Undercover Shopper at Sephora in London – WWD
LONDON — As someone who regularly haunted the aisles of Sephora’s Champs-Élysées store in Paris as a foreign exchange student in the late Nineties, I have gone through quite a few jars of anti-wrinkle...
Dr. Brandt Integrative Dermatology Undergoes a Face Lift – WWD
The skin care brand previously known as Dr. Brandt Skincare, founded by dermatological pioneer Dr. Fredric Brandt, has undergone a face lift.
Dr. Brandt Integrative Dermatology has reformulated its products to be vegan and cruelty...
Ourself, Laneige Among Top-performing Beauty Brands on Social Media – WWD
Two things can be true at once.
Data from Dash Hudson shows that while the TikTok era of cross-channel beauty content continues, different platforms still pose uniquely compelling value propositions for brands.
For example, while...
Gabrielle Union Launches $75,000 Grant for Black-owned Businesses – WWD
Flawless by Gabrielle Union is backing Black businesses.
The hair care brand has teamed up with LinkedIn to inaugurate a grant awarding three Black, female-owned fashion, skin care and hair accessory brands with mentorship...
TikTok Star Monet McMichael on Going Viral, Her Beauty Must-haves and That Tarte Dubai...
Monet McMichael has the kind of name you want to say in full each and every time.
Over the last year, the 23-year-old social media star has soared through the ranks of BeautyTok and...
Candle Brand Nette Bets Big on Neuroscents With Perfume Foray – WWD
Carol Han Pyle, founder of candle brand Nette, has never written a dystopian novel while perched in a glass house in the woods decked from head to toe in The Row, but if she...
European Beauty Investment Landscape Changes in Volatile Times – WWD
PARIS — Europe-based venture capital and private equity investors are poised to accelerate their pace of beauty deal-making again, probably in the second half of this year. But industry experts say the M&A landscape...
When Hair Mascaras Streaked Past Expectations – WWD
Hair painting might be on the rise today, but for longtime beauty watchers, what’s old is new again.
Rewind a few decades, back to 1997, for the advent of hair mascara. It’s a case study...
All the Looks You Need to See – WWD
Much like the fashion, the stars played it safe with their beauty looks on the Oscar red carpet on Sunday. There was plenty of old-Hollywood glam: bold lips, smokey eyes and wavy locks (à...
NIQ Launches Mentorship Program for Minority-owned Beauty Brands – WWD
Data analytics firm NIQ is inaugurating a Beauty Trailblazer Program to provide minority-owned brands with equitable access to Big Data sets.
Applications for the three-month program close March 17, and are open to U.S.-based,...