Sisun International, the company behind South Korean apparel retailer Michaa, is looking to expand its business into the cosmetics market with its newly launched sun care brand.
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.
Japanese cosmetics maker Kao Corporation will launch the first products based on its new ‘fine-fibre’ technology in its domestic market from December 4, with an international roll-out following in early 2020.
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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.
Shiseido has found that yeast extract has the potential to keep skin capillaries healthy, which in turn boost collagen production and maintains skin elasticity.
New Zealand-based brand Sub & Tarctic is using sustainable keratin from crossbred wool to fight the effects of urban stress and bring value back to rural sheep farmers.
YouTube has taken its AR Beauty Try-On feature up a development notch, launching an open beta version for use in smartphone ads, enabling beauty brands to fire-up make-up engagement further.
Proctor & Gamble’s mass hair care brand Herbal Essences will expand tactile markings across all its shampoos and conditioners, kickstarting in January 2020 across the US and globally within two years.
Givaudan Active Beauty has developed an instant microbiome profiling system, opening up possibilities for hyper-personalised beauty product development in the future, it says.
This week, RenewAlliance launched a beauty vitamin, vegan hyaluronic acid in capsule, form that promises to moisturize and plump skin from the inside out.
Tech start-up Cherry Pick has developed an artificial intelligence program to track real-time consumer engagement in beauty, enabling highly targeted, demand-driven product development.
