South Korean male beauty brand Grafen is expanding its presence in SEA after successfully growing its presences in Korea with the help of video commerce.
Professionals from every possible cosmetics and personal care industry niche flock to in-cosmetics Global each year to discover what’s new in beauty ingredients, in formulation technologies, in marketing strategy, and more. To find out what one expert...
This year’s New York City edition of The Makeup Show includes numerous indie exhibitors across categories, from skin care to color cosmetics, from lash makers to nail brands, and from accessories to brushes. Following this weekend’s press preview of the...
After over a decade formulating for legacy beauty brands, biochemist Mirela Mitan when back to university to study luxury marketing. In 2014 she earned an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business; and in 2015 launched the luxury, indie skin care brand...
Singaporean beauty brand Caring Skin is advancing its expansion to capitalise on the popularity of aesthetic treatments in Asia and the rise of sensitive skin issues among consumers.
Japanese beauty company Pola Orbis will debut its latest whitening active with the launch of two new products under POLA’s White Shot range, after the ingredient was approved under new stricter screening criteria.
The in-cosmetics Global event is always a major platform for new and emerging trends. And plenty of new trends were in evidence at the Paris event, but one in particular caught my eye – the move towards multiuse or multipurpose products.
We reveal the winners of this year’s Beauty Industry Awards, honouring some of the best innovations in the formulation and ingredients arena, and the leading independent beauty brands.
Over the past five years the Sephora Accelerate program has helped to platform many indie beauty brands, and the latest additions to the program include two LATAM brands.
Belei is the new - and first-ever - skin care brand from global internet retailer Amazon. Based on consumer data insights, is this the future of brand development in beauty and personal care? We take a look in this Editor’s Spotlight.
Japanese beauty giant Shiseido is hoping to convert non-foundation users with its ‘medicated’ hybrid foundations, and create a whole new market in the process.
Revieve CEO Sampo Parkkinen believes there is strong market potential in Asia for its AI-powered skin care advisor and plans to hone in on the region’s beauty sector.
At next month’s in-cosmetics global tradeshow in Paris, beauty startups and independent personal care brands will have a clear path to follow and an easier time connecting with ingredient suppliers that are offering low order volumes and other services...
A.S. Watson Group has partnered with L’Oréal-backed ModiFace to launch a virtual make-up testing service in order to keep up with consumer demand for new shopping experiences.
Our third annual Beauty Industry Awards has been another huge success, with a tremendous number of high quality entries making the judges’ decisions harder than ever.
As part of the move towards more natural-looking hair styles, Latin American consumers are all out for natural hair care solutions and product launches.
The global beauty giant has, for the third consecutive year, teamed up with the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge: a competition that aims to connect and empower the most promising scientific and technological startups.
Late last week, the blog and social content agency led by Ron Robinson announced that it has gotten in to the personal care products business, formulating and retailing 2 facial skin care products and leaving the door open for a fuller line of beauty...
Singaporean skin care and spa brand Porcelain has unveiled its first smart spa which utilises digital technology to create personalised, interactive and seamless spa experience.
In her Indie Beauty Profile, Melanie Gleeson, founder of endota, tells how a first job in beauty grew into a spa services business and eventually a brand with 3 distinct product lines. And, she passes along the advice of a friend that changed her into...
Today, Wray and her colleagues announced the launch of Eighteen B, the indie beauty brand she’s developed around a biotech derived silk ingredient. The brand’s first 2 products promise improved skin texture, elasticity, and lift.
US-based cosmetics firm Alps Beauty is searching for partners to bring a reusable and customisable gel mask to Asia, and reported a high level of interest at last week’s PCHi show in Guangzhou
Hair care defines the beauty world in the Latin American region. Combine the category with the most pervasive trend in the industry and you have some captivating dynamics.
The Latin American region has always been about hair care, so combine that with the naturals trends and you have a segment of the market that is alive with new product launches and innovation.
2018 saw a boom of beauty supplements from skin care brands and vitamin makers alike. Now, innovative startups are refining the options—formulating and marketing teas, tinctures, mix-in powders, and pills to ensure beauty-from-within outlives the trend...
The first skincare brand to target pilgrims to Saudi Arabia’s holy sites will supply cosmetics to passengers on a new Malaysia Airlines service as part of an amenity pack given to pilgrims.
The indie beauty trend is taking North America and, increasingly, Europe, by storm. But is it gaining the same sort of popularity in Asia? If so, where are the hot spots for indie beauty?
Handheld device Gpskin Barrier is partnering with LaStella Cellif Microbalm in its quest to enable consumers to monitor and care for their skin from the comfort of home.
Most skin care tools coming to market now are high-tech electronics or digital devices. However at this month’s BeautyX Summit and Indie Beauty Expo events in Los Angeles, California, Cosmetics Design learned about 3 beauty tools made of simple metals...
Japan’s first ever do-it-yourself aesthetics boutique, Jibun de Este, is quickly expanding with outlets nationwide following the debut of its first store in March 2018.
Korea’s Shinsegae International plans to launch an independent outlet in February at the Shinsegae Duty Free outlet in Myeongdong in bid to attract overseas consumers.
Technology is continuing to play a bigger part in the beauty industry, and this is really being emphasized by the product launches at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, in Vegas.
We caught up with Kezzler, a company that offers technology to digitize individual products in the supply chain to give them a unique, secure and traceable identity, on the rising demand for transparency in the beauty industry. This Editor’s Spotlight...
The multinational beauty player is the latest to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to meet specific consumer demands: we discover how it works.
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