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Read the Label: Urbanskin Rx Anti-aging Cleansing Bar

Designed as a daily cleanser, mask and exfoliator, this system delivers a proprietary formula by way of an enclosed exfoliating sponge and cleanser in a jar. This column will review the ingredient listing for claims substantiation and functionality.

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5 Things That Made 2018 a Financial Success for Estée Lauder

"Global prestige beauty is exciting, dynamic and fast growing. With a proven, successful strategy, brands and products that are coveted around the world, and a continued focus on the long-term, we expect to continue to drive sustainable growth, industry-leading sales and gain share."

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Beauty X Omnichannel: Strategies for Reaching the Consumer Wherever, Whenever

The free webinar will cover everything from making your brand Instagram-worthy to getting the most value of influencer marketing partnerships to designing packaging for omnichannel beauty consumers.

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In a State of Sephoria

Sephora will host its first-ever Sephoria: House of Beauty event Oct. 20-21, 2018 at Los Angeles’ The Majestic Downtown. Programming includes master classes with industry icons, product customization and beauty activations.

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Read the Label: Drunk Elephant Beste No. 9 Jelly Cleanser

This innovative jelly formula removes all traces of makeup, excess oil, pollution and any other grime from the day. Katerina Steventon, Ph.D., reviews the ingredient label for claims substantiation and functionality.

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Radio Ads Help Boost Traffic for Retailers

The study reportedly analyzed 1.5 million radio spot plays for 10 brands in the top 100 U.S. markets, collecting listener data from April through June 2018.

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Target Makes a Smartly Move with New Discount Brand

Smartly, a new discount brand consisting of more than 70 items (most under $2) will include everything from all-purpose cleaner to razor blades.

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How to Optimize Your Beauty Brand for Every Channel

Organizing and designing your brand to address the specific requirements of physical retail, ecommerce and social media will drive success.

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Bloomingdale's Launches Clean Beauty Concept Wellchemist

Launching at the retailer’s legendary 59th Street location in New York City and bloomingdales.com, the boutiques feature a selection of natural beauty products that are each paraben-, sulfate- and phthalate-free.

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Sephora and Memebox Co-develop K-beauty Brand, Kaja

"We leveraged the best of our collective talents to create a truly unique color cosmetics collection featuring amazing new textures and formulas never seen or felt before."

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Inside Winky Lux’s Instagrammable Store Experiences

Product-themed installations create a unique physical retail footprint for the social media age.

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Kylie Cosmetics is Headed to Ulta Beauty

This move from an online-only business model to a more traditional brick-and-mortar retail space seems to be part of a larger trend happening among e-commerce beauty brands.

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Influencer Fraud is Affecting More Brands Than You Think

As the beauty industry transitions into a new era of transparency, deceitful practices in marketing may be mamcausing more obvious harm than good.

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Glamsquad and CVS Team Up for BeautyIRL

Services will include express blowouts; dry styling and braids; a 30-minute makeup refresher; eye, lip and face masks; and in some stores, manicures.

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L'Occitane Ups the Ante on Experiential Retail in NYC and Around the World

"In today’s digital world, customers rarely enter a L’Occitane store purely out of 'need'; they expect to be pampered and entertained and want to indulge in the experience."

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Adaptive Skin Care to Optimize Results

Ao Skin Care utilizes raw ingredients sourced from New Zealand to help skin restore its own natural state of health.

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K-Beauty Arrives at CVS

"We continue to find new ways to expand upon our current beauty offerings, particularly when it comes to K-beauty inspired brands like Joah that encourage playful exploration through cosmetics."

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Scentbird, ipsy to Offer Full-sized Makeup Products

It's no secret that the subscription beauty box market is saturated. The movement away from sample-sized products may be seen as a way to differentiate between brands and offer consumers more bang for their buck.