A round-up of the latest moves and changes in beauty. For more information and contact details, visit our Industry and Brand news pages.
NIVEA appoints FORWARD agency
FORWARD Agency has been appointed by Beiersdorf Australia to handle its public relations and influencer marketing.
Beiersdorf Australia general manager Julia Braun said: “Following a review of PR agencies and a competitive pitch we are delighted to announce our partnership with FORWARD Agency.
“Throughout the entire process FORWARD demonstrated a deep understanding and passion for our brands. Fergus and his team have some great ideas for how we can drive better communications outcomes across our business using the power of PR.”
EGPR welcomes TIGI
Elise Garland Public Relations is delighted to welcome professional hair brand TIGI to its beauty portfolio.
360 PR welcomes SheaMoisture
360 PR is excited to announce it is now representing SheaMoisture, the cruelty free, organic and natural haircare and skincare range.
The brand is coming soon to Australia and will be available in Priceline nationwide, stay tuned for timings.
mybodyandsoul.com.au announces new content producer
Juna Xu has started a new role as content producer for mybodyandsoul.com.au. She was most recently editorial and beauty assistant at body+soul. She will still be working across beauty for online, but for all beauty content for print body+soul, please get in touch with Elin Tough, editor of body+soul.
360 PR now representing La Mav Skin Science
360 PR is now representing La Mav Skin Science, an Australian made and certified organic range of skincare products, celebrating 10 years in the Australian market in 2018.
Ella Baché to open new salon in David Jones Mandurah
Ella Baché is delighted to announce the opening of its new salon in David Jones, Mandurah on March 22. To celebrate the opening, the team will be giving away free gift bags to the first 100 customers and free travel size products with every skincare product purchase.
LUSH teams up with conservation charity Sumatran Orangutan Society
LUSH has teamed up with conservation charity Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) to raise money for the purchase of 50 hectares of disused oil palm plantation in order to turn it into a permaculture demonstration site.
Across the Asia Pacific Region, LUSH is selling a limited edition charity product (from March 16-28), the SOS Sumatra shampoo bar RRP $14.95 with all sales (excl GST) donated to SOS and their local partners on the ground in Sumatra to purchase the land. The brand is aiming to raise a total of $AUD265,000.
LANO appoints new general manager
Congratulations to Tammy Pall who has been appointed general manager (president) of LANO.
Working in H/O at top level side-by-side with founder and CEO Kirsten Carriol, Tammy is responsible for the development and execution of the global retail strategy and operations. This comes at a pivotal time for LANO, as it has recently opened 16 new countries, and exports hit the 75% mark of our total sales.
Tammy will work closely with retail channels & commercial partners to develop our short and long term strategic plans to drive growth and market share of Lano Lips Hand + Allover.
Tammy brings over 15 years luxury skincare and cosmetics operational marketing experience to the role, having held 'head of marketing' roles for La Prairie, Clarins, Yves Saint Laurent, Elizabeth Arden and Lanolips. Tammy also held a key leadership role at Australia’s largest prestige distributor Trimex – where she headed the portfolios for many brands with large team of marketing, training, promotion, communications and personnel reporting to her to manage the following multinational groups Oceania region’s operations: Puig Group, Euroitalia Group, P&G Prestige, J&J Roc, Clarins Fragrance Group, Hermès, Ferragamo, Acqua Di Parma, Annick Goutal and Cartier.
Bioré® Skincare taps Shay Mitchell
Bioré® Skincare is thrilled to announce that award-winning actress and social media star Shay Mitchell as Brand Ambassador. Mitchell will support the brand’s line of iconic pore strips, Charcoal products and Baking Soda cleansers along with the new acne range.
New look for Bio-Oil
Bio-Oil has welcomed a new look in 2018, heralding the first major product re-design in the brand’s thirty-year history. Sporting a clean and modern packaging design, the product retains the same formula which has made it one of Australia’s best-selling scar and stretch mark product.
hop & cotton announce interactive pop-up space in Brisbane
After the successful launch last year for Australia’s own customise skincare brand - hop & cotton, will debut its interactive pop-up space in their home town of Brisbane. This will be a four day event, at Beaut. Space, Tenerife from 21 March to 24 March 2018
Personal skin consultations will be available from 9am on 22 March with hop & cotton’s Founder and Cosmetic Chemist Ee Ting Ng. Guests will learn more about custom skincare, obtain some ‘behind the scenes’ insight on the process of formulation design, and order their own set of custom formulated skincare products to treat their specific skin concerns. hop & cotton will also use this opportunity to inspire and educate all who love beauty, health and wellness through a series of events. Find out more here.
