Beauty

Preliminary registration data released by FDA offers a first glimpse of the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act’s impact on information the agency has at hand.

Counterfeit beauty products cost the US industry an estimated $3bn in 2023, says a trade expert during the Personal Care Products Council’s Beauty Collective Summit.

Cosmetic companies should conduct audits to identify products that will be required to disclose fragrance allergens and begin the work of adjusting labels, particularly for smaller packaging, says a director at Registrar Corp., during a 12 March webinar on MoCRA and labeling.

Cosmetics companies brace for the impact of Trump administration tariffs as industry experts seeing an opportunity for an exemption urge stakeholders to reach out to lawmakers. The issue was discussed during PCPC’s recent Beauty Collective Summit.

L’Oréal USA has sold multi-cultural hair care brand Carol’s Daughter to an independent beauty entrepreneur with a ‘proven track record’ of acquiring and growing beauty brands, while it remains under the leadership of its founder and new President, Lisa Price.

Target’s Beauty division was its strongest business unit in fiscal 2024, nearly doubling in six years to reach $13.2bn on strong in-store presentation and digital support, the retailer says.

Estee Lauder Companies collaborates with Serpin Pharma to explore anti-inflammatory innovation and skin longevity, while L’Oréal Group celebrates the grand opening of North America Research & Innovation Center with ribbon cutting event.

K-beauty (Korean beauty)’s success in US e-commerce in 2024 was independent of overall US market beauty growth, surging 63% year-over-year on average, according to Samsung Securities.

RoC launches RoC 35 Protocol, a five-product regimen backed by the brand’s largest clinical assessment yet, showing 200 subjects saw significant improvement in ‘key parameters’ of skin aging.

Church & Dwight Co. Inc. will launch a new body acne patch under its Hero Mighty Patch range, a light dry shampoo formula for Batiste and three new initiatives for vitafusion gummies, the firm reported during its Analyst Day 31 January.

French beauty giant L’Oréal SA enters a partnership with New York-based technology company IBM for an industry first-of-its-kind AI foundation model to spur product development and reformulation and make strides in sustainability.

Eucerin Radiant Tone Collection comprises five products centered on the brand’s wildly popular ingredient Thiamidol, currently the most effective inhibitor of human tyrosinase, an enzyme that contributes to skin hyperpigmentation.