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2013 Cosmoprof North America Brings Beauty Industry Together

The 2013 Cosmoprof North America broke records with a sold-out show floor with 892 exhibiting companies along with over 26,000 attendees, an 8% increase over the previous year. It also allowed the beauty industry to come together to meet, discuss, strategize, create, innovate and learn.

Who Moved My Eye Shadow?

Even power players can’t just stand still and expect to lead in the beauty industry.

The Process of Product Development

The beauty industry is hypercompetitive, and on-shelf success requires that new product development is conducted as scientifically as possible, utilizing proven models and due diligence.

Cosmetics in Motion

Rheology is a key component of product development, evaluation and performance. While the subject is formidable, everyone in the beauty industry would do well to be familiar with at least the basic ideas.

Cosmoprof North America Sees Success, 25,000+ Attendees for 2014

The beauty industry event attracted nearly 27,000 attendees for 2014, showcasing the wares of nearly 950 exhibitors and sharing trends, ideas and strategies from around the beauty and personal care world.

Consumer Behavior Change Key to Sustainable Beauty Growth

Making sustainability a bigger force in beauty through materials, processing/manufacturing, and education was the key focus at the 2013 North American edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, held in New York.

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The Beauty Business is Not for Sissies

Launching a successful beauty brand takes more than just a good idea. It takes a well thought-out plans and strategy for your brand to be a genius—and not a disaster.

Christine Lafforgue, Ph.D., IFSCC Congress President 2025

How IFSCC 2025 Will Make Waves in Cannes — and in Beauty: Interview with Christine Lafforgue, Ph.D., Congress President

The 35th IFSCC Congress, to be held Sept. 15-18, 2025 in Cannes, France, will keep beauty innovators at the forefront of scientific progress in longevity, neuroscience, emotions and more. Here, Christine Lafforgue, Ph.D., congress president, explains.

Lighting, cropping and other techniques can, intentionally or not, manipulate the appearance of efficacy in clinical testing.

The Misleading Beauty Befores and Afters That Even the Pros Miss

There are many variables that can and should be controlled, and good studios will always provide both a full-face image and close crops.

Targeted Beauty Testing

Ensure your beauty products’ claims mean something.

As with the wider economy, beauty innovation seems poised to accelerate with new AI-powered tools that allow users to chat with a virtual consultant, reverse engineer products, build new products to a wide array of regulatory, sustainability and retailer requirements, anticipate consumer liking based on reviews of existing similar products, and much more.

AI is Already Reshaping Beauty

From product development to rapid ingredient discovery and accurate skin analysis, artificial intelligence has arrived.

Sustainability is at the forefront of the beauty industry.

Trending: Sustainable Ingredients 2022

Consumers expect beauty ingredients to have a sustainable component.

Pictured here is a clinical test subject before/after captured by Visia skin analysis. This image was created during a clinical test of RoC Skincare RoC 35 protocol users. All tests were conducted at clinics in France, with participants aged 45-plus, who reported their skin looked an average of 9.6 years younger after 90 days.

Beauty Before-and-Afters: How Better Imagery, AI, Social Media and Testing Are Changing the Game

“A high-quality before and after image offers a huge range of benefits. It pushes transparency. You’re no longer stating a claim, you’re demonstrating it."

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Consumers Are Willing to Pay More For Brand Candor

Global Cosmetic Industry caught up with Peter Littell, research and marketing director at Pure Branding, to discuss how brands can become more transparent, what is spurring consumers' transparency expectations and the positive outcomes of being honest with consumers.

Product Development in the Indie Brand Era

Part 2 of a 4-part series: How third-party manufacturers and suppliers came to lead product innovation.

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Don't Derail Your Product Launch

Using QC to stay a step ahead of problems on your own terms.

Reveal Hidden Revenue in Your Supply Chain

Manufacturers can speed product-to-market time, ensure product quality standards and increase customer responsiveness by re-evaluating testing methods and employing those that contribute to efficiencies.

The VS450 is X-Rite's response to customers in the cosmetics industry that are looking for lab-to-production solutions.

Measuring the Shimmer; Sparkle of 21st Century Cosmetics for Measurable Returns

First impressions make a statement about your product. X-Rite Incorporated's color-matching instruments allow brand owners to bring new products to market quickly and translate the color of anything that inspires them and their products.

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