Forget Beauty. These Days, Skincare Is All About Health. But What Exactly Is Skin Health?

In the beauty industry, beauty is almost passé. Instead, particularly in the skincare segment, health is the big idea. In a major statement to that effect, the Australian beauty retailer Mecca last month introduced a Skin Health...

Beacon Award Winner Stimunail’s Device Uses Red Light, Heat And Vibration To Strengthen Nails

Stimunail founder Stacey Steinmetz was a senior marketing and retail manager at L’Oréal at a time in the mid-2010s that the company was riding the beauty device wave as the owner of now-defunct Clarisonic. “I saw that...

Indie Beauty Snapshot: 13 Trends Rising In The First Quarter Of 2022

As we cross the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that COVID-19 is a global pandemic and lockdowns occurring in the United States, it seems like we should be celebrating human persistence and ingenuity, right? But...

Queen V Relaunches As A Key Piece Of Parent Company Reckitt’s Restructured Intimate Wellness Division

A little over a year after its acquisition by Reckitt, Queen V is relaunching with aspirations of becoming one of the crown jewels in the consumer...

Is “Skinification” Of The Nail Segment Next?

Last year on Oct. 8, a TikToker with the handle Yariramayo posted a video showing her nails before and after she used Nail-Aid’s nail strengthener Biotin Ultimate Strength. They went from scuffed and weak to clear...