Protesters Hit Harrods, Santa Maria Novella Parties in Recent

21 Oct

PAINT PROTEST: Harrods’ Knightsbridge store was the newest goal for the environmental organization Just Stop Oil. One entrance and a couple of adjoining windows were spray-painted orange on Thursday morning and about 20 people staged a sit-down protest on the road in front of the posh store. A member of the group said in a video posted on Twitter that the owner of Harrods, which is the state of Qatar via its sovereign wealth fund the Qatar Investment Authority, “also has shares in oil and gas firms. These fossil fuels are fueling the climate crisis.” He was later dragged into the shop by security guards from the posh department store. The storefront was later cleaned after the police removed all activists from...

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16 Sep

Warren Buffett Partners With Girls Inc. To Amplify Leadership

by Beautifaire101

Hair, Featured

Warren Buffett is a really wealthy man—but he’s proving to even have a heart of gold. It was recently announced that Motiva, a tech design concept brand that created a photograph of the billionaire displaying several of his most famous quotes, is auctioning off a signed copy to profit Girls Inc. “We’ve essentially invented a latest type of expression for artists and thought leaders,” says Ronen Shilo, the founding father of Motiva. “Each Motiva is exclusive because it captures the essence of the artist or thought leader through keywords hidden inside its distinctive letter grid.” In response to a news release shared with Essence, the piece is being auctioned off as a component of ‘Motiva for a Cause’, an initiative geared...

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6 Sep

Launchmetrics Partners With MAC Cosmetics, Microsoft for Beauty Hackathon

by Beautifaire101

Beauty, Featured

Launchmetrics’ newest initiative seeks to bring the beauty-tech landscape to the fore. The information research and insights company has joined forces with MAC Cosmetics and Microsoft to host a knowledge hackathon from Nov. 17 through Nov. 21, called Beauty Hacks. The competition, which can happen in Microsoft’s Technology Center in Paris, will allow students from France’s top business, engineering and tech schools to research data from Launchmetrics’ proprietary data set with a view to determine easy methods to improve the performance of beauty brands on social media. “For us, it is sensible to be the middleman between a worldwide technology player like Microsoft and a business like MAC,” said Michael Jaïs, cofounder and chief executive officer of Launchmetrics. “It’s not that common for...

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