Beauty Features
L'Oreal: Fountain of Products
PARIS -- Like many beauty giants, the health of L'Oreal can be gauged by its flow of new products. Last year's launch tally was 60 different lines, a staggering number by any industry standard.
Here, some new brands to...
— May 13, 1994
From Clay Pots to $8 Million
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bare Escentuals, a purveyor of natural-based beauty products, is charting a path of steady growth that is expected to culminate in an $8 million volume this year.
It wasn't always smooth sailing for the company, which was...
— May 13, 1994
Prestige Firms Seek a Place in the Sun
NEW YORK -- While more and more customers seek to avoid the harmful effects of exposure to the sun, prestige beauty firms are hoping they'll choose department stores as the source for their protection needs.
But even though many companies have...
— May 13, 1994
Perlier to Launch Vanilla Body Line
NEW YORK -- Natural Recipes Perlier will attempt to capitalize on the popularity of vanilla with the July launch of Les Iles Vanille, the brand's third bath and body line.
The five-item collection, which will be rolled out to around 500 doors...
— May 13, 1994
Dana Gives Bath and Body Line a Summer Tryout
NEW YORK -- Instead of committing itself to a permanent bath collection, Dana Perfumes is getting into the bath and body category with a summer-only promotion called the Rain Blossom Bath Care line.
"Bath is such an important segment now," said...
— May 13, 1994
Flow of Launches Feeds New York Gains
NEW YORK -- Retailers here acknowledged that sales of bath, body and sun care products were still dwarfed by other areas of the beauty business.
Still, they were quick to point out many bright spots within the categories.
"There are a...
— May 13, 1994
Double Honors to Estee Lauder
NEW YORK -- It was a banner week for the Lauders.
On Tuesday, the Skin Cancer Foundation bestowed its first Skin Sense Award on Estee Lauder and her family, while on Thursday the American Society of Perfumers conferred its first Living Legend...
— May 13, 1994
