New evidence leads researchers to critique the World Health Organisation’s UV Index and calls for the personal care industry to help spread the message on adequate sun protection.
In the beauty and wellness space, a well-constructed brand story can capture the attention of consumers, buyers, and media. To find out just how regional ingredients can effectively inform and inspire an indie brand and its story, Cosmetics Design checked...
Ecovia Intelligence has revealed its picks for the top trends and drivers set to define sustainable beauty and personal care in the coming year. We reveal the specialist research consulting & training company’s predictions in this Editor’s Spotlight.
Want an insight into where the industry sees fragrance trends going in 2019? In this Editor’s Spotlight, we take a look at four big predictions from Bell Flavors & Fragrances.
From doomed acquisitions to a lack of understanding of the brand, we speak to an Asian consumer expert to explore what led to Crabtree & Evelyn’s downfall, and what it can do to save itself from the brink of obscurity.
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.
As the furore over Gillette’s recent ad about positive masculinity continues to make headlines, we take a look at the link between gender and beauty in this Editor’s Spotlight.
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 Indie Beauty Profile column is moving…to Fridays! But before going ahead with that, Cosmetics Design is looking back over a selection of the business advice that featured cosmetics, personal care, and fragrance brand leaders have shared over the past...
Recently, brands featured on the Indie Beauty Profile column have been asked to define or explain their thinking on what makes a cosmetics, personal care, or fragrance brand independent. Here, Cosmetics Design has complied a selection of the replies in...
The founder of Australia-based brand, Vatea, has revealed the challenges she overcomes to source ingredients from Rotuma, a 100% organic island in Fiji.
Between unpredictable regulations, staggering costs and finicky consumers, China is not an easy market to conquer, especially if you are a natural or organic beauty brand, according to one expert.
The winners of the Cosmoprof Asia and Cosmopack Asia Awards were announced at last week’s Hong Kong trade show in front of 200 guests, including finalists, buyers, and influencers.
Speaking with Sharon Kwek is Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst, Beauty and Personal Care at Mintel, we ask what has happened in beauty in The Philippines in 2018 to make it the next market to watch in 2019.
The online to offline (O2O) retail environment has led many businesses to create effective campaigns through digital platforms to entice consumers through the doors of their physical companies, but what is it about offline marketing techniques that are...
Asia-Pacific accounts for 33% of global beauty and personal care products that help with de-stressing and relaxation, launched between January-September 2018.
Almost exactly a year ago, changes to the Australian Food Standards Code finally permitted the sale of low-psychoactive hemp seed as a food, after years of lobbying by producers and industry groups. Hemp skincare’s popularity has trickled down from last...
Conscious personal care consumers, mission-driven fragrance brands, and feel-good cosmetics marketing campaigns are hard to miss now days. So smart suppliers and distributors are not only helping beauty makers tell more nuanced ingredient stories, they...
In an “unprecedented move” by one of the globe’s leading beauty brands, Humane Society International notes how these increasing efforts to ban animal testing in the cosmetics sphere may well be the “beginning of the end for cruel cosmetics”. We spoke...
Dr. U Devices aims to disrupt the hair care industry with its hair transplant technology, Dr. UGraft System, that utilises Follicular Unit Excision (FUE).
Speciality chemicals company Clariant is working to reposition itself as sustainable solutions provider and a naturals expert as demand for transparency increases in the market.
Asia dominates beauty and personal care sales when compared to its global counterparts, with an anticipated value increase of $33 bn (€29 bn) between 2017 and 2022.
‘Start small and you’ll support business sustainability’: That’s the advice for cosmetics companies seeking to offset the negative social and environmental impacts of their products and protect raw material supplies.
International fragrance manufacture Iberchem Group is capitalising on the commercial success it has achieved in South East Asia with the inauguration of a new subsidiary in Bangkok.
Mica is ubiquitous in beauty, used throughout the industry in everything from lipstick to foundation – but much of this mineral is harvested by children as young as 10, along the hilly landscape of rural India.
Marine-derived ingredients are on the rise in cosmetics and personal care product formulations. In particular, algae from every corner of the ocean is being used as both an ingredient and an ingredient factory. Here, Cosmetics Design takes a quick look...
In this series, we take a look at five major trends defining the beauty market in Israel: personalisation, anti-ageing, beauty supplements, the environment and safety, and natural ingredients.
While much of the cosmetics and personal care industry is preoccupied with flashier categories (like color and skin care) and emerging technologies (like microbiome-friendly ingredients), an astute group of independent personal care brand leaders are...
Free-from claims are designed to provide reassurance to safety and health-conscious consumers, which, in turn, help build trust and confidence in their purchasing decisions. But are they proving successful? Or is the real harm in the nature of these free-from...
Actor Kate Winslet is the face of a new UK partnership between Lancome and The National Literacy Trust, promoting literacy skills for disadvantaged women.
Teens, natural and organic stories, dry masks — all are dominating the burgeoning global facial mask skin care segment. But how can marketers embrace ingredient sourcing, innovative product launches and engaging social media strategies to communicate...
Today, consumers are asking more questions about products and raw materials, resulting in heightened and ongoing interest in cleanliness and hygiene to suit consumer lifestyles.
Indie brands may well be perceived as the welcome disrupters of the beauty world. These small, often independently-funded outlets, are making a big impact on cosmetic aficionados.
Speciality chemicals name, Evonik, on how it hones its diverse product collection for the nature-focused and fast-paced Korean and Chinese consumer demands.
China is the biggest cosmetics market in Asia-Pacific and second to the US as the dominating global power nation for all things beauty and personal care.
Are cosmetic product reports accurate in their representation of lead in cosmetics? We ask Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science what the reality is.
The independent statutory authority analyses 30 essential oil models and finds allergens to encourage greater transparency in usage instructions and ingredient labels.
Sharon Kwek, Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst of Beauty and Personal Care at Mintel notes that as “masculinity is changing”, this is creating prime opportunities for male grooming brands to innovate their product formulations.
We asked Belinda Carli what we as consumers think we’re buying when faced with a natural label, scientifically and from a formulations perspective, what they actually are, and what needs to be done to help consumers make assure and intentional purchasing...
Chinese health care platform, Ping An Healthcare and Technology, rolls out its "One-Minute Consultation + One-Hour Drug Delivery" service in a total of over 80 cities throughout the nation.
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