5 Exciting Sexual Wellness Launches To See You Through The (Possibly) Impending Economic Slump

You’ve probably heard of the lipstick effect, but what about the lube effect? Examining the sex product category during the Great Recession shows that lubricants, condoms and vibrators enjoyed strong, even surging sales, during it. If the...

Ulta Beauty Partners With Allure Store For 3-Month New York City Pop-Up

Ulta Beauty has landed prime media real estate. The specialty chain will have a presence in key areas of the Allure Store from July through September featuring a range rotating monthly with established and emerging...

Moon Beings Is The Latest Indie Beauty Brand To Open A Retail Concept

At the beginning of the year, Moon Beings founder Melanie Tritt expected to get her 2-year-old clean skincare brand into retail. She was happy with its direct-to-consumer business, thanks in large part to traction gained...

Montauk Emerges As A Must-Visit Post-COVID Beauty Destination

Technically part of the Hamptons, Montauk, long known as a surfing destination and laidback, steeped-in-nature alternative to the tony and crowded towns of East Hampton and Bridgehampton, is becoming a must-visit beauty destination. Brands...

From Selling Beverages To Becoming “Uber Of Cannabis And CBD,” Chill Jane Is Making Waves In The Cannabis Consumer Goods Sector

Judging by all of the businesses Udochi Igbokwe has started, she seems like a huge overachiever. She’s the founder of global management firm Chime Group, superfood ingestible and beauty brand Elxr, and cannabis and CBD company...

Eon Aims To Be A Safe, Effective Alternative To CoolSculpting

Eon is out to unseat CoolSculpting as the preeminent body contouring treatment. Starting last year, the United States Food and Drug Administration-approved robotic laser device began entering a mix of

A Dozen Indie Beauty Trends Coming To The Fore In The Second Quarter Of 2022

After months of soaring inflation preceded by months of a global pandemic, are we now to endure a recession? If you feel at the end of your rope, you’re not alone. In reporting for this quarterly...