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European cosmetics industry can’t stop innovating
Industry buzz
Representatives of the European cosmetics industry and key stakeholders who gathered in Brussels on the occasion of the General Assembly...
FDA issues new sunscreen rules
Laws & regulations
New rules aim at strengthening the information of consumers on products’ spectrum and scope of efficacy. They also increase requirements...
US prestige lipsticks on the rise, NPD reports
Industry buzz
According to a market research conducted by The NPD Group, the total prestige lip segment (which includes lip colour, lip liner, lip...
Topline and Cosworld-Primapack, to reach an agreement
Companies & industry
Topline, one of the world leaders in primary packaging, has entered in exclusive negotiation to acquire Cosworld-Primapack, a fully own...
USA: cosmetics brands sued over alleged misleading organic claims
Industry buzz
The Center for Environmental Health (CEH), a public advocacy group headquartered in Oakland, California, has filed a lawsuit against 26...
Full service: The irresistible rise of bomo-trendline
Companies & industry
The progression of this German company, in just thirteen "small" years remains a model of its kind. Starting from scratch in 1998, its...
CEW: “Beauty is not trivial”
Companies & industry
The Cosmetics Executive Women (CEW) France, the association that acts to make beauty more useful than trivial, by funding beauty centres...
Brenntag: New guide formulations
Ingredients & formulation
Brenntag Spécialités, a French subsidiary of the Brenntag group, a distributor of specialty and industrial chemicals, has opened an...
P&G beauty brands join forces to launch mobile application
Industry buzz
US maker of consumer goods, Procter & Gamble (P&G), is launching "My Beauty Adviser" a multi-branded application designed to...
bareMinerals: success through recommendation
Markets & trends
Without fanfare, the Californian brand founded in 1976, has managed to make a name for itself the world over without any excessive...
