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Sustainable Ingredient Development at Scale, featuring BASF Sustainable Innovation Platform Lead Johannes Crotogino
Demand for bio-based and bio-degradable cosmetic ingredients is at an all-time high, which is why suppliers are working to develop replacements for conventional polyme...
Quantifying Circularity, featuring LUMENE Group Vice President of R&D and Sustainability Alain Mavon
Sustainability is driving innovation and new business models in the cosmetics and personal care industry. And tools that measure progress toward truly circular beauty ...
UV and Pollution Protection for Hair, featuring Colep Consumer Products R&D Director Claudia Silva and Head of Marketing Paola Meroni
Hair treatment products that provide UV protection, pollution protection, and help prevent hair damage caused by these and other environmental aggressors are getting m...
Commercializing a New Brand, featuring ProBeauty Partners CEO and Founder Adrienne Kramer
Creating a beauty brand and crafting a product line takes a lot of work. What comes next—ensuring that your brand resonates with the market and generates revenue—is pe...
Animal Cell Culture Science and Skincare, featuring Avant Co-Founder and CEO Carrie Chan
Animal cell culture technologies have clear applications in the food industry as well as in research and testing. But at least one ingredient innovator sees the cosmet...
Building a Billion Dollar Brand, featuring Anastasia Beverly Hills President Claudia Norvina Soare
Creating a makeup brand that stands out and scales in the highly competitive (and some would say saturated) beauty marketplace takes vision, tenacity, and flexibility....
Aromatherapy Meets Skincare, featuring Mesacosa Co Ltd CEO Young-ok Bok
Wellness is top of mind for consumers today. And some are turning to essential oils and cosmetic aromatherapy to find beauty benefits, emotional benefits, physical hea...
Rain Forest Ingredient Sourcing, featuring Forestwise Founder and CEO Dirk-Jan Oudshoorn
The ethical commercialization of non-timber products can help preserve standing forests and biodiversity; support local workers; and bring sought-after benefits to cos...
Beauty Inspired by Indonesia, featuring Martha Tilaar Group Owner and CEO Dr. Kilala Tilaar
The cosmetics industry in Indonesia is growing exponentially. And one legacy producer is making a noteworthy impact across Indonesia, throughout Asia, and globally—bec...
Phage-Based Skincare, featuring FagoFarma Business Director Milan Bunata
Bacteriophage technology is being used to address acne, eczema, and other dysbiotic skin concerns. Some microbiology companies are working with endolysins (proteins pr...
Pro Hair Care for Sub-Saharan Africa, featuring L’Oréal General Manager, Professional Products Division, Yara Mansour
Africa has the world’s youngest and second-largest population. The continent is also seeing rapid urban growth. And in terms of cosmetic and personal care products, sk...
Skincare Reimagined, featuring Sweet Chemistry CEO and Co-Founder Alec Batis
Longevity, skin vitality, and regenerative beauty are very in vogue. Both legacy beauty makers and inventive startup brands are working with the latest science and ski...
Immersive Self Care, featuring Shikohin Founder and CEO Takeshi Nobuhara
Bathing and wellness are as mainstream today as personal care is. CPG brands that invite consumers into an immersive self-care routine, that formulate with culturally ...
Luxstainable Hair Care, featuring Small Wonder CEO and Co-Founder Stephane Farsht
In the beauty industry, water conservation is everyone’s business. And for even one brand to launch one product that moves things forward, it’s a collective effort—inv...
Brand Building, featuring Quiet Coyote Consulting Founder and Member of the Conscious Beauty Advisory Council at Ulta Beauty Lorne Lucree
Behind every well-executed cosmetic or personal care brand, you’ll find an abundance of resourcefulness and research—which translate into winning formulations, manufac...
Creating Better Makeup, featuring Intercos Group Chief Innovation Officer Arabella Ferrari
Color cosmetic product performance is as in demand as skincare efficacy. To meet beauty consumer expectations, it takes careful ingredient development and selection, a...
Sustainable Alternatives to Palm Oil, featuring C-16 Biosciences Co-Founder and CEO Shara Ticku
Palm oil ingredients are incredibly commonplace in cosmetic and personal care product formulations. For environmental and regulatory reasons, consumer goods manufactur...
AI for Cosmetic Product Formulation, featuring Potion AI CEO Yahya Syed and Chief Product Officer Hejab Malik
Beauty tech solutions are changing the way cosmetic scientists discover ingredients, reverse engineer product benchmarks, and conduct competitive analysis. In this way...
Sustainable Innovation, featuring O-PAC R&D Cosmetic Formulation Chemist, Skincare Annamaria Corti and Sales & Marketing Director Orietta Riccaboni
Solid beauty and waterless products are increasingly common now that sustainable innovation is a priority for cosmetic brands and personal care manufacturers. The chal...
Understanding Innovation, featuring goop Vice President of Product Development, Research & Innovation, Regulatory - Beauty and Wellness Akshay Talati
Cosmetic product development is a mix of art, science, and business. It also helps if you have built solid industry relationships, make time to attend tradeshows, and ...
Plant-Based Polymer Innovation, featuring P2 Science CEO Oihana Elizalde
Green Chemistry principles have relevance throughout the chemical sector. Along the cosmetic and personal care supply chain, they’re evident in new ingredient developm...
R&D for multinational direct sales, featuring Oriflame Director of Technology, Insights, and Innovation Emily Whelan
As beauty consumer expectations and manufacturer capabilities advance, technologies such as AI, machine learning, and predictive modeling are supporting product devel...
New Zealand’s Botanical Beauty, featuring Organic Bioactives Executive Director Andrea Taimana
Sustainable skincare actives sourced from New Zealand’s marine and forest plant life are a rarity in the cosmetic ingredient marketplace. But that’s changing thanks to...
Kids’ Personal Care, featuring Fairy Tales Hair Care and TBH Kids CEO Risa Barish and COO Abbie Mietz
Formulating products for young beauty consumers requires understanding key aspects of ingredient safety and efficacy. With the rise of the Sephora Kids phenomenon at t...
Cell Culture Tech and Cosmetic Actives, featuring Rubisco Biotechnology Co-Founder and CEO José Pablo García
Biotech cosmetic ingredient production methods are a promising alternative to both naturals and synthetics as we’ve understood them in the past. Which is why more and ...
Cosmetic Brush Design and Manufacturing, featuring Anisa International Founder and CEO Anisa Telwar Kaicker
It takes both hands-on craftsmanship and automated manufacturing processes to create quality makeup brushes and skincare application tools. Fiber extrusion, ferrule de...
Beauty Brands Distribution in the GCC and Indian Ocean Territories, featuring Division Manager for Beauty Distribution at Ali Bin Ali Holding Brooke Bergé
Retail buying and distribution for cosmetics and personal care involves a wide variety of skills: commercial awareness, market knowledge, relationship building, negoti...
Creating Personal Care Packaging, featuring Revlon Senior Director of Global Package Development and Engineering Tommy Hammond
This week on the CosmoFactory podcast, we examine structural packaging design, the visual and tactical and practical aspects of design, sustainability in the package d...
Tech-Powered Product Personalization and Skin Analysis, featuring Perfect Corp Chief Growth Officer and President Wayne Liu
Virtual skin analysis and product try-on technologies continue to advance, even as AI and AR powered beauty tech has already reshaped consumer product discovery and re...
Finding Beauty in Bacteria, featuring Gallinée Microbiome Skincare Founder Marie Drago
Skin microbiome science is disrupting how the cosmetics and personal care industry approaches product formulation, ingredient development, and ingredient testing. Know...
