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11 Jul

Empire of the Supergoop SPF – WWD

LONDON — Supergoop is working to take its user-friendly SPF products global, and is clearing various regulatory hurdles to accomplish that. The corporate focuses on SPF products that mix into its range of makeup, body care and skin products, aiming to avoid sunscreen that's sticky, tacky or messy. In 2022, the brand reached $250 million in sales, a 65 percent year-on-year increase, and now could be eyeing expansion within the U.K., Europe and Middle East with stockists Space NK and Sephora. “Sunscreen is regulated otherwise in just about every a part of the world. The complexity of doing this, whether it’s the way you do your packaging or the way you register your formulas, you might have to construct quite a...
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6 Jun

‘Bling Empire’ Star Anna Shay Dies of a Stroke

Getty Images Anna Shay of the hit Netflix series “Bling Empire” has passed away from a stroke on the age of 62. Shay, who described herself as a philanthropist and socialite, starred in the primary two seasons of “Bling Empire” based in Los Angeles. The all-Asian-cast reality series explored the lives of the rich and well-connected in Los Angeles. Shay was half-Japanese and half-Russian. “It saddens our hearts to announce that Anna Shay, a loving mother, grandmother, charismatic star, and our brightest ray of sunshine, has passed away on the early age of 62 from a stroke. Anna taught us many life lessons on how to not take life too seriously and to benefit from the finer things. Her impact on our...
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1 May

Inside Anisa Telwar Kaicker’s 30-Yr-Old Beauty Brush Empire –

Anisa Telwar Kaicker’s bet on the sweetness industry got here first; her endearment for the space arrived only after. Within the 30 years since that fortuitous foray, the Anisa International founder has manufactured makeup brushes for corporations including Estée Lauder, Rare Beauty, Sephora and plenty of others, even establishing a direct-to-consumer arm of her own, Anisa Beauty, in 2019. Here, she reflects on her journey. What has your trajectory been like in beauty?  It hasn’t been this rise; it’s been a slow development process. Once I began, I didn’t take a look at it a lot that I used to be going into beauty, but that I used to be going right into a business that had international trading. I knew...
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25 Jan

Designer Peyman Umay Lands Atop the Empire State 

LOOK, UP IN THE SKY: For the designer Peyman Umay, a touristy trip to the Empire State Constructing along with his father led to a latest peak in his profession: designing the uniforms for staffers there. Those that trek to the highest of the Art Deco constructing will see his four-piece creations on its Observatory hosts. The redesign is an element of a $165 million overhaul of the Observatory Experience. To mark the occasion, the Turkish-born designer, who can be an American citizen, attended a kickoff event Tuesday atop the 1,454-foot skyscraper. The celebration included hitting the switch atop the Empire State Constructing to “Empire steel Gray” and “City View Blue” (think royal blue). In total, he has suited up 140...
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