At Cosmoprof North America last week, Molly Nover-Baker, beauty director at Pour Moi Skincare, sat down with Cosmetics Design editor Deanna Utroske to discuss the brand’s content-forward approach, the importance of accessible consumer education, upcoming product launches, and more.

At the second annual Beauty Industry Awards event hosted by Cosmetics Design, personal care, cosmetics, and fragrance industry insiders gathered to celebrate the winners across nine categories. Here Danuta Dudek, founder of Cotarde, the 2018 Best Indie Brand, speaks about her company’s original approach to travel skin care, how decades of global beauty industry experience precipitated her turn to entrepreneurship, the value of the independent beauty movement, and more.

In this video interview, Cosmetics Design editor Deanna Utroske talks with David Shaw of DuPont Tate & Lyle about what’s new and what’s next for the company’s personal care ingredient Zemea.

At the 2018 in-cosmetics global event in Amsterdam, Cosmetics Design Editor Deanna Utroske spoke with Lisa Kennedy, Director of Business Development at biotech development company Genomatica, about their first personal care ingredient.

We caught up with Joe Torella, vice president, skin care and business intelligence, Ashland to find out more about the company's very interesting sustainable aloe vera sourcing project in Mexico.

We caught up with Joel Mantelin, global marketing manager for biofunctionals at Ashland Specialty Ingredients at the recent NYSCC Suppliers' Day to find out more about the company's latest ingredient launches, including a new stem cell based technology.

Senior consultant, Maria Coronado Robles, explains whether either the science or the consumer appetite is there for anti-pollution or skin microbiome products.

CosmeticsDesign spoke to Holistic Hemp Co founder Ailana Lansing about the extraordinary wave of interest in skin care products featuring CBD oil.

We caught up with international industry expert Kim-Davy Hoeu on the trends and demands defining fragrance use in personal care formulation.

We caught up with industry consultant Kim-Davy Hoeu on the trends and demands defining fragrance use in personal care formulation.