Allies of Skin’s Founder Nicolas Travis Has Resigned
The Singapore-based luxury skincare brand has also appointed Alicia Valencia as interim president.
Beauty
Analysis and advice on the fast-evolving beauty business.
Inside Industry Perspectives on the Convergence of Beauty and Wellbeing
Westman Atelier founder Gucci Westman, celebrity hairstylists Lacy Redway and Vernon François, and renowned make-up artist and founder of Makeup by Mario, Mario Dedivanovic, were among the leading beauty insiders and innovators who joined The Business of Beauty and Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing for an intimate breakfast in New York.
Inside Industry Perspectives on the Convergence of Beauty and Wellbeing
Westman Atelier founder Gucci Westman, celebrity hairstylists Lacy Redway and Vernon François, and renowned make-up artist and founder of Makeup by Mario, Mario Dedivanovic, were among the leading beauty insiders and innovators who joined The Business of Beauty and Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing for an intimate breakfast in New York.
Is the Bush Back? Only if You Can Sell It.
Skims’ controversial ‘bush thong’ is just one gimmick in a long line of brands using body hair for PR stunts and runway shocks, sparking online discourse about how personal grooming has — and hasn’t — changed.
Is the Bush Back? Only if You Can Sell It.
Skims’ controversial ‘bush thong’ is just one gimmick in a long line of brands using body hair for PR stunts and runway shocks, sparking online discourse about how personal grooming has — and hasn’t — changed.
Wellness Wants In on the Members Club Boom
A new wave of wellness clubs are cropping up across the world, offering ice baths, optimisation, saunas and socialisation. How big can the trend get?
Wellness Wants In on the Members Club Boom
A new wave of wellness clubs are cropping up across the world, offering ice baths, optimisation, saunas and socialisation. How big can the trend get?
Why Young Women Are Getting Facelifts
Customers in their 20s and 30s are being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques.
Why Young Women Are Getting Facelifts
Customers in their 20s and 30s are being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques.
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.
How Black Beauty’s Class of 2020 Is Navigating a Tough Market
Recipients of Glossier’s 2025 grants for Black founders spoke to The Business of Fashion about how they’ve sustained growth and built resilience after the hype died down.
How Black Beauty’s Class of 2020 Is Navigating a Tough Market
Recipients of Glossier’s 2025 grants for Black founders spoke to The Business of Fashion about how they’ve sustained growth and built resilience after the hype died down.
Does Light Therapy Really Work?
From infrared saunas to LED beauty masks, a billion-dollar market has grown around the healing power of light. But where does the science end and the hype begin?
Does Light Therapy Really Work?
From infrared saunas to LED beauty masks, a billion-dollar market has grown around the healing power of light. But where does the science end and the hype begin?
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.
Kering, L’Oréal and the Seduction of Luxury; Inside Amouage’s Success Story; Is Meghan Markle Launching Beauty?
This week, I’m covering everything from the fight for designer beauty brands (and if it's really worth it) to the Duchess of Sussex’s plans for As Ever.
Kering, L’Oréal and the Seduction of Luxury; Inside Amouage’s Success Story; Is Meghan Markle Launching Beauty?
This week, I’m covering everything from the fight for designer beauty brands (and if it's really worth it) to the Duchess of Sussex’s plans for As Ever.
What’s Fuelling (and Threatening) Luxury Skincare’s Growth
Once considered one of luxury’s most resilient categories, top-priced skincare is on shaky ground as it faces slowing sales in key Asian markets and rising demand for medical aesthetics.
What’s Fuelling (and Threatening) Luxury Skincare’s Growth
Once considered one of luxury’s most resilient categories, top-priced skincare is on shaky ground as it faces slowing sales in key Asian markets and rising demand for medical aesthetics.
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.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Natura Posts 92% Decline in Quarterly Profit
Brazilian cosmetic maker Natura on Monday posted a second-quarter net profit of 35 million reais ($6.85 million), a 92.1 percent decline from the same period in 2025.
Sydney Towle, Influencer and Health Activist, Has Died
Towle, known for sharing her life as a young woman living with cancer, passed away aged 26 on Wednesday.
Kenvue Misses Estimates as Inflation, Tariffs Squeeze Margins
The US consumer health company and parent of Neutrogena narrowly missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter results as tariffs and currency-related costs offset sales gains.
Henkel Raises Sales Guidance for 2026
The German conglomerate and Schwarzkopf parent lifted its annual sales forecast, though growth for its adhesives unit outpaced its consumer brands.
Shiseido’s Profits Recover in First Half Amid Turnaround
Growth turned positive in the second quarter, driven by key regions like the Americas, as the Japanese giant executes its yearlong restructuring plan.
P&G to Buy Supplement Maker Thorne for $3.8 Billion
Shailesh Jejurikar, chief executive of the American personal care conglomerate, told CNBC it will acquire the line from LVMH-backed private equity firm L Catterton.
Eli Lilly to Offer Early Access to Next-Gen Obesity Drug to Some Patients
Eli Lilly said on Monday it would allow a limited number of patients to have early access to its experimental obesity drug, retatrutide, before its US FDA approval.