Cosmetics

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Is “The Substance” Real?
Medical spas swear “regenerative aesthetics” can jolt your body back to its youth.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Is “The Substance” Real?
Medical spas swear “regenerative aesthetics” can jolt your body back to its youth.

Every Fashion Label Wants a Beauty Brand. Is There Room for All of Them?
Amid a luxury fashion slowdown, brands are launching full beauty lines at a record pace as they jostle to find their position in a crowded market.

Every Fashion Label Wants a Beauty Brand. Is There Room for All of Them?
Amid a luxury fashion slowdown, brands are launching full beauty lines at a record pace as they jostle to find their position in a crowded market.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: The Sephora Exit Polls
Think love is a battlefield? Wait for 2025′s makeup trends.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: The Sephora Exit Polls
Think love is a battlefield? Wait for 2025′s makeup trends.

The Beauty Slowdown Has Come for Indie Retailers
Credo Beauty, Goop, and Thirteen Lune are among the smaller, independent beauty retailers responding to US market headwinds.

The Beauty Slowdown Has Come for Indie Retailers
Credo Beauty, Goop, and Thirteen Lune are among the smaller, independent beauty retailers responding to US market headwinds.

How Big Box Retailers Won Over Premium Beauty Brands
Mass retailers like Target and Walmart have invested heavily in their beauty offerings, attracting a fresh crop of indie brands – as well as increasing their overall basket size. For brands wanting a slice of the action, scaling up is necessary.

How Big Box Retailers Won Over Premium Beauty Brands
Mass retailers like Target and Walmart have invested heavily in their beauty offerings, attracting a fresh crop of indie brands – as well as increasing their overall basket size. For brands wanting a slice of the action, scaling up is necessary.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Can a Facialist Make You More Famous?
“Handcrafted design” is a luxury retail mantra. Hollywood facialist Georgia Louise has harnessed it for a beauty launch.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Can a Facialist Make You More Famous?
“Handcrafted design” is a luxury retail mantra. Hollywood facialist Georgia Louise has harnessed it for a beauty launch.

A First-Day Agenda for Estée Lauder’s New CEO
From cutting costs, rebuilding brand equity and right-sizing its exposure to volatile markets, incoming chief executive Stéphane de La Faverie has a lot to accomplish if he wants to reassure investors that the company’s best days are still to come.

A First-Day Agenda for Estée Lauder’s New CEO
From cutting costs, rebuilding brand equity and right-sizing its exposure to volatile markets, incoming chief executive Stéphane de La Faverie has a lot to accomplish if he wants to reassure investors that the company’s best days are still to come.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Live from New York, It’s Drugstore Mascara!
Can sketch comedy sell makeup? Maybelline and E.l.f. Cosmetics are finding out.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Live from New York, It’s Drugstore Mascara!
Can sketch comedy sell makeup? Maybelline and E.l.f. Cosmetics are finding out.

An Instagram Beauty Brand Navigates a TikTok World
Since 2016, Kristin Noel Crawley has grown KNC Beauty slowly and steadily. Now, she’s ready for its big break.

An Instagram Beauty Brand Navigates a TikTok World
Since 2016, Kristin Noel Crawley has grown KNC Beauty slowly and steadily. Now, she’s ready for its big break.

How Anastasia Beverly Hills Lost Its Footing
The influencer-favourite brand seemed on rocket-like trajectory in the 2010s, culminating in a reported $3 billion valuation in 2018. But since then, trends have shifted, sales have slid, debt has mounted and its main investor, the private equity firm TPG Capital, is ready to move on.

How Anastasia Beverly Hills Lost Its Footing
The influencer-favourite brand seemed on rocket-like trajectory in the 2010s, culminating in a reported $3 billion valuation in 2018. But since then, trends have shifted, sales have slid, debt has mounted and its main investor, the private equity firm TPG Capital, is ready to move on.

The TikTok ‘It Boy’ Who’s Getting Men to Wear Makeup
19-year-old Bach Buquen’s ‘hetero dude’ image could push more of his male Gen-Z peers to buy into cosmetics, creating growth opportunities for brands with genderless lines.

The TikTok ‘It Boy’ Who’s Getting Men to Wear Makeup
19-year-old Bach Buquen’s ‘hetero dude’ image could push more of his male Gen-Z peers to buy into cosmetics, creating growth opportunities for brands with genderless lines.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Scaring Is Caring
Why murder sells mascara.