Beneath the Surface
Are Peptides Poised To Go From Gray Market To Gold Rush?
After dealing with complications from breast implants, Los Angeles health and fitness coach Emily Wagner was recommended peptides BPC-157, GHK-Cu and Retatrutide to aid tissue repair. Having heard strong anecdotal evidence about the compounds, she spent more than...
How Amazon Is Conquering Beauty
A month before Poom Cosmetics launched in 2025 and before it even had inventory on hand, founder Irene Ham heard from an Amazon emerging brands specialist who had spotted traction around the makeup brand’s early...
The Anti-Rhode Road To Building A Clean Beauty Brand That Lasts
For all the handwringing over the death of “clean beauty,” a number of brands early to the category are still plugging away more than a decade after it became part of the beauty industry lexicon,
Indian Beauty Steps Onto The World Stage
Long before Mumbai-based Indē Wild’s launch event on April 9 at Sephora’s Fifth Avenue store in New York City began at 2 p.m., the line stretched several blocks as 5,000 fans poured into the location and quickly...
Mass Beauty Has Momentum. Can It Maintain It?
Beleaguered American consumers are cutting back across categories to manage escalating costs for gas, housing, groceries and healthcare, but beauty spending is holding up. For mass-market brands and retailers, that durability presents a clear...
Bustling Wellness Clubs Replaced Bars. Now Solitude Makes A Comeback
Of all the chic sauna and contrast therapy destinations that have opened up in Manhattan recently, one stands out from the rest of its cohort: Instead of a large sauna that can fit 100 people at...