which is why staying bang up to date with what is happening in packaging design is more important than ever.
Medical research charity FRAME wants to gauge public and professional knowledge on animal testing in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals and hopes its survey will drive awareness on the complexity of the issue.
Clean and ethical has taken the food and nutrition world by storm, and following hot on its heels is beauty. The movement has been flourishing in cosmetics and personal care for some time now and will soar in due course, propelled by the continued and...
The beauty world will look very different in ten years, polarised by the push and pull between nature and technology and a consumer battle between digital connection and the desire to disconnect, says Mintel.
Ingredients supplier Croda is looking to tap into what it believes is the next trend in protective skin care – infrared protection - with its latest physical shield, Infraveil IT-100.
Global flavour and fragrance major Givaudan will acquire the cosmetics business of Indena - a move it says will strengthen its botanical capabilities and Active Beauty business.
Growth strategy consulting firm Frost & Sullivan recently published a report on the bioplastics market; and all 8 companies highlighted in the report serve the cosmetics and personal care industry.
The results of the Sustainable Beauty Awards are in, revealing who is leading the field for sustainable products, ingredients, packaging and industry leadership, as well as who is the biggest pioneer.
L’Occitane’s acquisition of Elemis in January has contributed to strong growth across the group for the first half of FY2020, with overall net sales up 22.1% and extremely fast growth in the UK.
The European Chemicals Agency ECHA is sharply focused on tackling widespread incompliance with REACH registrations and dossiers, moving forward with a joint European Commission action plan.
This past week Coty bought controlling stake in Kylie Cosmetics, The Estée Lauder Companies acquired Korea-based skin care brand Dr Jart+, and Olaplex accepted a private equity deal from Advent International. To get a sense of what these transactions...
High street beauty brands have a responsibility to create in-store experiences for shoppers and adapt to evolving needs – it’s not about replacing bricks and mortar with digital, says Lush’s global property director.
Consumer sentiment around consumption is shifting and the cosmetics industry must start reducing offerings and making sustainability a side effect, rather than selling point, says a futurologist.
CBD has caught the public's imagination as an ingredient offering a host of potential health benefits. But for all the hype, CBD also courts controversy. To move from a trending ingredient to an ingredient trend, the sector will need to address some...
Bespoke paper packaging provider James Cropper has revealed its research into what it is driving packaging design for beauty products, now and in a decade from now.
Next-generation in vitro safety assessments for cosmetics should see good uptake in coming years, receiving regulatory approvals and becoming industry standard within the next decade, suggests the director of science and research at Cosmetics Europe.
The rise of personalised cosmetics and personal care products will continue to surge, and with this comes new challenges associated with safety assessment on ingredients and blends, says a consultant.
Cosmopack has expanded its partnership with LashControl to offer the patented squeeze-control technology in a range of exclusive mascara packaging designs to brands worldwide.
Demand for certified cruelty-free cosmetics has soared in recent years, and with more than 200 Leaping Bunny applications in the process with Cruelty Free International this will only continue, says its head of certification services.
Friday in New York City, Cosmetic Executive Women hosted the 3rd annual Connected Consumer conference, bringing together more than 20 digital technology experts and 700+ attendees for a half-day of knowledge sharing and networking.
Consumers have become more educated when purchasing goods and increasingly consider the impact products have on the world, and this is heavily impacting the cosmetics world and can, quite literally, determine whether a brand is successful or not, according...
Foreo has won a two-year intellectual property battle in China – a massive breakthrough that gives strong signals to fraudulent skin care companies, its UK and Ireland general manager says.
Cosmetic formulations that work with reduced packaging is a clear and important industry shift, with solid bars, pods, pastilles and pads just some innovations at this year’s SCS Formulate event.
Gender norms are morphing and masculinity ideals shifting, and beauty players must keep up and focus on confidence and holistic health – important for male consumers, says Euromonitor International.
Lush has opened its second-largest European store in Munich, along with two concept stores – a ‘fresh’ cosmetics outlet in Paris and a ‘perfume library’ in Florence – showcasing a clear nod to bricks and mortar in the region.
The Unilever brand announced its new No | Better | Less Plastic framework recently and is moving forward with new beauty packaging initiatives that will remove over 20,000 metric tons of virgin plastic from the brand’s supply chain.
Germany-based cosmetics and personal care player Henkel has announced that it is acquiring premium professional hair care brand DevaCurl, which specializes in treatments and products for curly hair.
Business is changing. Beauty consumers care about the social and environmental implications of the products they buy; and financial stakeholders see value in publicly responsible and truly sustainable companies. And so, the beauty maker is taking stock...
The social-selling beauty company took its popular paper brochure digital in 2018, introduced a mobile-first training solution for Avon representatives in May, and is now working with Fuse to create a digital education and communications platform for...
Special Edition: Biotechnology for Natural Formulation
Here, Cosmetics Design looks at a selection of ingredients, made possible through biotechnology, that have come to market in recent years and how those new inputs figure into the natural and green beauty movements.
Special Edition: Biotechnology for Natural Formulation
Consumer desire for sustainable and natural cosmetics continues to fuel the surge in interest around plant cell culture technology, with huge advances made in the past ten years, academics say.
Biotechnology has been heralded as a less costly, more efficient means of producing a range of active ingredients for beauty and personal care, but perhaps the biggest advantage is the sustainability factor.
Denmark-based Salixin has partnered with the university of Copenhagen to conduct efficacy trials on its organic bioactive fermented red willow bark extract in oral care chewing gum.
Science must form the basis in overturning consumer confusion and mistrust on the safety of widely-used cosmetic ingredients, says the medical and communications director of L’Oréal Active Cosmetics.
Upcoming restrictions on use of microplastics, permanent make-up and cyclic siloxanes must be on the agenda for those working in beauty and personal care, says a REACH expert.
Specialty chemicals firm Innospec has developed a proprietary blend of low and high volatile silicones to replace D5 cyclic siloxane – an important move given the upcoming European ban, says its head of technical services for personal care.
There’s a rising mountain of digital beauty consumers that will snowball in size and influence in coming years, and brands and retailers that understand their needs will be in a strong position for future growth, says Euromonitor International.
Consumers consider perfume an excellent way to express uniqueness and boost confidence, offering significant potential to develop personalised fragrances, says Mintel.
Cosmetics Consultants Europe (CCE) will launch a training programme with Germany’s RWTH Aachen University next year that it says should guide the next generation of safety assessors through rising demands of the fast-evolving cosmetics world.
Colombia-based CBD skin care brand Kuida was launched one year ago, and has now announced that the brand will be available in both the US and UK markets for the first time.
Specialty chemicals players Clariant has overcome challenging conditions in North America and China, as well as the Care Chemicals division, thanks to strong results in its new markets, particularly in Latin America.
Interest and investment in skin microbiota-targeted cosmetics is growing but thoughts on the most suitable active ingredients for these formulations vary, so what exactly might the future look like?
German speciality chemicals major BASF has developed a surfactant using RSPO-certified renewable resources that it says fits with market demand for sustainable, safe and free from personal care products.
A decade ago Icelandic cosmetics firm Bioeffect developed epidermal growth factor (EGF) proteins from barley seeds through a specialised process it still classifies an ‘industrial secret’, and next year the company is set to launch an anniversary product...
YouTube’s augmented reality (AR) try-on tool is a powerful way for the beauty industry to tell richer, more engaging stories and better connect with consumers, says Google’s head of product commercialisation.