Your beauty regime is in need of an update? Top 10 beauty gadgets

Just what you need for party season and beyond. If you look for an update of you beauty treasure chest, this top 10 beauty tools from high-end retailers like Harrods are great for party season and prepping for your next holidays. Ila Sonic Wave Therapy Device Ila’s Sonic Wave Therapy works in harmony with the … Read more

Instagram is Beauty’s hottest social platform

Instagram is Beauty’s hottest social platform, with 79 percent of brands in the L2’s Index now present, up from just 29 percent in 2012, according to the fifth-annual L2’s Digital IQ Index: Beauty Report, which analyzes and benchmarks the digital performance of 85 global Beauty brands across Site, Digital Marketing, Social Media, and Mobile over … Read more

Emerging markets tend to perceive brands as more luxurious

Chanel and Clinique are leading the way in luxury beauty: Euromonitor International.  Economy, Standard, Premium or Luxury? Brand Perceptions Around the World.  Different markets and regions have completely different perceptions of luxury brands. According to Euromonitor market researcher, the perception of brands as luxurious and trends in buying behaviours differ between developed and emerging markets … Read more

Record fiscal year concluded by Estée Lauder

  The Estée Lauder Companies reported a strong financial performance for its fourth quarter and fiscal year. During the fiscal year, sales growth was particularly strong in the company’s luxury brands, online and travel retail channels and overall in emerging markets, along with solid gains in several developed countries. For the year, the company achieved … Read more

Make Someone Happy: Clinique x Happy Hearts Fund

Clinique Announces Partnership with Petra Nemcova’s Happy Hearts Fund Clinique, the first ever dermatologist-created, prestige cosmetic brand, announced a multi-year partnership with Happy Hearts Fund, an international charity founded and led by Petra Nemcova, helping to build and rebuild schools in areas affected by natural disasters. On December 1, 2012, Clinique will introduce a limited … Read more

Estee Lauder, Lancome, Clinique, L’Oreal and M.A.C.: the highest digital IQ index in the beauty category

2012 Digital IQ Index: Beauty and Skincare study L2 think tank released the fourth annual Digital IQ Index: Beauty. This year’s study benchmarks the digital competence of 56 prestige Beauty brands across four dimensions: site, digital marketing, social media, and mobile. Based upon more than 900 data points, brands are classified into five categories: Genius, … Read more