Retail
MAC Cosmetics coming to Ulta stores
Glamour.com, TeenVogue.com, Nylon.com
Birkenstocks launching a skincare line featuring cork extract
TeenVogue.com, TheGloss.com
Cetaphil to launch 7 new skincare products in 2017
PRNewswire.com
LAPD investigating theft of 100 000 Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance eyeshadow palettes
TeenVogue.com, Nola.com, SCPR.org, NBCNews.com
Ulta Beauty to open an additional 100 stores
RetailDive.com
Sephora Virtual Artist adds thousands of eyeshadows to its digital try-on collection
PRNewswire.com
Chanel launches Hydra Beauty Micro Creme featuring Camellia micro-droplets
PRNewswire.com
Makeup Revolution dupes all your favourite products, and doesn’t try to hide it
Allure.com
Kat Von D launches Global Artist Collective and new Youtube beauty channel
TeenVogue.com, PRNewswire.com
A preview of the MAC Future Forward collection
Allure.com, Elle.com, TeenVogue.com
The 10 best-selling mascaras at Ulta
Allure.com
elf Cosmetics to live stream from SXSW
WWD.com – Paywall
Swatches of the Too Faced Love Light Highlighter on different skintones
Allure.com
14 Black-owned beauty brands changing the game selected by Glamour
Glamour.com
A preview of the Tarte Make Believe In Yourself Collection
Allure.com
Milk Makeup’s Blur Stick campaign features gender-fluid models
Glamour.com
Dr. Sandra Lee aka Dr. Pimple Popper launches skincare line
TeenVogue.com
A review of the Flo + Theo Activated Charcoal Soap
TeenVogue.com
9 best makeup sponges as selected by Elle
Elle.com
MAC Cosmetics’ Lipglass may be changing its formulation
Allure.com
Tarte launches a new dry shampoo
TeenVogue.com
Vlada Haggerty launches lip line with Smashbox Cosmetics
TeenVogue.com
MAC Cosmetics to launch metallic lipstick collection
Allure.com
Kylie Cosmetics a semi-matte velvet version of its lip kits
Glamour.com
A look at Kylie Cosmetics’ Kylighters
Allure.com
A look at the Chubby Mermaid Carve and Contour Brush from Mermaid Salon
Allure
A look at upcoming products at Sephora
Refinery29.com
Californian develops My Dog Nose It! sunscreen for dog noses
OCRegister.com
A preview of Estee Lauder’s Pure Color Love Lipsticks
Allure.com
A look at the ColourPop Nectar Collection
Allure.com
ColourPop teases pressed powder blushes
Allure.com
Birchbox Beta is testing more customized boxes
WWD.com – Paywall
A look at the Becca Cosmetics Sunchaser Palette
Allure.com
Too Faced teases expansion of Sweet Peach collection with lipsticks and blushes
Allure.com
A look at the Nudestix Nudies All Over Face Color Bronze + Glow
Allure.com
Jeffree Star announces collaboration with Manny MUA
Glamour.com, Allure.com
VMAGIC Feminine Lipstick launches lip balm for the labia
Allure.com
Rituel de Fille announces a black cream highlighter
TeenVogue.com
14 breakthrough beauty products selected by Vogue
Vogue.com
17 Mermaid inspired beauty products selected by Bustle
Bustle.com
A review of the Oars + Alps Power Cleansing Face Stick
GQ.com
A selection of honey beauty products from Allure
Allure.com
Celebrities and Interviews
Gabrielle Union: “I won’t be defined by my hair choices”
Glamour.com
Khoudia Diop: “I want to show girls it’s not bad to be dark”
Glamour.com
Cara Delevingne stars in new Millenial-friendly, super-cool, and hip rap video to promote a mascara
TeenVogue.com
Olympia Le-Tan to collaborate with Lancome Makeup
PRNewswire.com
Vlogger Shalom Bloc opens up about the power of makeup and her scars
Glamour.com
Did Prince Harry get his chest waxed? We don’t know. Here’s an excuse to write about chest waxing
GQ.com
Cargo Cosmetics signs Neon Hitch as face of Fall/Holiday 2017 campaign
PRNewswire.com
An interview with Manny MUA
Glamour.com
A look at Kylie and Kendall Jenner’s acetone and dry ice facial
Allure.com
An interview with Tristan Walker and his plans to change the skincare industry
HuffingtonPost.com
An interview with Peaches Monroee, inventor of “On Fleek”
TeenVogue.com
Tata Harper’s skincare staples
VanityFair.com
“These game-changers are proof that beauty ideals are transforming faster than ever”
Glamour.com, Glamour.com – Video
8 beauty lessons from Jackie Kennedy Onassis
Elle.com
Atreona Willis uses a tomato as makeup applicator
Allure.com
Model Ansley Gulielmi reveals her beauty secrets
WMagazine.com
Asia
A review of the Tonymoly Megatox Ampoule Sheet Mask
Allure.com
Felissimo Nekobu’s latest lip balm is meant to mimic the sensation of kissing a kitten’s nose
Geek.com
A look at the Dr. Jart+ Lover Rubber Masks
Allure.com
Modeling rubber masks are the latest 5+ year old K-Beauty trend you need to try
TheFashionSpot.com
Seoul stocks vault to an almost 2-year high on eased China uncertainties
YonhapNews.co.kr
South Korea struggles to retaliate in missile spat with China
Reuters.com
As leaders argue, South Korea finds China is no longer an easy sell
TodayOnline.com
“Memebox is pissing off its most loyal fans to sell to you”
Racked.com
Self-warming gel cleansers the new Asian beauty trend?
Refinery29.com
Shiseido Americas acquires creative agency JWALK
BusinessWire.com
K-Beauty is clicking with US customers
KoreaHerald.com
Skin Inc receives strategic investment from Spackman Entertainment Group
PRNewswire.com
The best natural South-Korean beauty products selected by New York Magazine
NYMag.com
How Shiseido keeps 100% of its recent moms in a country with a childcare crisis
QZ.com
Grown Alchemist to be carried in Malaysia
Elle.my
A look at the Mask Bar by Peach & Lily inside Barneys
NYPost.com
Many small South Korean cosmetic and clothing manufacturers rely on exporting to China
Arirang.co.kr
China’s booming ‘Sheconomy’ is contributing to rising sales of cosmetics
ChinaDaily.com.cn, XinHuaNet.com
81 companies gear up for beauty convention in Osong, South Korea
KoreaHerald.com
L’Oreal Taiwan owned skincare brands fined with misleading commercials fine
FocusTaiwan.tw
Chinese customers developing a taste for healthy products
Nikkei.com
SK-II launches new Face the Wild | Face the Camera campaign for its Facial Treatment Essence
PRNewswire.com
Malaysia’s cosmetics queen Datuk Vida fined for failing to submit income tax return form
TheMalayMailOnline.com
Market and Trends
The average US woman uses $8 USD worth of products a day
HuffingtonPost.com
Beauty subscriptions are a tough market, but Ipsy is sitting pretty
FastCompany.com
Average British woman spends £70,000 on her appearance in a lifetime
Independent.co.uk
Ulta grows despite the struggle of other brick-and-mortar retailers
BloombergQuint.com
Ulta, elf, and others show that cosmetic market is still strong
TheStreet.com
Outreach
Clothing estimated to contribute 5 times more plastic microbeads to oceans than cosmetics
Heart.co.uk
OK 1st Beauty School bring cosmetology training to prisons
Allure.com
Animal rights activist goes undercover at Montreal animal testing lab
CTVNews.ca
Report finds skin disease among Americans higher than previously reported
Allure.com
La Roche Posay announces 2017 research grant recipients
PRNewswire.com
Kiehl’s partners with Bright Pink to advocate for breast cancer awareness
PRNewswire.com
Urban Decay to donate 100% of proceeds from special edition version of its eyeshadow primer potion
Allure.com
Republican US congressman Jason Smith questions merit of tanning tax
Allure.com
Reminder that there’s a lawsuit against USANA for shareholders
BayStreet.ca
Corporate
Lush wants more clarity on business Post-Brexit
Sky.com
Former CEO of L’Occitane works with CVC Capital Partners to create bid for The Body Shop
TheTimes.co.uk
Nu Skin appoints Mark Lawrence as CFO
PRNewswire.com
Sephora announces latest cohort of Sephora Accelerate
PRNewswire.com
Transcript of the Ulta Q4 2017 earnings call
Yahoo.com
Interesting Reads
“Why beauty matters more than ever”
Glamour.com
“Why grooming habits for men need to be normalized”
TeenVogue.com
“Do pore vacuums really work?” Maybe, but they may be no better than fingers
Elle.com
A look at recent advancements made in the face-lift procedure
Allure.com
The difference between seborrheic dermatitis and dandruff
TeenVogue.com
“The dangerous acne treatment I just can’t quit” It’s resorcinol
Refinery29.com
“Try this meditation trick to prevent wrinkles” Relax your face
Allure.com
“What quitting coffee did for my skin” Not much
TeenVogue.com
