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Zero by Skin Academy offered a range of 100% natural and vegan products packaged in fully-recyclable packaging [Image: Skin Academy/Zero]

UK startup Zero by Skin Academy secures Feelunique listing

By Kacey Culliney

UK natural skin care startup Zero by Skin Academy has expanded onto online beauty retail major Feelunique, continuing its non-D2C growth plan to upscale across multiple channels and engage mass consumers.

After three years of collaborative research and development work, Unilever and its Hourglass brand have produced a vegan blend to replace carmine - widely used in the colour cosmetics market (Getty Images)

Special Edition: Clean & Ethical - 'Better for you, better for the planet' beauty

‘Seemingly unconquerable’: Unilever to open-source vegan replacement for carmine red

By Kacey Culliney

Unilever and its prestige brand Hourglass have developed a vegan carmine alternative after years of supplier collaboration – a patent-pending innovation it plans to open-source in the coming year, says the global vice president of R&D for prestige.

CosmeticsDesign-Europe looks back at sustainable shifts - from industry and consumers - as the world celebrates Earth Day 2021 (Getty Images)

Earth Day 2021: A circular snapshot and look at beauty’s future

By Kacey Culliney

Sustainable agendas have surged in beauty, with circular business models, carbon capture, green sciences and the reuse movement gaining serious ground. And whilst there remains plenty to be done, the push for consumer engagement has been unprecedented...

The line of two sunscreens and after-sun lotion has been designed to withstand the 'highly active' lifestyles of military personnel but also the extreme conditions associated with outdoor sports (Getty Images)

Special Edition: Advances in sun protection - skin science and ingredients innovation

Military precision: Danish startup launches ‘extreme condition’ sunscreen brand

By Kacey Culliney

Danish startup Operators Skincare has developed a line of sun care products to withstand extreme conditions and highly active lifestyles experienced by military personnel and cater to needs in outdoor adventure sports.

French natural and organic beauty brand Lady Green will launch new skin care products this year and makeup items next year as demand for beauty products targeting blemished skin soars (Image: Lady Green)

Special Edition: Active skin care - protection and healing in a post-COVID world

Blemished skin care blooming: Lady Green to expand makeup and face care to plug demand

By Kacey Culliney

Demands for natural, organic and effective beauty products developed for acne-prone and blemished skin are rising fast, particularly with the onset of COVID-19 and prolonged mask-wearing causing flare-ups, says the founder of French beauty brand Lady...

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