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16 Apr

The Va-va-voom of Shrooms and Plant-based Wellness – WWD

The Va-va-voom of Shrooms and Plant-based Wellness – WWD
There’s one thing that the wife of Chris Ball of Ball Family Farms would love everyone to know: Cannabis and sweetness go hand in hand. Through the question-and-answer period within the session “The Way forward for Plant-based Wellness,” Ball’s wife — a model who has been in the sweetness business for 15 years — prompted her husband to flesh out the connection between the 2. The need to put out the particulars is sensible. Although the substance’s decriminalization has been catching on in additional parts of the country, and sectors like beauty are seeing the rise of more cannabis-oriented products, it’s still a fledgling industry that has to fight misconceptions. Put one other way, there are advantages or effects of cannabis beyond “getting...
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8 Apr

Wellness Platform Form Launches Nutrition Vertical – WWD

Wellness Platform Form Launches Nutrition Vertical – WWD
Form, a female-focused fitness platform founded by Sami Clarke and Sami Bernstein, is adding a nutrition vertical.  In line with Clarke, Form users and her followers have been asking for nutrition content greater than anything.  Form founder Sami Clarke. stefaniemphoto “Nutrition might be probably the most asked thing I get which is funny because I’ve all the time been a fitness trainer, but I feel people understand that food could be somewhat bit more complex than even figuring out,” Clarke told WWD.  Due to this fact, she worked with a dietitian to create the Form dietary program, which launches Monday with 50 recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts. Meals include all the pieces from tahini Buddha bowls to apple nachos, though Clarke said...
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7 Apr

Goal and Sephora Add More Intimate Wellness Brands –

Goal and Sephora Add More Intimate Wellness Brands –
Intimate wellness is getting physical.  While beauty stores and mass retailers alike committed to constructing out intimate and sexual wellness categories, much of the expansion had been digital with brands like Maude and Dame happening Sephora’s website and Bloomi launching on Saks’ site. Ulta Beauty, which now operates The Wellness Shop, has an intimate wellness category in-store with more expansive offerings, including sex devices, online.  But now, with a bit more experience within the category, beauty retailers are bringing more of those offerings into physical stores, most notably Maude launching certain stock keeping units at Sephora. Mass retailers which have had sexual wellness on the aisles for years — think heritage brands — are actually seeking to shake things up and modernize...
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5 Apr

Taraji P. Henson Launches Wellness Pods at HBCU Campuses

Taraji P. Henson Launches Wellness Pods at HBCU Campuses
The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, founded by actress Taraji P. Henson, and Kate Spade Recent York have teamed to bring wellness pods to HBCU campuses, serving greater than 25,000 Black women nationwide. The inspiration, which is known as after Henson’s father who struggled along with his mental health with none resources, was founded in 2018 to destigmatize the topic and supply services to Black communities. Starting with Alabama State University, the 2 organizations will roll out the She Care Wellness Pods, that are physical structures that can offer a slew of mental health resources, including virtual and in-person therapy sessions; psychoeducation sessions, and yoga, art, sound and dance therapy workshops, in addition to a spot for college kids to rest....
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