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26 Mar

Swedish Pharmacy Stops Selling Advanced Skin Care to Kids

Swedish Pharmacy Stops Selling Advanced Skin Care to Kids
PARIS — Sweden’s Apotek Hjärtat pharmacy chain is taking steps to ban the sale of advanced skin take care of the under-15 set. A swell of tweens, often known as “Sephora kids,” have found their technique to the skincare aisles, especially within the U.S., thanks largely to the mounting prominence of beauty chatter on social media. Apotek Hjärtat, the leading Swedish pharmacy chain, said in a press release that to ensure that people to purchase advanced skincare, they need to be above 15 years of age, have their parents’ approval or have a skin condition justifying the products’ use. Advanced skincare, in accordance with the pharmacy, includes AHA acid, BHA acid, vitamin A, vitamin C, enzyme peeling and mechanical peels with physical grains. “We would...
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26 Mar

Europe’s Buzzy Indie Skin Care and Wellness Brands Not

Europe’s Buzzy Indie Skin Care and Wellness Brands Not
PARIS — A spate of European indie skincare and wellness brands haven't yet made it to the U.S., but are ripe for the stocking by retailers there. Consider indies because the mice that roar, and the numbers prove their bite. Indie skincare sales last 12 months within the U.S. were especially strong, equaling $9.1 billion, a 14 percent year-on-year increase. That followed on from 11 percent growth in 2022. Meanwhile, unit sales in 2023 against 2022 grew by double digits, in response to Circana. “On this current digital age, indies have quickly risen to be a powerful segment in beauty, representing $30.5 billion in sales and capturing a 32 percent dollar share of the category,” said NielsenIQ in its report titled “The Rise of...
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22 Mar

Mushrooms Gain Popularity in Beauty, Skin Care, Supplements

Mushrooms Gain Popularity in Beauty, Skin Care, Supplements
Mushrooms are having a moment.  Mushroom ingredients are finding their way into skincare and supplements as the patron quest for wellness endures. Beauty and wellness firms are increasingly tapping several types of mushrooms, including reishi, lion’s mane, turkey tail, chaga and others, for what experts say are their immunity, anti-inflammatory and energy-boosting advantages.  In accordance with Google search analytics firm Spate, consumer interest in mushrooms is growing — especially on the supplements side of the equation, where mushroom supplements make up a small but increasing variety of searches. Interest increased 22.4 percent since last 12 months, in keeping with Spate. Searches for reishi mushroom supplements are up 55.5 percent since last 12 months, and searches for turkey tail mushroom supplements are up...
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13 Mar

Priyanka Chopra’s Hair Care Brand Launches in India

Priyanka Chopra’s Hair Care Brand Launches in India
NEW DELHI, India — Call it a homecoming, should you like: India is the primary stop within the international rollout of Anomaly, the hair care brand by actress, producer, activist and creator Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Launched last week in an exclusive tie-up with India’s biggest beauty retailer, Nykaa, the brand has been making a ripple within the country’s $16 billion beauty market. Along with the indisputable fact that the actress said she has grown up on hair care that included oiling and hair brushing, and her consideration of the house market as vital, there may be the fast-changing Indian consumer to think about. “I believe the Indian consumers are at a really interesting point and that makes it much more exciting,” Chopra...
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