Test it Tuesday: Does this $5 mascara live up to all of the Tik-Tok hype?
Long, thick lashes are in and a lot of mascaras promise to add the appearance of more length and volume. Step into a Sephora or an Ulta, and you can easily drop $30 on mascara. Yikes! Two low-cost mascaras are getting rave reviews online.
People are buying more 'above the mask' makeup during the pandemic, Ulta CEO says
Spending more time indoors hasn't stopped people from wanting to wear makeup, Ulta CEO Mary Dillon told CNBC on Thursday. At the same time, they're not worrying too much about products like lipstick and blush, since they go unseen under the mask. Skin care is also seeing a great surge in interest during the pandemic. People had more time to learn about skin care to put a bunch of new skin care routines into their procedure because they have more time at home," said Dillion, who is stepping aside in June to become executive chair. In addition, Dillon said the hair care, fragrance and clean beauty categories also fared well during the pandemic.
cnbc.comAmazon and two other Nasdaq 100 stocks to watch ahead of index rebalancing, traders say
The Nasdaq 100 is about to look a little different. Ahead of the shake-up, Mark Tepper, president of Strategic Wealth Partners, is adding to his position in two of the largest Nasdaq 100 stocks – Amazon and Netflix. "Both of these stocks have been duds since the summertime, they traded sideways, they've been consolidating since like June. Like Amazon, Tepper sees opportunity in Netflix, a stock that has pulled back in the last three months. Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com, is backing Match as it prepares to enter the Nasdaq 100 at the end of the week.
cnbc.com'We want to be overweight consumer discretionary,' investor says these are her top stock picks
"We think Amazon has run quite substantially, obviously, and is going to have continued margin pressures. "We want to be overweight consumer discretionary. "I think Home Depot has shown dramatic growth online as has Walmart, though it's a consumer staple because of the grocery business. They've been growing quite substantially," she said. Disclosure: Tengler and Laffer Tengler Investments own shares of Amazon, TJX Companies, Target, Chipotle, Starbucks, Home Depot, Ulta and McDonald's.
cnbc.comCoty to sell majority stake in brands including Wella and Clairol to KKR in $4.3 billion deal
Kylie Cosmetics are displayed at Ulta beauty on November 18, 2019 in New York City. Kylie Cosmetics has sold a controlling stake to Coty Inc for a reported $600 Million. Coty Inc plans to buy 51% and the controlling share of Kylie Cosmetics, valuing it at $1.2 billion. Cosmetics maker Coty on Monday said it had agreed to sell a majority stake in its professional beauty and retail hair businesses, including Wella and Clairol brands, to investment firm KKR in a deal valued at $4.3 billion. New York-based Coty said its mass beauty business in Brazil will remain a fully owned business of Coty.
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