OPI & Sephora To Launch Glee Collection

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 cast, performances and [...]

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 [...]

Fashion House Plans Fragrance Move

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 and Christian Audigier [...]

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 [...]

Accent Cosmetics: It’s All About The Color

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 King, a longtime [...]

What We Learned At Fashion’s Night Out

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 the plastic. We [...]

Earthy Skincare For the Boys

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, Zirh Natural for [...]

The Business Of Beauty

Think lipstick and plastic surgery is all fluff? This so-called fluff is a multi-billion industry in the United States, and according to research firm NPD Group, lip gloss sales alone generate about $200 million a year. While many might like to think the industry is all about teenagers buying Barbie-inspired lip gloss and middle-aged women [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of March 31

J. C. Penney Company has opened 10 new stores. Nine of the 10 stores include a 1,500-square-foot Sephora Inside JCPenney boutique and all 10 sell the company’s new American Living brand, which was created by a subsidiary of Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. The new stores are located in the following cities: Lake Havasu City, Ariz.; [...]