In a new feature for its 2019 edition, the in-cosmetics Global organisers are launching the first ever Global Beauty Day on 3 April, set to honour diversity in the industry.
We caught up with Hannah Symons, Research Manager Beauty and Fashion at Euromonitor International, to hear more about the premium beauty segment: why it’s now outstripping the mass market for growth, and what she thinks will be next.
It is the biggest event on the calendar for the worldwide cosmetics and personal care ingredients market, but the fact that is so enormous can also make it daunting and difficult to navigate.
Discover part II of our exclusive interview with with Andrew McDougall, Associate Director of Beauty & Personal Care at Mintel, on the brands and products currently leading the pack in the hair care market.
We caught up with Andrew McDougall, Associate Director of Beauty & Personal Care at Mintel, on the big drivers currently defining the hair care market.
Today, the Unilever personal care brand announced a partnership with Getty Images and Girlgaze that makes a new library of stock photos available to media and advertisers for license. With its new #ShowUs initiative, Dove wants to expand the conventional...
French consumers are using fewer personal care products, so being relevant to their specific demands is becoming essential. Here, Anaïs Dupuy, Business Development Manager, Kantar Worldpanel, reveals the key drivers for beauty in France and reveals exclusive...
We attended this year’s Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2019, the global edition of the Cosmoprof series of trade events for the beauty industry. From probiotic claims, to CBD oil, to high end male grooming including colour cosmetics for men, the show played...
Where can we see overlap between the rising key trends of halal and cannabis? The answer is in the ever-dominant market defining trend of naturals, which shows no sign of letting up when it comes to consumer demand. Both halal and cannabis trends tap...
In this guest post, in-cosmetics Global’s organisers reveal their top choices for trends set to be under the spotlight at this year’s major trade event for the beauty and personal care industry.
One of the leading trade shows for the whole beauty industry supply chain - covering new products, trends, innovative technologies and techniques - is set to open its doors this week.
Conscious consumerism has pushed organic and natural beauty market to all time high, a new report from the Soil Association Certification. We take a look at the findings in this Editor’s Spotlight.
We caught up with Edison Diaz, who is director of applied research in EAME (Fragrance Division), Symrise, to discuss the current state of the fragrance industry, its present major challenges and how the industry can move forward.
Cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has taken the cosmetics and personal care world by storm over the past year or so, evinced by a plethora of new product launches across all major markets.
New research from Mintel highlights the trends driving innovation in skincare, colour cosmetics and haircare in the UK beauty market, with the leading defining trends being clean makeup, gluten-free hair care and microbiome skin care.
From a new fermented-honey prebiotic ingredient to a ‘groundbreaking’ new soap noodle, in this Editor’s Spotlight, we look back at the biggest innovations seen recently within formulation and science for the beauty and personal care industry.
Cargill, which in the last few years has expanded its offering to include supplying ingredients to the personal care industry, has launched its ‘Red Seaweed Promise’ as a way of asserting the sustainable nature of its sourcing practices around red seaweed.
Heading back to France for this year’s in-cosmetics Global edition, the major beauty and personal care ingredients trade show says it is returning to ‘the cosmetics heartland’.
Men-Ü is a brand that describes itself as committed to producing grooming essentials that are effective, and low-waste. We catch up with founder, Graham Fish, on what makes male grooming brands successful and how they can lead on sustainability.
This month, Pour Moi Skincare announced plans to start selling on the multinational ecommerce platform—a move that more and more cosmetics and personal care startups are making since Amazon launched its dedicated indie beauty shop last summer.
In this Editor’s spotlight, we take a closer look at five of the top stories that have recently emerged in natural and organic beauty and personal care.
The color cosmetics, skin care, and fragrance brand led by makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury announced the location of its first own-brand retail shop in North America this week. The flagship store is a next step in what has been a steady progression of...
A leading research and consultancy firm for the sustainable and natural market within beauty and personal care is planning its second Masterclass dedicated to the future of natural cosmetics.
Natura Brasil has sealed its Ekos line with a brand new certification from the Union of Ethical BioTrade, confirming it has fulfilled tough criteria to respect both people and biodiversity.
Cannabidiol (CBD) skin care has already taken the US market by storm, and it is starting to make a splash in European markets too, underlined by a recent spike in new product launches containing the ingredient.
The ingredients company, major supplier to the global beauty and personal care industry, has opened a new Application Technology Laboratory in Nigeria.
Bulldog, typically considered a male grooming brand, has launched a new range of environmentally conscious and vegan friendly shower gels that it describes as unisex.
We take a look at the key trends that are emerging in 2019 in this Editor’s Spotlight, from halal to the microbiome, and gather expert predictions for the full year ahead across sustainability, fragrance and naturals.
Since 2014, Liht Cannabis has been investing strategically to position itself as a competitor in the medical cannabis and adult recreational use industries. Next week, the company will launch its newly rebranded skin care and body care products under...
The personal care maker has been making headlines lately for its partnership with TerCycle and the Loop waste-free shopping platform, where Unilever will be trialing refillable ‘Minum’ deo tubes. Press materials announcing this latest launch conspicuously...
The independent beauty movement is truly global, as evidenced by the international spectrum of exhibitors at IBE LA last month. But a subset of indie beauty brands from abroad aren’t just going global, they are inviting consumers to be patient, seek balance,...
The organisers of the Natural & Organic Products event have revealed the results of a survey asking influencers and industry innovators to reveal their top trends for the year ahead.
Behind the rising trend of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda beauty, there are challenges that formulators face when creating modern skin care products from millennia-old wellness concepts.
With halal beauty a rising focus for brands, formulators and ingredients suppliers alike, we speak to companies working in the space to find out why the trend is rising, and how they are responding.
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.
Italian brand FRAME has revealed it is aiming to make its range of premium skin care products available in more parts of Asia as it approaches its one year anniversary in Hong Kong.
The microbiome trend has taken the industry by storm and Cosmetics Design is homing in on it with a dedicated ingredient category for this year’s Beauty Industry Awards as well as a two-day conference program dedicated to the topic for our inaugural Cosmetics...
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...
In a sign that the European market may be ready for the rising cannabis-related skin care products that has been sweeping the US, Eos Scientific has launched their Ambience range across the UK.
A new cross-industry event, ‘Future Cannabis Strategies Europe’ looks to explore the rising trend that may have huge potential for the beauty industry.
XO Balm is an indie, clean and minimal skin health product, combining natural ingredients with sustainable packaging. The brand says it aims to appeal to those who want to care for their skin and the planet. We caught up with founder Charlotte Libby.
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