Acne and hyperpigmentation skin-care brand Urban Skin Rx launched a pre-cleanse treatment on August 9 called HyperCorrect, formulated to improve the appearance of hyperpigmentation, including discoloration caused by melasma. Made with 5% cysteamine, HyperCorrect is designed to be applied to dry skin before cleansing. Urban Skin Rx refers to HyperCorrect...

On Wednesday, the multi-brand beauty and personal company Good Glamm Group announced a $150 million Series D funding round co-led by tech and private equity investors Naspers Ventures and Warburg Pincus. This puts the company's valuation at $1.2 billion.

Over the past two years, the supermodel-turned-entrepreneur has been working on creating a beauty brand that reflects her own aesthetic of soft glam, while still offering skin-care solutions to acne-prone skin.

Over two years into the pandemic, brands are continuing to ramp up their DTC site and omnichannel capabilities, according to a new report. 

Sonic identities are at their simplest a translation of a brand’s identity into audio. Think" the classic sound of an Apple Mac starting up or, in the case of beauty, the iconic “Maybe it’s Maybelline” tagline as spoken in commercials.

At the forefront of defining the Gen-Z brand is Experiment, a beauty brand that soft-launched in November 2020 and made its official debut [nearly two years later] on Thursday. The brand launched, and then re-launched, with just one product: an endlessly reusable, slime green silicone sheet mask, cheekily named Avant Guard.

L'Oréal will open a nearly 250,000 square-foot research and innovation center housing 550 employees across all areas of the company’s North America research and innovation division, from advanced research to evaluation and product development.

From nails to fragrance, the first beauty products are featured in NFT format with a physical component to accompany the purchase.

Tina Bou-Saba, strategic angel investor turned co-founder, now heads early-stage consumer-focused investment firm Verity Venture Partners.

Housed on a non-shoppable website, Maybelline Virtual Loft allows consumers to explore new products, play in-program games, use Maybelline services, chat with their friends and join in on exclusive online events. Visitors can partake in a virtual scavenger hunt, try on virtual Halloween makeup looks and explore products.

In a cluttered and competitive beauty market, I look at how new brands are nailing their brand identities.

U.K.-based prestige skin-care brand Ren is cutting down its product range and launch cadence and limiting its U.S. store footprint. The plan is to zero in on its 23-year reputation as a sensitive-skin brand en route to new levels of growth.