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📰 Flonatix: A Washington, D.C.-Based Skin-Care Brand Inspired by Tropical Asia-Pacific Beauty {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: HQ:  Washington, D.C. Founder:  Jay Hanggawan Social: Instagram Category: Skin Care E-comm: flonatix.com Price Range:  $34 Hero Product: Island Renaissance Glow Up Genius™ Moisturizer ($34) How to get in touch: hello@flonatix.com Origin Story Flonatix is the first skin-care brand rooted in Tropical Asia-Pacific beauty that is built specifically for oily, combination and melanin-rich skin. Indonesian-born and Washington, D.C.-based Founder Jay Hanggawan spent 2.5 years building Flonatix after moving to the U.S. and realizing nothing on shelves was made for skin like his, a.k.a. skin shaped by humid climates, rich in melanin and chronically underserved by the mainstream beauty industry. Flonatix's hero product, the Island Renaissance Glow Up Genius Moisturizer, is a cooling ge...

📰 Influxious, a New Nigerian-Inspired Fragrance Brand, Is Launching at Sephora {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Occasionally, we use affiliate links on our site. This in no way affects our editorial decision-making. Funmi Monet, then a Nigerian-American grad student studying to become a licensed therapist, cultivated her love of fragrance while working at the perfume counter at Dillard's. Content creation soon became her creative outlet, with her growing following (now more than 500,000 strong on TikTok ) seeking out her fragrance advice. Then the opportunities began rolling in: Monet collaborated on her own limited-edition scent called Exalté and joined the Sephora Squad in 2022 as its "go-to fragrance girl" before Sephora approached her with the idea of creating her own brand. "I have always dreamed of launching my own fragrance brand, but truthfully speaking, I'm not a business ...

📰 'The Odyssey' Press Tour Puts a High Fashion Spin on Greek Mythology {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Athena, Queen Penelope, Helen of Troy and Calypso all walk into a room. While they all couldn't be more different from each other, there's one thing they clearly have in common: They know how to serve a gag-worthy look. At least, that's the case if we're basing the scenario on Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey"'s press tour fashion. Over the past few weeks, leading women Zendaya (Athena), Anne Hathaway (Queen Penelope), Lupita Nyong'o (Helen of Troy) and Charlize Theron (Calypso) have turned out multiple Mount Olympus-worthy looks. (Can someone please make statues of them?) Styled by Law Roach , Zendaya has delivered the most appearances and, unsurprisingly, has fully leaned into method dressing. For her first premiere appearance, she kicked things off in an i...