Retail
Bioderma launches new water-based spray sunscreen
MarieClaire.fr – French
Estee Lauder opens male grooming salons, called The Grooming Station, through its Aveda brand
ThisisMoney.co.uk
Kat Von D beauty launches eye primers for more than one shade of skin
Seventeen.com
Nivea launches new men’s product, it says MEN on the tin
Ladn.eu – French
Zendaya, Tinashe, and Kevin McHale become new faces of X Out, Proactiv maker Guthy + Renker’s latest brand
PRNewswire.com
Sonia Rykiel collaborates with Lancome on new collection
Vogue.co.uk
Kendall Jenner and Estee Lauder team up to launch Estee Edit eyeshadow palette
HollywoodLife.com
Sephora launches Minnie Mouse collection
Allure.com
Skinfix launches skincare collection at Boots
MarketWired.com
Brown Crayon Project, a Kickstarter cosmetic line targetted to ethnic skin types
PRNewswire.com
MAC and Caitlyn Jenner collaborate on lipstick, proceeds go towards programed aimed at transgender communities
CNN.com
Sephora continues expansion in Brazil, to open new stores in Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul
PremiumBeautyNews.com
Companies use apps to provide custom colour cosmetics
Forbes.com
ColourPop Cosmetics launches eyeshadow shade “Puppy Love” to support a no-kill dog and cat shelter
Examiner.com
Mark Seliger to photograph new Ambient Lighting Powder campaign for Hourglass Cosmetics
WWD.com
Kinki University launches farmed tuna oil based cosmetics
IntraFish.com – Paywall
16 swatches of ColourPop Ultra Satin shades
Bustle.com
Keranique hair care sold by Sephora.com now
WWD.com
Eyebrow guru, Taraji P. Henson, debuts MAC collaboration
HollywoodReporter.com
Appriya launches online, featuring secret Thai mineral water
WWD.com
Sundial launches prestige Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Culture line at Sephora
DrugStoreNews.com
BH Cosmetics and Shaaanxo team up for eye and lip palette
Benzinga.com
MyChelle Dermaceuticals launches at Ulta
PRNewswire.com
Flawless app lets you design your own lipstick
TeenVogue.com
Burberry Cosmetics took over Sephora’s Instagram during Fashion Week
LuxuryDaily.com
Is Kylie Jenner’s new orange lip kit a dupe?
Bustle.com
Asia
L’Oreal’s sales are greater in China than they are in France
CinaDaily.com.cn
LVMH brand Cha Ling plans to reforest Yunnan mountains through the Tea Garden project
SCMP.com
Sasa Hong Kong’s sales drop, as Chinese tourists travel further abroad for beauty shopping
CampaignAsia.com
My Beauty Diary launches in Jakarta
JakartaGlobe.com
South Korean beauty exports to the US jump 70% in sales. Out-surges 20% increase of car exports
YonhapNews.co.kr
Beauty industry profits rise as Chinese tourists visit Japanese clinics for treatments
Asahi.com
Despite slowing economy, Chinese online spending on foreign goods expected to grow 18% each year until 2020
SCMP.com
AmorePacific donates 190 million won to preserve endangered plant species
BusinessKorea.co.kr
Chinese tourists more budget conscious, but numbers are still up
Reuters.com
Henkel Korea names Steven Kim as president
PulseNews.co.kr
L’Oreal India to strengthen herbal portfolio in India to compete with Pantanjali Ayuverd’s growing dominance of the market
Business-Standard.com
Unilever CEO Paul Polman praises Indian iniatives like Smart City and Swachh Bharat
IndiaTimes.com
Research and Technology
Microplastics found in Wascana by University of Regina researchers
LeaderPost.com
Patent for cryogenic microprobe system for skin awarded to MyoScience
FreePatentsOnline.com
Study finds decline of mitochondrial complex II declines significantly in older skin
NCL.ac.uk
P&G discloses fragrances it uses in online database
PG.com
Researchers find potential genotoxicity from specifically shaped silica
FoodConsumer.org
Galderma enters phase III clinical trials for Restylane Silk and Lyft dermal fillers
PRNewswire.com
Market and Trends
US Senate appoints Robert Califf to lead the US FDA
FDA.gov, Salon.com, WashingtonPost.com
Cosmetic industry ranks second on gender equality report
Forbes.com
Global serum market to increase to $6.87 billion USD by 2020
PRNewswire.com
France’s prestige perfumery sales drop 0.9% in 2015
WWD.com
Personal care packaging market to be worth $37.25 billion by 2022
GlobeNewswire.com
Beauty bloggers more impactful than experts according to Fashionbi report
Fashionbi.com
Asia will comprise 80% of global cosmetic sales by 2019, according to Euromonitor
GCIMagazine.com
Global male grooming market expected to grow to $26.6 billion USD by 2020
Statista.com
QY Research Group publishes industry report on global freckle cosmetics
QYMarketResearch.com
UK organic health and beauty market grows 21.6% in 2015
SoilAssociation.org
Industry groups respond to latest USFDA sunscreen draft guidance
Happi.com
Hemp Industry Association responds to FDA drug like claims warnings
TheHIA.org
Nail product market growing in Brazil, predicted to help drive cosmetics market
BusinessWire.com
RNR Market Research publishes report on global Botox market
PRNewswire.com
Corporate
Estee Lauder acquires fragrance brand By Kilian
BusinessWire.com
Natureplex acquires Medline Industries enema product category
PRNewswire.com
How P&G plans to fix its China business
Fortune.com
9th revives class-action lawsuit against Hain Celestia’s Alba Botanica brand for being misleadingly marketed as “natural”
Law360.com
Benefit launches mobile staff training program
CITMagazine.com
Unilever appoints Bayer chief executive Marjin Dekkers as chairman
WSJ.com
Daizo opens second manufacturing plant, producing aerosols, in China
Colep.com
DS Healthcare Group buys PhotoMedex brands, including no!no! brand hair remover
BizJournals.com
Lonza opens global hair care technology research centre
WorldPressOnline.com
Croda sales rise 4% in 2015
Croda – PDF
BASF sales drop 5% in 3rd quarter 2015
BASF.com
Beverly Zunke and Alma Lopez appointed to show and education departments of Farouk Systems
Farouk.com
Revlon CEO Lorenzo Delpani steps down, as Revlon posts increasing sales for Q4
WSJ.com
Revlon should find a CEO from a bigger beauty company, industry execs say
WWD.com – Paywall
Accessory Headquarters receives licensing rights for Revlon branded cosmetic bags
PRNewswire.com
Borghese announces Christopher Stephen West as new global president
PRNewswire.com
Chrysalis Health & Beauty opens new manufacturing plant
NottinghamPost.com
Accutec Blades expands manufacturing operations
NewsLeader.com
Former HP CIO, Ralph Loura, joins Rodan + Fields as chief technology officer
Forbes.com
P&G divests Escudo soap brand to Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
BusinessWire.com
Packaging manufacturer Anomatic acquired by Thyssen’sche Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H from Brookstone Partners
Anomatic.com
Pierre Saliou promoted to President of Schwarzkopf Professional France by Henkel
Henkel.fr
Human + Kind seeks examinership to restructure its finances
TheSundayTimes.co.uk – Paywall
Interesting Reads
Missouri jury awards $72 million USD for Johnson & Johnson talc and cancer lawsuit
Fortune.com, CNN.com
History of cosmetics, Cosmetotheque, online museum launches
ParisDescartes.fr
Facebook post of elderly man helping his wife find makeup goes viral
Metro.co.uk
Shalom Blac, a burn survivor, shows the “Power of Makeup”
Popsugar.com
Viral photo of cosmetic testing on animals is actually a mass spaying event
Snopes.com
Kylie Minogue opposes trademark application by Kylie Jenner
HelloMagazine.com
“How the beauty industry has failed black women”
Refinery29.com
Joan Collins, owner of Timeless Beauty line, says that women don’t wear enough makeup
You.co.za
