Olika Flies Into Retailers On The Wings Of Its Bird-Shaped Hand Sanitizers

Olika may be a bit of an odd bird for beauty, but it’s making inroads in the segment nonetheless. The Scandinavian-inspired high-design personal-care company behind the Birdie and Minnie hand sanitizers with ornithological sensibilities has launched online...

Ceramiracle Heads To Hong Kong With A Launch At Mi Ming Mart And Mainland China Via WeChat, Pop-Ups

Chinese consumers are about to get a lot more familiar with Southern California brand Ceramiracle. The purveyor of topical and ingestible products has launched at Mi Ming Mart, a nine-unit beauty retailer based in Hong Kong....

On A Mission To Help Breast Cancer Patients, Violets Are Blue Makes Moves At Retail

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, Cynthia Besteman left behind a lucrative career as a residential real estate broker to enter the beauty industry with a mission to improve women’s skincare and self-care. Now, she’s busy...

Shoppers Sip Champagne And Slather Lip Gloss At The New Elevé Cosmetics Flagship

Elevé Cosmetics is finding bubbly and beauty are a good pair. The three-year-old natural makeup brand has opened a 1,200-square-feet boutique-cum-champagne bar in Austin, Tex., to provide an environment where shoppers can put its high-performance makeup to...

No Time For Hibernation: Ingestible Brand Bear Is Quickly Building A Global Presence

Bear is bullish on elevated vitamins in the beauty segment. The Australian ingestible brand has good reason to be confident as it’s rapidly expanded after premiering at Mecca last year to Net-a-porter, Mr Porter and Free People...

Latina-Led Honey Baby Naturals, Which Has Gone Into Walmart, Target And More, Is Breaking Down Barriers At Mass Retail

Honey Baby Naturals is pushing family-focused hair and body care to the fore at mass retailers. The rising brand has rolled out to 1,200-plus doors, including around 200 at Walmart, 100 at Rite Aid, 300 at CVS...