News Briefs

Nescafé is adding to its range of instant coffees with two new launches—Gold Espresso and Ice Roast. 

The Gold Espresso, which is available in blonde and intense roasts, is made with responsibly sourced Gold Roasted Arabica Beans and features a smooth taste with café-style cream notes. 

The Ice Roast is a cold-liquid-dissolvable coffee that is made to be mixed with cold water and milk. The Icr Roast is made from pure and responsibly sourced coffee and contains notes of cocoa. 

“The coffee drinking habits of Americans are ever-changing, but we continue to see a growing demand for espresso-based and cold coffee beverages—alongside an increasing interest in making these café-quality beverages from home,” said Jonathan Iams, director of Nescafé U.S. brand marketing. “Nescafé’s newest products offer bold flavors and convenience, ensuring every coffee lover can make their perfect cup without compromise. This promise is at the heart of the Nescafé brand, as we continually strive to create coffee experiences that reinvigorate and inspire our communities—from our coffee farmers to consumers—to make a positive and sustainable impact in their world.”

Both of Nescafé’s new launches are available at retailers nationwide for an SRP that begins at $7.39. 

Sally Hansen is channeling springtime florals with the new shades joining its vegan nail polish collection, good. kind. pure. 

The newly debuted Fresh Bloom collection features six polishes that are vegan and 16-free, the brand said. 

The polishes are packaged in a white-capped bottle and the new shades include: Iris-istible, a blue; Poppy’n Fresh, an orange; Peony For Your Thoughts, a pink; Thyme Off, a green; Rose to the Occasion, a pink; and You’re My Soil-Mate, a brown. 

Shades part of Sally Hansen’s new good. kind. pure Fresh Bloom collection retail for $9.99 each and can be found at mass market, drugstore, food and e-commerce retailers. 

SmartyPants is targeting gut health in children aged 4 years old and older with its new Fiber & Veggies gummy supplements. 

Specifically formulated to help support regular digestion, the product contains bioavailable nutrients including 3 g of plant-derived prebiotic dietary fiber and inulin, the company said. 

Also featuring a green veggie blend that equals about three cups of kale, the new Fiber & Veggies product carries an SRP of $17.99. 

CoverGirl is unveiling a new product that will give consumers’ skin a subtle glow. 

New from the beauty brand is the Clean Fresh Radiant Loose Powder Bronzer, which features micro-fine shimmers to illuminate and warm complexions. 

Formulated with oil absorbers to keep skin fresh and smooth without feeling dry, the powder gives off a soft focus effect that helps reduce the appearance of pores and fine lines, the brand said. 

Free of talc and fragrances, the Clean Fresh Radiant Loose Powder Bronzer contains natural-origin pigments and does not contain parabens, sulfates, phthalates or mineral oil. 

Every Man Jack is drawing inspiration from the West Coast’s water locals with a new collection of bar soaps. 

The bar soaps are created from naturally derived and cold-pressed ingredients and are designed to moisturize the skin. The brand claims the soaps are formulated in a manner that reduces energy consumption and therefore results in a gentler soap.

The bar soaps are made with FSC Certified Paperboard and are available in four options—Glacier Bay, Tahoe Blue, Yosemite Falls and Pacific Drive. 

Retailing for $8 each, Every Man Jack’s new bar soaps are available for purchase online. 

Sephora is shining a light on its Beauty (Re)Purposed program, which offers a start-to-finish solution for sustainable beauty routines that avoid landfills. 

The empties collection program is designed to help reduce hard-to-recycle packaging waste in the beauty and wellness industry and offers consumers the chance to give their products a second life. 

The program works by having users clean out their beauty product packaging by removing all product and then dropping them off at their nearest Sephora location that features a dedicated bin. 

To date, Beauty (Re)Purpised has collected more than 10,860-lbs. of hard to recycle material, which equals to 217,2220 lipstick tubes, the company said.