Solid perfumes have long been on the market, with brands like Glossier and Diptyque offering solid versions of their traditional spray perfumes. But with fragrance sales still on the rise, a new wave of brands is experimenting with solid fragrances to appease customers looking for novelty and affordability in their...

This week, I checked in on how beauty founders and execs are responding to the whiplash of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s tariffs. Additionally, Brazil may be getting more K-beauty, and Saks secures a round of bankruptcy funding. 

MAC has long since been available in international Sephora markets like Canada and the U.K. But with a new creative director in Nicola Formichetti, fresh talent like pop star Chappell Roan and a rebounding makeup category hungry for color, MAC has earned a place at Sephora's U.S. fleet. And with...

The mall store isn’t dead — it has just gone online. The Ohio-based personal care brand will now sell its famed body mists and candles to Amazon U.S. customers as part of a larger turnaround plan to meet consumers where they're at.

Some beauty consumers still haven’t forgotten the smell of their Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers of the 1990s. While Lip Smackers are long gone, thirty years later, there’s a new wave of soda-inspired lip glosses hitting the shelves. 

Value remains top priority for the mass beauty retailer. But with what consumers consider "value" constantly evolving, Sally is playing in new categories like fragrance, instant delivery and experiential retail.

Fragrance brands and figures are getting in on the dating scene for Valentine’s Day.

A year after declining sales led the Estée Lauder Companies to launch its "Beauty Reimagined" turnaround plan, the beauty conglomerate has found a return to growth. The company posted a 6% increase in net sales for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026, to $4.2 billion, with gains in skin...

Despite concerns of a slowdown, some investors are still betting on the AI and fragrance booms in 2026. On Thursday, the artificial intelligence-powered fragrance company Osmo announced a new round of funding to increase its operations and expand its C-suite.