“The Most Powerful Word In The Retail Lexicon Is New”: Hello Products’ Craig Dubitsky Discusses Breaking Through The Sameness On Shelves

Craig Dubitsky is a one-man CPG incubator. His entrepreneurial and investor gift is to make routine stuff less so. Whether it’s laundry detergent at Method, lip balm at EOS or mouthwash at Hello Products, Dubitsky has had...

Cheeky Millennial Candle Brand Coal And Canary, A New Sephora Entrant, Is On Fire

In 2014, graphic designer Amanda Buhse agreed to help her bestie Tom Jansen, then a college student, with his candle-making side gig, mostly as an excuse to hang out with him. “It was a fun experiment to see...

Marijuana Is Legal In Canada. What Does That Mean For Beauty?

Canada legalized marijuana for recreational use on Wednesday, creating the world’s largest weed marketplace and setting off speculation over how various industries, including beauty, will capitalize on the great green rush happening in United States’ neighbor to the...

Five Emerging CBD Brands Generating Buzz In The Beauty Industry

As the CBD market mushrooms, beauty brands wielding the ingredient are burrowing into every niche imaginable. From K-beauty to social consciousness, they’re multiplying with different takes on the compound and audiences to deliver it to. Here, we explore...

E-Commerce Shop The Art Of Care Clears The Haze In The CBD Segment For Conscientious Consumers

Beauty influencer and cannabidiol supporter Serein Wu fears CBD’s reputation is getting ruined by shoddy products flooding the self-care market. In order to preserve its reputation and promote genuine CBD, she teamed up with husband and manager...

New York Media’s The Strategist Set To Open Holiday Beauty Pop-up In SoHo

The Strategist is taking its product recommendations from the screen to the street with a holiday beauty pop-up. New York Media’s online shopping guide enlisted its editors to curate products from at least 15 brands across skincare,...

Doctor Rogers Restore Goes From One SKU To Two With The Launch Of Face Wash At Violet Grey

In a trend-driven industry in which fast beauty is the order of the day, Doctor Rogers Restore takes a slow beauty approach that’s anything but trendy. Three years after introducing its debut product, Healing Balm, the...