Lavera firms up skincare line
Natural and organic beauty brand lavera has unveiled its newly reformulated Firming skincare offer, having also added two new products.
Entries open for the 2019 Beauty Shortlist Mama & Baby Awards
Entries are now open for this year’s for the 2019 Mama & Baby Awards taking place on Friday 21 June.
Suntribe unveils new vegan sunscreen
Swedish brand Suntribe AB has launched its first vegan, non-whitening facial sunscreen featuring the mineral UV-filter zinc oxide in a bid to ‘open up a new avenue towards safe and environmentally friendly sun protection’.
URBIOFIN consortium aims to innovate in waste transformation
At this month’s Natural & Organic Products Europe event, NATRUE’s regulatory & scientific officer Dr Hana Mušinović highlighted a new project to transform urban waste into marketable bio-products.
Poapoa pops up with eco conscious bodycare line
London-based start-up Poapoa, which launched at Natural & Organic Products this month, says it has created a bodycare range with a ‘fresh take on fair trade and sustainability’.
KissNature opens clean beauty shop online
A new online store, KissNature, has launched in a bid to provide a one-stop shop for ethical and socially responsible clean beauty brands from around the globe.
Lavera reformulates Neutral line
Natural and organic beauty brand lavera has reformulated its entire Neutral line and added two further products.
Beauty Kitchen gets lippy
Sustainable beauty company Beauty Kitchen has created a duo of Natruline alternative lip treatments that are 100% natural and petroleum-free.
All that glitters … isn’t plastic
In what the brand calls a ‘world first’, Ronald Britton has launched a plastic-free glitter, Cosmetic Bioglitter Pure.
NZ zero waste beauty brand arrives in UK
New to the UK is New Zealand skin and hair care brand Ethique, offering a line of zero waste handmade solid beauty bars made with 100% sustainably sourced and fairly traded ingredients.
The era of conscious beauty
Rosie Greenaway reports on the trends outlined at Cosmoprof Worldwide – Italy’s annual cosmetics event where conscious beauty was the buzzword for 2019 and vegan certification was king.
Beauty Kitchen takes sustainable beauty to ‘new level’
UK sustainable beauty brand Beauty Kitchen has announced the launch of what it says is the world’s first full-circle zero waste programme: Return. Refill. Repeat.
UK ‘hotbed of beauty innovation’
New research from Mintel highlighting the trends driving innovation in UK skincare, has revealed that British brands are leading the way globally in a number of areas, including facial skincare targeting the microbiome.
FreeFrom Skincare Awards open for entries
The eighth annual FreeFrom Skincare Awards are now open for entries, with a number of changes for 2019.
A helping hand from Green People
The latest launch from Green People is its certified organic Quinoa & Calendula Hand Wash with moisturizing aloe vera to soothe and nurture the skin.
Natracare ‘proves industry wrong’ in NPD first
Growing concern about the presence of fatbergs in the UK’s sewers, along with mounting plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, has led organic personal hygiene brand Natracare to develop and launch what it says is Europe’s ‘first truly flushable' moist tissue wipe.
Beauty Shortlist announces 2019 award-winnners
This year’s eighth annual Beauty Shortlist Awards and the inaugural Beauty Shortlist Wellbeing Awards have been announced today.
Burt’s buzzing about cosmetics
Burt’s Bees has introduced its first line of natural cosmetics with an initial offer of eight products.
Certified beauty sales at all-time high
According to Soil Association Certification’s Organic Beauty & Wellbeing Market 2019 report, sustainable shoppers have driven the market for certified organic and natural beauty products to an all-time high with a 14% rise in sales in 2018.
Neal’s Yard kicks off frankincense initiative
Ahead of the release of its latest frankincense-based hand serum at the end of February, Neal’s Yard Remedies has launched Project Frankincense, an initiative to propagate, cultivate and care for the sustainable production of frankincense in Oman.