Nail

New York — Affordable at-home gel manicures from Le Mini Macaron are now available for purchase in over 1,000 Ulta Beauty stores nationwide. This partnership marks the brand’s first entry into the U.S. marketplace. It has already launched overseas with availability in Sephora Middle East, Sephora China, Sephora Spain and luxury department stores in Canada, Switzerland, Italy, Hong Kong and France.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Among the products Walmart is bringing into stores to up its beauty game is one bringing consumers a new way to remove nail polish. Nail-Aid on Wednesday announced that its Spray Away aerosol nail polish remover was getting an exclusive Walmart launch at all of the retailer’s more than 4,500 stores.

Cosmoprof North America, or CPNA, delivered a robust beauty trade fair featuring resources for every aspect of business, from packaging and filling to finished product. The event, held July 9 to July 12 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, grew this year in both attendance and square footage, which can be attributed to expansion in such specialized areas as scent, natural products and multicultural items, not to mention a multitude of country pavilions — with Korean beauty holding court in two areas.

Americans are spending more than $60 billion on beauty annually. To survive as a meaningful competitor in this evolving beauty arena, drug stores must start to burnish their image.

For all the clamor and controversy over being “cruelty-free,” little attention is paid to the animal derivatives used in the products themselves. There is a small but growing band of thought leaders — brands, bloggers and activists — who are determined to raise awareness and create a market for those who want to lessen the environmental impact of animal agriculture by offering vegan beauty products.

NEW YORK — Revlon’s SinfulColors brand is introducing a new collection at Walgreens before it hits other stores. The Punk Yourself collection features an innovative formula Hypnotic Transforming Top Coat that create an instant melted, liquefied or dyed effect when applied over wet nail polish, creating a unique look every time.