Beneath the Surface
The Speed Trap: How Fast Beauty Has Compromised Product Quality
About five years ago, the beauty industry collectively decided it wanted to go fast—very fast. The skincare brand The Inkey List boasted to Women’s Wear Daily that it could bring a product...
How Department Stores Lost Relevancy—And What They’re Doing To Regain It
More than twenty years after American department stores started to decline, the former titans of retail haven’t regained their edge. Strained by slumping sales, debt, mismanagement and shifting consumer sentiment, several legacy department stores...
BIPOC Brand Founders Are Diversifying The Wellness Industry In An Attempt To Address Health Inequities
There’s a growing number of BIPOC founders adding color to an otherwise white wellness industry by launching brands such Mela Vitamins, TryWell, San Wellness, Medicinal Plant Index and SOW Minerals with supplements formulated for underserved consumers. The founders...
Armpits Are The Latest Beauty Industry Hot Zone
Most people don’t use more than one or two topical products for their armpits: deodorant and possibly shaving cream every so often. But brands are enlarging the universe of armpit products and elevating lowly pits to star status...
Is Everyone A Trichologist Now?
In skincare, dermatologists are superstars. In cosmetics, makeup artists are trailblazers. In haircare, hairstylists are luminaries. And there’s a rising player in the beauty expert pantheon: Trichologists are coming to the fore as hair health has become a...
Squeezed Before The Writers And Actors’ Strikes, Hollywood Makeup Artists And Hairstylists’ Struggles Mount As They Drag On
To outsiders, Hollywood’s shutdowns began on May 2, when the Writers Guild of America initiated its strike, then escalated on July 14 when SAG-AFTRA joined the picket lines with similar demands such as greater residuals from streaming and...
