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Dana Wood

Dana Wood has been writing about alpha hydroxy acids, tinted moisturizer, and deep conditioner for decades — and she’s more than okay with that. Kicking off her career as a cub reporter on the beauty desk of WWD, she logged 20 years at Condé Nast, overseeing the beauty departments of three publications. In the middle of that glossy mag stint, she decamped to L’Oréal, as AVP Strategic Development for the French beauty behemoth’s Luxe division. In that role, she was tasked with trend analysis, copywriting and providing research support for pivotal American indie brand acquisitions. (Bonjour, Kiehl’s!) Since relocating from NYC to Florida, she has written extensively for The Wall Street Journal and Alexa, the luxury style section of The New York Post. In addition to The Robin Report, she’s a regular contributor to BeautyMatter and Insider’s Guide to Spas. When not at her desk, she can be found cursing herself on the tennis courts of The Racquet Club of St. Pete.

The Second (Celebrity) Coming

For her gyration-filled performance on New Year\’s Rockin\’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, a medley of tunes that included a decidedly off-brand riff on Aerosmith\’s \”Dream ...
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Classing Up the Joint

Although \”nimble\” and \”agile\” aren\’t two attributes I typically ascribe to the beauty industry, there\’s something that feels decidedly \”fast on their feet\” about the ...
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Beauty’s Shifting M&A Landscape

As a beauty journalist who came of age in the 1990s, I was shocked and a little sad to see that Perricone MD, a proto ...
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DTC High Tech Beauty Solutions

You gotta hand it to L\’Oréal for sheer transparency. In the wake of its mid-July announcement that it was pulling the plug on Clarisonic, it ...
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Will Beauty’s Recent Support of Racial Justice Actually Stick?

When I decided to write about the explosive topic of racial justice and equality in America, and how that plays out within the beauty category, ...
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Beauty Gets Ugly

Admittedly it was a very \”Barbie In Her Beauty Bubble\” stance to take, but this was my first thought when Forbes dropped its \”Kylie Jenner ...
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Dana Wood - Beauty

Really Great Advice for Helping the Beauty Industry Survive the Pandemic

Like the rest of us, I\’ve been extremely busy this past few weeks trying to make sense of the New (Coronavirus) World Order. I\’ve had ...
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Dana Wood - Beauty Steps Up - The Robin Report

Real Money, Real Help: Beauty Steps Up to the Plate

In the dark, murky sea of literally 62,377 emails in my inbox, I almost skipped over one because it had the words \”Hand Sanitizer\” in ...
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