Biossance experiments with BeReal to celebrate ‘International Squalane Day’ Seven-year-old Biossance has registered an international holiday in honor of its hero ingredient, International Squalane Day, to be celebrated annually on October 14th. Furthermore, it's meant to highlight the fact that Biossance, which uses a sugarcane-derived squalane, supports ocean preservation and environmental sustainability. To celebrate, it's piloting a BeReal campaign.
Benefit doubles down on brows for its second TikTok campaign If you think of brows when you think of Benefit Cosmetics, know that it's by design. For the second year in a row, the 46-year-old makeup brand has invested in a brow-focused TikTok campaign timed to National Brow Day.
Kardashian makeup artist Ash K. Holm on what makes her new 30-piece brush set special On September 30, celebrity makeup artist Ash K. Holm launched a collection called Sculpt, with U.K. makeup tools brand Spectrum. The 30 brushes included in the collection give Holm’s 1.1 million followers on Instagram a chance to work with the same tools she does. Holm counts Ariana Grande, Ashley Graham,...
Glossy Pop Newsletter: ‘Thin is in’ might be making a return — the implications are dangerous On May 2, I sat at home watching coverage of the Met Gala. I listened carefully as Kim Kardashian talked about the process she'd put her body through in order to fit into Marilyn Monroe's 1962 dress. "I looked at [the people at Ripley's, which owns the dress], and I...
Dove funds new report showing beauty standards are a public health crisis On Tuesday, Dove debuted on its website a 161-page report that it commissioned, titled “The Real Cost of Beauty Ideals.” It examines the high cost of beauty standards on the U.S. economy and society.
New site Mental launches, focusing on the intersection of beauty and mental health Amy Keller Laird spent over a decade as a beauty editor and six-plus as the editor-in-chief of Women's Health magazine. hat editorial background, plus her own struggle with OCD, led her to found a new website, Clubmental.com, a resource for all things at the intersection of lifestyle and mental health.
Glossy Pop Newsletter: The enduring appeal of Marc Jacobs Daisy On TikTok, #marcjacobsdaisy has 5 million views, which is especially impressive when you consider that the scent has been around since 2007. I remember its launch; Marc Jacobs, the fashion brand, was at its peak, and Daisy was, with its pre-Instagram, Instagrammable-packaging, an easy entry into that high-fashion world.
Julie gives emergency contraceptives a much-needed rebrand After successfully diminishing the stigma around acne and breakouts with their first co-created company, Starface, former beauty editor Julie Schott and entrepreneur Brian Bordainick, are at it again. They have teamed up with Amanda E.J. Morrison of Mented Cosmetics to break another, even bigger stigma — that of emergency contraception....
K18’s older sibling, Aquis, rebrands for the TikTok era Though K18 has only been on the market since 2020, its older sibling brand, Aquis, is over 30 years old. The brand relaunched today with a pared-back aesthetic that focuses on one hero product: the Aquis Flip, a $45 hair drying towel.