Phage First: New Brand Ellis Day Skin Science Powers Products With Tiny Bacteria Eaters

If there’s anything that’s been revealed by the pandemic, it’s the power of microorganisms invisible to the human eye. While the coronavirus is a force for ill, many microorganisms are forces for good. Skincare brand Ellis Day...

What Beauty Brand Founders Think About Retailers Destroying Returned Merchandise

By picking up on Ulta Beauty employee Bianca Ann Levinson’s viral TikTok video showing the retailer’s practice of destroying or “damaging out” returned beauty products, the publication Dazed stirred a heated discussion in the beauty industry about how...

Airless Pumps And Large Sizes: How The Pandemic Is Shaping Beauty Packaging

There may be no other period in history in which packaging has received as much consumer attention as it has during this pandemic. The mysteries lurking on the exteriors and in the interiors of merchandise have put it...

Four Retail Experts On The Extremely Uncertain Future Of Beauty Shopping

There’s no roadmap for operating beauty stores during a pandemic. As the strictest shelter-in-place restrictions begin to lift in many jurisdictions across the United States, retailers are sorting through how to allow and urge shopping while keeping their...

Palette by Pak Founder Kate Westad Believes Refill Is The New Recycle

While packing for a trip to Paris last year, Minneapolis resident Kate Westad was frustrated by the number of travel-sized products she had to bring to meet her beauty needs. They were wasteful and occupied a ton of...