Vipology Staff Writer

No7 launches Unstoppable Together campaign

After a tumultuous year for the job market, skin care brand No7 is turning its attention to women in the workplace — or rather, the increasing lack of them. No7’s latest campaign, called “Unstoppable Together,” focuses on working toward gender parity in spite of the current challenges to the job market. The campaign, which launches […]

Chili Pepper Study Says They Can Help You Live Longer

Two red hot peppers with green stems arranged in the shape of a heart

If you like your peppers off-the-scale hot, here’s some good news. New research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in November, 2020, suggests that all that heat makes you less likely to die from heart disease or cancer and more likely to live longer than your mild-pepper-loving counterparts. The new chili pepper study analyzed more […]

Covid Quarantine taught people that Open Floor Plans and Single Purpose Spaces are not what they’re cracked up to be

While it looked like the appeal of the open floorplan was starting to fade at the beginning of 2020, during the pandemic many people learned the hard way that perhaps your kitchen, home office, great room, playroom, and living room shouldn’t all be the same space. Lack of privacy ultimately becomes lack of function. “Now […]

The CFPB is investigating Venmo’s Collection Practices

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) is investigating money transfer app Venmo over the way it handles collections, a new regulatory filing shows. The filing shows Venmo owner PayPal received a Civil Investigative Demand from the CFPB on January 21st, “related to Venmo’s unauthorized funds transfers and collections processes, […]

Alaïa announces Pieter Mulier, Raf Simons’s right hand man, as their New Creative Director

When Azzedine Alaïa passed away in 2017, he left huge shoes to fill. And now, the maison that still bears his name has announced his successor: Pieter Mulier. Long known as Raf Simons’s right-hand man, Mulier followed Simons from house to house, with stints at Jil Sander, Dior and Calvin Klein. But just as Simons […]

Little Debbie’s Cosmic Brownies Have Been Turned Into a New Kellogg’s Cereal

Just when we thought that the Oatmeal Creme Pies Cereal was the best that a collaboration between Kellogg’s and Little Debbie could get, they’ve proven us wrong with something even better. The countdown is on for when the new Cosmic Brownies Cereal will hit shelves! And the announcement comes just in time for National Have […]

Allure Celebrates it’s 30th Anniversary by opening a New Store in NYC

Allure just turned 30, and the industry beauty bible kicked off the celebration by announcing its foray into brick-and-mortar retail. The beauty magazine is opening an “experiential retail concept” called the Allure Store in New York City. The reason behind the move and vision for the store is that shoppers will be able to buy editor-vetted products, […]

Doctors hail first Face and Double Hand Transplant

Doctors in New York have performed the world’s first successful face and double hand transplant. Joe DiMeo, 22, underwent the 23-hour surgery, performed by a team of more than 140 healthcare workers last August. A car crash in 2018 left Mr DiMeo with third-degree burns over 80% of his body. His fingertips were amputated and […]

Design experts say the White Kitchen trend has Lost its Luster

Nancy Epstein, founder, and president of Artistic Tile says, “The high end of the market has moved away from the staid whites and man-made agglomerates that dominated design for the last decade, and is once more embracing the exotic, rare stones, and detailed patterns that have historically defined luxury tile and stone.” She recommends opting for […]

New Sonos FCC filing hints at a Next Gen Portable Speaker in the works

If the FCC documentation is to be believed, Sonos is preparing for the release of a new product that is likely to be the company’s second portable speaker with a rechargeable battery. The unannounced device, listed at the FCC as model number S27, is shown in testing diagrams to have a wireless charging dock and […]