“When she’s not feuding with Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian is executive producing an upcoming reality competition program filled with beauty bloggers vying to become beauty director of the Kardashian apps. According to a casting-call announcement it’s been picked up by a major cable television network.” Read more at WWD.
Read More“Slap a famous name on a fragrance and there you have it, a product that scoops millions. Ever since Givenchy created his first perfume L’Interdit for Audrey Hepburn in 1957, the formula of selling celebrity fragrances worked well. Fans from all over the globe were willing to wait in line for hours to ensure that they would go home with a piece of their idol. But those days seem long gone.” Read more at Basenotes.
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“‘This stellar brand is one with a global footprint and a significant international presence in Europe,’ said George Cleary, president of global fragrances at Arden. ‘This acquisition is consistent with our strategy to acquire brands to grow our fragrance business on a global basis.’” Read more at WWD.
Read More“David Beckham has signed on as the first global ambassador of L’Oréal-owned Biotherm Homme in a multi-year partnership. The first campaign advertising the brand’s N°1 moisturizer Aquapower will be released in June but, perhaps more excitingly, Beckham will also collaborate on a range of men’s skin-care and grooming products set to launch in 2017.” Read more at Fashionista.com.
Read More“Calvin Klein has tapped Margot Robbie as the face of its soon-to-launch Deep Euphoria women’s fragrance. The fragrance, the third of the Euphoria range, is slated for release in the fall and billed by Calvin Klein as the ‘more modern, empowered sister’ to the existing two fragrances.” Read more at WWD.
Read More“Two global celebrities—Rihanna and Victoria Beckham—last week unveiled prestige color cosmetics collaborations within 48 hours of one another. Also on Friday, Katy Perry revealed she is launching a mass market color cosmetics line in July for Covergirl that focuses on demi-matte lipsticks and longwear mascaras. The deals are further evidence of a major ongoing shift in the beauty world, which for years was fueled by the latest celebrity fragrance and its subsequent slew of flankers.” Read more at WWD.
Read More“Hot off the heels of its smash Gwen Stefani collab, everyone’s favorite IDGAF beauty brand announced Orange Is The New Black actress, Ruby Rose, as the brand’s newest spokesperson.” Read more at Refinery29.
Read More“On Friday afternoon, MAC finally officially announced its collaboration with Caitlyn Jenner, after months of speculation that it was happening. The #MACCaitlynJenner ‘collection’ consists of one lipstick in a rosy nude shade called Finally Free.” Read more at Fashionista.com.
Read More“Deborah Lippmann started doing nails as a way to earn extra money while working as a singer. She’d see clients at a salon during the day and perform on stage at night. Soon, she started to love her career as a manicurist almost as much as her career as a singer. Working at places like Elizabeth Arden and Frédéric Fekkai, Lippmann attracted a decidedly A-list clientele—Cher, Martha Stewart, and Sigourney Weaver were early regulars; Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Caitlyn Jenner are current ones.” Read more at Cosmopolitan.
Read More“Urban Decay has inked its first ever celebrity designer collaboration, a limited-edition collection with Gwen Stefani. Stefani is no stranger to Urban Decay and its parent L’Oréal—she served as a spokeswoman for L’Oréal and is a longtime fan of Urban Decay’s creator, Wende Zomnir. Stefani and Zomnir, who met when Stefani’s group No Doubt and Urban Decay were emerging, admired each other’s spirit for ‘making waves,’ in their respective industries.” Read more at WWD.
Read More“Last night, Amy Schumer took home her first Emmy for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series for Inside Amy Schumer. In one of the season’s most viral sketches, ‘Girl, You Don’t Need Makeup,’ Schumer pokes fun at the glorification of natural, no-makeup beauty, a look that comes with its own set of impossible to meet beauty standards: ‘I didn’t know that your lashes were so stubby and pale, just a little mascara and you’ll look female.’ Schumer’s acceptance speech was pretty perfect: She thanked her team of writers, her sister, and the woman who gave her ‘sort of a smoky eye.’” Read more at Elle.
Read More“The famous sisters are continuing toward world domination, today each launching personal apps in the iTunes app store and Google Play. The subscription-based apps, which cost $2.99 a month, are tailored to each sister’s brand and image. Through them, you’ll get a glimpse into their lives—and that includes access to their beauty, fashion, and fitness routines and inspirations.” Read more at Allure.com.
Read More“Drew Barrymore’s cosmetics and fragrance line, Flower Beauty, has been hugely successful (and highly affordable) since its launch, but according to the beauty mogul, she’s just getting started. Flower Beauty is made up of color cosmetics, including eye shadows, eye liners, blushes and more, three seductive scents and now sunglasses, but Barrymore says the line is expanding — with a few pieces she’s really excited about, including a complexion corrector that hides almost every blemish.” Read more at PeopleStyleWatch.com.
Read More“For 22-year-old performer Ariana Grande, the family support doesn’t stop with encouraging the best-selling singer’s songs — it also extends to her new women’s fragrance, which bows today. ‘My brother Frankie is obsessed with it and wearing it everywhere,’ said Grande in a phone interview with WWD, taking a break from her 88-show Honeymoon Tour.” Read more at WWD.
Read More“The range contains 17 skin care products — cleansers, a facial mist, moisturizers, wipes, etc. — and a whopping 66 makeup products, including foundations. The most expensive item, the moisturizer, rings up at $34. Honest Beauty offers every single product a self-respecting beauty line needs to have these days: a do-everything balm, lip crayons, things inspired by Asian beauty products (like a fantastic powder cleanser in single-serve packets and a konjac sponge), fluid facial sunscreens, a lash primer/mascara combo and a face primer that works well under makeup or on its own.” Read more at Fashionista.com.
Read More“The American beauty industry’s 13-year love affair with celebrity fragrance is turning sour. Showbiz perfumery has always been cyclical, with a parade of Hollywood fragrances rising and falling over the years — amid shouts that ‘celebrity is dead’ — depending on star power and results. But the category now seems to be in a funk resembling a death spiral.” Read more at WWD.
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