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  • Here’s where K-beauty is driving Western skin care, cosmetics

    LONDON — New research from Mintel, presented at in-cosmetics Global, is taking a look at the size of South Korea’s beauty market, the changes Korean beauty has brought to the global market and what trends to expect in the coming year.

  • Dove dives into baby skin care with Baby Dove

    ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Dove is making its first new U.S. category launch since 2010 with its Baby Dove range of baby care products. With the Baby Dove launch, the brand is kicking off a campaign featuring real parents based in research about new moms that challenge the “perfect mom” stereotype, with the goal of broadening what parenting looks like today.

  • CVS Pharmacy to introduce curated K-Beauty HQ

    WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy, looking to meet growing shopper demand for Korean beauty products, is launching its K-Beauty HQ at 2,100 stores nationwide starting in April, the company announced Wednesday.

    K-Beauty HQ will include more than 100 new products from South Korean beauty brands, several of which are exclusive to CVS. To curate the collection of skin care and makeup products, CVS Pharmacy said it worked with Korean beauty expert Alicia Yoon, who founded online beauty store Peach & Lily.

  • Vermont’s Original adds to its Bag Balm line

    LYNDONVILLE, Vt. — Vermont’s Original, maker of skin moisturizer Bag Balm, has launched the newest product in its line, Bag Balm Mega Moisturizing Soap.
     
    The Mega Moisturizing Soap is a bar soap enriched with such original balm ingredients as lanolin, and scented with rosemary mint, and it has a suggested retail price of  $4.99. 
     
  • Unilever promotes new Dove Shower Foam with its first branded Snapchat lens

    NEW YORK — Unilever, to promote the launch of Dove’s new Shower Foam, is trying out a new form of social marketing with its foray into the world of branded Snapchat lenses. 
     
  • SheaMoisture introduces skin and hair care line

    NEW YORK — SheaMoisture’s new Dragon’s Blood & Coffee Cherry skin and hair care collection features Dragon’s Blood, aka Sangre de Drago, a resinous sap sourced from the Peruvian Amazon.

    According to the manufacturer, when applied topically, the sap dries quickly to form a protective barrier, much like a second skin, to shield skin from daily stressors, as well as revive it. Applied to hair, it coats the strands, adding density and volume, making it look fuller and thicker without the inclusion of synthetic ingredients, SheaMoisture added.

  • SK-II hot seller for Procter & Gamble

    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.

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