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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, WWD may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Having long, thick, wavy hair, I’ve always struggled to straighten it without causing major frizz. Hours spent blow drying and flat ironing my mane often resulted …

As consumer interest in vitamin C continues to escalate, brands are responding with new technologies that answer some of the traditional pain points of the ingredients. On the one hand, vitamin C is lauded for its brightening benefits; on the other, its reactive reputation and difficulty to stabilize have set off a race among brands of how to formulate effectively …

Most in the fashion world will remember the scene from “The Devil Wears Prada” when Miranda Priestly pointedly tells her then still fashion-averse assistant Andrea Sachs that the hue of “that lumpy blue sweater” she’s wearing trickled down from an Oscar de la Renta collection of cerulean gowns, to a department store, to “some tragic Casual Corner” and was, in …

Hair dryers were invented in the late 19th century in France by inventor Alexandre-Ferdinand Godefroy, but his invention looked closer to a giant robot than any modern-day version we recognize. The apparatus consisted of a large seated bonnet surrounding the client’s head with pipes heated from a gas stove. But thanks to over a century of innovation, we now have …

“Can I touch your hair?,” asked Annie Young-Scrivner, glancing up and down the long, highlighted blonde strands before she made a quick assessment of the products I should be using. Wella’s lively and engaging chief executive officer is certainly hands on, deeply knowledgeable and passionate about the hair industry despite the fact that until the COVID-19 pandemic, she spent most …

Gisou’s C-suite has a new queen bee.  The Netherlands-based beauty brand, which makes honey-infused hair and skin products, has named Negar Mirsalehi to the newly created title of beekeeper in chief. Gisou beauty products are infused with honey. Courtesy Photo Mirsalehi — whose younger sister is Gisou founder Negin Mirsalehi — begins her new role on Wednesday, just in time …

Olay has a new leader at its helm and she’s on a mission to see the skin care brand inside everyone’s medicine cabinet. Stephanie Headley, P&G’s senior vice president and brand franchise leader of Olay and North America Skincare (which puts DermaGeek and Native under her purview, too), may be newly titled but she’s a veteran at the organization. She’s …

Amidst all the beauty products rolling onto the market, a new curling iron seems nice to have, but not necessarily a must. But that’s not exactly the case, as the magic of a good curling iron is largely in its results. With a curling iron, “you’ll always have a way to look good quickly,” says Leigh Hardges, hairstylist at Maxine …