Natural Beauty

On 24 October London welcomed a new trade and consumer show to the UK – the Indie Beauty Expo (IBE) – with a two-day exhibition held in the city’s Old Truman Brewery. The New York City-born event was designed to introduce independent global beauty labels to press, buyers, bloggers and the public.

Women’s intimate health brand INTIMINA has announced a new partnership with the UK multiple Sainsbury’s.

PURE Spa & Beauty has launched a new marketplace to support fledgling entrepreneurs by offering retail exposure and provide a fresh way for consumers to find and buy emerging clean beauty brands.

New from Green People is what it says is the first certified organic fluoride toothpaste specifically formulated for children.

FLUX Undies is a new range of innovative functional underwear designed for periods, leaks and postpartum.

Men’s grooming brand The Bluebeards Revenge has collaborated with the Lions Barber Collective to create a new hair gel.

CRYOpress from 001 Skincare London is an ice therapy solution for home use, designed to deliver more oxygen to the epidermis, eliminating toxins, brightening the complexion, and tightening and lifting the skin.

Inspired by Ayurvedic principles, You-create-Beauty is a new skin, body and hair care brand developed to give consumers ‘creative power’ by offering DIY subscription boxes delivered bi-monthly.

With the full seminar line-up now confirmed, Natural Products Scandinavia will provide unmissable insights from expert speakers and the very best green beauty innovations, when doors open at MalmöMässan on 14-15 November.

UK natural beauty products manufacturer Faith in Nature has doubled in size over the last five years, with sales reaching £4.6 million in the year to July 2018, according to the company.

British brand Murdock London – which produces a range of ‘clean label’ men’s products to style, care for and nourish hair, beard, skin and face – has launched its latest offer, King Lip Salve.

Hampshire-based brand balmkind has introduced two new Lip Balms designed to keep lips hydrated and protected without the use of parabens, mineral oil or paraffin wax.

New Age Spot & Skin Brightening Serum by Swissforce Pharma is designed to prevent and erase the signs of the common skin complaint hyperpigmentation.

Weleda has revealed its Christmas 2018 collection, with packs designed by designer Emma Britton capturing the essence of The Field, Weleda’s Demeter-certified gardens in Derbyshire.

Essex-based natural and organic skincare company EarthZest Organics has teamed up with Gok Wan as a sponsor on the latest leg of his national One Size Fits All tour at Rivers Golf and Country Club, Essex, on 7 October.

Helen Yeardsley, beauty industry expert, casts her eye over the campaigns making waves in the natural beauty space and examines the trends being driven by Generation D

British skincare brand 001 London has revealed its latest product, a ‘super serum’ called Alpha-Glow Flash Facial, designed to rejuvenate ageing skin.

Once again Weleda sponsored The Model Zone for London Fashion Week earlier this month, for the eleventh year running.

Amphora Aromatics has launched three, 100% natural multitasking beauty oils for face, body, hair and nails.

An eight-strong line of luxury skincare designed to rejuvenate, enhance and beautify the bikini area (‘the V’) has been launched in the UK.