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  • 5 hot products from the robust offerings at CosmoProf North America

    Cosmoprof North America, or CPNA, delivered a robust beauty trade fair featuring resources for every aspect of business, from packaging and filling to finished product. The event, held July 9 to July 12 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, grew this year in both attendance and square footage, which can be attributed to expansion in such specialized areas as scent, natural products and multicultural items, not to mention a multitude of country pavilions — with Korean beauty holding court in two areas.

  • Future Trends: Beauty space, services need a makeover

    Americans are spending more than $60 billion on beauty annually. To survive as a meaningful competitor in this evolving beauty arena, drug stores must start to burnish their image.

  • Aquaphor goes big on ointment body spray launch

    WILTON, Conn. — Beiersdorf’s Aquaphor brand is currently in the middle of its biggest launch ever to bring the first ointment body spray to the category. Aquaphor Ointment Body Spray contains the same ingredients as Aquaphor Healing Ointment, and is designed to immediately soothe and relive dry skin, the company said.

  • Changing consumer desires have slowed color cosmetics growth in 2017

    Although the U.S. color cosmetics market has seen a 2% increase so far this year, growth is sluggish across individual segments, according to new research by Mintel. Consumer desire for simplified makeup routines have affected lip, facial and eye cosmetics — each of which has grown about two percentage points slower this year compared with last year.

  • Yellow Wood closes sale of PDC brands

    BOSTON — PDC Brands, whose portfolio includes such personal care and beauty brands as Dr. Teal’s, Cantu, Body Fantasies, BOD Man and Eylure, has officially been sold to CVC Capital Partners. Yellow Wood Partners picked up roughly $1.42 billion for the company, which it acquired five years ago.
     

  • Uninhibited consumers drive change

    Feminine hygiene products, once relegated to back aisles near diapers, are hidden no longer. In fact, the entire category is being treated more like a beauty business than a commodity. Some chains even cross-merchandise feminine wipes or cleansers near beauty aisles.

    Once again, millennial shoppers are driving the change. They aren’t afraid to talk about periods or other feminine issues that were once unmentionable. There are blogs about waxing and menstruation, and Refinery 29 Snapchatted about how to empty a menstrual cup.

  • Schmidt’s Naturals intros 2 new scents to benefit Surfrider Foundation

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Natural deodorant company Schmidt’s Naturals on Wednesday unveiled its new Waves scent in two varieties, which will see portions of their proceeds donated to the Surfrider Foundation. 
     

  • Micellar water, 2 new mask lines among Yes To’s summer launches

    PASADENA, Calif. — Yes To is celebrating summer with the introduction of two new mask lines, as well as several additions to its existing product offerings. The company is set to launch the products on July 1.

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