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19 Oct

Fresh From L’Oréal Funding, Debut Desires to Tackle Fragrance

Having closed a complete of $40 million in its series B funding led by Daring, L’Oréal’s enterprise capital fund, biotech firm Debut desires to make the fragrance industry more sustainable. “Having successfully scaled biotechnology with 100% success in skincare and leading that category, we are actually addressing the urgent challenges facing the fragrance industry,” said Debut founder and chief executive officer Joshua Britton.  By developing bio-identical and novel fragrance molecules, San Diego-based Debut believes it would enable fragrance brands to transition to bio-based formulas, while protecting the olfactive integrity of the formulas.  That’s because Debut’s biotechnology can replicate the olfactive signature and precise characteristics of natural ingredients, including those which can be structurally complex, difficult to source and only exist in trace amounts...
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16 Oct

Shanghai Designers Tackle Difficult Market With Creative Drive

SHANGHAI — Local designers need to stay positive and look for brand spanking new opportunities amid China‘s economic slowdown. The spring 2024 edition of Shanghai Fashion Week wrapped Monday, with greater than 100 brands showcasing their latest collections to local buyers. The final consensus amongst buyers WWD spoke to is that they're scaling back budgets and tightening brand lists this season as Chinese fashion consumers have been spending less. That said, a decade after the Chinese designer fashion boom — and having survived the COVID-19 pandemic — local brands are prepared to embrace a tougher market environment with greater shows, stronger brand narratives, more diverse price and product ranges, and more collaborations to succeed in latest audiences. Comme Moi, a fashion label founded by...
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3 Jun

Skinfix Looks to Tackle Psoriasis – WWD

Skinfix is gearing as much as launch its first treatment for psoriasis-prone skin, a notoriously hard condition to treat. Skinfix’s KP & PsO Smoothing Body Treatment, a every day skin treatment for each psoriasis and keratosis pilaris, will debut mid-June at Sephora, priced at $50. “Our Resurface+ Scrub and Cream that help address KP have consistently been two of our bestselling products at Sephora,” said Amy Gordinier, Skinfix founder and chief executive officer. “Based on our ongoing commitment to healing skin, including KP, and research showing psoriasis as a growing concern, we developed the brand new Resurface+ KP + PsO Smoothing Body Treatment to handle each conditions.” In response to the National Psoriasis Foundation, psoriasis affects greater than 3 percent of the U.S. adult population,...
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12 Sep

12 Body Serums That Tackle Your Hardest Skin Problems

We don’t should let you know the primary rule of bodycare (hydrate, hydrate, hydrate), nevertheless it goes without saying that for some, retaining the advantages that include many lotions and moisturizers is difficult work. For those with exceptionally stubborn skin problems, particularly pertaining to skin moisture and texture, circumstances may as a substitute call for a body serum, which comes formulated with just a few extra key ingredients to make sure hydration and other skin advantages equivalent to skin renewal, and stick.  Body serums sound intense and confusing, we all know — but they’ve proven easy to include into your beauty routine (for essentially the most part, you apply them to the skin like you'd a moisturizer, and most absorb quickly...
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