Skin

CINCINNATI — The continued growth of the super-premium SK-II skin care brand was a main component that led Procter & Gamble to enjoy a 3% rise year over year in beauty segment sales for its 2017 fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31.

Also rising to the occasion was innovation and marketing support for the Pantene and Head & Shoulders brands, P&G announced Friday.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Unilever is celebrating the 6oth anniversary of its Dove brand with the release of a limited-edition 60th anniversary beauty bar and retrospective video as part of its Dove Celebrates 60 Years of Care campaign.

Beauty brands are rushing to add apps as a ploy to allow shoppers to experiment with beauty more often, while also eliminating the need for consumers to return products because of disappointment in shades. If a brand doesn’t have an app now, it probably will this year.

(To view the full Beauty Trends Report, click here.)

L’Oréal kicked off the trend two years ago with Makeup Genius, but many others have been quick on its heels.

NBC's Today show spoke with some of Hollywood's top celebrity beauty experts to get the scoop on the best drug store beauty products to help battle the winter elements.

The network also highlighted the beauty products in one of its beauty segments and in a feature online.

The majority of the products can be found at drug and mass retailers.

To see the list, click here.

CINCINNATI — Actress, film producer and philanthropist Priyanka Chopra is joining a roster of women around the globe as Pantene’s newest Global Brand Ambassador.

Chopra will be the face of Pantene’s new campaign celebrating the Brand’s biggest shampoo launch in 30 years: Pantene Pro-V’s new Shampoo formulas that go beyond washing to fuel hair from within. Pantene’s new shampoos claim to fuel hair with the nutrients it needs to be strong from the core to endure the stressors it faces day in and day out.

NEW YORK — Coty is forming a new global partnership with creative agency Anomaly to sharpen Sally Hansen’s positioning and help drive growth for one of the largest nail brands in the world.

According to Coty, Anomaly will work with Sally Hansen on all aspects of the brand, including TV, print, social and owned channels, point of sale and in-store brand expression. The first campaign from this partnership will debut in 2017.

PRINCETON, N.J. — Sandoz acquired the AmLactin family of skin care brands from Upsher-Smith Laboratories. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Under terms of the agreement, Minnesota-based Upsher-Smith, through existing channels, will continue to distribute AmLactin hand and body locations to most U.S. consumers for a 60-day period until it is fully transitioned to Sandoz.

DEERFIELD, Ill.  — Just in time for the holidays, Walgreens is bringing another beauty brand to American shoppers from across the pond. Beauty Beneath, a division of Boots and the U.K.’s No. 1 beauty brand is making its U.S. debut.

Celebrity esthetician, Shani Darden, will act as a brand ambassador for Beauty Beneath through PR and social media platforms.