Category: #BeautyRecap

#BeautyRecap: July 19th, 2016

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MarketWatch reports that beauty products tend to be overpriced on Amazon
LifeHacker.com

MAC Cosmetics having its first sample sale in NYC, from July 19th to 22nd, at the Metropolitan Pavilion
TheGloss.com

Barnes & Noble opens The Glossary, a beauty store, inside its stores
Cosmopolitan.com

Kardashians say beauty brand Kardashian Beauty using their name and likeness not authorized
TMZ.com

Gwyneth Paltrow visits Toronto’s Holt Renfrew to promote Juice Beauty
WWD.com

Is this the end of Birchbox? Customers chime-in on why the company is struggling
Racked.com

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#BeautyRecap: July 12th, 2016

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Ad agency Jung von Matt/Elbe built Nivea a seagull drone that poops sunscreen on to you at the beach
AdWeek.com, Promotional Video

Galderma announces over-the-counter approval of 0.1% Differin (Adapalene) acne treatment gel
PRNewswire.com

BBB removes Kylie Cosmetics rating pending review as the organization underestimated the amount of sales
BBB.org

Kylie Cosmetics legal team descend upon Instagrammer lipsnitches who leaked images of new shade of lip color
Seventeen.com

Lancome holds event for Lisa Eldridge and Sonia Rykiel’s Fall 2016 make-up collection
PRNewswire.com

Kat Von D’s cosmetics to become 100% vegan, also launching in the UK at Debenhams
LaikaMagazine.com, Huffingtonpost.co.uk

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#BeautyRecap: July 6th, 2016

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Birchbox announces another round of staff cuts, 12% this time. Previous 15% staff cut was “not enough”
Bloomberg.com

Kylie Cosmetics receives an F from the Better Business Bureau, no longer accredited by the organization
BBB.org, Mic.com

Marvel Comics teams up with Magic Shave on on a comic featuring Luke Cage, about shaving
Softsheen-Carson.com

Snapchat filters a success for Urban Decay and Benefit Cosmetics
WWD.com

Urban Decay launches app to let you digitally try on its new Vice Lipstick collection
GoodHouseKeeping.com

Hired L’Oreal bloggers hiding sponsorship relationship online, in violation of FTC advertising rules
TheFashionLaw.com

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#BeautyRecap: June 28th, 2016

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Charlotte Tilbury launches “Hot Lips” line of lipsticks which honour “mesmerizing women”. $2 from each sale goes to Women for Women International
VanityFair.com

Katy Stoka launches a magnetic false eyelash product that sandwiches your real eyelashes
Youtube.com, WWD.com – Paywall

Architect Matteo Thun designs Nivea flagship store near Rome
Wallpaper.com

L’Oreal and Maybelline to increase shade range as part of Superdrug’s Shades of Beauty campaign
Voice-Online.co.uk

Florida startup to bring camel milk beauty products to the US
PRNewswire.com

L’Oreal signs 15 bloggers and forms the L’Oreal League to promote its products through social media. Part of strategy to beat ad-blockers
WWD.com, FT.com – Paywall bypass with Google

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#BeautyRecap: June 22nd, 2016

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ModiFace launches a Facebook Messenger bot which will let you virtually try on make-up
TeenVogue.com

Kardashian make-up artist, Joyce Bonelli to create her own line of products
InStyle.com

La Mer hires 3 make-up artist brand ambassadors, ahead of presumed make-up line release
Racked.com

Ariana Grande launches new lipstick and lip gloss with MAC Viva Glam
MTV.co.uk

Male grooming brand The Bluebeards Revenge teams up with film Suicide Squad for cross-promotion
Bluebeards-Revenge.co.uk

Birchbox scales back expansion plans as market competition becomes more fierce
WSJ.com

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#BeautyRecap: June 14th, 2016

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Oribe Beauty expands into skin care, hair care, and other beauty categories
WWD.com – Paywall

Frank Body coffee scrubs creates a Brookyln Popup called the Frank Body x Sweatshop
WWD.com – Paywall

BECCA Cosmetics discontinues the Jacyln Hill Champagne Collection Eyeshadow palette after poor consumer response
Bustle.com

Nivea made a slide that applies sunscreens as you slip down it
ADWeek.com

Jeffree Star’s new highlighting compacts are arriving shattered
Cosmopolitan.com

Avon ends partnership with Maria Sharapova, after she receives 2 year tennis-ban
CampaignLive.com

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