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Colour Cosmetics

Colour cosmetics – come back brighter

Colour cosmetics are benefiting from the downturn by becoming the consumer’s conspicuous purchase of choice, but are manufacturers doing enough to take advantage of this...

Male grooming – beyond the basics

Increasing use of commodity products is driving growth in the male grooming sector in developing markets, but the industry must innovate to attract the attention of consumers...
Skin Care

Skin care – self preservation society

Having survived the recession relatively blemish-free, skin care manufacturers are taking a more inclusive approach to product development, demonstrating that the key to good...
Manufacturing

in-cosmetics - Quality & quantity

The 20th anniversary of in-cosmetics was the biggest yet, covering more space with more exhibitors and attracting more visitors than ever before. But the quality was also...

The rough and the smooth

The UK C&T market has suffered over the past year, but not every sector is struggling and some even appear to be thriving, reports Julia Wray
Skin Care

Skin care - proof, not promises

Skin care is coming of age as manufacturers begin to take bold steps to prove their products really do deliver on their promises, as Emma Reinhold reports

Argentina

Argentina is certainly a resilient country – and one which has weathered much in its history. Nestled at the tip of South America, Argentina has a terrain of rocky mountains,...
Ingredients

For better, for worse - in-cosmetics 2009 preview

Following a difficult year for the industry, 2009 sees in-cosmetics head to Munich (New Munich Trade Fair Centre, 21-23 April).
Sun Care

SCS - The cosmetic challenge

Although the title of the Inaugural SCS Symposium 2008 was Emerging technologies and challenges for the next decade and beyond, the underlying theme was what a cosmetic is, how...
Colour Cosmetics

A taste of Spain

The Spanish cosmetics market has responded well to societal and demographic changes. Alice Corson reports on this Western Europe market which still shows strong growth potential
Body Care

in-cosmetics 2008 preview

in-cosmetics makes its first visit to the Netherlands this year (Amsterdam RAI, 15-17 April). The key focus is of course the show itself, this year featuring over 430...

Keeping cool in the heat of day

A look at the latest developments in sun care and how consumers are being persuaded to better protect themselves from the sun for their benefit and that of C&T companies

Beauty Focus 2007 - Strength through unity

Tapping into the consumer psyche is now an important part of new product development and marketing. Beauty Focus, held from 26-27 February 2007 at the Congress Centre in...

Packaging - Material benefits

The responsibility of the environment is a team job. It embraces raw material suppliers, producers, packaging, converting and logistics experts, wholesalers, retailers and...

Pout - Plumping up for pleasure

Losing sight of what the consumer wants is an all too frequent occurrence in the C&T industry, says Emily Cohen, co-founder of Pout. Alexandra Shore discovers Pout’s unique...

Italy - Testing the water

Results show that Italy's C&T market only just managed to hold its own in 2005. However, on the export market results paint a very different picture. Will this new growth area...

Sun Care - The magic numbers

Today’s sun care clim-ate is shining with innovation. This year, advances such as high factor creams in sophisticated textures, the adaptation of skin care technology for sun...

TV Shopping - Seeing is believing

While high street retailers are struggling, the TV shopping channel appears to have found a way to encourage people to buy all manner of products from the comfort of their...

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  1. Ulta Beauty hit with lawsuit over ‘clean’ beauty claims A class action lawsuit filed in the US alleges that products that are part of Ulta's Conscious Beauty initiative contain ingredients that are on the US beauty retailer’s Made Without List
  2. Estée Lauder Companies’ Q1 sales beat estimates as turnaround takes hold in ‘pivotal year’ Stéphane de La Faverie, President and CEO of the Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), hailed a strong start to the year as his ‘Beauty Reimagined’ strategy begins to bear fruit
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Colour Cosmetics Make-up sales at beauty giant Puig were up 18.8% in the three months to 30 September, helped by Charlotte Tilbury, while fragrance growth has started to moderate

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Colour Cosmetics UK beauty business owners Ma and Meek will step into the den in 2026 as they take on guest roles in the upcoming series of BBC television show Dragons’ Den

Tropic Skincare’s Susie Ma and Refy’s Jenna Meek are joining Dragons’ Den as guest dragons

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Research & Development Cosmewax has inaugurated a state-of-the-art plant in Puçol (Valencia) covering 5,100 m2, equipped with 11 reactors and 5 filling lines, and capable of producing up to 7,000...

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Manufacturing Anton Paar Ltd, a global leader in high-precision laboratory and process instrumentation, has launched a limited-time trade-in programme offering customers in the UK up to 30%...

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Ingredients The skin barrier is the first defence against external stressors. Maintaining it prevents water loss, irritation, and harmful substance penetration. Harsh climates and daily...

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