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Uniting Indie Beauty Around the World Join the leading international platform generating awareness and opportunity for today's beauty innovators.
London
October 2019
Los Angeles January 2020
Berlin
March 2020
Dallas
May 2020
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August 2020
Anthology of independent be aut y NEW YORK AUGUST 19–23, 2019 V O L U M E V, I S S U E 4
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A Week of Independent Beauty............................................................ 2
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BeautyX Capital Summit
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Overview................................................................................. 8
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Schedule............................................................................... 10
Indie Beauty Expo New York 2019...................................................... 16 i.
Exhibitor Lineup................................................................... 19
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Buyer Favorites.....................................................................22
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Featured Collection............................................................30
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Exhibitor Press......................................................................42
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Beauty Independent Trend Report...................................46
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Registered Retailers + Press..............................................57
Uplink Live New York 2019..................................................................28 i.
Exhibitor Lineup...................................................................26
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Speaker Schedule................................................................29
Next Stop: IBE London 2019................................................................64
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celebrating independent innovation:
A Week Of Independent Beauty The Indie Beauty Media Group celebrated its fifth anniversary by launching the first-ever Week Of Independent Beauty. Many of New York’s most prominent beauty retail and wellness hubs collaborated with Indie Beauty Expo, Uplink Live and BeautyX Summit to champion the largest gathering of indie-attuned beauty professionals and beauty lovers in the world.
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The Events Retailers such as The Detox Market, Freedom Apothecary, Cedra Pharmacy, Madonna & Co, and Follain took the fun beyond the show floor and threw parties for exhibitors and consumers.
Monday, August 19
= Public Shopping Event
BEAUTY X CAPITAL SUMMIT DAY 1
Location: Convene Downtown Time: 9:00am-7:00pm Type: Education + networking for beauty entrepreneurs Tickets: beautyxsummit.com
= Ticketed Event = Invite Only
Tuesday, August 20 BEAUTYX CAPITAL SUMMIT DAY 2
Location: Convene Downtown Time: 9:00am-5:00pm Type: Education + networking for beauty entrepreneurs Tickets: beautyxsummit.com
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Thursday, August 22
Friday, August 23
The Deals CAP Beauty, WTHN, Higherdose, P/W, Salthau, Consigliere, Shobha, Skinshape and even online platform Verishop were among the 15 retailers that enticed their customers with indie beauty product specials.
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A Universe Of
centered on the be
Capital Summit August 19–20, 2019
The biggest BeautyX Summit opened channels between brands and major investors. Investors on the hunt for their next growth driver and brands looking to identify sources of capital established dialogues on stage and off during two days of intensive interaction. The 150 attendees learned to speak the same language and share unique perspectives as BeautyX courses, panels and expert dialogues educated, informed and inspired today’s beauty innovators.
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Opportunities
eauty entrepreneur
New York
August 21-22, 2019 The Fifth Anniversary Indie Beauty Expo grew a brand new wing: Uplink Live. Five years after Tata Harper, Briogeo and Vapour first joined forces in New York for the inaugural IBE, the indie beauty movement is now an established major industry event. Complete with Uplink Live—an ambitious, and necessary, new component that showcased solution providers—IBE attracted nearly 1,000 buyers and journalists to Pier 94, its expansive new home.
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AUGUST 19–20, 2019 | NEW YORK
The Great Expectations of investors and brands and the consequences of today’s beauty bubble, animated a program led by industry heavyweights. Dozens of beauty financiers of varying magnitudes, from angel investors to the conglomerates, detailed their strategies for investing in growth. Common themes emerged, with the cost of customer acquisition
and wholesale business plans as sources of major scrutiny. L’Oreal’s Carol Hamilton and Castanea Partners’ Janet Gurwitch capped off a schedule that featured foundational courses on investment requirements, calculating costs, and Investor Time, the newest piece of BeautyX’s proprietary curriculum that offered attendees small group sessions with investors in an intimate setting.
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Foundational Courses
Case Studies
Panel Discussions
Expert Workshops
Live Learning
Networking
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BEAUTYX CAPITAL SUMMIT SCHEDULE
DAY 1
9:00am
Opening Remarks
9:15am
The Capital Landscape
From crowdfunding campaigns to corporate acquisitions, get an overview of where the capital flowing into the beauty industry is coming from.
2:30pm
Preparing A Pitch Deck
How to create a clear, concise and compelling pitch deck that will grab investors’ attention.
PRESENTERS: Elena DiGiovanni, Paul Potorti
PRESENTER: Nader Naeymi-Rad
2:30pm
Investor Time With Tina Bou-Saba
10:15am
Finding Funding
An intimate Q&A opportunity.
Founders share their stories of how they got their business off the ground and in the air.
FEATURED INVESTOR: Tina Bou-Saba
MODERATOR: Claire McCormack PANELISTS: Sarah Brown, Alexandra Fine, Diishan Imira
3:30pm
Fundamentals Of Valuation
11:15am
Calculating Costs
From marketing dollars to demand generation to warehouse fees, what is the true cost of launching a beauty brand today?
Knowing how much your company is worth is critical in any transaction involving the exchange of capital or ownership of your brand. Learn the essentials to the process.
PRESENTER: Ashleigh Barker
PRESENTER: Christopher Napolitano
3:30pm
Investor Time With Pat Robinson
11:15am
Investor Time With Larry Kahn
An intimate Q&A opportunity.
An intimate Q&A opportunity.
FEATURED INVESTOR: Pat Robinson
FEATURED INVESTOR: Larry Kahn
4:30pm
Return Of The Brand: The Sale & Repurchase Of Clark's Botanicals
12:00pm
Networking Lunch Break
1:30pm
Angel & Individual Investor Panel
Angel and individual investors can provide critical seed funding to launch your brand. What do they look for in potential partners?
What happens when an acquisition goes awry? In this candid conversation with Clark’s Botanicals founder we’ll discuss the genesis of his brand, the sale of it to Glansaol and his decision to buy it back after Glansaol’s bankruptcy.
MODERATOR: Rachel Brown PANELISTS: Tina Bou-Saba, David Chung, Elizabeth
MODERATOR: Claire McCormack PANELIST: Francesco Clark
4:30pm
Understanding Deal Structures
Learn the different ways an investment deal can be structured.
PRESENTER: Elena DiGiovanni
5:15pm
Networking Cocktail Reception presented by On Air Direct
Edwards, Pat Robinson
1:30pm
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding may seem like a straightforward option for beauty entrepreneurs who need to raise capital, but there are caveats to be aware of before you launch your campaign.
PRESENTER: Claire McCormack
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Stylish and sustainable oral care brand Terra & Co., color cosmetic palette producer Ace Beaute, and saucy women’s sexual wellness brand Quim vied for the attention of a trio of beauty investors during a mock pitch session. To prepare for Deal Appeal, founders were each paired with a seasoned beauty finance professional. Ashleigh Barker, senior advisor at investment bank Michel Dyens & Co., advised Quim founder Cyo Nystrom; LucHenry Rousselle, managing director at William Hood & Co., counseled Ace Beaute’s Niye Aniekan-Attang; and independent strategic growth advisor Nicole Massimi, a former Birchbox executive, coached Terra & Co. co-founder Azra Hajdarevic. Holding out the lure of private consultation time as the prize were judges Carol Hamilton of L’Oreal, Elizabeth Edwards of H Venture Partners and Janet Gurwitch of Castanea Partners. With Ace Beaute winning over Elizabeth Edwards and Quim nailing the audience prize, Terra & Co. proved to be the biggest winners, landing the accolades of Gurwitch and Hamilton and a free ticket to an upcoming BeautyX Summit. 12 T H E A N T H O L O G Y O F I N D E P E N D E N T B E A U T Y | V O L U M E V, I S S U E 4 | N E W YO R K 2 019
BEAUTYX CAPITAL SUMMIT SCHEDULE
DAY 2
2:30pm
The View From The Top: A Conversation With Carol Hamilton
We sit down with celebrated industry leader and L’Oréal’s Group President of Acquisitions Carol Hamilton to get her unparalleled insight on the state of the beauty industry.
PRESENTER: Claire McCormack PANELIST: Carol Hamilton
Venture Capital Panel
2:30pm
Investor Time With Ed Wong
Venture firms look for high growth brands and sectors as investment targets. Where do they see white space and how can brands take advantage of that?
An intimate Q&A opportunity.
FEATURED INVESTOR: Ed Wong
3:30pm
Live Learning: Deal Appeal
The competition is fierce: Three real-life indie brands, supported by advisory experts, pitching to veteran investors.
THE BRANDS: Niye Aniekan-Attang (Ace Beaute), Azra Hajdarevic (Terra & Co), Cyo Nystrom (Quim) THE ADVISORS: Ashleigh Barker (Michel Dyens & Co.), Luc-Henry Rousselle (William Hood & Co.), Nicole Massimi (Strategic Growth Advisor) THE INVESTORS: Elizabeth Edwards (H Venture Partners), Janet Gurwitch (Castanea Partners), Carol Hamilton (L’Oréal USA)
9:00am
Opening Remarks
9:15am
State of Deals 2019
2019 has been another record-breaking year of beauty deals. What’s driving this surge of investment activity and what does it mean for indie brands?
PRESENTER: Elena DiGiovanni
10:15am
MODERATOR: Christopher Napolitano PANELISTS: Brandon Ford, Robert Rosenberg, Sonya
Brown, Anu Duggal
11:15am
Venture Capital Case Study: Creating Credo
Five years after a conversation between investor and entrepreneur led to the birth of the lauded retailer, both parties are laser-focused on innovation and expansion. What made Nextworld buy into Credo’s credo?
MODERATOR: Rachel Brown PANELISTS: Annie Jackson, Dawn Dobras, David Fife
11:15am
Investor Time With Sonya Brown
An intimate Q&A opportunity.
FEATURED INVESTOR: Sonya Brown
12:00pm
Networking Lunch Break
1:30pm
A Conversation With Janet Gurwitch
One-one-one time with respected beauty investor Janet Gurwitch, Operating Partner of private equity firm Castanea Partners.
PRESENTER: Nader Naeymi-Rad PANELIST: Janet Gurwitch
1:30pm
Investor Time With Elizabeth Edwards
An intimate Q&A opportunity.
FEATURED INVESTOR: Elizabeth Edwards
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BeautyX Demand Generation
Leverage media, influencer and marketing resources to engage and acquire new customers.
january 27-28 2020 | los angeles, ca
BeautyX Retail
Gain insights into today’s beauty retail space and how to best grow your brand’s distribution through retail channels.
may 11-12 2020 | dallas, tx
BeautyX Capital
Explore the various ways an entrepreneur can fund his or her business and hear the latest investment trends.
august 2020 | new york, ny
BeautyX Entrepreneurship Get a crash course on everything it takes to be an entrepreneur in today’s beauty market.
december 2020 | new york, ny
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#IBELA2019 Innovators deserve innovation, which is why IBE’s 5th show in Manhattan launched two major new developments for Indie Beauty Media Group’s flagship show: the Week Of Independent Beauty and Uplink Live. The new ventures promoted the visibility of indie beauty and provided business solutions for the nearly 250 brands that assembled at Manhattan’s Pier 94 in bids to become the emerging beauty success story of the next five years. Which brand could be the next Tata Harper? Could it be Beigic, Biophile or Codex Beauty? And is Allyoos the Briogeo of tomorrow? What about PYT Beauty or RealHer as the heirs to Vapour? The attention cast on the center of new beauty is more intense than ever: thousands of industry professionals, journalists and buyers kept the show floor humming. High-powered representatives from major media outlets and stores such as Marie Claire, Well + Good, Into The Gloss, O Magazine, New Beauty, Target, Ulta Beauty, Walmart, Sephora, Nordstrom, QVC and Goop combed
through the exhibition spaces to form relationships with the next big brand of the future. Like the entrepreneurs and brands it supports, IBE is dedicated to expanding its commitment to today’s beauty innovators with vital new tools and services. It rallied major specialty retailers to showcase indie products via instore events and promotions for the Week Of Independent Beauty. Uplink Live, a companion event inside IBE, assembled solution providers to provide exhibiting brands with necessary tools and extensions to fuel the community’s next wave of growth. 17
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INDIE BEAUTY EXPO NEW YORK 2019
Exhibitor Lineup *2018 Best In Show Winner 6IXMAN
Biophile Skincare
COSMEDIX
Henua Organics
A Wholesome Glow
Black Chicken Remedies
Cosmetic Acme Innovation Ltd
Herbal Dynamics Beauty
Bleu Lavande
Croon
Herbologia
BLNCD Naturals
Crystal Clear
HERLA
BLÜH ALCHEMY
CTRL Cosmetics
Hickey Lipstick
Blume
Dame Products
Bodhi Organics
Dead Sexy by TokyoMilk
Higher Education Skincare
Abbott NYC Absolute New York ABSOLUTION Acaderma Inc. ACE BEAUTE LLC ACHI
Body Barrier
Alder New York
ALKA-WHITE® Alkaline Oral Cleanse
BOOTSY HEALTH Bra in a Box
Alkemie Group
Breakups to Makeup
allyoos
Browluxe Inc
Amber Dust
Brushopolis
ANDA Skincare
Buffalo Gal Organic Skincare
ANJALI MD Skincare
Bukli Haircare
Aromatica by Beauteers
BYROE
Asamo Cosmetic International
Camille Obadia Skincare
Asutra
CBD + Nature represented by The Plant Lore Agency
Au Naturale Cosmetics Azure
Be Fancy Beautiac BEAUTY & THE BOX Beauty Results Ltd T/A TanOrganic Beboe Therapies BEIGIC Berlin Skin BIJA Essence inc
Honey Belle
Dr. Botanicals
Honeybee Gardens
Dr. Natural LLC
Huangjisoo
Elina Skin
Humble Brands, Inc.
Elvis & Elvin Inc
Hush + Hush
EMILIE HEATHE
HydroHair Systems
EMULSION COSMETICS LTD.
I AM FRAGRANCE
Erbaviva Erchonia Corporation Ethique FHI Heat
I and I Botanicals I WOKE UP LIKE THIS IBY Beauty ILSA FRAGRANCES IME NATURAL PERFUME
Fruit of the Earth Inc.
InstaNatural
Gabriel Cosmetics Inc.
InStyle Products LLC
Cinema Secrets Pro Cosmetics
GLAMCOR GLOBAL LLC
Intoxicating Beauty
Cleo&Coco Natural Body Care
Glowhill
Inventia Polish Technologies
Good Science Beauty
IUNO
CLOVE + HALLOW
Gorjue
Kakadu Dream
Cocobaci International
Graydon Skincare
Kegelbell
Coconut Matter Limited
Grön represented by The Plant Lore Agency
Kèrluxe
COCONUT TREE
GYPSY SECRETS
Code of Harmony
Haruharu
Codex Beauty
Hawrych MD Lash
Chuda
BAWDY BEAUTY
Dotted Zebra
Free + True Skincare
Chemist Confessions
Banila Co
Honey & Be
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INDIE BEAUTY EXPO NEW YORK 2019
Exhibitor Lineup *2018 Best In Show Winner GOODBYE
NIU BODY
Rising Springs
THE LYFESTYLE CO.
KITSCH
Nø Cosmetics
Rockstar RollOn
THE MOON
Knours
NONIKO
Royer Cosmétique
The Organic Skin Co.
Kosette
Nutrafol
Saalt
The Seaweed Bath Co.
Kusshi
O'o Hawaii
Satya + Sage
LA LA LEAF
OLVERUM
Scotch Porter
The Spoiled Bee Cosmetics
label.m USA
Organicup
SCRUBD
Lace Luxury Haircare
Otaci
selfkaire
LaFlore Probiotic Skincare
Othús Perfumery
sf
Pai Skincare
Smooth & Strong
Perfect-Coll
Solara Suncare
Petal Fresh
SPA MONKEYS LIMITED (Snow Fox Skincare)
LAPCOS LASHES IN A BOX Leaf People Skin Care Limese
Pharmacopia Natural Bodycare
LIPSTUK
PMD Beauty
Little Butterfly London
pony puffin by PUFFIN BEAUTY
Little Moon Essentials LORD & BERRY Lucky Chick MĀSK Merci Handy Mi Moi represented by The Plant Lore Agency Mikel Kristi Skincare Miko Beauty milk + honey Mineral Air Mineralgia Modern Picnic Moon Mother Hemp Company
SPARITUAL Spoil Me Beautiful Stamba Inc
Popmask
Starr Beauty Products
Profarm
Sugar Me Smooth
Province Apothecary Inc
SWAY
PURE AURA Pure Principles PureHeal`s by am! cosmetic Pursonic PYT Beauty® Quim R&R Luxury REALHER Refresh Skin Therapy
Sweet and Kind Sweet Mary Jane Switch2Pure TBH Kids Teami Terra & Co. TERRA/FORM TERRES D'AFRIQUE The Ellen Lange Retexturizing Peel
Moreau Regime Cosmetics
REIMAGE Beauty
The Good Patch by La Mend
Reziena
The Hello Cup
My Magic Mud
RG Cosmetics
The JBeauty Collection
Naisture
The Wellness Apothecary Theoderma Skin Care Tonic Products TOOGGA Tracie Martyn Beauty & Wellness Tropic Labs True North Beauty Unicorn Snot Unpa Cosmetics Urban Skin Rx Valeur Absolue Velvette Organics VERBÖDEN Verso Skincare Viking Beauty Secrets Viliv Visha Skincare
Way of Will Inc WHISH BEAUTY White Lion WHITE RABBIT Winged WONDERGLOSS Yangu Beauty Yon-Ka Paris Zion Health
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The Favorites After IBE New York 2019, buyers were surveyed about their favorite beauty and wellness finds. Here are the top voted winners.
Alder New York
Ethique
Berlin Skin
Knours
Banila Co
BLNCD Naturals Browluxe Inc
Gorjue
pony puffin by PUFFIN BEAUTY
Dr. Botanicals
Province Apothecary Inc
Erbaviva
Winged
Elina Skin
Saalt
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On the third day of the Week of Independent Beauty New York 2019, Uplink Live was born. By the evening of the fourth, results were in—Uplink Live was not only a success, it was a hit. The following week IBMG announced plans to expand Uplink Live to two new cities in 2020: Los Angeles and Berlin. Both events will be presented as companion events to IBE in each location. The colorful Uplink Live section at Indie Beauty Expo NY 2019 featured 30 intrepid solution providers representing IBMG’s launch partners for the event. Ranging from ingredient suppliers and contract manufacturers to branding, strategy, public relations and personnel professionals, Uplink Live exhibitors covered the spectrum of the needs of emerging and scaling beauty brands. Traffic flowed steadily through the Uplink Live showcase, presentation stage, lounges and cafe, turning New York’s Pier 94 into a complete indie beauty ecosystem under one roof for two days. IBE co-founder Jillian Wright led curated tours of Uplink Live for select exhibitors and attendees, and a series of presentations drew standing-room-only crowds. Neal Haussel of Iggesund Paperboard presented viable alternatives to plastics, Sheri Koetting of MSLK applied objective criteria to the subjective issue of packaging and design, and Pai
Skincare founder Sarah Brown joined Wright for a conversation on success. “You can’t pour from an empty cup,” said Brown, cautioning founders to prepare for a marathon, not a sprint, on the journey to success. “At first I thought, ‘I have the service providers I need right now at this point in the life cycle of my company,’” said Kegelbell founder Stephanie Schull after touring Uplink Live. “But, of course, things are changing rapidly, especially after exhibiting at a show like Indie Beauty Expo. All of a sudden, I have very different needs and it was great to meet all these companies.” The feeling was mutual: “Uplink Live was incredible,” said Sunee Fleshman, marketing specialist at Sensient Cosmetic Technologies. “Indie brands are the future of this industry, and they have a need for suppliers that are willing to work with them.” 25
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UPLINK LIVE NEW YORK 2019
Exhibitor Lineup 3rd Party Logistics Group, Inc.
Floratech
On Air Direct, Inc.
5W Public Relations
Gattefossé
PFS
ADF&PCD New York
Goodkind Company
Pure Beauty Labs
Advanced Beauty Labs
iLabs
Revenue of Inspiration
Antrim Cosmetic Solutions Inc.
Lubrizol Life Science
Roberts Beauty
Aptar Beauty + Home
Luluble
Sederma / Croda Inc.
Base Beauty Creative Agency
Mana Products
Beauty Blueprint
Martin Kartin and Company
Sensient Cosmetic Technologies
Dear Future
MSLK
Exclusive Concepts
Noble Roots
EZ Com
Octoly
Solésence Beauty Science, LLC U&I Worldwide
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UPLINK LIVE NEW YORK 2019
Speaker Lineup WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019 3:00PM— Clean Beauty Product Development and How To Avoid Greenwashing Damien Dossin, Senior Vice President iLabs
Hear why it all starts with the partnership you have with your lab—your formulator. 4:00PM — Social Strategy: How Small Brands Can Keep Up Jodi Katz, Founder, Base Beauty Creative Agency
Take a deep dive into how you can unlock your toolbox and use strategies and creativity to help your indie brand keep up and stand out on social media platforms.
2:00PM — Public Relations 101 – How a Strong PR Campaign Can Propel Indie Brands Forward Kerri Nuzie, Associate VP, 5W Public Relations
Hear how public relations and marketing can catapult indie brands into the spotlight—and how to effectively maximize the impact of your results. 3:00PM— Culture Fit and the Recruiting Process Martin Kartin, President, and Rebecca Levin, VP of Retail, Digital & New Business Development, Martin Kartin and Company
Learn how to make the ‘perfect match’ and get a first look at a new project-based/consultant initiative—a white space for small, growing companies.
5:00PM— Panel with IBMG Co-Founder Jillian Wright: Overcoming Trials And Tribulations And Becoming Wildly Successful. Featuring Soko Glam Co-Founder Charlotte Cho and Pai Skincare Founder Sarah Brown Hear the pain points that these innovators had to overcome, and which choices led to their global success.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019 10:00AM — Sourcing Real Ingredients Sunee Fleshman, Marketing Specialist, Sensient Cosmetic Technologies
Learn to evaluate the data to be sure ingredients are really clean, really efficacious, and really ethical. 11:00AM— Fiber-Based Packaging Solutions: A First Step Towards Plastic-Free Oceans Neal Haussel, Director, Strategic Business Development & Sustainability, Iggesund Paperboard
See why success in redesigning packaging to eliminate or reduce plastic in favor of paperboard lies at the confluence of design innovation and fiber-based materials development. 12:00PM — Create A Brand-Inspired Buying Journey And Grow Your eCommerce Channel Patrick Lowe, AVP Business Management, PFS
Understand a brand-growth journey that differentiates the online shopping experience and ultimately grows your eCommerce operations. 1:00PM — Designing Omni-Channel Packaging Sheri Koetting, Co-Founder & Chief Strategist, MSLK
Hear package design strategies for retail, e-tail, SEO, social shopping, PR, and video.
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Anthology of independent be aut y
FEATURED COLLECTION NEW YORK 2019
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ACADERMA Acaderma brings groundbreaking academic research to today’s beauty savvy consumer by developing novel, game-changing ingredients. Led by Dr. Shuting Hu, the youngest cosmetic scientist to ever receive the prestigious Henry Maso Award by the IFSCC, Acaderma creates clean, 9-free formulas that are clinically proven to make a visible difference in your skin. The Oasis Barrier Booster is a soothing serum that features SEH-HAW EX™, a groundbreaking concentrate derived from kinkeliba. Combined with cactus extract, this transformative botanical active not only calms skin more effectively than aloe vera, but also alleviates redness, reduces inflammation, and restores skin’s delicate barrier. Star Light Spot Corrector is an innovative serum powered by MELAMORIN™, a patented awardwinning natural active extracted from mulberry root that is 5 times more potent than kojic acid and safer than hydroquinone. Together with other 7 actives, this fast-acting formula is clinically proven to brighten dark spots and erase acne marks. Invisible Shield Defense Serum is more potent than vitamin C and contains SESAHELIO™, the star of this revolutionary formulation. Used in combination with 11 other actives, this featherweight serum defends skin against damaging free radicals, pollution and blue light. acaderma.com
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ACE BE AUTE Ace Beaute is a beauty brand on a mission to inspire joy and confidence with its range of product lines. From bold eyeshadow color stories to neutral ones, Ace Beaute stays true to its mission as a beauty brand that caters to everyone. All products are highly pigmented with color stories that have been carefully curated and give off a cosmopolitan and inclusive feeling, and are cruelty-free and vegan. At Ace Beaute, our motto is "Beauty for All" regardless of age, sex, skin color, religion or socioeconomic status. For more information, contact info@acebeaute.com acebeaute.com
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BYROE BYROE is a cuisine-based luxury skincare brand based in New York. BYROE believes that people should treat their skin with the same quality nutrition they give their bodies. Within this philosophy, BYROE has formulated clean products with healthy, high quality, food-based concentrations of ingredients that directly benefit the skin’s health and ensure the effectiveness of formulations to deliver maximum results. Their first 5 products – Rice Cleansing Sorbet, Bitter Green Essence Toner, Bell Pepper Serum, Tomato Serum, and Salmon Cream- are fully inspired by healthy salad ingredients. BYROE emphasizes that similar to putting salad ingredients into the bowl, applying their skincare products step-by-step is the way to maximize skincare results. In that sense, Rice Cleansing Sorbet goes to the bottom of the salad bowl, followed by Bitter Green Essence Toner – which includes 33 green vegetable extracts, two seasonal vegetables – Tomato Serum & Bell Pepper Serum – depending on skin concerns, and finishing up with the Salmon Cream. byroe.com
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CODE X BE AUT Y Founded in 2018 by Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Barb Paldus, PhD, Codex Beauty is an innovative company setting a new standard in organic luxury skincare. The brand is grounded in science with a novel plant-based preservative system, pharmaceuticalgrade manufacturing, clinical trials, carbon footprint minimizing packaging, and consumer transparency. All products are submitted for EWG verified and Ecocert COSMOS Organic certification. Codex Beauty has planned five functional collections based on global plant biodiversity. Codex Beauty launched with its first skincare collection based on traditional Irish herbal medicine. The healing benefits of Irish flora were scientifically verified and combined with enhancing superfoods. Skin Superfood is a hydrating and nourishing treatment made with the unique, patentpending BiaComplex™ herbal formula. This cream helps treat dry, flaky or irritated skin. Eye Gel Cream with arnica and bladder wrack is a lightweight, cooling, soothing and brightening eye gel that helps reduce under-eye puffiness and dark circles. codexbeauty.com
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ELVIS + ELVIN elvis+elvin is a luxury beauty brand founded by NYC-based esthetician and herbal medicine expert, Victoria Leung, in 2014. Driven to highlight and define natural beauty into perspective, she developed her own brand of high-quality luxurious products, ranging from skincare, makeup, fragrance, body, and haircare. This collection of products feature naturally-derived ingredients and cutting-edge skincare technology. All of the solutions are formulated to be effective, but delicate enough for the most sensitive skin types. elvis+elvin's mission is to develop natural, mild and effective products to earn respect from our customers. Three key points of the products are natural, cosmeceutical performance and cutting-edge skincare. elvis+elvin holds a belief that a company is supposed to take social responsibilities. We are committed to giving back to the community by donating 30% of all our profits to charitable organizations. beauty.elvis-elvin.com
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EMILIE HE ATHE At Emilie Heathe, the focus is on expression; based on the belief that beauty is not just an art, but that it is part of the art of living. Luxurious, sophisticated and visually compelling products are viewed as a passport to this idea. Emilie Heathe creates innovative products with high-quality, clean ingredients and sustainable packaging. Nail color is first up for the brand, soon to be followed by makeup and skincare. Emilie Heathe collaborates and creates other lifestyle and accessories items with individuals across all fields who share a common creative passion. They are the beauty lifestyle brand for creatives by creatives. The most recent examples include designers Pyer Moss, Greta Constantine, Jasmine Chong and artists Christopher Beane and Valentine H. Despointes. Emilie Heathe’s mission is to provide thoughtful, luxurious, yet ethically conscious beauty products to men and women around the world. emilieheathe.com
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HERBOLOGIA Herbologia is a luxury natural skincare brand that applies current skin science knowledge to create new generation formulation designed for superior skin compatibility, safety, efficacy, and quality. Their unique emulsion system mimics the skin lipid barrier, seamlessly integrating into the layers of skin, providing enhanced hydration, absorption, and effectiveness. Herbologia created the first ever non-ionic cleansing formulation used in our shampoos, cleansers, and body washes that are the most skin friendly, neutral, and pHbalanced. Going above and beyond to truly care for the health of skin and body is Herbologia’s holistic way. herbologia.co
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INSTA NATUR AL InstaNatural is a Vitamin C powered skin care brand with a vision to redefine the standard of natural care while educating and empowering consumers to recognize that they have a choice in their beauty routines. InstaNatural dedicates themselves to researching and choosing the most effective and safest ingredients to incorporate into their formulas. In pursuit to create the best skin care, they developed their C Botanical Blend ™ - a culmination of botanical ingredients that are naturally rich in Vitamin C and combined to support optimal skin health for skin that appears vibrant, healthy and youthful. Combined with scientifically-proven actives, their formulas offer real results without compromising safety. Having sold over 3 million products, InstaNatural is excited to continue their mission of making safe and effective products accessible to consumers across the globe, because they believe everyone deserves the ability to incorporate natural and healthy products into their routines. instanatural.com
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LE AF PEOPLE SKINCARE Leaf People Skin Care, founded by Julie Levin, bloomed from a lifelong journey in herbal medicine. All products are formulated and manufactured by Julie, a certified Herbalist who has studied herbal traditions across the globe. At our private lab in Colorado, we integrate cutting-edge botanical science with western herbalism and traditional medicine, utilizing raw and organic ingredients to create effective skin care with options for every skin type. Through working with extensively studied medicinal plants, our products offer a wide array of bioactive components to improve the skin's strength, texture and tone. All extracts and products are made in-house to retain the purity and potency of the ingredients as they transition to a Leaf People product. Leaf People celebrates a plants-for-the-people mentality, making high-quality skin care affordable and accessible, promoting plant conservation and donating a minimum of 5% of their gross sales to charity. leafpeople.com
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MIKEL KRISTI Mikel Kristi Skincare combines the power of plants and the ingenuity of science to bring you cosmeceutical products designed to change the future of your skin. As a Board Certified PA, Founder Christy Hall owns the premier medical aesthetics practice, Skin Appeal, in Tucson, Arizona. Specializing in non-surgical facial rejuvenation, Christy helps patients improve skin health and reach their aesthetic goals, all day, every day. The thousands of clients treated throughout her career are both the inspiration and validation for Mikel Kristi’s eco-luxe line. Committed to providing skincare that restores the skin’s natural, healthy function, and an educational path that truly serves you, Mikel Kristi is making professionalgrade skincare available for everyone. Developed in Arizona, this innovative brand offers intensely nourishing, bio-active formulations that deliver results in even the harshest of climates. Proving that if you can have gorgeous skin living in the desert, you can have it anywhere on earth. mikelkristi.com
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PHARMACOPIA Pharmacopia is a modern apothecary collection of better-for-you bath and body care products for home and away. Green has been its way of life for 20 years. Products have always been vegan and cruelty-free, formulated with natural and organic plant ingredients, biodegradable formulas and aromatherapeutic benefits to uplift, energize and calm. Its gender-neutral retail offerings include 16oz bottles of Citrus and Verbena body lotion and body wash, shampoo and conditioner, bar soap and lip balm. Clean ingredients and distinctive natural scents are a hallmark of Pharmacopia products: free from parabens, phthalates, propylene glycol, synthetic or animal ingredients, and harsh chemicals. Environmental Working Group (EWG) and European Union (EU) standards are its guide. Pharmacopia is proud to be a leading natural hotel brand, partnering with better hotels like Hyatt Regency, and over 100,000 consumers globally sampling in-room amenities every day. pharmacopia.net
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Table for Two: At IBE NY, Indie Brands Take Beauty Inspired by Food to the Next Level
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AMERICAN SPA
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Indie Beauty Expo, New York City Click to read
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE How Jillian Wright of Indie Beauty Media Group is Helping to Support Beauty Entrepreneurs on Their Path to Success
Get to Know Indie Beauty Expo’s BEIGIC Skincare
IBMG Makes Indie Beauty Expo Purely B2B and Adds Supply Side Event Click to read
COSMETICS DESIGN Uplink Live opens in NYC this August
Byroe, Gorjue Click to read
COSMETICS DESIGN Indie Beauty Expo New York City 2019, In Photos
Au Naturale ,BLNCD, Blessed Moon, Blessed Moon, Goodkind, Hickey, Humble, Moon Mother, My Magic Mud, Smooth & Strong Click to read
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12 Best Finds From the Indie Beauty Expo
5 Brands to Shop at Indie Beauty Expo This Week Bra in a Box, Dame, Graydon Skincare, Hello Cup, Kegelbell, Knours, Province Apothecary, Quim, Saalt Click to read
CA FLEURE BON New York Indie Beauty Expo 2019 Event Report + “Sheroes” Perfume and Beauty Draw Abbott, Beauty & The Box, Bija Essence, Bootsy, Bra in a Box, Codex, Dame,Elvis + Elvin, Emilie Heathe, Hello Cup, Herbologia, Kakadu Dream, Kegelbell, Kiernan NYC, Little Butterfly, Lucky Chic, Moon Mother Gypsy Secrets, OrganiCup, Quim, RG Cosmetics, Rockstar Roll On, Saalt, Teami, Terra & Co., The Good Patch, Tokyo Milk Click to read
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COSMETICS DESIGN My Magic Mud, The Indie Beauty Brand Using Dirt to Get People Clean
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ANDA, BLNCD Naturals, Blume, Bra In A Box, Erbaviva, Knours, Lord & Berry, Lucky Chic, OLVERUM, Seaweed Bath Co.,The Hello Cup, Hickey Lipstick Click to read
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Talking With Jillian Wright, Indie Beauty Expo's Co-Founder
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Act Your Age: Are Indie Skin Care Brands for Kids Leading the Beauty Market Back to Demographic Segmentation? Blume, Fairy Tales Haircare, Higher Education Skincare, Little Butterfly London Click to read
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BeautyX Capital Summit Opens Monday in New York City
A Conversation with MANE: Why and How This French Fragrance House Stands Ready to Work with Indie Beauty Brands Mane
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Heading to NYC's Indie Beauty Expo? Kosette, The Good Patch, Winged Click to read
GCI MAGAZINE Meet the Texas-Based Brands Coming to Indie Beauty Expo
Alka White, Astura, BLNCD Naturals, Beboe Therapies, Black Chicken Remedies, CBD+ Nature, Code of Harmony, Dame, Graydon Skincare, Gron, HelloCup, I+I Botanicals, Kegelbell, Maude, Moon Mother, Province Apothecary, Quim, Sweet Mary Jane, Terra & Co., Sweet+Kind, The Good Patch, Way of Will, Winged Click to read
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There was such a palpable excitement in the air, and if you were there you’d know what I’m talking about! — Nihao New York GLAM
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10 Innovative Brands To Know From The 2019 Indie Beauty Expo
Gattefossé To Exhibit at IBE
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Ace Beaute, Allyoos, Beigic, Code of Harmony, Free + True, Henua, KIATA, Stamba, The Organic Skin Co, Codex Beauty Click to read
HAPPI Little Brands, Big Future Click to read
HAPPI Goodkind Co Powered by Symrise Connects with Indies Goodkind Co. Click to read
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HELLO GIGGLES From Butt Sheet Masks to Alluring Eyeshadow Palettes, These 15 Indie Beauty Brands Have Worked Their Way Into Our Hearts
Absolute NY, Ace Beaute, Bawdy, Bra in A Box, Dr. Natural, Gabriel, Glamcor, Herla, InstaNatural, LaFlore, Lashes in A Box, Popmask, RealHer, Satya &Sage, Scotch Porter Click to read
INSIDER BEAUTY BUZZ Never Worry About Lipstick on Your Teeth Again
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LYRA MAG Athlete Essentials-Topical Ache Relief-INDIE Brands
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LYRA MAG #CLEANBEAUTY Skincare
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OUCH MAGAZINE
5 Indie Beauty Trends to Know
Indie Beauty Expo 2019 Reviewed by Ouch! Magazine #BestoftheBest
Ace Beaute, Alkemie, Astura, Banila, Blessed Moon, Blume, Clove + Hallow, Cosmedix, Croon, Dame, Elvis + Elvin, Ethhique, HelloCup, Hickey, Higher Education Skincare, Honeybee Gardens, I + I Botanicals, KNOURS, Kakadu Dream, KegelBell, La La Leaf, Little Moon Essentials, Quim, Saalt, Solescence, Switch 2 Pure, The Good Patch, The Lyfestyleco. Click to read
Achi, Alka White, Bootsy Chuchu, Crystal Clear, Free+True, Herbologia, Hickey, Kiss Your Cravings Goodbye, Lucky Chick, MASK, Otaci, Pai Skincare, Smooth & Strong, Terres d'Afrique, Tropic Labs, Winged Click to read
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NATCH BEAUT New York City & Indie Beauty Expo Ace Beaute, Beigic, Berlin Skin, Graydon Skincare, HelloCup, Ikoo, KegelBell, PMD, Pony Puffin, Popmask, Quim, Unpa Click to read
NEW YORK MAGAZINE The Best Products I Found at the Indie Beauty Expo Ace Beaute, Aromatica, Graydon Skincare, Pai Skincare, Quim Click to read
5 Standout Brands at Indie Beauty Expo 2019
Chemist Confessions, Kakadu Dream, Codex, InstaNatural, Knours Click to read
SYDNEY M KAPLAN Indie Beauty Expo - Top 9 Luxury Product Finds Bluh Alchemy, Brushopolis, Herbolgia, Hush& Hush, KNOURS, Kiata, LaFlore, Olverum Click to read
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The Sleeping Pill That Changed My Life
The 10 Best New Beauty Products – From CBD to Face Masks, the Beauty World is Changing
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Beboe Therapies, Bootsy Chu Chu, Humble, Intoxicating Beauty, Leaf People, Lucky Chick, No Makeup Click to read
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Brands I Learned About at the Indie Beauty Expo!
Ace Beaute, Achi Lashes, Beigic, Brow Luxe ,Free & True, Gorjue, Reimage Beauty, Scotch & Porter Click to read
URBAN MILAN Top 15 Products from the 2019 Indie Beauty Expo!
A Wholesome Glow, Brushopolis Utopia, Camille Obadia, Erbaviva, Fruit of the Earth, Herbal Dynamics, Herbologia, Hush & Hush, KIATA, Kerluxe, Limese ,Mineral Air, Naisture, Snowfox Skincare, Urban Skin Rx Click to read
WWD Eight Interesting Indie Beauty Brands
Astura, Beigic, Blessed Moon, Dame, No Makeup, Quim, Switch 2 Pure, Wondergloss Click to read
WWD Millennial Female Founders Are Modernizing Vaginal Products Dame, Quim, Saalt Click to read
Indie Beauty Expo - Top 9 Most Unique Product Finds
Axilla, Camille Obadia, Mineral Air, PerfectColl, Popmask, Sparitual, Terra & Co.
NIHAO NEW YORK In Good Company: My 12 Favorite Discoveries From The Indie Beauty Expo onTuwi Program Absolution, Berlin Skin, Codex Beauty, Graydon Skincare, No Cosmetics, PMD, PYT, Province Apothecary, Stamba Click to read
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THE BROWN GIRL BEAUTY GUIDE
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SYDNEY M KAPLAN Indie Beauty Expo - Top 10 Cheap AF Product Finds Clove+Hallow, Elina Skin, Erbaviva, Herbal Dynamics, Limese, Naisture, Pure Aura, Snowfox Skincare, Sway Glow, Urban Skin Click to read
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People who once were consumers now have a better chance of creating the brands and products that they’d wished existed—and succeeding at it. — Hello Giggles
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Trend Report The nearly 250 brands exhibiting at IBE NY at PIER 94 came with eye-catching spaces, compelling products and persuasive retail pitches. Here are a dozen beauty trends we spotted at the expo that are emanating from rising indie stars to the entire beauty universe.
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12 NOTEWORTHY TRENDS
FROM IBE NEW YORK 2019
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Zeroing In On Gen Z Marketing dollars are moving on from millennials. Members of gen Z born between 1995 and 2015 are quickly becoming beauty and wellness brands’ new darlings. There were IBE NY brands in every category catering to the needs of the tweens and teens ready to make their own personal care purchases. And purchase they will. Market research firm Numerator estimates this cohort of approximately 61 million Americans wields spending power amounting to $143 billion.
Brands Go Deep Into Vaginal Care Feminine hygiene is no longer a taboo category relegated to the back of aisle 17 at your local CVS. Today, you can purchase pubic haircare oil at Ulta Beauty or fill up on menstrual cups and vibrators along with purchasing Golden Goose hightops at Revolve thanks to indie consumer goods startups transforming the dialogue around vagina and vulva care. Ever the trailblazers, they’ve now come up with next-level products for the vaginal area.
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Building A Beauty Wardrobe Contemporary beauty consumers are unambiguously anti-groupthink. They’re picking products to suit their individual preferences at different moments in time and for different moods. To complement and encourage their experimentation, brands are offering a wardrobe of choices that make daily beauty routines exciting choose-your-own-adventure journeys.
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Nerding Out Most skincare brands aim to educate consumers on how to best take care of their epidermis, the products to use, the ingredients to avoid, and the optimal order to apply all potions and lotions. Several IBE NY exhibitors, some of them with scientist-turned-brand founders at the helm, leaned into the learning angle by constructing their brands around the merits of pursuing skin scholarship and ingredient intelligence.
Rampant Hormone Products
With female founders igniting indie beauty, it’s no surprise that products tailored to the intricacies of women’s bodies are shaking up the sector. Their brands are tackling the tricky endocrine system fueling sexual functions, menstruation, emotions and more with internal and external solutions.
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Handling Hands With Care Hands, it appears, are the new face. And there’s good reason for their importance. Nothing gives away age more than the hands. With consumers loaded up with facial skincare, products at IBE NY transitioned to other extremities.
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Food-Inspired Beauty Is On The Menu Cuisine-inspired beauty was on the front burner at IBE NY as brands fused new foods and superfoods into formulas. The trend comes as the wellness movement has made the link between wholesome foods and beauty results.
All in the family Most IBE NY brands are passion projects of first-time entrepreneurs creating what they believed the market wasn’t providing. If a company is lucky enough to survive several decades in business, it’s often successful enough to get acquired by one of the beauty behemoths, ending its independence. At last month’s New York show, however, a handful of international indie brands looking to make their marks in the U.S. arrived stateside with 40-plus years of rich family history.
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Different Deodorant Formats The aluminum-free deodorant category isn’t stinking up the personal care industry. It is forecast to steam ahead at a compound annual growth rate of 10% over the next decade, making it one of the hottest segments in the beauty industry. Amid the boom of pit product sales comes an array of natural deodorant options going beyond the basic stick.
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Crossing Beauty Categories Buoyed by consumer demand, indie brands are boldly going beyond their roots. While it can be difficult to parlay expertise in one beauty segment to another, exhibitors at IBE NY proved they’re confident about expanding their product portfolios as an avenue to secure more square footage at physical stores and rev up transactions online.
Amazon Ingredients Amazon has changed the way consumers buy products and, in the beauty category, it’s fired up the spotlight on ingredients to five-alarm status. Whether it’s retinol or vitamin C, the e-commerce giant is responsible for proliferating products centered on key ingredients for supercharging skincare routines. Brands at IBE NY were chasing the next skincare compound destined for the top of Amazon’s rankings.
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Big Money Casting off fears of a looming recession, brands are raising product price tags well over the $100 mark. They’re finding consumers are willing to dig deep into their pocketbooks, especially for products with vitamin C and targeted eye remedies.
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Indie Beauty Expo found a new global capital to call home in 2018, and the London beauty scene will never be the same. IBE London 2018 in October seamlessly introduced a rolling cavalcade of beauty innovators to Europe and accelerated indie beauty’s growth in another cosmopolitan setting. The successful results of the launch rivaled existing shows and raised expectations for its follow-up event this year. A total of 71 brands from 21 countries, including Indonesia, Canada, South Africa and Luxembourg, across 20 beauty and wellness product categories collaborated in producing a two-day epicenter of innovation at the Old Truman Brewery. A comparable number will gather again in October 2019 to engage with hundreds of buyers from the likes of Asos, Boots, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Douglas, KaDeWe, QVC, Walmart and The Hut Group on their quests to discover rising beauty stars.
Refinery29, Vogue and WWD as well as British beauty bloggers Caroline Hirons and The Glow Getter’s Ailish Lucas systematically evaluated products onsite, looking for the next brand to champion. “This is what we need!” exclaimed Zane Piese, founder of Atlantis Skincare at the show. “Wine, flowers, amazing, happy people, lots of introductions and meetings...we are very happy to have you here!” Of course, the feeling was more than mutual.
Last year, the European press was in force, with this year promising to be no different: Editors from i-D, Marie Claire, OK!, Popsugar, 64 T H E A N T H O L O G Y O F I N D E P E N D E N T B E A U T Y | V O L U M E V, I S S U E 4 | N E W YO R K 2 019
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