Beauty

 

 

Expo West 2025: just add water
Numbers were heading toward the record for Expo West’s 2025 edition, where Elyse Glickman identifies the trends for beauty, food and beverage for the year ahead
Photographed by the author

 

ShikSona: beauty for real-life women
Jody Miller speaks with Sonali Chartuvedi, one half of the sisterly duo who created the award-winning ShikSona beauty line for busy women who want glamour and simplicity

 

Rise and shine
Jody Miller celebrates Black female entrepreneurs in fashion, beauty and well-being for Black History Month

 

Beauty renaissance
Jody Miller is on the pulse of what’s in for beauty for winter 2024–5
From issue 50 of Lucire

 

Too much, too young?
A plastic surgeon reveals to Jody Miller why the Love Island cast has prematurely aged and how you can avoid the same mistakes

 

The spice of life: eight trends from Expo West 2024
Although the stands at the Anaheim Convention Center were as busy as ever, Elyse Glickman spots eight beauty and health trends that are taking off at the US west coast’s largest natural products’ expo
Photographed by the author

 

Swiss engineering that will make you smile
Curaprox regularly appears in Lucire—and our team members in different countries use their pioneering toothbrush. They’ve gone further with a vegan toothpaste and a top-of-the-line electric toothbrush

 

Beauty that’s red carpet-ready
Lola Cristall has her latest premium beauty picks that will see you at your fashionable best, from new releases to an upmarket salon
Photographed by Gerardo Samoza

 

Radiance revival
There are signs of summer on the horizon, and Jody Miller is here with her beauty picks for the upcoming season

 

Confessions of a star cosmetic chemist
Ron Robinson, the creator of BeautyStat, tells Jody Miller how decades of research led him to create a best selling brand

 

Best tressed: practical solutions for fine and thinning hair
Jody Miller finds out what causes thinning hair, and has the low-down on a selection of products that could restore those luscious locks

 

Good enough to eat (almost)
Dessert-inspired K-beauty brand Oliviaumma—already established in South Korea with a fashion line—promises a delicious glass glow with its skin care range, now available in the US

 

Ideas, innovation, and self-care come of age
Elyse Glickman attends 2024’s Adit show and finds that independent beauty brands are delivering what today’s consumers want
Event photographs by the author

 

Into the Stratia-sphere
Stratia founder Alli Reed trusted science instead of hype to create one of indie beauty’s favourite upstarts. Jody Miller interviews her

 

From the city to the Atlantic coast
Beauty brands, lifestyle concepts as well as health and wellness regimens are constantly evolving. Lola Cristall gets a taste at three US east coast events

 

Perfumed escapism
Jody Miller talks to Gallivant Perfumes’ founder Nick Steward, who takes his customers on a worldwide journey through his company’s scents

 

Power plant
“New or improved” only scratches the surface of what attendees discovered, tasted, and talked about at the 2023 Natural Products Expo (a.k.a. Expo West), according to Elyse Glickman and Amanda Satterthwaite
Photographed by the authors
From issue 47 of Lucire

 

The beauty of Ere Pérez
Ere Pérez, the Mexican-Australian cosmetics visionary, remains at the forefront of ethical beauty. Jody Miller speaks with her

 

The truth about home facial devices
Two top doctors separate fact from fantasy, and offer their recommendations to Jody Miller
Photographed by Kroshka Nastya/Freepik

 

Playing the lavender field
Lavender is in again, and Elyse Glickman has a beauty selection that uses this calming plant that’s rich in antioxidants

 

Fixing the top five hair mistakes
Tukia Allen and Tatum Neill of Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute reveal the top five most common hair mistakes that they see as professional hairstylists, and include tips on how to correct them

 

Up close with the princess of pop
Pop go the acne myths: Jody Miller speaks with Dr Sandra Lee, a.k.a. Dr Pimple Popper, who bursts the bubble on acne, her favourite beauty hack, and why people can’t get enough of her videos

 

The brave nose
Jody Miller talks to Ernesto Collado, and finds out how the Spanish actor, writer and director returned to nature and an ancestral legacy to create Bravanariz

 

Adit all up
A beloved indie beauty product trade show scales down, reformulates, and gets focused, writes Elyse Glickman
Photographed by the author

 

You’ll Flip for Koa Life
Koa Life has débuted on the Flip app, with a natural, 100 per cent vegan skin care range free of all harsh chemicals

 

 

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