L’Oréal Joins Forces With Nykaa to Invest in Indian Beauty Brands
BOLD, the French conglomerate’s venture capital fund, will collaborate with retailer Nykaa to invest in the next generation of Indian beauty brands.
Beauty
Analysis and advice on the fast-evolving beauty business.
What’s Hot in Sunscreen Now
Years into SPF’s beauty-fuelled reinvention, new trends are still emerging, from the growing popularity of foreign formulas to innovations in texture.
Scentbird’s CEO Is Also a Spiritual Guru. Not All Customers Are Pleased.
The co-founder of the “Netflix for fragrance,” Mariya Nurislamova, has been moonlighting as a spirituality influencer. Comments on extraterrestrials, the “Matrix” and Hitler have recently attracted negative attention.
The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Gatorade, but Make It Skincare
Just in time for the Olympics, Electrolytes are the new “it” ingredient.
Have Incubators Outlived Their Purpose?
Two of Luxury Brand Partners’ biggest lines, One/Size and IGK Hair, announced their entrance into the M&A fray. With strong financial profiles, they both should be desirable to acquirers, but brand incubators haven’t had the success they did in the 2010s.
Patrick Starrr’s One/Size and IGK Hair Explore Exit Options
Beauty brand incubator Luxury Brand Partners, owner of the premium cosmetics and hair care lines, has tapped The Sage Group to suss out their options. By getting to this stage, they’ve reached a tier many incubated brands don’t.
Bobbi Brown Is Now the Host of This Zoom Meeting
Jones Road, the makeup artist-backed beauty label is built on feedback, insights and suggestions from its community. But sometimes, its founder has to push back.
The ‘Unbookable’ Beauticians With Years-Long Waiting Lists
Practitioners like Iván Pol, known for his 'Beauty Sandwich' technique, Joanna Czech and Harriet Westmoreland are so oversubscribed, to get an appointment, you might need a private concierge.
The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: The Devil Wears Prada … for Beauty?
Cerulean, but make it skincare.
Tracy Anderson Launches Fragrance
The fitness mogul’s fragrance debut will be available to order directly from her e-commerce site starting Thursday.
On the Rhode Again: Hailey Bieber’s First-Ever Pop-Up is Still Going Strong
At Hailey Bieber’s IRL beauty experience in New York, fans waited for hours to try the line’s new blush, sample Cosmic Bliss ice cream and gain proximity to the celebrity founder.
The Kombucha Effect Comes for Hair Care
Following the well-worn path from wellness hack to beauty solve, fermented ingredients are making their way to hair care, thanks to a growing number of high-profile startups.
Sanders Targets ‘Unacceptable’ Price of Weight-Loss Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy
Americans paid 10 times more for Ozempic than patients in the United Kingdom in 2023. That wild discrepancy has captured the attention of one of the drug industry’s loudest critics, the US senator Bernie Sanders.
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Private Equity Firm Inflexion Invests in Manucurist
The European investor, which previously backed Medik8, has taken a 49 percent stake in the premium French nail line.
Novo Nordisk Looks to Target Hair Loss in Consumer Push
The maker of Ozempic and Wegovy seeks to expand its direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical business as rival Eli Lilly outpaces in weight-loss drugs.
PR Agency CGC Launches Performance Media Division
Known for its premium beauty clients including Glossier and Hermès Beauty, the agency’s new division combines influencer marketing and AI insights.
Luxury Perfume Line Roja London Acquired by Extravaganza Beauty
Master perfumer and founder Roja Dove will remain with the brand in a new consultancy role.
Olaplex Names New CEO
Christoph Kaul will succeed Amanda Baldwin, who led the hair care label through its acquisition by Henkel earlier this year.
Perelel Expands C-Suite, Tapping Rare Beauty’s CMO
Known for its prenatal vitamins, the wellness label has hired Rare Beauty's Ashley Murphy as its chief marketing officer, while Anjelika Temple moves into the chief creative officer role.
Supergoop Announces Chief Commercial Officer
The sunscreen label has appointed former Coty executive Jamie Parker to the newly created role as it gears up to become a “global skin health company.”