Cosmetics

Why Fast-Fashion Retailers Can’t Crack Beauty
Stores like H&M, Zara and Primark are experimenting with selling makeup, hair care and fragrances. But as past experiments show, beauty is a tricky beast for mass retail.

Why Fast-Fashion Retailers Can’t Crack Beauty
Stores like H&M, Zara and Primark are experimenting with selling makeup, hair care and fragrances. But as past experiments show, beauty is a tricky beast for mass retail.

Will Mikayla Nogueira’s Lip Kit Kill the Clean Girl?
As her label POV launches its first makeup products, the TikTok beauty star says the world is ready to go glam again.

Will Mikayla Nogueira’s Lip Kit Kill the Clean Girl?
As her label POV launches its first makeup products, the TikTok beauty star says the world is ready to go glam again.

Gen Z’s New Humble Brag? Plastic Surgery.
‘They’re taking selfies of their plastic surgery appointments as if it’s a concert or a ‘get ready with me’ video,’ said one plastic surgeon. ‘They want everyone to know.’

Gen Z’s New Humble Brag? Plastic Surgery.
‘They’re taking selfies of their plastic surgery appointments as if it’s a concert or a ‘get ready with me’ video,’ said one plastic surgeon. ‘They want everyone to know.’

Estée Lauder Is Growing Again. Now Comes the Hard Part.
The US giant handily beat expectations and its own guidance in its latest earnings, but softness in the US and its hair and makeup businesses show it can’t take its foot off the gas yet.

Estée Lauder Is Growing Again. Now Comes the Hard Part.
The US giant handily beat expectations and its own guidance in its latest earnings, but softness in the US and its hair and makeup businesses show it can’t take its foot off the gas yet.

Why Drugstore Beauty Is Succeeding Everywhere Except the US
Within a crowded beauty market, US drugstores are struggling to compete — while their overseas counterparts continue to thrive. To regain relevance and bring success home, American chains must evolve.

Why Drugstore Beauty Is Succeeding Everywhere Except the US
Within a crowded beauty market, US drugstores are struggling to compete — while their overseas counterparts continue to thrive. To regain relevance and bring success home, American chains must evolve.

What Will Happen to Kendo?
The news that LVMH might sell off its stake in Rihanna’s Fenty raises questions about the broader beauty incubator landscape.

What Will Happen to Kendo?
The news that LVMH might sell off its stake in Rihanna’s Fenty raises questions about the broader beauty incubator landscape.

Indie Sneeze: Why Niche Fashion Wants In on Fragrance
Launching a perfume used to mean that a brand had arrived. Nowadays, independent labels like Chopova Lowena and Vaquera are releasing niche premium scents to attract entry-level shoppers.

Indie Sneeze: Why Niche Fashion Wants In on Fragrance
Launching a perfume used to mean that a brand had arrived. Nowadays, independent labels like Chopova Lowena and Vaquera are releasing niche premium scents to attract entry-level shoppers.

Exclusive: Amouage’s Sales Surpass $300 Million in Third Quarter
The Omani fine fragrance brand’s sales surged 73 percent in the three months ending Sept. 2025, with its biggest lifts in the Middle East and Africa.

Exclusive: Amouage’s Sales Surpass $300 Million in Third Quarter
The Omani fine fragrance brand’s sales surged 73 percent in the three months ending Sept. 2025, with its biggest lifts in the Middle East and Africa.

What Comes After the ‘Clean Girl’?
The trend, characterised by glowing skin, fluffy brows and fake freckles, successfully ended an era dominated by high-glamour makeup. The standards it has set will shape the kinds of cosmetics that consumers will want for years to come.

What Comes After the ‘Clean Girl’?
The trend, characterised by glowing skin, fluffy brows and fake freckles, successfully ended an era dominated by high-glamour makeup. The standards it has set will shape the kinds of cosmetics that consumers will want for years to come.

Why Kering Gave Up on Beauty
The French luxury giant has put aside its ambitions of running beauty in-house. Despite having an enviable stable of brands, the complexity of the business and mounting debt meant it wasn’t worth the pain.

Why Kering Gave Up on Beauty
The French luxury giant has put aside its ambitions of running beauty in-house. Despite having an enviable stable of brands, the complexity of the business and mounting debt meant it wasn’t worth the pain.

Bringing Back the Bombshell
The beauty looks from the 2025 Victoria’s Secret show, by Pat McGrath and Jawara Wauchope, championed lip gloss and big hair in what felt like a return to the mass brand’s high-glamour heyday.

Bringing Back the Bombshell
The beauty looks from the 2025 Victoria’s Secret show, by Pat McGrath and Jawara Wauchope, championed lip gloss and big hair in what felt like a return to the mass brand’s high-glamour heyday.

Grimes’ Co-Creative Director Launches Sci-Fi-Inspired Beauty Brand
Cosmetics line Hyrular Beauty, which debuts on Wednesday, is targeting the fashionable gamer set with a futuristic campaign.

Grimes’ Co-Creative Director Launches Sci-Fi-Inspired Beauty Brand
Cosmetics line Hyrular Beauty, which debuts on Wednesday, is targeting the fashionable gamer set with a futuristic campaign.