Skin Care

Exclusive: Hourglass Founder Carisa Janes Launches New Beauty Brand
Eight years after selling her prestige cosmetics line to Unilever Prestige, Janes has another brand on her hands, launching with 25 foundation shades and a face oil. Can lightning strike twice?

Exclusive: Hourglass Founder Carisa Janes Launches New Beauty Brand
Eight years after selling her prestige cosmetics line to Unilever Prestige, Janes has another brand on her hands, launching with 25 foundation shades and a face oil. Can lightning strike twice?

The Silicon Valley Skin-Care Brand Biohackers Are Obsessed With
OneSkin, all over TikTok, merges the beauty industry’s fixation with anti-ageing and tech’s fantasy of halting death.

The Silicon Valley Skin-Care Brand Biohackers Are Obsessed With
OneSkin, all over TikTok, merges the beauty industry’s fixation with anti-ageing and tech’s fantasy of halting death.

At the CFDA Awards, Recession Beauty Hacks Get Real
Guests like Addison Rae, Chloe Malle and Angel Reese talked getting ready for the demi-Met Gala — and the blush shades, drugstore hairsprays and makeup counters that got them there.

At the CFDA Awards, Recession Beauty Hacks Get Real
Guests like Addison Rae, Chloe Malle and Angel Reese talked getting ready for the demi-Met Gala — and the blush shades, drugstore hairsprays and makeup counters that got them there.

Why Fast-Fashion Retailers Can’t Crack Beauty
Stores like H&M, Zara and Primark are experimenting with selling makeup, hair care and fragrances. But as past experiments show, beauty is a tricky beast for mass retail.

Why Fast-Fashion Retailers Can’t Crack Beauty
Stores like H&M, Zara and Primark are experimenting with selling makeup, hair care and fragrances. But as past experiments show, beauty is a tricky beast for mass retail.

Gen Z’s New Humble Brag? Plastic Surgery.
‘They’re taking selfies of their plastic surgery appointments as if it’s a concert or a ‘get ready with me’ video,’ said one plastic surgeon. ‘They want everyone to know.’

Gen Z’s New Humble Brag? Plastic Surgery.
‘They’re taking selfies of their plastic surgery appointments as if it’s a concert or a ‘get ready with me’ video,’ said one plastic surgeon. ‘They want everyone to know.’

Estée Lauder Is Growing Again. Now Comes the Hard Part.
The US giant handily beat expectations and its own guidance in its latest earnings, but softness in the US and its hair and makeup businesses show it can’t take its foot off the gas yet.

Estée Lauder Is Growing Again. Now Comes the Hard Part.
The US giant handily beat expectations and its own guidance in its latest earnings, but softness in the US and its hair and makeup businesses show it can’t take its foot off the gas yet.

Why Drugstore Beauty Is Succeeding Everywhere Except the US
Within a crowded beauty market, US drugstores are struggling to compete — while their overseas counterparts continue to thrive. To regain relevance and bring success home, American chains must evolve.

Why Drugstore Beauty Is Succeeding Everywhere Except the US
Within a crowded beauty market, US drugstores are struggling to compete — while their overseas counterparts continue to thrive. To regain relevance and bring success home, American chains must evolve.

Why Young Women Are Getting Facelifts
Customers in their 20s and 30s are being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques.

Why Young Women Are Getting Facelifts
Customers in their 20s and 30s are being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques.

Does Light Therapy Really Work?
From infrared saunas to LED beauty masks, a billion-dollar market has grown around the healing power of light. But where does the science end and the hype begin?

Does Light Therapy Really Work?
From infrared saunas to LED beauty masks, a billion-dollar market has grown around the healing power of light. But where does the science end and the hype begin?

Indie Sneeze: Why Niche Fashion Wants In on Fragrance
Launching a perfume used to mean that a brand had arrived. Nowadays, independent labels like Chopova Lowena and Vaquera are releasing niche premium scents to attract entry-level shoppers.

Indie Sneeze: Why Niche Fashion Wants In on Fragrance
Launching a perfume used to mean that a brand had arrived. Nowadays, independent labels like Chopova Lowena and Vaquera are releasing niche premium scents to attract entry-level shoppers.

What’s Fuelling (and Threatening) Luxury Skincare’s Growth
Once considered one of luxury’s most resilient categories, top-priced skincare is on shaky ground as it faces slowing sales in key Asian markets and rising demand for medical aesthetics.

What’s Fuelling (and Threatening) Luxury Skincare’s Growth
Once considered one of luxury’s most resilient categories, top-priced skincare is on shaky ground as it faces slowing sales in key Asian markets and rising demand for medical aesthetics.

Why Kering Gave Up on Beauty
The French luxury giant has put aside its ambitions of running beauty in-house. Despite having an enviable stable of brands, the complexity of the business and mounting debt meant it wasn’t worth the pain.

Why Kering Gave Up on Beauty
The French luxury giant has put aside its ambitions of running beauty in-house. Despite having an enviable stable of brands, the complexity of the business and mounting debt meant it wasn’t worth the pain.