Personal Care News
Yellow Wood Partners portfolio companies Suave Brands and Elida Beauty have completed a merger to create Evermark, a global personal care platform representing approximately $1.9 billion in annual retail sales.
The combined company brings together household brands including Suave, Q-tips, ChapStick, Pond's, Caress, St. Ives, Noxzema and TIGI, alongside established international brands such as…
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Manic Panic has introduced its latest line, the “Aging Disgracefully” Collection, celebrating bold hair colour for those with natural grey, silver, and white hair.
Co-Founders Tish and Snooky Bellomo, known as the “Queens of Creative Color,” hand-selected six vivid shades for the collection, designed to stand out on lighter hair tones.
“Forget ‘age-appropriate,’ we’re talking…
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Bradford, a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital and a leading developer and manufacturer of solid personal care products, has acquired Illinois-based Solo Laboratories, Inc. (Solo Labs), a specialist in liquid and aerosol formulations.
Both companies will continue operating under their existing brands.
The combined business will be led by Bradford CEO Shaun Gaus, with Jim Jackson remaining…
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Unilever and The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) have named brands from Unilever’s Personal Care and Food brands Business Groups as Official Sponsors of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025.
Some of the corporation's best-known Personal Care and Food brands - including Dove and Sure (also known as Rexona) will be Official Sponsors of UEFA Women’s EURO 2025.
The partnership builds on…
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Unilever has announced that former footballer, actor and entrepreneur Marshawn Lynch will encourage men to tackle whole body odour, as it introduces two new Whole Body Deo Spray scents - Marine + Blue Cypress and Fig + Suede.
Research commissioned by Dove Men+Care said that 63% of men are still unaware that Whole Body odour solutions exist.
Throughout this year, Lynch will highlight the…
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Salvalco has announce its latest collaboration with Rossmann, who bring to market a new Isana deodorant range, utilising the Eco-Valve technology with Nitrogen propellant.
The sprays, which are now readily available across their stores, follow on from the successful launch of their Alterra natural Deo spray in 2021 – which also utilised the aerosol technology.
The Isana sprays are made from…
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Honeywell has announced that clinical sun care brand myDerm is utilising its Solstice® Propellant (HFO-1234ze) in its latest broad-spectrum sunscreen, Mineral SPF 50 Clinical Sunscreen Continuous Spray.
Solstice Propellant is a ready-now, non-ozone depleting hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) solution that has an ultra-low-global-warming-potential of less than one, said Honeywell, adding that it helps…
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Sure, one of the UK's leading deodorant brands, has added two new scents to its female and male 72-hour aerosol range - Sure Nonstop Freesia & Waterlily and Sure Men Nonstop Sensitive.
The addition of Sure Nonstop Protection Freesia & Waterlily taps into the 23% of females who see fragrance as a top consideration when choosing antiperspirant, according to brand owner Unilever. With 27%…
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Health Canada said it has received over 100 reports from consumers related to a dry shampoo recall made on 17 October, due to benzene contamination.
The brands recalled consisted of Dove, Bed Head TIGI and Tresemmé products, due to the "detection of benzene".
Between January 2020 and October 2022 Unilever sold 1,574,426 of the affected products in Canada. As of 7 October it had not received…
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Valisure, an independent laboratory, has filed an FDA Citizen Petition on its findings of benzene, a known human carcinogen, in "several brands and batches of dry shampoo".
Of 24 different brands it tested, it said 70% of the 148 batches of products "contained quantifiable benzene". Valisure said that "analysis of contaminated spray from some batches resulted in up to 170 times the emergency FDA…
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Secret has launched a new Weightless Dry Spray collection in the US, featuring antiperspirant and aluminium-free deodorant options.
The fast-acting, instantly dry-feel antiperspirant provides 48-hour sweat and odour protection. The aluminium-free deodorant provides 24-hour odour protection and both are made with ‘freshness-on-demand’ technology.
Secret’s scientists conducted extensive…
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Trivium Packaging has received two awards for its aerosol cans in the 2021 Cans of the Year Awards, hosted by The Canmaker magazine.
Trivium received a silver award in the 'Aerosol Can' category for its packaging design with Eva NYC Hairspray, an impact-extruded can using 25% recycled aluminium. The company also received a silver award in the ‘Decoration and Print Quality’ category for its…
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The winners of the European Aerosol Federation (FEA) Global Aerosol Awards 2021 have been revealed.
Suppliers, fillers, brand owners, and retailers were encouraged to present the innovative aerosol products they have launched on the market between July 2019 and June 2021. The jury panel chose the winning entries across five categories: Innovative Product, Packaging Element Design, Product…
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The British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) has praised the ‘excellent and wide-ranging entries’ to this year’s BAMA Awards.
Having had to postpone and eventually cancel all its planned events for around 15 months, the organisation was “thrilled” to be able to host its annual Forum & Awards on 13 & 14 October.
World Aerosols’ editor Dawn Stephens-Borg had the…
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Wella, a global leader in the beauty industry, has appointed three diverse C-suite executives to its leadership team.
The company has a top professional and retail hair, beauty tech and nail portfolio of iconic brands including Wella Professionals, Clairol, OPI, Nioxin, Sebastian Professional, and ghd.
Virginie Costa joins Wella as global chief financial officer (CFO) - one of only seven…
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PLZ Aeroscience has acquired 220 Laboratories (220 Labs), an innovator and formulator of hair, skin and body products.
With this acquisition, PLZ can now offer its customers an end-to-end suite of solutions, from new product ideation and formula development to the custom manufacturing of aerosol and non-aerosol products.
This marks the fourth acquisition in the personal care industry for…
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Helen of Troy, designer, developer, and global marketer of consumer brand-name home, health and beauty products has sold its mass-market personal care business to HRB Brands.
Brands in Helen of Troy’s portfolio include Braun, Honeywell, Revlon, Bed Head, as well as brands producing deodorants and antiperspirants, such as Brut and Sure. The firm did not sell its Latin America and Caribbean…
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Shiseido Company has promoted Ron Gee to the position of president and CEO of Shiseido Americas.
A nearly 20-year veteran of the beauty industry, Gee has overseen businesses across all categories, including makeup, haircare, skincare, fragrance, and in all channels, including luxury and prestige, mass market, and salon.
Earlier in his career, Gee served in various financial leadership…
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