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27 Aug

Former Estée Lauder Executive Marianne Diorio on the Art

Marianne Diorio’s favorite flowers are peonies. She also likes celosias (the feathery kind, to be clear) and snapdragons, as do her neighbors, whom she's going to often message when she re-ups on the latter at her roadside flower stand, called Superflowers, on Shelter Island, N.Y. Formerly the senior vp of worldwide communications on the Estée Lauder Cos. for 30 years, Diorio is now an independent beauty industry consultant and entrepreneur (or as she calls it, “fleurtrepreneur”). “Being in nature is a really humbling and provoking experience,” said Diorio, who first became fascinated about gardening during her 30s. It was around that very same time that her husband, photographer James Wojcik, bought a house on Shelter Island, where the pair now spend the higher...

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26 Aug

Face Gym Launches at Sephora, Plots Additional Expansions –

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Face Gym Launches at Sephora, Plots Additional Expansions –

FaceGym’s post-pandemic return to brick-and-mortar is in full swing. The brand will launch in-store at Sephora with facial sculpting tools and skincare products and roll out to 46 doors nationwide in the approaching weeks. Among the many seven stock keeping units that can be available in Sephora stores are the Full Face Sculpt Kit, Face Coach and the brand’s recently launched Youthful Energetic Roller, a microneedling tool that's infused with niacinamide and retinol alternative reneseed. “What FaceGym does higher than most is creating that experiential beauty experience,” said FaceGym founder and artistic director Inge Theron, who spearheaded the brand’s pivot to digital when the pandemic hit and is now leveraging the brand’s learnings right into a newfangled omnichannel strategy. By launching online classes when...

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26 Aug

Beauty Bets on Longevity – WWD

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PARIS — The sweetness industry’s lexicon — and focus — keep expanding. Health, then well-being, were buzzwords within the recent past. Now, with their convergence and scientific advances, longevity is becoming a key talking point and industry shape-shifter. Its influence is predicted to be widespread, on the whole lot from product creation to services, as people’s lifespan and mind-set keep stretching. “Our life expectancy has been considerably prolonged, due to recent advances within the medical field,” said Virginie Couturaud, scientific communications director at Parfums Christian Dior. “Today, enabling the human body to stay in good health so long as possible is a serious research challenge. “On this quest for good health, aging, defined by the scientific community as a continuous strategy of alteration...

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26 Aug

Dua Lipa Sings George Michael’s ‘Freedom’ for brand new

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Libre is about to get more intense. The hit fragrance from YSL Beauté is launching its fourth iteration of the scent, with a “le parfum” level that amps up the facility. Dua Lipa returns because the face of the fragrance for the brand new campaign, with stills shot by photographer Tyler Mitchell and a brief film from Grammy-winning music video director Jenn Nkiru. Lipa takes on the anthemic George Michael song “Freedom,” updated for the TikTok generation. Selecting the name “Libre,” which suggests “free” in French, may need been a stroke of luck when it was chosen in 2019. “We worked on this a couple of years ago, and once you see the best way the world goes today freedom has never been...

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