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15 Dec

After Collecting Data on Melanin Wealthy Skin, 4.5.6. Skin

After Collecting Data on Melanin Wealthy Skin, 4.5.6. Skin
London-based direct-to-consumer skincare line 4.5.6 Skin has rebranded and is now eyeing a retail expansion due to a recent seed financing round and data collection drive. Founder Noelly Michoux launched the brand in 2020 as a beauty tech start-up dedicated to offering premium and customised skin take care of melanin-rich skin after failing to seek out the precise products for her skin. “The rationale why I began 4.5.6 is that as a dark-skinned woman who grew up in France, it was at all times super difficult to seek out products that were made for my skin, for my hair, for my beauty,” said Michoux, who began R&D via incubation with LVMH research centers through the Cosmet’up program. “I lived in Paris, but to...
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15 Dec

Campbell Ritchie Film Showcases Makeup Artist’s Fight for Clean

Campbell Ritchie Film Showcases Makeup Artist’s Fight for Clean
Model-turned-makeup-artist Campbell Ritchie has stepped back in front of the camera — this time, to advocate for beauty industry reform.  The celebrity makeup artist teamed with streaming platform LightbeamTV and sustainable skincare brand Hear Me Raw for a brief film about her advocacy for cleaner beauty.  Titled “Campbell Ritchie: No Compromise,” the five-minute film premieres June 15 on LightbeamTV’s YouTube channel and chronicles Ritchie’s journey toward not only making informed, sustainable selections with regards to choosing skin and makeup products, but encouraging others artists and consumers to do the identical, as well.  “Our skin is the most important organ on our body — it absorbs all the things,” Ritchie said. “So, whatever you’re putting in your skin topically goes into your bloodstream as...
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14 Dec

A Strategic Review of Henkel – WWD

A Strategic Review of Henkel – WWD
Henkel AG, the German maker of Schwarzkopf, Dial and Diadermine products, has been reassessing its business model, but a fix stays elusive — especially for its beauty retail activity. The Düsseldorf-based company holds a top rank worldwide within the skilled hair care category, but has been underperforming against its cohorts resembling L’Oréal, Unilever and Proctor & Gamble in the massive and dynamic beauty space. Henkel placed sixteenth in WWD Beauty Inc’s Top 100 Global Beauty Manufacturer rating for 2021, which estimated the group’s beauty sales hit 3.49 billion euros that 12 months, down 1.9 percent versus 2020 and 5.2 percent against 2019. During the last five years, Henkel’s organic top-line beauty growth was minus 0.7 percent. The previous five years it was plus...
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14 Dec

Nudeskin by Nudestix Launches in Ulta Stores – WWD

Nudeskin by Nudestix Launches in Ulta Stores – WWD
Nudestix is taking its skincare line, Nudeskin, to latest heights.  The road, which launched in 2020 and was developed with the assistance of dermatologist Jason Emer, will probably be landing in 626 Ulta Beauty doors and 364 Ulta and Goal shops-in-shop, starting July 31.  Based on Jenny Frankel, who's the chief executive officer of Nudestix and cofounded the brand alongside her daughters, Taylor and Ally Frankel, in 2014, the launch is among the many brand’s key focuses for the yr, and a part of its larger effort to extend its brick-and-mortar penetration.  “We actually are in full COVID-19 recovery,” Frankel said. “What’s really fueling us, I feel, is that this minimalist approach to beauty that, before COVID-19, was more of a trend, and...
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