Do you make the next killer product?
The Breakthrough in Beauty 2009 global search is now actively accepting and reviewing submissions.
Beauty entrepreneurs can submit innovative beauty products and ideas for consideration to become the next $100 million beauty brand.
The annual Breakthrough in Beauty search identifies the top innovative new beauty products in the world. After evaluating thousands of promising entries, the winner [...]
L’Oreal accused of using banned chemicals
A former L’Oreal executive has accused the company of using ingredients in markets where they are banned and of selling products that contain unlawfully high levels of preservatives.
Jerome Chevalier, the former head of regulatory affairs for L’Oreal, claims that he was harassed and ultimately dismissed by L’Oreal USA after he complained about the company’s [...]
How To: Make a Bath Bomb
Everybody loves bath bombs. It’s like taking a bath in champagne, only without the show tunes and chorus boys. They are fairly simple to make, keeping in mind that the strangest things can make a batch go weird; humidity, room temperature, oil viscosity, the moon rising in the seventh house of Aquarius…they are [...]
Are boutique soapmakers doomed?
The past decade has seen an explosion of small, independent soap, fragrance and cosmetics companies emerge from the kitchens and basements of America. Creative entrepreneurs have conjured up a myriad of offerings from bath fizzies to sugar scrubs and spa products to mineral makeup. All of those products were introduced to the market by small [...]
Interview: Elizabeth Carnahan from Longcroft Soaperie
Elizabeth Carnahan from Longcroft Soaperie in Scotland is one of the success stories of the boutique bath industry. Elizabeth has parlayed her hard work and genius with product development into a cottage industry that has been on the pages of some of Europe’s top magazines.
As well as producing, marketing and selling her soap, Elizabeth has [...]
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