Monthly Archives: February 2017

Vivaness 2017: [Show Report]

Well, Europe’s biggest organic beauty trade fair Vivaness and its companion show Biofach (the world’s biggest organic food show) have come and gone.

This year the two trade fairs took place from 15th to 18th February 2017 in Nuremberg. According to organisers Messe Nürnberg, more than 50.000 visitors from 134 countries visited the two trade shows. There were 2,785 organic exhibitors  in total (259 of these brands/companies were at Vivaness) and this year’s Country of the Year was the host country, Germany.

As always, it was an exciting and exhausting four days! This was my fourth trade show (if you’re interested: here are the Vivaness 2014, Vivaness 2015 and Vivaness 2016 articles). And now, without further ado and in no particular order, here are my favourite brand discoveries at Vivaness 2017!

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OWN: Spring Edition 2017

Here is the PDF version of Organic & Wellness News Spring Edition 2017, which includes four articles written by me:

  • A preview of Vivaness 2017 trade show (page 28)
  • An overview of the Fair Trade market in Germany (page 28)
  • A feature on DIY Beauty (page 1/23)
  • And a look at the organic beauty market in the US (page 21).Enjoy!

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Beautyjagd: Organic beauty news in English (Chapters 34, 35 & 36)

Today’s the first day of Vivaness  trade show (yay!) so it’ll be a busy week for me. I’ll publish my official Vivaness review article in a couple of weeks; in the meantime, here are the last three Beautyjagd translations:

In News and Reviews from the World of Organic Beauty (Chapter 34), you can find an article on frangipani absolue, the annual Best of Organic Beauty 2016 review (Julia’s favourite 10 beauty products/brands from last year), a review of French beauty brand Couleur Caramel’s new limited edition “A Sunday in Deauville” and the usual Beauty Notes.

News and Reviews from the World of Organic Beauty (Chapter 35) features a detailed review of Danish brand Nuori’s Supreme-C Serum Treatment, Scandinavia-inspired Beauty Notes, an article about French organic supermarket chain Naturalia’s very cool street art cooperation and, of course, all the latest international organic beauty product launches!

And the highlights of News and Reviews from the World of Organic Beauty (Chapter 36) – which was posted today! – include a company profile of French organic niche beauty brand Graine de Pastel and – my personal favourite! – Julia’s #1pack1day Mask Challenge: a Beautyjagd Theme Week with reviews of seven different face masks (including a peat mask from Finland, a hydrogel mask from Korea, a cream mask from Hawaii and a sleeping mask from France). Enjoy!

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