The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) and Nykaa, one of India’s leading omnichannel beauty and lifestyle retailers, have announced the winners of the 2023 Beauty&You Awards. Launched in July 2022, the program aims to discover, spotlight, and propel the next generation…
Monadnock Paper Mills, the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, has announced the appointment of Dr. Heather Starkey to the role of Research Scientist. According to the company, Starkey will leverage her wide range of professional and…
L’Oréal has named the 2023 winners of “L’Oréal North Asia Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program” (Big Bang). The announcement was made at China International Import Expo (CIIE), in Shanghai. Big Bang is the French beauty giant’s first regional open-innovation…
While the amount of food wasted in Europe in 2021 remained stable according to official figures, estimated at 131 kg per capita, packaging waste has never been so present in trash cans. In fact, the European Union has seen a…
While cosmetic trends are back in France, with the return of bold and colourful looks, cosmetic surgery seems to be experiencing the opposite phenomenon. In this area, there’s an increasing trend towards procedures that offer discreet and natural-looking results. In…
The manufacturer of primary packaging glass solutions has introduced their brand-new eco-friendly PharmaCos line, specially designed for wellbeing and healthcare products, at the CPHI Barcelona trade show. Unveiled at the CPHI show, held in Barcelona from October 24 to 27,…
Unilever Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Unilever Group, has joined forces with True Beauty Ventures, a US based investment firm specializing in scaling beauty and wellness brands to make their first foray into the fragrance category. The two…
The amount of CO2 the world can emit and still limit warming to 1.5C is much smaller than previously thought and could be used up in six years at current pollution levels, according to research published on October 30, 2023 [1].…
The distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients inaugurated in Milan, at the end of October its new application laboratory for the Beauty & Personal Care, and Paint & Coatings markets [1]. Located in Bresso, on the doorstep of Italy’s main…
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a ban on using formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals as an ingredient in hair smoothing or hair straightening products. Already regulated in the EU and Canada Already banned in the…