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Davines Group Teams Up With Rodale Institute on Research Center

06.07.2021 Beauty & Balance

MILAN — Davines Group — the Italian beauty company that owns professional hair care and skin care brands Davines and Comfort Zone, respectively — has teamed with Rodale Institute, a nonprofit specialized in regenerative organic agriculture. Considered the global leader in the field, the U.S.-based organization has been researching the best practices of organic agriculture and sharing findings with farmers, […]

Reese Witherspoon Loves This Face Oil So Much, She Became the Brand's New Ambassador

07.04.2021 Skin & Body Care

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Have you ever loved a product so much that you basically become the brand's unofficial spokesperson? Who among us hasn't posted a shout-out on Instagram about a moisturizer or mascara and jokingly (and fruitlessly) […]

Could Cork Save the Beauty Industry's Carbon Footprint?

28.02.2021 Beauty & Balance

When you think of a cork, if you do, you probably think of wine stoppers, or maybe dartboards. But cork jars and compacts? Those are new. They don't exactly glisten in a shelfie, but some sustainability experts are banking on cork to help shrink the beauty industry's carbon footprint — a Herculean task considering that, in 2018, almost 7.9 billion […]

We Are Paradoxx, a Prestige Plastic-free Beauty Company, Raises $4 Million

24.02.2021 Skin & Body Care

PARIS — We Are Paradoxx, a prestige plastic-free beauty company, has raised $4 million in seed funding. The Belfast, Northern Ireland-based concern, which was launched in 2019, most recently closed a $1 million round, with new investors including Tom Singh, founder of the U.K. fashion retail chain New Look, and a board director of We Are Paradoxx, alongside existing investors, […]

The Beauty Battleground Is Still Mired in Plastic, Faulty Claims

02.01.2020 Beauty & Balance

There’s nothing stopping a company from slapping “natural” or “organic” on a product label as it applies to cosmetics, body care or personal care products — not in America at least. But for many, the plastic packaging is almost more controversial than what’s inside the product. In the U.S. alone, nearly 7.9 billion units of rigid plastic were pumped out […]

L’Oréal Teams With Gjosa to Fight Water Waste

28.11.2018 Beauty & Balance

PARIS — As access to water becomes more difficult globally, L’Oréal and Swiss environmental tech start-up Gjosa have worked together to create a low-flow showerhead through which easier-to-rinse shampoos are applied and can be washed away with five-times less water than usually needed. With the device, a shampoo rinse takes just 1.5 liters of water, versus the typical 8 liters. Source: […]