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Indie Beauty Highlights


The indie beauty market for skincare, makeup and 'wellness' is booming-and part of the reason is that it is easier than ever to launch one's own line-thanks to private label manufacturers -with ready made formulas (yes-there are a lot of similar products/buzzwords) -or the ability to customize-which is why (imo) some makeup/skincare brands manage to be unique.

Two companies visited at the recent Indie Beauty Expo---showed us what's trendy...

 Lipotec Skin Essentials (a Lubrizol division since 2012-all  owned by Bershire Hathaway)  has a turn-key good to go- brand accelerator program with advanced science-y formulations for skin care. Cooling, hydration-creamy light gel-fast absorbing-and time releasing are desired cream -serum-moisturizers textures/characteristics.

Also-pretty cool-tinier than shot glass size (hence the name SHOTZ) anti aging serum-different ingredients=different colors-shake up-the colors blend- and then use.



Lubrizol -has single use capsules of skincare ingredient-ensures the integrity of the formulation-vs a jar packaging that should never be used! Best selling Elizabeth Arden's has been using this type of packaging for years-including their latest Vitamin  C Ceramide Capsules...Vitamin C is notably degraded with each exposure to air...and over time.

PURE BEAUTY LABS cosmetic design and formulations-had a light gel fresh-sheer metallic eye makeup-reminded us of Maybelline's Color Tattoo Creme Gel eyeshadow.

Balms-sticks are popular too. Here-"BLACK HOLE" face scrub