The application of rigorous animal testing alternatives remains a focus at formulation level in the beauty industry, and a new platform has been launched that gathers data on testing methods and offers an index of testing laboratories.
A new report on consumables retail via Amazon suggests high-end beauty brands are now turning to e-retail marketplaces to sell their prestige or premium products.
Asia’s leading personal care ingredients event will celebrate its 10th instalment by welcoming first-time speakers and exhibitors, and unveiling recent product launches.
In their Indie Beauty Profile, Begoña Sanjuán and Isabel Ramos, co-founders of AYUNA • less is beauty, share insight into their very carefully conceived green luxury skin care brand and have some pithy advice for their fellow founders—really, it’s good...
A new report from TechNavio suggests that sorbitol, a sugar alcohol, is set to see strengthening market growth, driven by the beauty personal care industry’s use of the ingredient.
At this week’s in-cosmetics North America personal care tradeshow, Brazilian Kimberlite Clay, a São Paulo – based company, is showcasing its red clay ingredient as well as finished skin and body care products and color cosmetic prototypes. The clay is...
This month Clorox, the company that now owns Burt’s Bees, gave an update to the investment community that highlighted the brand’s recent move into makeup as well as the Clorox company’s penchant for innovation and increased speed-to-market.
With Part 2 of ISO 16128 being released ahead of schedule, we continued our conversation with Dr Laurent Sousselier, Chief scientific officer, UNITIS (European Organisation of Cosmetics Ingredients Industries and Services) on how the standard aims to...
As ISO 16128 aims to harmonise the global natural and organic space, we spoke with Dr Laurent Sousselier, Chief scientific officer, UNITIS (European Organisation of Cosmetics Ingredients Industries and Services) on its scope and impact on the industry.
The Body Shop, now owned by Brazilian cosmetics company Natura Cosméticos SA following L’Oréal’s sale, has announced David Boynton as its new chief executive officer.
With natural actives becoming a commonplace element of many formulators' ingredient lists and as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO 16128 provides guidelines on definitions for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients, we...
UNITIS, the European Organization of Cosmetic Ingredients Industries and Services, held its annual General Assembly in Paris in June, at which latest findings on toxicological knowledge of natural substances were released.
British cosmetics start-up JooMo has launched the next in its series of products that claim to work with the skin’s natural microbiome: a body wash ‘that gets the skin to heal itself by mobilising the natural skin bacteria’.
Depending on whom you ask, personal care and cosmetic regulations in the US are overly nuanced, too convoluted, or not exacting enough. All the same, trends and marketing strategies have collided in recent years to make ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ beauty...
With ASOS having just made a decisive step into the beauty world with its launch of a cosmetics range, market analysis suggest it’s a signal that ‘experimentation’ is now crucial in the industry.
The long-anticipated makeup collection from singer, actress, and business woman Rihanna launched globally late last week and is a real entrepreneurial departure from both the indie-startup approach and the one-off celebrity business strategy that’s been...
The newly formed group, comprising 15 brands and companies (both big and small), made its debut Tuesday in Washington DC. The Counteract Coalition is there to influence the course of the Personal Care Products Safety Act.
The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA) has released a factsheet that outlines the UK cosmetics industry position on the EU exit negotiations.
The accelerating pace of beauty product launches today have motivated suppliers of cosmetics and personal care packaging to not only offer more customization solutions but also more turnkey options. And now, Pujolasos has just such a line of containers...
Coty’s previous CSO retired from the company earlier this summer having, as his final project, stayed on to help the Coty team integrate the P&G beauty brands. Friday, the new chief scientist starts to work.
The world’s biggest cosmetics company has expanded its Russian manufacturing capabilities in an effort to boost production of its L’Oréal Paris and Garnier skin care products.
Wales has become the latest country to outlaw the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics, following the same decision by the UK government in September 2016.
By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science
Research can be used to support amazing and important findings – it can also unfortunately be taken the wrong way before a true causative relationship is established, to create fear.
This week, the company shared the fragrance ingredients used in the skin care brand Olay and the hair care brand Herbal Essences. And, the consumer goods company has plans to disclose all the fragrance ingredients in all of its products (not just beauty)...
Plastic microbeads have become a concern on a global scale. In this guest article, industry body COSMED shares an overview of the status of microbeads across the world.
New research has found that husks from avocado seeds contain numerous compounds which can be extracted for use in a variety of applications, including cosmetic and personal care products.
A team of scientists at Clarkson University, New York, has developed a simple smart label that could help warn consumers before cosmetic and personal care products spoil.
Food trends influencing cosmetics and personal care formulations are nothing new. But now, luxury foods—treats on par with diamond dust, gold flakes, pearl powder, and silk—are showing up in beauty products.
Germany-based silk-derived ingredients provider AMSIlk has become the latest company to join the SEPAWA Cosmetic Applications and Technologies (CAT) specialist group.
Guest amenities provider Groupe GM has restructured its entire business in an effort to streamline its different operations and to maintain its global expansion strategy.
Research carried out by a group of scientists in Poland has pointed to low sperm count and chromosome abnormalities in individuals exposed to a variety of parabens.
The semi-annual trade show, once known as the New York International Gift Fair, opened this weekend and runs through Wednesday, August 23. Exhibitors showing personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance, provide an early look at which product trends will be...
Open Academy is set to open its doors this October in Barcelona with the aim of promoting open discussion and learning among cosmetic formulation professionals.
With skin care that works with the body’s natural microbiome now firmly established as a hot emerging topic for the industry, in-cosmetics has announced that biobeauty will be the major theme of its Formulation Summit this year.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Linda Gillette, founder of Parodi Professional Care, describes how she’s moving a niche personal care line, developed for professionals, into the consumer space. And, she reminds other beauty brand founders to be attentive...
Symrise is one major ingredients player responding to the rising demand for alternative and natural preservative ingredients, with the company now sponsoring a ‘Global Preservative Challenge’.
As the authorities continue to take a tough line on the additives used in beauty products, the ripple effects can be felt right back through the emerging trends in formula design and cosmetovigilance, says ProductLife Group’s Diaraf Yaradou.
A new report on consumables and their sales and growth rates on Amazon has been released by One Click Retail: it finds that beauty sales are up an average of 43%.
The UK government recently released the findings of its public consultation into a microbead ban in the region, and the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA) has responded.
