The Scent of a Socialiate

Publicly-traded beauty giant Estée Lauder Companies has inked a deal to launch a fragrance with socialite and clothing designer Tory Burch. EL Companies unit Aramis and Designer Fragrances has joined forces with  Tory Burch LLC via a multi-year agreement to license the Tory Burch fragrance business globally. This is Burch’s first move in the beauty sector. In a release, Burch said: ”Fragrance is [...]

Women Favor Lipstick Over Coffee, Sex

A recent survey by a direct sales beauty company claims that women would choose to keep their favorite beauty product even if it meant giving up coffee, chocolate, or sex. That’s curious to me, but many women don’t even know they can climax two ways, and many rarely reach the Big O, so perhaps it’s [...]

L’Oreal Paris Hires Another Celeb As “Face”

L’Oreal has hired another celebrity to help boost branding and ultimately, sales. Rocker, Fashion Designer and Mother of two Gwen Stefani is now a face of L’Oreal Paris. The celebrity, whose signature look usually includes platinum blond hair and bright red lipstick, said this of the new opportunity: “I can’t believe I get to be [...]

Beauty To Go

I don’t believe in holiday spending binges, $500 skin creams, New Year’s resolutions, or fad diets. But, in moderation, shopping, nutritional adjustments, short-term goals, and skincare treatments can be paths to temporary happiness. A new lip gloss, a laser facial, or a three-day juice feast may not change your life, but for a few minutes, [...]

Beauty Basics: Summer Skincare

There are plenty of beauty goods on the market, but sometimes minimalist is the best option. Amid a long recovery, budgetary issues remain, so our cleansing, moisturizing and sunscreen recommendations are reasonably priced, whether your main concern is price or source of ingredients. Summer means more sweating, the risk of clogged pores, heat rashes, dehydration [...]

Natural Baby Beauty

Baby products are the one budget loophole, where men and women alike consider spending beyond their means in the pursuit of safety and education. It’s obvious babies don’t need beauty products, but sunscreen is an ongoing debate in the beauty sector, where marketing drives most the sales behind the scores of mediocre products. This is [...]

Three Things I Learned from OK!

I had two lychee martinis and a chicken kabob for dinner and now I’m reading OK! 30 mins before production for my night shift, so this is gonna be good folks. Here’s how the day went until now: wake after five snoozes, shower and dress to stumble into work at 11 a.m. after the midnight [...]

Bamboo: Sustainable Ingredient Du Jour

Bamboo is quickly becoming ingredient of choice for companies in the cosmetics and personal care industry looking to improve their sustainability credentials, according to the recent Consumer Packaged Goods trend report from market researcher Datamonitor. According to Datamonitor’s Product Launch Analytics, the number of new products utilizing bamboo both within packaging and as an ingredient [...]

Shiseido To Buy Mineral Makeup Line

Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido has inked an agreement with American mineral makeup line Bare Escentuals to acquire the latter for $1.7 billion, in an all-cash deal, with a second-step merger. The boards of both companies approved the deal. Via a U.S. subsidiary, Shiseido will bid to buy all outstanding shares of Bare Escentuals common stock [...]

Lack of Legislation Hurting Indian Cosmetic Market

A lack of legislation surrounding the Indian personal care market, and related ingredients, is reportedly hurting the market, according to research from Frost and Sullivan. The company’s research shows that insufficient regulation and intellectual property and/or trademarks for ingredients is making it harder for domestic manufacturers to compete in the market. All cosmetics are governed [...]

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