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Beauty Trends 2016 | WMI

A recent survey found that 82% of women believe social media drives the definition of beauty. This is incredibly powerful. It represents a dramatic...

Best Tressed - Hair Care Industry Trends | WMI

If current trends are any indication, the days of elaborate hairstyles may be behind us. Increasingly, women are embracing their natural hair texture...

4 Reasons Indie Beauty Brands Are Hot | WMI

Top global beauty corporations have been acquiring emerging independent brands at breakneck speed. According to an investment firm brief on the...

Lipstick Beauty Marketing Trends 2015 | WMI

Whether they choose classic red or baby pink, women are giving lip service to lip products. In fact, lip color is the most frequently discussed color...

Skin Care Industry Trends: What Women Want | WMI

For decades, beauty brands have been promising that their creams, lotions, and potions will work miracles, virtually erasing crow’s feet and lifting...

Why Beauty Brands Need to Re-Think “Perfection” | WMI

Beauty ads have always featured beautiful, carefully made-up women. Flawless skin, a dramatic smoky eye, a glistening, bold lip—this is what we’ve...

Beauty for All Seasons | WMI

Did you know that searches for makeup tutorial videos spike during October? Halloween-related videos account for 57% of seasonal makeup tutorial...

The Super Beauty Consumer | WMI

The Super Beauty is highly engaged in beauty content, from how-to hair styling videos to make-up tutorials, she is obsessed with the latest tricks...

What Hair Care Brands Are Doing Right And Wrong | WMI

Hair care represents the third-largest segment in the beauty marketplace; yet it’s just seventh in terms of online sales volume. Why? While analysts...