Beauty Emergency : Stolen Moisturizer

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 my new shredder [...]

Target Adds New Beauty Brand

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, from anti-aging and [...]

DIY Skincare Device Market Near $1B Mark

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 to hit the [...]

Skin Savers: The Path To A Better You

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 beauty routine and [...]

Bright Eyes: A Roundup Of Eye Creams

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. Yes, he responds. [...]

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 [...]

Skin Care Gratification: A Study in Patience & Vanity

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, calmer skin. Among [...]

Xango Beauty

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, Xango, which is [...]