Mass Beauty: Yay or Nay?

Send to KindleTweet A financial analyst at Citi coined the phrase Hourglass Theory a few years ago, to point to a state he/she expected America was heading in: The haves the and have-nots, with a shrinking middle class. If one looks at the beauty market, this is true. During the recession, people went to salons [...]

Weekly News: Starbucks, Fast Food Coffee, Adele + Beauty, Skincare M&A, & Sephora

Send to KindleTweet It’s all food and beauty here for the weekly roundup. First up, the food. Starbucks is adding Hazelnut Macchiato to its list of standard espresso drinks. Meanwhile after last year’s few acquisitions, the West Coast coffee giant is prepping to extend its loyalty card program to Teavana. The rollout would allow cardholders [...]

Links of the Week: MJ & Lipstick, Gym + Booze, Fancy Bagels, Fashion Startups & The Kid Diet Controversy

Send to KindleTweet I’ve decided that coffee will always be my security blanket. I’ve decided Amazon is my true love. I’ve decided there’s a positive correlation between online dating and online shopping, because of course online dating does not necessarily result in more sex, though men would like that. It does however lead to more [...]

OPI & Sephora To Launch Glee Collection

Send to KindleTweet Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Sephora Americas joined forces to create an exclusive nail polish collection for the hit television show GLEE. The Sephora by OPI goes Gleek Chic collection will include a limited edition range of 10 new nail shades and three print nail design appliques inspired by the show’s [...]

Natural Baby Beauty

Send to KindleTweet 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 [...]

Fashion House Plans Fragrance Move

Send to KindleTweet If his scent collection turns out they way his clothes always do, I’ll be one of the first to shell out some dough for a bottle of his fragrance. News just crossed the wires that BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP is teaming up with New Wave Fragrances, the producer and distributor behind Ed Hardy, True Religion [...]

Bamboo: Sustainable Ingredient Du Jour

Send to KindleTweet 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 [...]

Accent Cosmetics: It’s All About The Color

Send to KindleTweet There’s a new lip gloss in town and her name is Lipstick Queen. OK, so the brand may not be new, but it is my new favorite. The colors are so precise I’m dreaming the nail cosmetics market gets one more competitor. The innovative Aussie behind this brand is none other Poppie [...]

What We Learned At Fashion’s Night Out

Send to KindleTweet Does skinny equal pretty? Will carrying a Louis mask one’s fatness? These are the questions that streamed through my mind while shop hopping on the windy Thursday evening that was the world’s inaugural Fashion’s Night Out. The evening was a mass effort to get Americans out to celebrate fashion week and swipe [...]

Earthy Skincare For the Boys

Send to KindleTweet The Metrosexual concept may be a thing of the past, however men today are more comfortable admitting to a grooming regimen. We think it’s a positive change, because prevention is the best way to avert premature aging. That said, we love the inside and outside of the new Zirh Skin Nutrition line, [...]

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