While everyone’s lives changed in quarantine, not everyone became a TikTok sensation. Then there's Muneeb Shah, a dermatology resident at Campbell University in North Carolina, who's about a year shy of becoming officially board-certified. (In short, Shah has finished medical school, but has not yet finished his residency.) He posted...

Though conglomerates like L'Occitane, Shiseido Group and Unilever turned to Elemis, Drunk Elephant and Tatcha to fill out prestige gaps within their portfolios, another set of CPG firms weren't interested in luxury positioning or sexy packaging this year. Instead, SC Johnson, Beiersdorf and Colgate-Palmolive favored a more practical kind of...

In the latest Glossy Beauty podcast, Starring's Ted Gibson and Jason Backe talk about bouncing back from having just $2,500 in the bank because of Covid-19, how some beauty companies are all talk when it comes to supporting Black businesses and what the salon of the future looks like.

Pre-pandemic, travel retail was flying high -- but that has ground to a halt in 2020.

The wave of support for Black-founded beauty and wellness brands has come from every facet of the industry. Retailers like Sephora and Credo have signed up for the 15% Pledge, which guarantees at least 15% of their shelf space to Black-owned brands, and investors are beginning to recognize their part...

L'Oréal began its move toward sustainability in 2005 and created its Sharing Beauty With All program in 2013 to modernize the program further. Sharing Beauty With All was predominantly focused on internal operations, supply chain and manufacturing. Its latest update not only adds to those business areas, but it also...

The Covid-19 pandemic caused massive real-life events like SXSW and Coachella to be canceled or postponed; now brands are adjusting marketing strategies and product launches that were tied to them.

As beauty store closings have become widespread amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers and brands are turning to virtual consultations to make up for the lack of in-store services. 

German conglomerate Henkel continues to get serious about direct-to-consumer beauty. Recently, Henkel acquired majority stakes in DTC hair-color business ESalon in June 2019, and in Invincible Brands Holding, a DTC business that owns Hello Body, Banana Beauty and Mermaid+Me, in July 2020. Now, it is launching an incubated digital brand...

Sales increased 100% year-over-year in 2020, according to David Neville, Westman Atelier CEO. The brand’s direct-to-consumer e-commerce sales increased by 400% in 2020, now representing 50% of all sales.

On Thursday, Birchbox announced the revamp of its Arrow line that first launched in January 2016. The new version of Arrow, made in partnership with Maesa, features more colorful and modern packaging and follows the company's updated clean standard that became public facing on Feb. 5.

Shunned by clean beauty purveyors for years, talc has gained recent mainstream attention as an ingredient to avoid.