Meet the 2025 NYSCC Suppliers’ Award Finalists: The Cutting Edge of Cosmetic Chemistry
CEW and the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists [NYSCC] celebrate eight groundbreaking ingredient innovations shaping the future of beauty formulation.
5 Toxic Money Habits to Let Go of Right Now
Rather than feel exhausted from trying to paddle upstream, I like to do the easier thing and focus on building habits that naturally support what I’m looking to accomplish. And who doesn’t want easier? Before we can build new supportive habits, we have to pinpoint the ones that are holding us back. Here are the five most common toxic money habits I see, and how we can let go of them.
How Meal Planning Can Save You Money & Time
After years of struggling to make meal planning stick, one family finally developed a system that worked—streamlining their weekly routines, significantly cutting food costs, and creating a more efficient and enjoyable approach to home-cooked meals. These seven strategies offer practical, sustainable solutions for busy households looking to save time and money while reducing stress around dinnertime.
Goal Set Like a Long Distance Runner
We live in a culture that glorifies speed — fast growth, fast wins, fast results. But what if we started measuring our progress by sustainability instead of speed? In this article, Britney Branch explores what it means to set goals like a long distance runner — with intention, endurance, and clarity.
Prose CEO Says Brand Poised to Generate $1B in Revenue by 2035
Prose is opening a new customization center in the Los Angeles area, marking its first expansion outside of New York. In addition to increasing its production abilities via their new state-of-the-art automated facility, the beauty personalization brand is poised to continue leading the “prompt shopping” trend with its futuristic AI platform, Singular. Not only does the Prose platform allow the brand to connect customers with their dream products, it continues to get smarter (and more accurate) with each transaction. “We’ve created an experience that is radically different from traditional e-commerce, which targets a one-click, fast-as-possible [sale],” said Prose CEO and Co-Founder Arnaud Plas.
Haut.AI Skin Analysis Melds High Performance, Security
Beauty tech trailblazer Haut.AI has introduced Skin Atlas, a new technology with cutting-edge data privacy, skin-analysis, and product-recommendation capabilities. By offering image anonymization and powerful modules, customers, brands, and retailers can reap the benefits of a hyper-personalized skin care experience.
Why Using Technology is Good for Your Freelancers — and Your Business
Find out how tech-savvy brands are using AllWork’s management and payment platform to get ahead in retail, why freelancers want the brands they work for to have current technology—and how you can take these strategies and apply them to your own company in order to accelerate your retail sales.
Prose’s Clinical Data Shows Custom Hair Care Outperforms Ready-Made Formulas
Powered by AI, Prose’s personalized hair care formulas have won over fans. Now, the company is releasing data from their clinical study that put Prose’s custom products up against ready-made prestige formulas—and the results suggest that bespoke is indeed better for your hair.
IPSY Launches Weekly Podcast
The popular subscription box brand is leveraging its personal connections with founders and creators to create long-form video interviews in a new series called Hitting Pan.
Amazon Premium Beauty Collaborates with Clinique on Storefront
Melis del Rey, General Manager, Beauty, Baby, and Beauty Technology, Amazon U.S. Stores, tells CEW exclusively about how Amazon Premium Beauty is helping Clinique expand its reach and delight customers and creators alike.
The Future of Retail: Experiential, Socially Driven Initiatives that Change the Customer Experience
Exciting innovations in beauty retail are happening in 2024. Retailers are reimagining interactive destinations, offering a blend of entertainment, education, and social interaction. The shift is driven by a confluence of factors: tech-savvy consumers, the rise of social, and an increasing demand for interactivity.
How New Tech Solutions Help Brands Accelerate In-Store Sales
Using freelance talent for retail sales and events has been the norm in the beauty industry for decades. What’s changing is the way you can use technology to manage and strategically deploy that staff. As consumers show renewed enthusiasm for shopping in stores, AllWork, a freelancer management software and payment services platform (and a secret weapon to more than 60 beauty brands), enables you to maximize store sales and reduce your freelance spend. By implementing AllWork’s technology platform, which is designed specifically for the beauty industry and how we work today, companies can quickly improve their top and bottom lines.