All news articles for October 2020

From January 1, 2021 the beauty industry needs to have several important changes in place to continue business in both the UK and EU (Getty Images)

Beauty business: Are you prepared for Brexit?

By Tjaša Grum, CE.way Regulatory Consultants

It is high time the beauty industry prepares for Brexit and companies complete all the necessary steps to stay compliant in the EU and in the UK after the end of the transition period.

L'Oréal's Perso lipstick device is slightly different in design to its skin care variant, with a removable compact on the top (Image: L'Oréal)

Special Edition: Personalised Beauty in a Digital Revolution

Latest: L’Oréal to launch AI Perso lipstick device first in Q1 2021

By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal is primed to launch its AI at-home personalised cosmetics device Perso, starting with a beta version of its customised lipstick variant in the first quarter of 2021.

Plenty of beauty and tech firms have already developed innovative devices to offer consumers highly-personalised colour cosmetics at-home (Getty Images)

Special Edition: Personalised Beauty in a Digital Revolution

Beyond skin care: Ultra-personalised colour cosmetics the future in beauty

By Kacey Culliney

Precision-applied foundation, colour-matched lipstick and 3D printed makeup sheets are just some of the innovations set to shape the future of personalised colour cosmetics, says the director of beauty at WGSN.

L’Oréal signs licensing deal w bacterial biotech firm Micreos

L’Oréal signs licensing deal with bacterial biotech firm Micreos

By Deanna Utroske

Under the agreement announced today, the Netherlands-based bacterial technology company will give L’Oréal access to a proprietary enzyme that targets and kills staphylococcus aureus—the endolysin is already an ingredient in Micreos’ own skin care brand...

Coty takes KylieSkin ecommerce overseas

Coty takes KylieSkin ecommerce overseas

By Deanna Utroske

D2C beauty is everything in 2020. So cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brands of every size are investing and expanding to get in front of consumers online. And that’s just what Coty is doing with KylieSkin in 4 new markets.

Lancôme says it is primed to launch its first zero-waste rose active ingredient next year and will continue to advance forward with 'unique and holistic' science (Image: L'Oréal/Lancôme)

Flower power: Lancôme advances zero-waste rose ambition

By Kacey Culliney

L’Oréal-owned Lancôme has acquired a four-acre organic rose estate in the French perfume region of Grasse – a move it says forms part of wider sustainability goals and its ambition to advance science towards a zero-waste model and further active ingredient...