Cosmetics

Inside Sephora’s Attempt to Bring Back the Beauty Festival
The beauty festival space flatlined when Covid-19 restricted large in-person events. This year, a number return, including Sephoria, which makes the case that the experiential event is back and better than ever.

Inside Sephora’s Attempt to Bring Back the Beauty Festival
The beauty festival space flatlined when Covid-19 restricted large in-person events. This year, a number return, including Sephoria, which makes the case that the experiential event is back and better than ever.

How Isamaya Ffrench Is Reinventing Beauty
The make-up wunderkind and BoF 500 cover star is growing a beauty brand that’s less about prettification and more about ‘world building’ for a generation that grew up with the speed and fluidity of the internet.

How Isamaya Ffrench Is Reinventing Beauty
The make-up wunderkind and BoF 500 cover star is growing a beauty brand that’s less about prettification and more about ‘world building’ for a generation that grew up with the speed and fluidity of the internet.

Inside Victoria Beckham’s Big Bet on Beauty
The line, which makes up more than half of the designer’s total business, is revving up its ambitions, with new retail partners and a new category launch: fragrance.

Inside Victoria Beckham’s Big Bet on Beauty
The line, which makes up more than half of the designer’s total business, is revving up its ambitions, with new retail partners and a new category launch: fragrance.

Does High Fashion Cachet Matter in Skin Care?
Designer collaborations with beauty lines can offer shoppers status, but it’s unclear which party benefits more.

Does High Fashion Cachet Matter in Skin Care?
Designer collaborations with beauty lines can offer shoppers status, but it’s unclear which party benefits more.

Sephora North America Names Artemis Patrick as President, CEO Jean-André Rougeot to Retire
The French beauty retailer announced Thursday that Jean-André Rougeot, Sephora North America’s chief executive and president, will retire in April 2024.

Sephora North America Names Artemis Patrick as President, CEO Jean-André Rougeot to Retire
The French beauty retailer announced Thursday that Jean-André Rougeot, Sephora North America’s chief executive and president, will retire in April 2024.

For Makeup Artist Brands, Backstage Beauty Takes a Backseat
A spot backstage was once the most coveted position at New York Fashion Week for makeup artists-turned-brand founders, but creatives like Katie Jane Hughes, Donni Davy and Danessa Myricks are now focused on celebrities, consumers and social media.

For Makeup Artist Brands, Backstage Beauty Takes a Backseat
A spot backstage was once the most coveted position at New York Fashion Week for makeup artists-turned-brand founders, but creatives like Katie Jane Hughes, Donni Davy and Danessa Myricks are now focused on celebrities, consumers and social media.

Accessing India’s Booming Beauty Market Just Got Easier
Reliance Industries and Tata Group have launched multi-brand beauty retailers Tira and Tata Cliq Palette respectively in a challenge to incumbents like Nykaa, Purplle and Sephora.

Accessing India’s Booming Beauty Market Just Got Easier
Reliance Industries and Tata Group have launched multi-brand beauty retailers Tira and Tata Cliq Palette respectively in a challenge to incumbents like Nykaa, Purplle and Sephora.

How Glossier Tried and Failed to Become a Tech Company
The line’s $1 billion valuation hinged on Emily Weiss repositioning the brand as a tech start-up rather than “only” a beauty label. As illustrated in an excerpt from Marisa Meltzer’s new book on the founder’s larger-than-life ambitions, inclusive of an app that never saw the light of day, it was a poor fit practically from the start.

How Glossier Tried and Failed to Become a Tech Company
The line’s $1 billion valuation hinged on Emily Weiss repositioning the brand as a tech start-up rather than “only” a beauty label. As illustrated in an excerpt from Marisa Meltzer’s new book on the founder’s larger-than-life ambitions, inclusive of an app that never saw the light of day, it was a poor fit practically from the start.

The Beauty Brands Driving Explosive Sales Growth From TikTok Videos
A cadre of beauty start-ups, including Millie Bobby Brown’s makeup brand Florence by Mills, have mastered the difficult task of turning TikTok users watching clicky content into paying customers.

The Beauty Brands Driving Explosive Sales Growth From TikTok Videos
A cadre of beauty start-ups, including Millie Bobby Brown’s makeup brand Florence by Mills, have mastered the difficult task of turning TikTok users watching clicky content into paying customers.

Farfetch to Close Beauty Division
The luxury marketplace had hoped to take a “leading position” in the space when it launched cosmetics, skin care and hair care in April 2022 but found it harder than expected to attract shoppers.

Farfetch to Close Beauty Division
The luxury marketplace had hoped to take a “leading position” in the space when it launched cosmetics, skin care and hair care in April 2022 but found it harder than expected to attract shoppers.

Beauty TikTok’s Latest Obsessions: New Releases and Old Makeup Techniques
This week, TikTok couldn’t get enough of new products from Rare Beauty and Rhode, E.l.f.’s collaboration with influencer Mikayla Nogueira and the return of “baking.”

Beauty TikTok’s Latest Obsessions: New Releases and Old Makeup Techniques
This week, TikTok couldn’t get enough of new products from Rare Beauty and Rhode, E.l.f.’s collaboration with influencer Mikayla Nogueira and the return of “baking.”

TikTok’s Latest Obsessions: The Kardashian-Jenners and Friends Take Over
The Kardashian-Jenner clan continues to dominate on TikTok, as well as Makeup By Mario’s new blush.

TikTok’s Latest Obsessions: The Kardashian-Jenners and Friends Take Over
The Kardashian-Jenner clan continues to dominate on TikTok, as well as Makeup By Mario’s new blush.