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Turning Beauty Ideas into Products: bottle of new product without a label

EPISODE 13: Turning Beauty Ideas into Products with Custom Formulator, Christine Klahn

Do you have an amazing beauty product idea but you’re not sure how to make it a reality? In this week’s episode of Turning Beauty Ideas into Products, our guest Christine Klahn answers questions about the product formulation process. Christine is the CEO of ChemE Queen Bee—a distinguished San Diego formulation[…]
How to design makeup packaging by following a step by step guide.

How to Design Makeup Packaging: Everything You Need to Know for Your Beauty Brand

Launching a cosmetics brand comes with many decisions—but one of the most important is how to design makeup packaging.  The packaging does far more for makeup products than just holding them—it serves as a mini-billboard for your product, encourages customers to buy from you, communicates your brand story, and establishes your[…]
Creating your custom beauty product line

EPISODE 10: Secrets of a Formulator: Creating Your Custom Beauty Product Line

This episode of Entrepreneur Minds Speak—Speaker Series features Christine Klahn, CEO of ChemE Queen Bee—a distinguished San Diego formulation and small batch manufacturing company. In this engaging session, Christine shares her insights on creating your custom beauty product line including the process of research, development, formulation, and creating prototypes for custom[…]
Skincare branding for natural products including face moisturizers.

Natural Skincare Branding: How to Embrace the Industry Trend in Your Business

There’s no doubt about it—the natural skincare industry is booming. The market size is $6.7 billion, with no signs of slowing down. With the right natural skincare branding and marketing plan, businesses can embrace this niche and thrive.  But how do you jump on the bandwagon? What are consumers looking for?[…]
Skincare tools lined up on white background placed next to each other.

Skincare Industry Trends: 4 Natural Brands Doing It Right (and What to Learn from Them)

If you’re keeping an eye on skincare industry trends, you know that natural is the name of the game.  The natural skincare industry is worth more than $6 trillion annually, and there’s a reason why. Consumers are savvier than ever about the products they’re putting in and on their bodies—and they[…]
Woman applying a natural cosmetic ingredient to the back of her hand with a pea sized amount.

The Top 10 Best Natural Cosmetic Ingredients for Your Skincare Brand

Are you launching a skincare brand and wondering what natural cosmetic ingredients to use? Or wanting to expand an existing skincare brand with natural alternatives?  Clean and natural alternatives are all the rage in the beauty industry—but what ingredients actually work? And what are your customers looking for?  There are plenty[…]
6 Trends That Will Change How We Eat and Look in 2020

6 Trends That Will Change How We Eat and Look in 2020

This Year’s Buzzword: Climate-Conscious A sense of climate urgency continues to build in 2020 and will impact the market decisions of consumers in a major way this year — how they eat, travel, and what they use on their bodies. As consumers make choices to reflect their individual climate commitments, this[…]
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Product Claims: Everything You Need to Know

If you have a really great food or beverage product, you may be tempted to shout it from the rooftops. Or at least display its greatness on the front of the packaging. And while package claims can be helpful for both companies and consumers, they must be done right. If you[…]
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Alternatives for Plastic Packaging

 A Necessary Evil It is undeniably that plastics are becoming our worst nightmare. They are piling up in landfills by the tons and causing chaos to the environment. Worst of all, plastic cannot be avoided. Larger plastics are breaking down into micro-plastics that are invading our water and food sources. But[…]
The Future of Plastics

Consuming plastics: you are what you eat

Eating Plastic Plastic consumption is an all time high. The New York Times just released an article that a new study shows microplastics are in our gut. Because there is so much of it in the ocean, we cannot avoid it. Tiny particles of plastic are consumed by fish and other[…]