HAPPI

Alo Expands With SPF Moisturizer, Hand Cream, Lip Balm & Detox Mask

Personal care and wellness brand is branching out with clean beauty offerings.

06.24.22

Skin Care

Mr. Bubble Expands Personal Care with Wipes, Hand Soap

Ultimate Pack of Bath Time Fun, Deep Cleaning & Moisturizing Active Kids Wipes and Original Bubble Hand Soap are out now in stores.

06.02.22

Functional Ingredients | Skin Care

Hands-on Approach Keeps Noshinku’s Team Ready for What’s Next

Known for its premium hand sanitizers with award-winning scents, there’s more to come from this small-but-mighty indie brand.

06.01.22

Disinfectants | Skin Care

CC Wellness’s Muse Health Donates Over $1.3 Million in Hand Sanitizers to Ukraine Health Facilities

The California-based personal care company partners with United Help Ukraine to deliver 200,000 bottles of hand sanitizer, wash to Ukraine.

05.23.22

Personal Cleansers

Kill ‘Dat Hand Sanitizer Recalled for CGMP Deviations

FDA analysis reveals one batch had acetaldehyde above specification limits.

05.12.22

Personal Cleansers

FDA Recalls in April 2022: Bubble Bath from Babyganics, Hand Sanitizer Sold by Best Brands

Contamination prompts both companies to recall product lines.

04.28.22

Air Care/Environmental Fragrance | Skin Care

Courteney Cox's Homecourt Personal Care Expands with Fragrance-Infused Candle, Hand Cream

Clean beauty and household care products feature four natural aromatic fragrances: cece, steeped rose, neroli leaf and cipres mint.

04.25.22

AP/Deo | Packaging | Personal Cleansers

Soap and Hand Sanitizer Maker Raw Sugar Has a New CEO

Industry veteran Michael Marquis has experience at J&J, OGX and Listerine.

04.23.22

Personal Cleansers

Rock Town Distillery Issues Voluntary Recall of Hand Sanitizer

Solution was found to contain acetal and acetaldehyde above specification limits, according to FDA analysis

03.23.22

Personal Cleansers

Annual Survey Finds 25% Decrease in Handwashing Compared to Beginning of Pandemic

As restrictions begin to lift, Bradley Corp. finds adults are slowing down healthy hand hygiene practices.

02.28.22

Personal Cleansers

Dial Invests In Low-Waste Future with Hand Soap Concentrated Refills and Social Plastic Bottle

One refill pack uses 95% less plastic than purchasing a Dial 7.5 fl oz foaming hand wash bottle.

02.16.22

Personal Cleansers

Olika Introduces Mindfulness Hand Sanitizer Collection

New collection delivers hydration and uplifting, energizing and calming fragrances.

02.01.22

Skin Care

Goop Launches Cloudberry Exfoliating Jelly Cleanser, Nourishing Hand Cream

Made with natural fruit enzymes to polish away impurities, the cleanser leaves skin silky-smooth while the hand cream leaves hands rejuvenated.

01.18.22

Functional Ingredients | Skin Care

Touchland’s New Glow Mist Hand Sanitizer Delivers Beauty Benefits To Hands

Brand expands its mist spray collection with new formulation, and its retail presence with Sephora.

Online Exclusives Christine Esposito, Managing Editor 01.11.22

Hand Sanitizers & The COVID-19 Pandemic

The pandemic isn't over. Use of hand sanitizer may rise as colder weather prevails and more people more indoors.

Sreedhar Nalabolu, Director of Research and Development • Allure Labs 12.27.21

Skin Care

Goop Releases New Goopgenes Nourishing Hand Cream Ahead of Winter

The rich, lightweight cream made from three nourishing butters leaves skin feeling moisturized and looking youthful.

12.13.21

Indie Beauty Brand Merci Handy Goes Back To The 1980s With Netflix & Stranger Things Launch

Personal care product line is composed of three hand and body care kits with retro packaging.

11.09.21

Babo Botanicals Launches Hand Soap Collection, New Eucalyptus Line

Personal care line expansion includes OTC chest rub, 3-in-1 cleanser & shampoo and bubble bath.

11.04.21

Functional Ingredients | Personal Cleansers

Hand Sanitizer 2.0

Sales skyrocketed, but the category landed with a thud when some not-so-appealing and unsafe products hit the market. Olika plans to lead the market's reset.

Online Exclusives10.22.21

Dial Creates Campaign ‘Give Teachers a Hand’ for Global Handwashing Day

Dial will donate liquid hand soap to teachers to enable them to promote healthy hygiene habits in their classrooms for students who have returned to school.

10.15.21

Functional Ingredients | Personal Cleansers

FDA Will End Temporary Guidance on Hand Sanitizer Production

Effective Dec. 31, 2021, non-drug manufacturers will not be cleared to produce products.

10.13.21

ACI, CHPA Applaud FDA’s Withdrawal of Temporary Hand Sanitizer Manufacturing Guidance

The American Cleaning Institute and Consumer Healthcare Products Association are calling for the temporary guidance withdrawal citing safety as a chief concern.

10.13.21

Fenty Skin Adds Clean Beauty Vegan Hand Mask in Skin Care Collection

Latest launch is made with plant oils and is in recyclable sustainable packaging.

10.13.21

Indie Beauty Brand Art Naturals Hand Sanitizer Flagged by FDA

Ingredients are questioned for safety in national alert.

10.06.21

Touchland Partners With Disney to Create Limited Edition Mickey Mouse-Themed Hand Sanitizer Collection

Merging the iconic pop-art style with pop culture, the four-piece limited edition collection features four of Touchland’s power mist hand sanitizer scents.

10.04.21

Personal Cleansers

Health Canada Suspends Hand Sanitizer Company’s State License

Recalls PURE75 gel formulation due to potential serious health risks.

09.24.21

Personal Cleansers

Ad Claims Removed for DAB Defense Hand Sanitizer + Protectant Following NAD Challenge

SC Johnson had filed complaint about “glove-like barrier” and other statements made by maker Three Kings Corp.

08.13.21

Personal Cleansers

Touchland Expands Power Mist Moisturizing Hand Sanitizers Collection

Reformulates existing range, upgrades sprayer and launches first campaign.

08.04.21

Personal Cleansers

Solvent-Free Reinol Soap Protects Workers’ Hands

Reinol Original Hand Cleaner can be purchased on Amazon.com and Walmart.com.

07.12.21

Personal Cleansers

Unilever's Piyush Jain Named CEO of Hand In Hand

Following acquisition by Bain Capital, he takes over from company founders Bill Glaab and Courtney Apple.

06.30.21

Disinfectants

ACI Launches Website to Promote Hand Hygiene and Cleaning Practices in Schools

Offers educational resources for educators, school nurses, administrators, parents and students.

06.29.21

Indie Beauty Brand Zum Adds Natural Liquid Hand Soaps

Products are made from clean ingredients like plant oils and essential oils.

06.17.21

Personal Cleansers

Amyris Acquires Hand Sanitizer Brand Olika

Alastair Dorward will become chief brand officer at Amyris.

06.16.21

Personal Cleansers

FDA Finds More Faulty Hand Sanitizers

Maker based in California issued letter this week for claims related to hydrogen peroxide, ingredient called “PurePurge" and more.

06.11.21

OTC/Medicated | Personal Cleansers

Fragrance Creators Association Welcomed FDA for OTC, Hand Sanitizer Webinar

Guests were from the Offices of Nonprescription Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research as well as Manufacturing Quality and Compliance.

Melissa Meisel, Associate Editor 05.18.21

Actives | Functional Ingredients | I&I Marketplace | Personal Cleansers

FDA Should Withdraw Temporary Hand Sanitizer Manufacturing Guidance

Quality and safety issues make the pandemic-inspired policy unnecessary, according to the American Cleaning Institute.

Tom Branna, Editorial Director 04.29.21

Baylis & Harding Hand Soap Offers Prestige Value for Under $5

Now sold at Walmart, this UK brand is making waves stateside in the mass market.

Melissa Meisel, Associate Editor 04.12.21

Functional Ingredients | Personal Cleansers

Kao Promotes Hand Washing

Hygiene compliance is waning, even as COVID-19 cases are climbing in parts of the world. Through its MyKirei brand, Kao and TerraCycle are out to change that.

Online Exclusives Tom Branna, Editorial Director 04.11.21

Functional Ingredients | OTC/Medicated | Skin Care