by Mackenzie McDonald and Pamela Lopez

In our digital world, with glossy product photos and enticing sales videos crowding our screens on a daily basis, most of us are so inundated with promotional content that it becomes white noise. The holidays represent a unique opportunity for beauty brands to engage customers in new ways by offering seasonal specials like holiday gift…

by Mackenzie McDonald

It’s no secret that the holidays are the most wonderful (read: lucrative) time of the year for businesses. Between Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and holiday shopping, retailers experience a sharp increase in sales throughout November and December, with some companies raking in anywhere from a quarter to more than a third of their annual revenue…

by Evan Pyle

Today is Singles Day! Since 2009, Singles Day has slowly grown from being just a sales holiday in China to being a sales holiday worldwide. Although Singles Day is a newer holiday it has huge potential to become a mainstay tradition with its emphasis on self-care and self-love. If you’re considering planning your Singles Day…

by Mackenzie McDonald

Say goodbye to light jackets and pumpkin spice lattes, y’all. Winter is coming, and while I’m admittedly upset—it’s hands-down the worst season, and I would defend that statement with my life—I am trying to look on the bright side. What is the bright side of reduced sunlight and the cruel onslaught of darkness at 5…

by Evan Pyle

The beauty industry is finding that consumers love when brands “be real.” Brands are finding success with organic content, influencer content and content shot on phones instead of professional cameras. This is true even for consumers’ personal content as social media attitudes start to prefer users showing themselves being real instead of performing for social…

by Emerson Steele

If I had a dollar for everytime a hairstylist, friend, family member or literal stranger told me I had the thickest hair they had ever seen, I would be rich and could afford every luxury treatment under the sun to ensure my mane was always tamed. However, instead of earning money for having thick hair,…

by Mackenzie McDonald

Spooky season is well underway, as is the search for the perfect costume. In my experience, there are two types of people in this world: those who know what they’re going to be for Halloween by October 1, and those who enter a panic spiral on October 29 because they still haven’t decided. If you…

by Evan Pyle

The beauty industry loves Halloween because of all of the crazy possibilities beauty lovers have with upping their makeup looks! But just how big has Halloween gotten as an industry? 69% of consumers have said they plan to celebrate Halloween this year with a record $10.6 billion expected to be grossed by the holiday. However,…

by Mackenzie McDonald

If you’re not familiar with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR) or the difference between the two, you’re not alone. In our fast-paced digital society, AI and AR in the beauty industry comes up frequently, but many people don’t have a solid understanding of how either technology actually works. The increasing popularity of AI and…

by Evan Pyle

TikTok continues to take over but in new and unexpected ways! A recent study has discovered that more Gen Z social media users are choosing TikTok as their main search engine for anything from how-to guides to restaurant recommendations. Google continues to be the search engine of choice for other generations, but the kids of…