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Six Sexual Wellness Launches To Make Your Valentine’s Day Sizzle

Claire McCormack — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 05:01:39 +0000

While many beauty and wellness brands are recovering from the busy holiday shopping season, sex- and intimacy-focused brands are prepping for their Super Bowl on Feb. 14—and the launches they’re showcasing for it are inventive as ever. Below, we’ve rounded up six product releases we have our eyes on for Valentine’s Day and beyond.

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Alice Makes Mushrooms Sexy With The Launch Of Happy Ending Aphrodisiac Chocolate

Claire McCormack — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 05:01:00 +0000

Functional mushroom-infused chocolate brand Alice has helped consumers focus and sleep. Now, it wants to turn them on.

In its first launch since 2022, it’s introducing unisex aphrodisiac Happy Ending, a dark chocolate bar packed with nine active ingredients, including maca, horny goat weed, cordyceps and cinnamon. All Alice

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From Long-Time K-Beauty Merchants, WYLYS Taps French Manufacturing To Bring Luxury Skincare Formulas To The K-Beauty Realm

Rachel Brown — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 01:18:29 +0000

From operating nearly 8-year-old K-Beauty e-tailer Ohlolly, sisters Sue Greene and Herra Namhie spotted a gap in the market based on their professional and personal perspectives.

“We are getting into our 50s, and we’re feeling that what we want in our skincare journey is something that will actually make some changes, a little

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Bridge Mentorship Selects Sofie Pavitt Face, PillowtalkDerm And Prakti For First Cohort Of 2024

Jane Carlson — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:01:08 +0000

Sofie Pavitt Face, PillowtalkDerm and Prakti have been selected for the first 2024 cohort of Bridge Mentorship, a program created by early-stage beauty and wellness investment firm True Beauty Ventures in partnership with Beauty Independent to ready emerging brands for fundraising.

In evaluating candidates for Bridge Mentorship,

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CBD- And Manuka Honey-Infused Skincare Brand Cannuka Closes

Claire McCormack — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:02:08 +0000

Cannuka, a brand combining CBD and Manuka honey that was an early mover in CBD beauty, has shuttered.

The closure, which was announced via Instagram on Dec. 22 and is being communicated to consumers on Cannuka’s website, comes a little over two years after beauty and wellness company

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New Brand Cool As A Cucumber Wants To Ease The Mental And Physical Burden Of Adult Acne

Rachel Brown — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:01:55 +0000

On her first day of business school at Northwestern University in 2019, an excited Eda Levent snapped a selfie to send to her sister Serra and spotted a giant zit on her chin. Horrified, she skipped class. “You see it more than anyone else,” says Eda, formerly product marketing manager at Zillow and co-founder

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