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What Comes After Beauty Branding’s Bold Font Boom?

As chunky typefaces in bright colours become omnipresent on beauty shelves today, more brands are seeking new ways to stand out at retail through custom typography and more varied visuals.
A collage of beauty brands, featuring bold fonts and colours.
Bold branding has taken beauty shelves by storm. (BoF Collage)

When aesthetician and beauty influencer Charlotte Palermino launched her skincare line Dieux in 2020, she didn’t want to do so with yet another minimalist beauty logo.

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Haley Crawford
Haley Crawford

Haley Crawford is Marketing Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers the marketing and public relations industries.

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