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  • ModiFace unveils live video-based hair color simulation

    TORONTO — With the launch of Apple’s iOS 11 coming in the next couple weeks, augmented reality technology company ModiFace is debuting a new way for hair color brands to let customers test out potential looks. Once iOS 11 launches, ModiFace’s Hair Color app will feature a live video-based hair tracking and color simulation feature.

  • Sundial Brands named among top 10 largest black-owned businesses in America

    AMITYVILLE, N.Y. — Skin care and hair care company Sundial Brands on Monday announced its debut on Black Enterprise Magazine’s BE 100s List as the tenth largest black-owned business in America. With a national reach of 35,000 major retailers, an increasing focus on its global strategy and a continual emphasis on new innovations, Sundial is also the only beauty and personal care manufacturer to make this year’s list. 

  • Vegan beauty goes mainstream

    For all the clamor and controversy over being “cruelty-free,” little attention is paid to the animal derivatives used in the products themselves. There is a small but growing band of thought leaders — brands, bloggers and activists — who are determined to raise awareness and create a market for those who want to lessen the environmental impact of animal agriculture by offering vegan beauty products.

  • 5 hot products from the robust offerings at CosmoProf North America

    Cosmoprof North America, or CPNA, delivered a robust beauty trade fair featuring resources for every aspect of business, from packaging and filling to finished product. The event, held July 9 to July 12 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, grew this year in both attendance and square footage, which can be attributed to expansion in such specialized areas as scent, natural products and multicultural items, not to mention a multitude of country pavilions — with Korean beauty holding court in two areas.

  • Future Trends: Beauty space, services need a makeover

    Americans are spending more than $60 billion on beauty annually. To survive as a meaningful competitor in this evolving beauty arena, drug stores must start to burnish their image.

  • Clairol moves into new color category with Color Crave Hair Makeup

    NEW YORK — Coty’s Clairol Brand is entering a new color category with the launch of its Color Crave Hair Makeup. The washable hair makeup is designed with 3-D crystals that allow users of all hair colors and textures to play with metallic color looks.

  • At-home spa devices spur sales

    A slew of at-home spa devices offer drug store retailers the opportunity to build incremental sales — while giving shoppers the chance to pamper themselves privately. Although visits to medical spas are up, not all women can spare the time or money for frequent visits. That’s fueled growth of the do-it-yourself gadget business. Today, chains can sell LED lights to fight acne or wrinkles, or to spur follicle growth — and they can do so even at price tags approaching $100.

  • What’s influencing how moms shop

    Having a baby changes everything — including shopping behavior, according to new insights from pregnancy and parenting resource BabyCenter, a Johnson & Johnson company. The company’s “2017 Skincare and Bathtime Study,” shared exclusively with Drug Store News, points to lasting changes that new parents undergo in terms of what they look for from their personal care products once they have children, as well as the top factors influencing their buying decisions.

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