New Grooming Lines Preps for U.S. Launch
March 26, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Paints & Potions
Send to KindleTweet While the beauty and grooming market might seem saturated it’s my opinion there’s still room in the market for kids and men. Now, straight out of the U.K. comes a new line for men. Aptly dubbed ManCave, the line is vegan-friendly, free of parabens, aluminum and sulfates, and will launch in the [...]
Weekly Links: Chanel Beauty News, J. Crew, Luxe Online Beauty, & The Kardashians
March 23, 2013 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet It’s all beauty and fashion news in this link. To start, Beyonce is starring in a new H&M campaign and luxury fashion site Net-a-Porter has launched beauty. Online impulse buy anyone? Meanwhile, it’s not shocking that the Kardashians‘ foray into skincare will be through a self-tanning line. The collection will launch exclusively [...]
Beauty Emergency : Stolen Moisturizer
January 21, 2012 by Andrea Toochin
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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 [...]
DIY Travel Beauty
April 25, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet I’m the last person to talk about the benefits about sugar, but I’m not talking about eating it here. Most beauty junkies are no stranger to the many sugar-based body scrubs on the market, the most of popular of which is the brown sugar scrub from Fresh. However, this is definitely something [...]
Burt’s Bees Launches New Lotions
October 26, 2010 by Aarti Ruparell
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Send to KindleTweet Burt’s Bees has launched three new body lotions – and there’s something for everyone, Fragrance Free, Soothing Sensitive, and Naturally Nourishing are the latest addition to the line. Made with 100% natural ingredients, Burt’s Bees lotions now include Liquid Crystal Technology; using an emulsifier borrowed from the food industry, it allows the [...]
Whole Foods Makes Plastic, Seafood Ultimatums
September 18, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet The publicly-traded natural food retailer Whole Foods Market recently followed its beauty ultimatum with a new plan to implement new packaging guidelines for its body care and supplement products. In an effort to cut down on plastic consumption, the company will get body and supplement suppliers to switch to post-consumer recycled (PCR) [...]
Natural Baby Beauty
May 18, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
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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 [...]
Aussie & Kiwi Beauty
April 4, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet The giant hole in the ozone layer over Australia is likely the main reason Australian sunscreen brands are superior to most found in the United States. So, it came as no surprise that some of my favorite beauty finds on my trip to New Zealand and Australia were sunscreen products. In addition, I also [...]
Winter Skin Remedies
January 12, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Beauty products are a woman’s weakness because they are easiest form of instant gratification. Dieting is hard, work can be a drag, relationships are either complicated or nonexistent, and kids require 24/7 attention. But beauty, beauty can provide instant gratification, be it in the application of eye gel during a stressful moment, [...]
No BS Skincare: Derma e
December 30, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, GMO News, Paints & Potions
Safe, effective skincare for many skin ailments and general anti-aging, from a seasoned skincare company that respects both its customers and the environment.


