ICMAD Comments on Lipstick: Confirming the Safety of Lip Products
ICMAD responds to a University of California at Berkeley report titled, "Concentrations and Potential Health Risks of Metals in Lip Products". The issue of lead in lipstick has long been studied and thoroughly addressed by FDA, first in 2009 and then more expanded findings were completed in 2011. FDA does not consider the lead levels found in lipsticks to be a safety concern.

ICMAD CITY Awards Dinner and Annual Meeting
A gold standard cosmetics industry award for breakthrough indie beauty products. This year’s CITY Awards ceremony will be held June 18, 2013, at Battery Gardens. Carol Hamilton, President of L'Oreal's Luxury Products Division and beauty industry leader will be the keynote speaker for this event. Hamilton has been listed as one of Advertising Age's "Marketing 100" and "50 Most Powerful People in Marketing".