As major beauty conglomerates pursue reforms to improve diversity and inclusivity across their teams and product offerings, a new wave of Black-owned startups are stepping in to fill in the gaps with innovative new products filling unmet consumer needs.

On October 16, Revlon launched its first brand awareness-focused TikTok challenge, called #DoItBold, with influencers including like Loren Gray, Abby Roberts and Micah Couwenhoven. While Revlon has toyed with TikTok over the last year with challenges like #SlickUpYourLook in November 2019, past iterations have been tied to new launches or...

On Tuesday, clean skin-care brand Naturopathica launched a collection of five products including a tea, a cleanser and a mask. It's the first time the brand is addressing acne in its 25-year history. As the clean beauty category has matured, customers are more frequently turning to indie brands for acne...

Hyaluronic acid, vitamin C and SPF are making their way into everything from eyeshadow to blush, as color cosmetics are increasingly touting skin-care benefits. 

Like many fashion brands, Steve Madden has spent the past few months looking for ways to improve diversity and inclusion within the company, particularly when it comes to recruitment. While the brand typically recruits through job boards like Indeed and LinkedIn, as well as referrals from current employees, starting this...

Despite makeup sales continuing to slide -- with sales down 52% year-over-year in the second quarter, to $869 million, per NPD Group -- clean color brands are proving their resilience. Today, eight-month-old clean beauty brand Saie announced a seed funding round led by Unilever Ventures. Other participants are avid clean...

Step-aside, dermatologists. An emerging group of science-backed brands is leveraging their research lab credentials rather than a medical degree or practice.

In many ways Obé, like Peloton and Mirror, was better prepared for social distancing compared to its IRL counterparts. And what's happening in the fitness segment is also being mirrored in the beauty services space, which like the restaurant industry has taken a major employee hit.

Glossy is proud to present Unfair, a podcast about the global skin-lightening industry and everything it touches, from the demand for lighter skin to the beauty companies selling to it. In episode two, Unfair covers the health problems and psychological harm these products pose to consumers at large. We hear...

Beauty brands are seeing significant sales impacts in China as coronavirus quickly escalates into a global pandemic. In 2019, a fifth of the global growth in beauty and cosmetics came from China, and this is expected to increase to a third by 2024.

LVMH may have been the first conglomerate to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic with hand sanitizer, on March 15, but a bevy of other beauty-minded businesses have followed suit, including L’Oréal, Estée Lauder Companies and Coty. Indie beauty brands, too, are responding to the call to action.

On Friday, mass hair care brand Eva NYC launched a partnership with TerraCycle, with a website relaunch Thursday designed to promote the brand’s ongoing sustainability initiatives. Those plans include moving to 100% recyclable packaging and green energy in the brand’s two New Jersey warehouses by 2021, switching to a mix of...