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CINCINNATI -- Procter & Gamble is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its My Black Is Beautiful platform by spearheading a broad dialogue about black beauty at the Essence Festival in New Orleans. 

CARLSBAD, Calif. — When two women sat talking about their frustration with self-tanners, along with their disenchantment with how poorly cellulite creams work, they had an idea. Why not combine them and come up with something that really works?

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.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- As summer starts to really heat up, Desert 2 Desert, Inc. makers of the patented My Cabana Boy spray sunscreen applicator, has announced that it has expanded nationwide retail distribution. 

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.