We want to deliver breakthrough products that benefit consumers and continue to invent the unexpected.
Carl Haney
Executive Vice President, Global R&D, Corporate Product Innovation, Packaging Development
Research and Development
As a brand-led innovation company, we have created a multi-year pipeline of transformative products across our portfolio of brands. From upstream discovery to downstream R&D execution, our goal is to deliver significant, meaningful benefits to consumers.
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Research and Development
As a brand-led innovation company, we are focused on creating a multi-year pipeline of transformational products. From upstream discovery to downstream R&D execution; from revolutionary ingredients that visibly repair the skin to stunning sensory aspects or our products – the texture of a serum, the click of a powder, the mist of a fragrance – we focus on providing consumers with quality products with significant, meaningful meaningful benefits.
Beauty Science
Our multidisciplinary expertise includes basic science and advanced technology; the intersection of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering, combined with state-of-the-art technology. As a result, we enable all our brands to benefit from the latest scientific breakthroughs while ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality and performance. We have approximately 1,250 employees engaged in research and development activities in the following areas.
Analytical Science
Packaging and device design
Bioactives
Process development and scale-up
Biomechanics
Product Formulation
Clinical Science
Product Safety
Fermentation & Biotechnology
Regulatory Science
Imaging Technology
Skin Biology & Physiology
Materials Science
Rheology and Stability
Center of Excellence
By design, the global footprint of our R&D and innovation sites is built on a foundation of category expertise and key regional influences. Whether it’s makeup formulations in Markham, Canada, the birthplace of M-A-C; biotechnology in Melville, New York; skincare development in Shanghai, China; packaging innovation in New York City; or the production of natural and organic products for Aveda in Blaine, Minnesota, we leverage throughout the organization our deep institutional knowledge and expertise throughout the organization.
To see where our R&D facilities are located click here
We are expanding our capabilities through scientific and technical collaborations with universities and research institutes – this allows us to move into areas of science that are growing at a logarithmic rate, such as genomics and the microbiome. Developing these relationships with universities is part of our R&D strategy. Working directly with academia and rapidly evolving research is critical because science and technology are accelerating.
