Personal Care

NEW YORK — French beauty retailer L'Occitane is looking to redefine the beauty shopping experience with the opening of a new Flagship store in the Flatiron District of Manhattan.

L'Occitane says its new store presents a new shopping model designed for today's consumer, addressing their varying needs for information and immediacy, all the while channeling the rich heritage, natural beauty, and art de vivre of Provence.

NEW YORK — Perfect Corp.'s YouCam makeup app is partnering with makeup artist Robin Black to launch an exclusive holiday beauty series. 

The company says Black will be working in conjunction with Perfect Corp.’s team of Beauty Circle editors and YouCam developers to design original trending looks for users to experience and try on from their mobile devices.

The CEO of Ulta, Mary Dillon, talked to "CBS This Morning" to discuss what sets the company apart from others, and announce a new store in New York City.

NEW YORK — Fragrance brand Curve is launching a new campaign inspired by the weirdest and quirkiest fantasies of Generation Z men. 

CINCINNATI — Pantene is partnering with one of the toughest women in the world, mixed martial artist, actress and bestselling author Ronda Rousey, to teach women that strong is always beautiful.

AMSTERDAM — The Philips OneBlade is a new hybrid electric styler that can trim, shave and create clean lines and edges. It is specially designed for the increasing number of millennials who regard personally-styled facial hair as an essential part of their persona. For the first time, consumers can shave any length of hair with one stroke. The Philips Norelco OneBlade is an electric grooming technology designed for men who wear facial styles, beards or stubble. OneBlade trims, edges and shaves any length of hair.

There is a paradigm shift under way in the men’s grooming category, and electric shavers, as well as the retailers that sell them, are feeling the effects of this revolution.

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Ulta Beauty shows no signs of losing its momentum as the chain reported a strong quarter and raised its full-year outlook for the third time this year.

Ulta’s performance was impressive, both in brick-and-mortar and online where its sales jumped nearly 60%. 
  
Ulta’s net income surged 23.2% to $87.6 million in the third quarter, up from $71.1 million in year ago period, amid strong sales.