Vegan Beauty

Mellow Cosmetics ramps up international expansion into Middle East, Asia as makeup rebounds

20-Jul-2023 By Si Ying Thian

Australian makeup brand Mellow Cosmetics plans to break into the Middle East and Asia to capitalise on recovery in the makeup category.

‘Diverse products’: Canada’s Voir Haircare on tapping into India’s growth opportunities

21-Jun-2023 By Si Ying Thian

Voir Haircare has partnered with India’s online beauty marketplace Cossouq to benefit from growing demand for scalp care and multipurpose haircare products among Indian consumers.

Cambrium co-founder hails yeast-derived NovaColl as a ‘new class of collagen’

17-May-2023 By Cassandra Stern

Yeast-derived NovaColl offers manufacturers and suppliers of cosmetic and personal care products the opportunity to shift away from animal-derived collagen and towards an option that is effective, sustainable, and more skin compatible, says the co-founder...

‘Overcoming resistance’: How the convergence of halal and vegan can attract non-Muslim consumers – Indian beauty brand

10-Apr-2023 By Si Ying Thian

Indian beauty brand Saba Personal Care is hoping that its combination of halal and vegan products will broaden its appeal beyond Muslim consumers and steal a march on the MNCs that are yet to truly exploit such categories.

Vegan labels will become ‘as important’ as halal certification for cosmetics – Korean agency

03-Mar-2023 By Hui Ling Dang

Vegan certification accredited by a third party will build customer trust and open up more sales avenues for cosmetic brands, says a South Korean agency.

L’Oréal files patent on vegan lipstick

24-Jan-2023 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has developed a lipstick formula that can be made with minimal or zero animal-derived ingredients and beeswax, suggesting it could be used to offer coloured and non-coloured combined lip care kits.

Fresh new face: LG H&H launches vegan make-up brand targeted at younger consumers

28-Jun-2022 By Amanda Lim

South Korean consumer goods conglomerate LG Household & Health Care (LG H&H) has launched Freshian, a vegan-certified colour cosmetic brand in bid to attract the young set of millennial and Generation Z beauty consumers.

COVID-19 and climate crisis bolstering vegan beauty demand: Review

07-Jun-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The global COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing climate crisis has bolstered demand for vegan topical and ingestible cosmetics as consumers look to improve consumption patterns beyond food, finds a review.

Vegan boost: LG H&H’s first vegan make-up brand completes line-up with seven new product launches

16-Nov-2021 By Amanda Lim

LG Household & Health Care’s has completed the product line-up of its first-ever vegan make-up brand, Belif x VDL, with the addition of seven more products to the existing line-up.

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

07-May-2021 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.

Moving with demand: G&M Cosmetics to launch more vegan beauty and baby care products in 2021

15-Feb-2021 By Amanda Lim

Australian manufacturer G&M Cosmetics will be launching more vegan beauty and baby care products this year to tap into the growing vegan lifestyle choice among millennial consumers.