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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Last year, Unilever’s Simple Skincare ushered micellar cleansing water into mass with great success. This year, it is adding cleansing oil — but not just any oil. Next month, Simple Skincare is adding a Hydrating Cleansing Oil featuring pure grapeseed oil. Admitting it isn’t the first oil to market, the company said it is taking oils to a whole new level with a high-quality grape seed.

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Selfie Tan'n Go Sunless, a division of Performance Brands, Inc., has developed a revolutionary new product that tans during sleep.

Selfie Night Tan is a sunless tanner that has patented, aromatherapy fragrance technology, combining lavender and chamomile oils, that provide a peaceful sleep while the consumer tans. Best of all, the tan lasts for up to seven days.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- A new report from Kline shows that the U.S. beauty market is being driven by technological advancements that allow personalized engagement between retailer and shopper.

High double- to triple-digit growth is seen among those brands that manage to capitalize on personalized approaches in 2015, according to Kline’s Cosmetics & Toiletries USA report. Driven by these high growth brands and particular product categories, sales of cosmetics and toiletries increase by 3.8% in 2015. 

At top from left: Judy Ard, VP of HBC, ECRM; Jack Savdie, Vice President of Sales and Albert Savdie, President, Global Beauty Care; Alex Tomas, Area Manager, DSN. At bottom right, from left: Judy Ard, VP of HBC, ECRM; Peter Mulholland, General Manager Australasia at InnovaDerma Aus & NZ Pty Limited, Louise  Ferguson co-founder of SkinnyTan; Alex Tomas, Area Manager, DSN.

BOSTON – BV Investment Partners on Thursday announced the sale of ECRM, an integrated services, software and data provider serving consumer product manufacturers and retailers, to Snow Phipps Group.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

TORONTO -- ModiFace, which creates augmented reality technology for the beauty and medical industries, has launched the world's first conversational beauty adviser for Facebook Messenger.

The ModiFace chatbot, which has expert knowledge of over 5,000 beauty products, enables shoppers to search for their perfect makeup products by conversing with ModiFace and asking questions about color, brand name or shade name. 

GURNEE, Ill. – Patrick O’Brien, CEO of beauty and personal care products company Paris Presents, has been named the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year in the Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods category in the Midwest.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award program. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.