Lubrizol grows Canadian botanical ingredient reach with Dempsey deal
Key takeaways
- Lubrizol names Dempsey Beauty Ingredients as the exclusive Canadian distributor for its Advanced Botanical Ingredients portfolio.
- Canadian formulators gain local access to the botanical ingredients, backed by technical support and market knowledge.
- The deal comes as Canada’s beauty market faces tariff turbulence with the US.
Lubrizol has named Dempsey Beauty Ingredients as the exclusive Canadian distributor for its Advanced Botanical Ingredients portfolio. The partnership works to expand access to sustainable, nature-inspired ingredients for skin care, hair care, and other personal care applications.
Canadian beauty brands will now gain local access to Lubrizol’s nature-inspired botanical ingredients. Lubrizol is a specialty chemical company based in the US.
Some of Lubrizol’s solutions that will become available are: Actizyme, Actifcol, Actisoothe, Actifoliate, Stevisse, Lapagyl, Oxylance, and Resulook. The Actiphyte and Actismart collections are also included.
“We are excited to partner with Dempsey Beauty Ingredients to expand access to our Advanced Botanical Ingredients portfolio across Canada,” says Eric Painting, distribution manager at Lubrizol.
Dempsey Beauty Ingredients brings expertise serving the Canadian beauty and personal care market. The company helps formulators and brand owners access “innovative ingredient solutions backed by technical support and market knowledge.”
Painting adds: “Dempsey’s strong customer relationships, application expertise, and commitment to service make them an ideal partner to help beauty brands and formulators bring innovative, nature-inspired products to market.”
“Together, we look forward to supporting the evolving needs of the Canadian personal care industry.”
Lubrizol says the partnership reinforces its commitment to providing customers with local support, technical expertise, and access to a broad portfolio of high-performance botanical ingredients designed to meet growing consumer demand for naturally derived and sustainable beauty solutions.
Canada tariff backdrop
The Canadian beauty market recently faced turbulence. In August, tariff tensions between the US and Canada hit a peak.
Canada said it will match the US’s 50% cosmetics tariffs “dollar-for-dollar” from September 8. Beauty goods that cross the border more than once will now get taxed each time, so brands have to consider the full cost.
The Personal Care Products Council urged both countries back to the negotiating table, while cross-border logistics firm FlavorCloud told us how companies can plan around a shifting tariff landscape.
