Shiseido Reveals New Celeb Partner

Send to KindleTweet Japan’s Shiseido Co. celebrates its 140th anniversary this year and alongside other announcements, revealed a new global spokeswoman, actress Jennifer Connelly. The prestige beauty brand, which was founded in 1872 as the first Western-style pharmacy in Japan, transformed over the years into a cosmetics house. The company has worked with Connelly before, when [...]

Beauty Emergency : Stolen Moisturizer

Send to KindleTweet I’m not lying when I say the low point of this week was finding out someone stole my first Gilt Group purchase, a $25 starter kit of products from Jessica Simpon‘s line, BeautyMint. The Lipstick Effect truly is solid economic theory; months ago I came home to a Staples delivery to find [...]

Target Adds New Beauty Brand

Send to KindleTweet Target recently added a new skincare brand to its shelves with the addition of Nip + Fab, skin and body care collection from the U.K.’s Maria Hatzistefanis. Nip + Fab’s products are reportedly clinically tested. The line is made up of 14 products, each developing with a specific beauty issue in mind, [...]

DIY Skincare Device Market Near $1B Mark

Send to KindleTweet The business of at-home skincare devices is expected to reach the $1 billion mark in 2011, according to a recent report from research firm Kline & Company. The consultancy released a report entitled At-home Skin Care Device 2011: U.S. Market Analysis and Opportunities in August 2011, revealing that the market is expected [...]

Skin Savers: The Path To A Better You

Send to KindleTweet Fortunately for the companies within the multi-billion dollar personal care market, most of us care about vanity. To the outsiders that don’t care about makeup or skincare, the regimes us beauty junkies maintain are time suckers that also drain the bank account. Makeup is also unnatural to those that shun the daily [...]

Bright Eyes: A Roundup Of Eye Creams

Send to KindleTweet When a man that’s never worn moisturizer tells you that you need more sleep, you ask said man, a relative, “do I have lines around my eyes?” No, he says, they’re just, you need more sleep, he says choosing his words carefully. “They’re purple,” I question, fear and vanity taking over me. [...]

Women Favor Lipstick Over Coffee, Sex

Send to KindleTweet 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, [...]

Skin Care Gratification: A Study in Patience & Vanity

Send to KindleTweet Skincare is the perfect example of the modern consumer’s lack of patience and eternal quest for instant gratification. In reality, no product heals infections overnight, eliminates lines completely or quells blemishes in a matter of days. There are some services, however, that either provide an instant glow or with ongoing use, plumper, [...]

Xango Beauty

Send to KindleTweet Xango’s Glimpse skincare line is not to be judged at first glance. One might assume from their website that it’s another pyramid item sales system with few differentials from other skincare items but we have one word for you: Avon. Glimpse emerges from the folks that created the liquid mangosteen dietery supplement, [...]