For this week's Beauty Briefing, Glossy explores how beauty brands showed up around the Met Gala.

On Friday's earnings call, the company reported a 5% growth in net sales in Q3 2026. As part of its plan to streamline operations, the cosmetics giant said it will reduce its brands' footprint in department stores while it focuses on new channels, particularly online channels like Amazon and TikTok...

More brands are leaning into smaller-scale creators, with creator networks and “community” brand trips replacing mega-influencer campaigns and lavish influencer trips.

The personal care company posted a 7% increase in net sales for Q3 of fiscal year 2026. Those gains came despite higher crude oil prices due to the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict.

The retailer will be offering steep sales to beauty consumers as part of its fourth-annual Summer Beauty Event. But in a competitive beauty retail environment, the e-commerce giant wants to be known as more than just a discounter.

It’s not uncommon for fragrance brands to rely on one top seller to drive a quarter or even a third of overall sales. But Mind Games, the luxury chess-inspired fragrance brand launched by Alex Shalbaf in 2022, is going a different route.

The biotech-derived molecule has become a star player in hit fragrances like Amouage Guidance and Essential Parfums Bois Impérial, speaking to today's fragrance consumers who are as familiar with innovative ingredients as brand names. That’s good news for Givaudan, the Swiss fragrance giant that developed Akigalawood and retains exclusive rights...

This week, I checked in on Rachel Zoe’s return to the spotlight and how she's leveraging the value of the “Real Housewives” empire.

During a live discussion for the new Glossy Campus creator network, Glossy caught up with Sol de Janeiro's Avrielle Cortes to discuss the brand's creator partnership strategy, how creators can get the most out of their brand deals and more.