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Mary Kay Helps Sea Turtles, Sustainable Eco-Tourism
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Sun Care
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Nature & Natura
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MuLondon Passes B Lab Assessment
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Hair Care
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Cleaning Up in Home Care
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Personal Cleansers
Deodorant for Teens, by Teens
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OTC/Medicated
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Color Cosmetics | Hair Care | Skin Care
Prestige Beauty Still Suffering
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Henkel Launches AI Tool for Hair Color
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Church & Dwight Posts Gains in Q3
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Skin Care
Aquage Partners with Plastic Bank
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Skin Care
Scratch Goods Offers Holiday Gift Ideas
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Packaging | Polymers
L'Oréal Creates Bottles from Carbon Emissions
Joins Total and LanzaTech to develop novel production process.Happi Staff 10.27.20
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Color Cosmetics | Pigments
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CEW 2020 Women's Leadership Awards
Honors 15 female leaders for their performance and mark on the beauty industry.Happi Staff 10.23.20
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Disinfectants
Researchers Explore COVID-19 Surface Transmission
Universities, Innospec and others in new 18 month partnership.Happi Staff 10.23.20
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L'Oréal Q3: Better-than-Expected
Sales decline, but e-commerce, actives provide lift.Happi Staff 10.22.20
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Olvea Publishes OLVEAct Now Report
The supplier’s first corporate social responsibility performance report.Happi Staff 10.22.20
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Oral Care
Hello Products Launches Dental Pass
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Hair Care | Skin Care
New AAS Degree in Beauty & Wellness
L’Oréal USA Professional Products Division partners with salon operator on this new degree.Happi Staff 10.21.20
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L’Oréal Paris Unveils 2020 Women of Worth Honorees
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Sabinsa Founder Donates Food in India
Distributes 5,500 rice bags to communities in Karnataka.Happi Staff 10.15.20
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Skin Care
L’Occitane to Present at IFSCC
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Henkel Addresses Plastic Waste
Supports call for UN treaty on plastic pollution.Happi Staff 10.14.20
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Skin Care
Estée Lauder Appoints MAC Leadership
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Actives | Functional Ingredients | Skin Care
Start a Skin Care Line with Low Minimums
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Actives | Hair Care | Pigments
Water-Based Composition Contains Effect Pigment
L'Oréal's patent also contains an active ingredient.Happi Staff 10.08.20
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Oral Care
Low Water Dentifrice Patented by Colgate
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OTC/Medicated | Skin Care
CBD Topicals: $4.5 Billion by 2025
New report details marketplace that’s growing exponentially.Happi Staff 10.08.20
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Oral Care
Colgate's Optimism Project
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Disinfectants | Hair Care | Household Cleaning | Personal Cleansers
Permanent Changes in Consumer Behavior
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New Beauty: Market Disruption, But Not Interruption
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California Approves Toxic-Free Chemicals Act
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Color Cosmetics | Fine Fragrance | Hair Care | Skin Care
Beautiful Achievements!
CEW honors industry leaders at its annual Achiever Awards.Nancy Jeffries, Contributing Editor 10.29.19
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Color Cosmetics | Fine Fragrance | Hair Care | Personal Cleansers | Skin Care | Sun Care
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The Beauty of Shiseido
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