Coty May Acquire OPI
November 20, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Months after nail giant Essie was acquired by L’Oreal rumors in the beauty and business sectors have surfaced that fragrance house Coty might purchase another major nail polish company, OPI Products. According to Bloomberg, the deal could be worth up to $1 billion. The two firms are reportedly in exclusive talks and [...]
European Beauty: Where Quality And Quantity Unite
November 9, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet The sustainability that many American cosmetic companies adopt for sales and trend purposes is one that seems a genuine mission in the European community. Translation: it is quite rare to find a large, established cosmetic company in America that is creating products without harmful chemicals, in a sustainable manufacturing setting, simply because [...]
Euro-Standard Nail Care: Mommy-Safe Nail Cosmetics
October 27, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet An ongoing global beauty debate begs the question—should we put anything on our skin that we wouldn’t use on our children? But the issue goes deeper. While most companies use chemicals, not all are created equally, and in Europe, some have been taken off the market for possible correlations with cancer, toxicity [...]


