“This morning the L’Oreal Ambassador, Mr Hugh Laurie, handed Gillette a final note stating that, unless we hear from them by 11 o’clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their Gillette Series Senstive Skin Gel from the top shelf at the supermarket, a state of war would exist between us. I [...]
Before I whizzed off to Professional Beauty I picked up an e-mail from an American friend about an article in the Huffington Post. This was an even more ludicrous than usual story about toxic chemicals in cosmetics.
Not really the sort of thing I normally cover on this blog, but it caught my eye. A film is being made about Coco Chanel. Coco Chanel is famous both for her innovations in style and couture and for being one of the very few major fashion designers of the twentieth century who liked going [...]
www.nvwah.com is a new website set up by a biochemist to share her chemical knowledge by applying it to cosmetic formulations. The site looks very good but it is very new so although it has lots of products on it already most of the descriptions are very short. So what is it? Basically it is [...]
I remember being really surprised the first time I got a press pack sent to me by a PR company as a result of this blog. You type away on your keyboard in familiar surroundings and it is easy to forget that other people read what you write. When you get professional attention it is [...]
My ears pricked up when I heard that the next episode of the Apprentice would involve developing and marketing a range of beauty products. I am a big fan of this programme anyway, but the subject matter made this one that was not to be missed. Beauty products aren’t like new cars or operating systems, [...]
A report by the market research company Mintel proposes that cosmetics will be immune to the recession. Women it seems, will always find the money to pamper themselves. The report does say that some sectors will do better than others – you have to buy the report to find out what they are. Mintel Report [...]
In the last quarter the Body Shop’s like for like sales were down 7.5%. Jobs are already going – 275 worldwide. I first became aware of the Body Shop back in the seventies. I come from near Brighton and used to see what I guess was their first shop on shopping trips to the town. [...]
The credit crunch is affecting the way we buy our personal care products.
Yes that’s right. Nightingale droppings. In skin care.
