News Briefs

Every Man Jack is drawing inspiration from the West Coast’s water locals with a new collection of bar soaps. 

The bar soaps are created from naturally derived and cold-pressed ingredients and are designed to moisturize the skin. The brand claims the soaps are formulated in a manner that reduces energy consumption and therefore results in a gentler soap.

The bar soaps are made with FSC Certified Paperboard and are available in four options—Glacier Bay, Tahoe Blue, Yosemite Falls and Pacific Drive. 

Retailing for $8 each, Every Man Jack’s new bar soaps are available for purchase online. 

Sephora is shining a light on its Beauty (Re)Purposed program, which offers a start-to-finish solution for sustainable beauty routines that avoid landfills. 

The empties collection program is designed to help reduce hard-to-recycle packaging waste in the beauty and wellness industry and offers consumers the chance to give their products a second life. 

The program works by having users clean out their beauty product packaging by removing all product and then dropping them off at their nearest Sephora location that features a dedicated bin. 

To date, Beauty (Re)Purpised has collected more than 10,860-lbs. of hard to recycle material, which equals to 217,2220 lipstick tubes, the company said. 

New from Mingle Mocktails is a beverage that contains raspberry notes and a crisp, dry finish. 

The brand announced the launch of its new sparkling raspberry rosé mocktail, which can be enjoyed on its own or as a mixer. 

"We're excited to introduce another exciting flavor to our growing portfolio," said Mingle Mocktails Founder Laura Taylor. "Prepare to add a splash of pink to your summer with our latest zero-proof option, perfect for any occasion.”

Mingle Mocktails’ new sparkling raspberry rosé flavor is available for purchase online and in select locations in a pack of four cans that retail for $13.99. 

Shoppers Drug Mart is working to reduce plastic waste with its Quo Beauty color cosmetics line. 

The retailer announced the launch of the Quo Beauty Cosmetics Free Recycling Program, which through a partnership with TerraCycle, will work towards introducing a solution for customers to recycle their empty beauty components. 

“As we work to ensure all control brand packaging is recyclable or reusable by 2025, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to eliminate the use of single-us plastics for all product packaging,” said Pat Dean, senior vice president, category management, Shoppers Drug Mart. “We are proud to partner with TerraCycle as the first major retailer to offer a recycling program for a private label colour cosmetics line, offering more sustainable choices to Canadians and reducing our impact on the planet.”

In addition, for each pound of waste shipped through the program, $1 will be donated to Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health, which helps create equitable and accessible care for all women in Canada. 

Happy Products, founded by actor Robert Downey Jr. and entrepreneur Craig Dubitsky, is expanding its portfolio with a new ready-to-drink collection. 

Each 11-oz. can contains coffee made with 100% Arabica beans, as well as real milk and sugar, the brand shared.

Available flavors include: 

• Caramel Latte: contains notes of butterscotch; 
• Mocha Latte: contains notes of cocoa;
• Vanilla Latte: contains notes of marshmallow; and 
• Cold Brew Coffee: contains notes of chocolate. 

A store locator can be found on Happy’s website to find a retailer carrying its ready to drink coffee beverages. 

Sanjay Gupta is set to speak at the 26th Annual NACDS Foundation Dinner at the 2024 NACDS TSE on Aug. 17.

Gupta is the multiple Emmy-award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, plays an integral role in CNN’s reporting on health and medical news for all of CNN’s shows domestically and internationally, and regularly contributes to CNN.com.

Since 2001, Gupta has covered some of the most important health stories in the United States and around the world. On March 9, 2020, Gupta penned an op-ed announcing the network would refer to the novel coronavirus outbreak as a “pandemic,” ahead of both the WHO and the CDC. Throughout 2020 into 2021, Gupta reaffirmed his role as a trusted guide to viewers worldwide on navigating between facts and fiction surrounding COVID-19 and the pandemic.