“Sanders is the latest in the trend of many brands signing on influencers to drive awareness and engage in conversations with consumers. She joins model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, the current face of hair and body for the fast-growing brand. The Curl Collection is in tune with the current stream of curl-friendly products as women embrace textured hair.” Read more at WWD.
Read More“When the Los Angeles hairstylist Chaz Dean pitched his almond mint and lavender-scented hair care products, he sold millions. But his formula got an unexpected result: itching, rashes, even hair loss in large clumps, in both adults and children.” Read more at The New York Times.
Read More“‘Historically, Pantene has been synonymous with long, straight hair — but Pantene hair can be all types and textures,’ Jodi Allen, vice president of hair care and color for North America at Procter & Gamble, said in a June 7 press release.” Read more at US Magazine.
Read More“The Carlyle Group has agreed to sell hair and personal care company Vogue International to Johnson & Johnson for $3.3bn. Vogue produces the OGX hair and personal care range, Maui Moisture and the Proganix salon-inspired range.” Read more at Cosmetics Business.
Read More“One quick Google search can confirm that yes, this is a thing, with women thinking that their hair has totally ‘gotten used to’ the shampoo and conditioner regimens they've come to depend on and love. We got the hard facts from the experts themselves to figure this conundrum out. The verdict? It's mostly in your head.” Read more at Marie Claire.
Read More“As you may know, the ‘essence’ skincare category was created in Korea and basically consists of ultra-concentrated liquids or lotions packed with active ingredients that improve the overall appearance and health of skin. The hair equivalents function in much the same fashion, coating the hair with nutrition while moisturizing to prevent dryness.” Read more at Marie Claire.
Read More“She went on to list ‘sea-salt spray,’ ‘conditioning milk,’ ‘hair oil,’ and ‘root lift’ as the products she’s been experimenting with and loving from the line.” Read more at Allure.com.
Read More“‘Where do you fit in?’ asks the copy on a tube of Miss Jessie’s MultiCultural Curls. ‘You have a multitude of textures, or come from a beautiful mix of different ethnicities, but cannot find styling products that work for your unique curls.’ This is a problem for people with thick, curly hair. Until relatively recently, mainstream beauty aisles were stocked with all manner of gels and sprays targeted to (usually white) women with straight-to-wavy hair looking for volume and texture. For any other products, there was the ‘ethnic’ aisle, stocked with heavy oils or chemical straighteners. If your hair fell in between, well, good luck.” Read more at Racked.
Read More“Hair stylist extraordinaire Laurent Philippon has been working in the beauty industry since he was 15 years old. Today, his work can be seen in Numero, French Vogue, French Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and many more magazines. Along with his editorial work, he currently serves as Bumble and bumble’s artistic director, dreaming up new products, images, and training programs. He also authored the gorgeous hardcover Hair: Fashion and Fantasy, a compilation of extraordinary hairstyles throughout history.” Read more at Yahoo! Beauty.
Read More“The best beauty industry experts say there’s always a way to keep learning. That’s the goal of Mastered, an interactive online course that has been developed for experienced professionals. The program kicked off in May with a three-month course under the leadership of makeup artist Val Garland. Over 5,000 applicants applied for a spot in the course and 1,000 were accepted.” Read more at Yahoo Beauty.
Read More“You can contour your face, you can contour your body, and now you can also contour your hair. Some colorists have begun throwing around the term ‘hair contouring’ to describe a detailed process of strategically highlighting and lowlighting hair to enhance and flatter a person’s face shape.” Read more at Allure.com.
Read More“It’s a big day in beauty news over here, because there’s a new trend charter in town that might just provide your Friday workday distraction. Glamour launched the Lipstick Index, a feature that charts beauty trends in real time. The index tracks conversations across social media to give viewers an updated look at what’s hot in beauty.” Read more at Bustle.
Read More“Botox, best known as a wrinkle smoother, is also approved by the FDA for excessive underarm sweating. The drug blocks the impulses between nerves that tell a sweat gland to activate and the gland itself. If strategically shot into the scalp—a treatment that lasts anywhere from three to nine months and can cost up to $1,500—a woman can emerge from even the sweatiest of workouts with her hairdo still dry and intact.” Read more at Fast Company.
Read More“Did you know that Carol’s Daughter (the beauty brand you can now find in every Target) started in a Brooklyn, NY, kitchen? The hair creams and lotions have come a long way since then. However, founder Lisa Price honors that humble heritage in the new #BornandMade initiative. She likes to say that her products were born in Brooklyn and made with love.” Read more at Popsugar.
Read More“When it comes to the hair-straightening treatments known as the Brazilian Blowout or keratin smoothing formula, the Environmental Working Group is not giving up the cause. Four years after it first published a report on the dangers of such treatments, the nonprofit organization is releasing an article today charging that the treatments still contain as much as 7 percent formaldehyde, a toxic chemical that the U.S. government in 2011 designated a known human carcinogen.” Read more at WWD.
Read More“Two years ago, at the behest of both her mom and her hairdresser, Jackie De Jesu started shopping around for a showercap. Knowing that many women, like her, don’t wash their hair every time they shower, she assumed there would be at least a few options that were both stylish and quality. But after months of searching, she came up dry.” Read more at Fast Company.
Read More“Over several decades, Frédéric Fekkai has built a hair empire with a best-selling haircare line carried at Sephora and other prime beauty retailers. But cutting hair wasn’t always a clear-cut path for the handsome Frenchman. Rather, he jump-started his career from taking risk after risk—in his words, it’s because he stayed curious after all these years.” Read more at Yahoo.
Read More“MacIntyre Communications was named PR agency of record for two luxury hair care brands in L’Oréal Canada’s professional products division.” Read more at Marketing Magazine.
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