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April 2024

25 Apr

All The Beauty and Wellness Retail Expansions of 2024

April Prakti Beauty Pritika Swarup’s Prakti Beauty has made its first retail foray, launching in all five Goop stores and online. The brand, known for modernizing Ayurvedic beauty rituals via offerings like its exfoliating PritiPolish and PaviPure detox mask, purports to have quadrupled its sales growth in 2023 versus 2022. March Ourside Nostalgia Eau de Parfum courtesy Ourside, the posh fragrance brand introduced by Keta Burke-Williams in 2023, has launched at Bergdorf Goodman because the retailer’s only Black woman-founded fragrance brand. The three eau de parfums Nostalgia, Dusk and Moon Dust, retail for $196 each and are “designed for non-conformers.” Dedcool courtesy Home and superb fragrance brand Dedcool has launched within the U.K. in 30 Space NK stores. The brand’s other international markets include Australia and Recent Zealand,...
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25 Apr

Inside Tyla’s Givenchy Handbag | In The Bag

British Vogue presents ‘In The Bag’ with Tyla. The South African singer and songwriter reveals her handbag essentials, as we have a look inside Tyla’s Givenchy handbag. “In South Africa, we use this [maize meal] to make Pap. Pap is maize meal, hot water and a few salts—it’s a workout to make it,” says the Grammy Award winner as she pulls out a hefty bag of ACE super maize meal. “You've got to taste it, though, it’s really good.” Other must-haves include a ‘bedazzled’ Vaseline and Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask, plus a Baies Diptyque Candle to make hotel rooms feel slightly more cosy. Watch the total episode of British Vogue’s ‘In The Bag’, as Tyla gives us a sneak peek...
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25 Apr

Parfums Christian Dior Unveils Sustainability Strategy: EXCLUSIVE

PARIS — Parfums Christian Dior is unveiling its sustainability strategy, called “Beauty as a Legacy 2030.” That builds on the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-owned house’s earlier efforts and includes voluntary reporting. “Last yr, it was really about intent, and this yr is about motion,” said Laurent Kleitman, president and chief executive officer of Parfums Christian Dior, calling sustainability a business imperative today. “Sustainability shouldn't be a latest concept at Dior,” he said. The brand’s L’Or de Vie skincare packaging was fully refillable 16 years ago, and Rouge Dior lipstick from the Fifties was, as well. “So there has at all times been something within the Dior DNA that was about protecting the world at large and nature,” said Kleitman. “And this has to...
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