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Beauty’s Dupe Era, featuring STATISTA Beauty & Personal Care Industry Expert Dominique Petruzzi
Lower-priced alternative cosmetic and fragrance products appeal to consumers like never before. The beauty dupe movement is thriving, thanks to social media, new consu...
The Business of Product Development, featuring Erno Laszlo Chief Product Officer Patricia Schuffenhauer
There is more to cosmetic product development than in-the-lab innovation. Teams that create and reformulate are responsible for not only the efficacy, experience, and ...
Brand Endurance Strategy, featuring Olaplex CEO Amanda Baldwin
Bringing novel ingredient science to the consumer market is an opportunity, a challenge, and a risk. Turning that innovation into a brand that changes beauty consumer ...
Ingredient Suppliers & Formulation Creation, featuring Symrise Innovation Marketing Manager Catherine Slish
Cosmetic ingredient companies commonly develop starter formulas as inspiration for brand leaders and contract manufacturers. Some suppliers are taking product developm...
From Brand Strategy to Consumer Demand, featuring EO Products Co-CEO Susan Griffin-Black
Successful niche beauty brands have a passionate consumer base with strong repurchase behavior. This is true because the business structure behind a cosmetics or perso...
Strategic R&D Partnerships, featuring Proya Cosmetics Chief Scientific Advisor and Vice President Lieve Declercq
An international network of scientific experts, academic and corporate partners, and cosmetic industry connectors are valuable assets for any brand with global aspirat...
Donkey Milk as a Signature Ingredient, featuring Woo & Joo Inc. Global Sales Manager Yoon Tak Ok
In the age of cosmetic industry transparency, ingredient sourcing and traceability are at least ascompelling as brand story. This is true for leading-edge biotech inno...
Preservation Ingredients of Today and Tomorrow, featuring Sharon Personal Care General Manager Americas Pascal Yvon
Cosmetic preservative systems are continually advancing. To help cosmetic scientists ensure the safety and integrity of the products they create, ingredient makers tod...
Biotech Beauty Knowledge Capture, featuring Geltor Co-Founder and CEO Alex Lorestani
Sourcing and designing cosmetic ingredients with biotechnology presents a tremendous opportunity to realize next-level efficacy, traceability, originality, etc. We are...
Creating Better Makeup, featuring Intercos Group Chief Innovation Officer Arabella Ferrari
This episode is a popular selection from the archive, and a good conversation to revisit while the CosmoFactory team is on Winter Break. (original air date October 01,...
Cosmetic Brush Design and Manufacturing, featuring Anisa International Founder and CEO Anisa Telwar Kaicker
This episode is a favorite from the archive, and a good conversation to revisit while the CosmoFactory team is on Winter Break. (original air date July 23, 2024) We wi...
Smart Follower and Market Entry Strategy, featuring Beesline International Director of Business Development Omar Touma
As companies around the world compete for consumer dollars, business strategists are combining new capabilities with traditional tactics to innovate product, create br...
Nanofiber Science and Product Application, featuring TaikiUSA Chief Scientist Doctor Laura Frazier
Beauty product manufacturers create sizable innovations from the tiniest of technologies. One good example of this: designing next-generation cosmetic product formats ...
Menopause Brand Creation, featuring Womaness Co-Founder and CEO Sally Mueller
Building a brand, helping create a category, reaching a previously underserved consumer—none of these is an easy task. Yet contemporary menopause care brands are takin...
Molecular Farming for Cosmetics, featuring VelozBio CTO and Co-Founder Laura Margarita López, Upstream Processing Manager Marypaz Hernandez Sicaeros, and Proteomics Manager Andrés Moreno Morales
Biofactories are driving growth in the cosmetic ingredient development sector. And molecular farming technologies are among the newer platforms that companies around t...
Investing in the Future of Beauty & Tech, featuring Fab Ventures Founder Odile Roujol
Investor dollars play an important role in the innovation economy. Yet finding and nurturing founders who can imagine and iterate on the tech platforms, business model...
Studying Cosmetic Chemistry, featuring Spelman College Cosmetic Science Program Director Dr. Leyte Winfield
Education is the foundation of innovation. As cosmetic science becomes more sophisticated and industry regulations more rigorous, the schools where students learn abou...
Plant-Based Beauty, featuring Native Extracts CEO Lisa Carroll
Natural, botanical cosmetic ingredients are getting as much attention from consumers, brands, and researchers as are ingredients from any other origin. Which is why su...
Forest-Origin Ingredients, featuring Lignopure Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder Daniela Arango
Sustainable ingredient solutions are instrumental in the development of new sunscreen and light-protection skincare products. Which is why suppliers are finding value ...
An Antifragile Theory of Beauty, featuring Laboratoires Adeba Co-Founder Linda Dempah
In the world of finance, ‘antifragile’ is commonly used to describe companies that thrive amid uncertainty and stress. Endurance often stands as proof of antifragility...
