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SLG Brands sells Colab and Johnny’s Chop Shop to Thriving Brands

Right Guard owner Thriving Brands will take on hair care brands Colab and Johnny’s Chop Shop as SLG Brands looks to its core licensing business future growth initiatives

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SLG Brands sells Colab and Johnny’s Chop Shop to Thriving Brands

Olive Young is bringing its K-beauty festival to the US for the first time

Olive Young is bringing its K-beauty festival to the US for the first time

Olive Young’s signature K-beauty festival will take place in Los Angeles this August as the Korean retailer looks...
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Analysis: How can Coty plot its fragrance future without Gucci?

Analysis: How can Coty plot its fragrance future without Gucci?

Coty has work to do to fill a Gucci-sized gap in its fragrance portfolio, with L’Oréal set to take on the licence in 2028. Cosmetics Business speaks to experts about what the beauty conglomerate needs to do next
Charlotte Tilbury on beauty dupes: ‘When you dupe, you dupe the consumer’

Charlotte Tilbury on beauty dupes: ‘When you dupe, you dupe the consumer’

The make-up artist who founded Charlotte Tilbury has spoken out against beauty dupes once again in a new interview with BBC News, stating that copycat items are ‘not performing the way my products do’
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is the latest celebrity to enter fragrance

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is the latest celebrity to enter fragrance

The Grammy award-winning artist has entered fragrance with her first scent, Hot Girl Summer, created in partnership with Coty. Megan Thee Stallion follows in the footsteps of singers Arianna Grande and Billie Eilish, who both have fragrance lines
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Charlotte Tilbury and Maybelline are the beauty brands winning at AI optimisation

Charlotte Tilbury and Maybelline are the beauty brands winning at AI optimisation

New insights have revealed the best-performing brands across artificial intelligence (AI) platforms ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, with Charlotte Tilbury, Maybelline New York and e.l.f. Beauty leading the way
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The untold story of Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant

The untold story of Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant

The Revlon-owned beauty brand lifts the lid on how its 96-year-old Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant became, and has remained, a category-defining skin care item in Cosmetics Business’ ‘Untold Story’ series
Boss expands Bottled franchise to women’s fragrance and taps ‘powerhouses’ for the campaign

Boss expands Bottled franchise to women’s fragrance and taps ‘powerhouses’ for the campaign

The Coty-licensed fragrance brand has tapped actress Jessica Chastain, singer Becky G and athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall to front the launch of Boss Bottled Beyond for Her, the first female scent in the Boss Bottled franchise
Kao USA issues recall notice for Oribe Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo

Kao USA issues recall notice for Oribe Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo

Selected batches of Oribe’s Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo have been voluntarily recalled by Kao USA in the US and Canada due to the detection of bacteria
Meet the winners: Cosmetics Business Innovation Awards 2026

Meet the winners: Cosmetics Business Innovation Awards 2026

The CBIAs celebrate the most impactful innovations across the global cosmetics and personal care supply chain, with winners including Croda, Nuon Medical, Innospec and Symrise

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Valentino Beauty taps Dakota Johnson and Alexander Skarsgård as faces of ‘new fragrance era’

Valentino Beauty taps Dakota Johnson and Alexander Skarsgård as faces of ‘new fragrance era’

The luxury brand, whose beauty licence is owned by giant L’Oréal, has tapped the two actors to front a soon-to-be-unveiled new chapter of its fragrance offering
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Body Care
Exclusive: Beauty delivered £28.3 billion to the UK economy in 2025 despite economic headwinds

Exclusive: Beauty delivered £28.3 billion to the UK economy in 2025 despite economic headwinds

The UK’s beauty and personal care sector's growth rate slowed slightly in 2025, but the sector remained resilient, delivering a valuable GDP contribution to the UK economy despite rising costs, tariffs and more, says the British Beauty Council
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Hair Care
Olaplex breaks into the fragrance category with limited edition scent

Olaplex breaks into the fragrance category with limited edition scent

The hair care brand’s Signature Hair and Body Mist is inspired by the grapefruit zest and sugared mint scent found in its hero product, No.3 Hair Perfector, and other skus
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Skin Care
Wrinkles Schminkles joins Avenir Collective as first beauty acquisition

Wrinkles Schminkles joins Avenir Collective as first beauty acquisition

Avenir Collective's acquisition of the anti-wrinkle silicon patch brand Wrinkle Schminkles marks its first in the beauty space, as the brand builder seeks further deals for personal care brands with potential to scale
Ingredients
IFF secures $1 billion loan refinancing. This is why…

IFF secures $1 billion loan refinancing. This is why…

The loan facility will be repaid from the sale of IFF’s food ingredients division, which is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2027
Colour Cosmetics
Is singer Zara Larsson launching a make-up line? Everything we know so far…

Is singer Zara Larsson launching a make-up line? Everything we know so far…

The ‘Midnight Sun’ singer confirmed during a radio interview that there has been much talk around the potential release of a cosmetics brand by Larsson in partnership with her make-up artist, Sophia Sinot
Digital
AS Watson CEO says 'AI transformation is not an IT programme, it is a CEO mandate'

AS Watson CEO says 'AI transformation is not an IT programme, it is a CEO mandate'

Health and beauty retailer AS Watson’s top boss, Dr Malina Ngai, has outlined her belief that a CEO-led roll out of artificial intelligence (AI) is better for businesses
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Regulatory
The EU's cosmetic labelling shake-up – what beauty brands must do before 31 July

The EU's cosmetic labelling shake-up – what beauty brands must do before 31 July

The European Union will begin the enforcement of Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1545 next month, a significant change to fragrance allergen labelling. Jaclyn Bellomo from Registrar Corp dives into the change in the opinion piece below
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Manufacturing
K-beauty’s dark side revealed as surge in fake products puts consumers at risk

K-beauty’s dark side revealed as surge in fake products puts consumers at risk

As the K-beauty market continues to grow and evolve, the issue of fake products is only growing more apparent. But what needs to be done to stifle the rate of fakes in beauty to help keep consumers safe?
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Packaging
Estée Lauder Companies is transforming its supply chain to ‘win’ in challenging times

Estée Lauder Companies is transforming its supply chain to ‘win’ in challenging times

Estée Lauder Companies is working hard to transform its value chain into a ‘strategic engine of growth’, aiming to deliver faster innovation, speed to market and regionalised products so it can better compete and weather geopolitical challenges, but how easy is that in practice?
Male Grooming
Dior unveils beauty suite at Cannes Film Festival

Dior unveils beauty suite at Cannes Film Festival

The Riviera-themed 350 square meter space also nods to the art of film costume design, and will host celebrities and Dior Ambassadors throughout the festival

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Symrise Looks Beyond Repair to Long-Term Hair Resilience

Symrise Looks Beyond Repair to Long-Term Hair Resilience

Hair care is entering a new era shaped by performance, longevity, and environmental responsibility in equal measure. Natural and biotech ingredients are giving brands new...
Vytrus launches Toleroxyl™ for urban skin at in-cosmetics Korea

Vytrus launches Toleroxyl™ for urban skin at in-cosmetics Korea

Designed to re-educate hyperreactive urban skin, this biotech active targets Langerhans cells to support immune tolerance, comfort and visible resilience. Discover how...
Free Workshop – Measuring and Characterising Pharma

Free Workshop – Measuring and Characterising Pharma

Anton Paar UK announces 2026 Measuring and Characterising Pharma Workshop in Luton
New research reveals how beauty brands are winning in the age of AI search

New research reveals how beauty brands are winning in the age of AI search

Foundation, a specialist beauty marketing agency, has unveiled new research into how leading AI platforms recommend beauty brands, revealing that success in AI search is...
Grace head combines aesthetics and circularity

Grace head combines aesthetics and circularity

A global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, has unveiled the Grace head for the all-plastic Wave 2cc pump, designed to deliver an enhanced...
New Launch: Protesil™ JLH protein hybrid polymer for hair Colour retention and “Build-Up-1 Hair” solution

New Launch: Protesil™ JLH protein hybrid polymer for hair Colour retention and “Build-Up-1 Hair” solution

SEIWA KASEI has developed Protesil™ JLH (launched in July, 2026), a hybrid polymer that  combines the hair care benefits of plant protein, the smooth feel of silicone,...
Revieve unveils the future of beauty in DACH: Consumer trends shaping 2026, based on hundreds of millions of beauty consumer interactions

Revieve unveils the future of beauty in DACH: Consumer trends shaping 2026, based on hundreds of millions of beauty consumer interactions

A new report reveals how AI, science-backed skincare and personalisation are transforming beauty purchasing across Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Why beauty brands can’t afford to miss pre-retail preparation

Why beauty brands can’t afford to miss pre-retail preparation

In the beauty industry, much of the spotlight naturally falls on product innovation, branding and marketing. The end result is often talked about when the product hits the...
Iberchem introduces NovaSilk: an innovation for the creation of water-based and alcohol-free fragrances

Iberchem introduces NovaSilk: an innovation for the creation of water-based and alcohol-free fragrances

Iberchem, a leading fragrance creation company, joins the growing interest in alcohol-free fragrances with the launch of its latest technology, NovaSilk®. This...
Amcor to showcase latest beauty and personal care solutions at Cosmetic Business Munich

Amcor to showcase latest beauty and personal care solutions at Cosmetic Business Munich

Amcor a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, will showcase its latest innovations for the beauty and personal care market at Cosmetic...
dsm-firmenich advances skin microbiome science with landmark publication on leading-edge beauty science

dsm-firmenich advances skin microbiome science with landmark publication on leading-edge beauty science

Our world-leading scientists have developed a novel 3D facial skin microbiome mapping technology, which unlocks new avenues for scientific discoveries and the co-creation...
Discover the science behind smart skin care with bitop at in-cosmetics Korea

Discover the science behind smart skin care with bitop at in-cosmetics Korea

Together with our distribution partner DKSH Korea, we will be exhibiting at Stand E-D10 and showcasing Ectoin® natural, the must-have multifunctional active for modern...

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Another heatwave? Cooling SPF could be this summer's hottest skin care product

Another heatwave? Cooling SPF could be this summer's hottest skin care product

With scorching temperatures forecast again next week, Maisie Bovingdon finds out whether cooling sunscreen can effectively lower body temperature
Got milk? Beauty’s milky texture trend has entered the SPF chat

Got milk? Beauty’s milky texture trend has entered the SPF chat

Sun care is the latest beauty category tapping the trending texture for its pleasing application experience
Self tan sales rise 43% as sunless tanning enters skin care routines

Self tan sales rise 43% as sunless tanning enters skin care routines

The future of self-tan is ‘tanning skin care’, as brands reposition the category to prioritise skin performance in their latest ingredient-focused launches
Ilia, La Roche-Posay and Kiehl’s are launching mineral SPF serums, but what’s driving the trend?

Ilia, La Roche-Posay and Kiehl’s are launching mineral SPF serums, but what’s driving the trend?

Mineral sunscreen is entering its glow-up era, with transparent formulas that reinforce the moisture barrier, and are suitable for sensitive skin, writes Megan Fahy

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Roberto Pozzoni Appointed as Purchasing & General Affairs Manager for Brivaplast Group Brivaplast, an Italian family-owned company with 60 years of expertise in application solutions for makeup, is pleased to announce the appointment of Roberto Pozzoni as the new...
MODELROCK celebrates their iconic Ultra Luxe Individual Lashes Makeup artists’ number one favourite lash since 2012
Kaffe Bueno names Thomas Durhuus as CEO Kaffe Bueno has announced the appointment of Thomas Durhuus as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 February, as the company enters its next phase of growth focused on scale...
Provital continues to evolve with Nina Esposito as new Managing Director for US and Canada This year, as part of our ongoing evolution, Provital is excited to announce the appointment of Nina Esposito as the new Managing Director of Provital LLC, overseeing our...
Squeeze 2.0: better, lighter, greener Eurovetrocap is excited to introduce you the Squeeze 2.0, the enhanced version of our tottle, now even more efficient and sustainable
CEO Pascal Vieilvoye of Concept4 wins EcoVadis Outstanding Sustainability Leadership Award 2025 Concept4 Limited is thrilled to announce that CEO, Pascal Vieilvoye, has been honoured with the prestigious EcoVadis Sustainability Achievement Award 2025
Inolex taps Art Knox as President to drive next phase of customer-focused growth and sustainable innovation Inolex is pleased to announce the appointment of Art Knox as its new President. Knox will lead the company’s strategic vision to deepen customer relationships and drive new...
Revive Collagen announces the appointment of Stephanie Pearce as Global Communications Director
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