A Sephora-commissioned study illustrates the domino effect of racial bias in U.S. retail. “The Racial Bias in Retail Study” is a compilation of research conducted over the course of a year by Kelton Global and LRW in partnership with retail racism experts Dr. Cassi Pittman Claytor, Dr. David Crockett, Whitney Dunlap-Fowler and Dr. Patricia Raspberry. It draws both from academic […]
Continue reading »
Essie ended 2020 on a high note. As of the end of last year, the brand is only producing formulas that are vegan and free of eight potentially harmful ingredients traditionally found in nail polish, such as toluene, dibutyl phthalate, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, camphor, ethyl tosylamide, xylene, triphenyl and phosphate. Consumers can reach out to Essie customer care to see […]
Continue reading »
Is 2021 the year Coty Inc. finally turns around the business? The company has struggled since it bought 41 beauty brands from Procter & Gamble in 2016. Many of those brands showed up in rough shape, and Coty executives struggled to fix them. At the highest levels, Coty executives also struggled to keep their jobs — the company has had […]
Continue reading »
In the Before Times, my makeup routine could be described as "minimal at best." Before heading to work (or anywhere, for that matter), I'd dab on a touch of concealer, a wash of bronzer, two coats of mascara, and a pinky-nude lipstick — and call it a day. Now, though, after almost a full year of working from home, the […]
Continue reading »
The Ordinary’s cult-favorite Colours line is gaining a new category: concealers. Launching on The Ordinary’s web site on Jan. 19, the Colours concealers will be available in 36 shades for $5.80 and will later roll out to retail partner Ulta Beauty, where the Ordinary started offering its Colours foundation earlier this year. Industry sources estimate the concealers line will reach […]
Continue reading »
All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The trees have been lit, presents opened, and stomachs stuffed, but the fun's not over yet because our favorite retailers are hosting huge after-Christmas sales — and the Nordstrom Half-Yearly Sale 2020 is one […]
Continue reading »
This has been a big year for e-commerce, and one in which social media is playing an ever-larger role in online sales. “During the coronavirus times, social [media] was the way that we were connecting with our consumers with stores closed, and it’s really been so important for us,” said Lauren Jury, director of global content and social media strategy […]
Continue reading »
In tumultuous times it’s easy for companies to be reactive. But beauty’s senior leaders know that the key to survival lies in being proactive, and as 2020 continued to unfold, the industry’s top executives harnessed the sociocultural forces to drive meaningful change in their organizations. For the WWD Beauty Inc Virtual Summit, we asked five chief executive officers — Mary […]
Continue reading »
PARIS – Healthy food and beauty e-commerce platform Kazidomi has raised 6 million euros in a funding round led by Invest For Jobs and FJ Labs. The Belgian company, co-founded by Alain Etienne and Emna Everard in 2016, sells groceries online. The business is based on a subscription model, with annual members benefiting from preferential prices, substantially less than at […]
Continue reading »
I definitely didn't need to make another sunscreen purchase this year, but after hearing YouTube star Hyram rave about First Aid Beauty's Weightless Liquid Mineral SPF 30 in his "The Best Sunscreens of 2020!" video from late last month, I simply couldn't help myself. I was a woman influenced, and I had to have it. And well, your girl has […]
Continue reading »