“Experiential retail has been an idea or concept that's been going on for a few years. Now, we want to encourage retailers to push this a step further. It's less about building displays that are visually impressive and is more about designing an antidote to the metaverse.”

Susan Yara's Naturium is in the Glossy Pop guide to influencer-founded brands, covering the fashion, beauty and wellness companies started by people who built their careers on social media.

While the worlds of K-beauty and J-beauty boast some of the world’s biggest beauty conglomerates, Taiwan’s indie beauty brands have growing global ambitions. 

Good American, the denim brand launched by Khloé Kardashian and Emma Grede in 2016, has announced the seven winners of its fifth annual open casting, a program that has become a hallmark of the brand.

The conversations around skin barrier and dermatology have increased in recent years, but the microbiome, made up of microorganisms on the skin's surface, is only beginning to be understood. Unilever is at the forefront of the next generation of skin-care brands that will be able to control acne through its scientific...

Starface has tapped college football player Kayvon Thibodeaux, who is projected to be a top pick for the 2022 NFL draft. The 21-year-old is a recent alumnus of the University of Oregon, where he played for the Oregon Ducks. He is now also a shareholder in Starface, which launched in...

The Zitsticka team wanted to generate buzz for its new Face Map zit sticker product. On April 25, Zitsticka asked 100 influencers to simultaneously post a teaser image of Face Map on Instagram Stories. Another coordinated bombardment followed on May 5, the launch day of the product.

Though the strong quarterly earnings from the beauty industry were expected, there were also a few surprises.

The back-bar treatment, called 4-in-1 Moisture Mask, is a concentrated reparative mask for severely dry and damaged hair and will not be sold within retail partners. Olaplex began as a professional-only brand before expanding to consumer at-home products around 2017.

Salon retail product sales bottomed out in April 2020 during the height of lockdown, falling 87% year-over-year. The year ended up with salon retail product revenue falling about 24% compared to 2019.

A number of beauty brands have been toying with the platform. Inn Beauty Project joined a couple of weeks ago, using the platform to tease its most recent launch — a new flavor of its cult-favorite Lip Glaze — 10 days before its launch.

August is typically a sleepy month, when most people are on vacation or gearing up for back-to-school. But that wasn't the case for beauty brands this month. Heavy hitters chose to tackle big launches, including Amyris with, not one but, two celebrity brands.