This week, I checked in on Ulta Beauty’s expansion into the Middle East, where it's making a play for the region’s fragrance connoisseurs. Additionally, Shay Mitchell’s newest beauty launch has earned criticism for targeting children, and Coty throws a wrench into the Gucci beauty license deal. 

With the opening of its new High Performance model, Life Time joins other fitness and wellness companies that aim to offer a more intangible benefit than what’s usually found at the gym: community.

Getting into Sephora is the gold standard for many beauty brands. But getting there — and staying there — is far from easy. Speaking at Day 2 of Glossy’s Beauty & Wellness Summit in Newport Beach, InnBeauty Project’s co-founder Alisa Metzger led a working group to highlight her skin-care brand’s...

This week, I’m on site at Glossy’s annual Beauty & Wellness Summit. On Day One, we heard from industry leaders like Carina Chaz of Dedcool and Hayley Williams of Good Dye Young. Additionally, Skims makes a big beauty hire, and Neutrogena’s parent company gets acquired. 

After successive quarters of slumping sales, The Estée Lauder Companies reported a 4% rise in net sales, with a 14% rise in fragrance sales offsetting struggles in makeup and hair care.

While Creed has earned all the hype and then some with its billion-dollar acquisition by Kering and hit fragrance Aventus, fragrance industry experts have questioned not only its sky-high valuation, but also its supposedly storied history.

This week, I checked in on new AI initiatives from the major tech players like Meta, Amazon and OpenAI. Additionally, Sol de Janeiro welcomes a new CMO, and Amouage invests in the U.S. market with a New York flagship. 

The owner of personal care and beauty brands Olay and Gillette received a boost in sales thanks to double-digit growth from the likes of SK-II. But the company will cut 15% of its non-manufacturing jobs by fiscal year 2027.

Despite endless launches in the hair-care and hair tools sectors, the wig market has remained relatively stagnant for decades. For entrepreneur Aasiyah Abdulsalam, that white space spelled opportunity.