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Formulation remains an issue for natural cosmetics
Industry buzz
The quality and supply of organic and natural ingredients is still an issue for manufacturers and brand owners, according to a new...
NPA and NaTrue toward equivalency agreement for natural cosmetics
Industry buzz
The Natural Products Association (NPA), the leading U.S. trade organization for manufacturers, retailers and distributors of natural...
Womanity.com: towards a new generation brand?
Innovation & new products
Through the launch of womanity.com, Thierry Mugler aims much more than the creation of a virtual community or a new type of customer...
Biokolor Make-Up wants to transpose to skincare its success in make-up
Companies & industry
Ten years after its creation, Biokolor Make-Up, an Italian firm specialized in the creation and production of formulas for the make-up...
Bluestar Silicones wants to become a global player of the cosmetics industry
Ingredients & formulation
Bluestar Silicones participate for the first time in the In-Cosmetics show in Paris, a key step of its global development strategy....
L’Occitane: first IPO… in Hong Kong
Industry buzz
French manufacturer and distributor of cosmetics L’Occitane has selected Hong Kong for its first initial public offering (IPO). The...
Maesa Group designs new solid fragrance accessory for Hanae Mori
Industry buzz
Hanae Mori turned to Maesa Beauty to envision and create a new vessel for its Butterfly fragrance. Together with the Hanae Mori team,...
Brazil raises tariffs on U.S. goods including cosmetics
Industry buzz
Brazil announced yesterday it would raise tariffs on 102 U.S. exports in a bid to force the U.S. to end subsidies to cotton producers....
Brazil: double-digit growth forecasted for the next five years
Markets & trends
Joao Carlos Basílio Da Silva, the president of the ABIHPEC, the Brazilian Toiletry, Perfumery and Cosmetic Association, estimates that...
Faber-Castell Cosmetics: « under the sign of competitiveness and innovation »
Companies & industry
A few weeks from Cosmoprof Bologna, early April, and from MakeUp in Paris, in June, Stefano Castelletti, General Director of...