Retail

La Roche Posay’s UV Patch now available with purchase of sunscreen

LaRoche-Posay.us

Pat McGrath unveils Lust 004 Glitter Lip Kits

WWD.com

Elizabeth Arden launches digital advertisement that displays pollution rating in London Tube

Creativity-Online.com

Max Factor relaunches in the US with a collaboration with Pat McGrath

People.com

Kleenex launches facial cleansers, wipes, exfoliating pads, and cotton rounds on Amazon, Ulta and other e-retailers

PRNewswire.com

Usain Bolt launches Champion Shave, a shaving blade company

PRNewswire.com

Hourglass launches stainless steel reusable mascara wand

Vogue.com

Liesl Laurie wins $100 000 contract to represent Xtreme Lashes in South Africa

Zalebs.com

Tom Daley becomes Superdrug’s male grooming spokeperson

Attitude.co.uk

Urban Decay teases Vice lipstick palette

Refinery29.com

Kat Von D, former friend of Jeffree Star, launches limited-edition charity lipsticks

Allure.com

Wish app used to sell fake Jeffree Star products

Seventeen.com

Like, actually, Kylie Jenner did invite Caitlyn, Rob, and Blac Chyna to her party

PerezHiltonc.om

Simply Venom, two anesthesiologists launch skincare brand

WWD.com

Unilever Ghana relaunches reformulated Geisha soap with honey

MyJoyOnline.com

Bitch Slap cosmetics launch highlighter pans with penis imprint

Metro.co.uk

Market

How bloggers influence sales (with sales numbers!)

WWD.com

How some brands use social media feedback to improve their products

WWD.com

US beauty buyers are getting younger

Warc.com

Iran’s beauty market set to grow, thanks to better relations with the West

Euromonitor.com

New Zealanders increase online shopping due to exchange rate following Brexit

BNZ.co.nz

Mintel expects lipstick sales to jump 12% in the UK

Mintel.com

Niche brands are boosting the beauty industry in the UK

EuroMonitor.com

US Consumer spending rose 0.4% in June, 2016

Bloomberg.com

Asia

AmorePacific’s Laneige launches customizable lipsticks

KoreaHerald.com

TonyMoly’s Q2 operating profits increase 1078%

KoreaHerald.com

Amazon launches a Chinese language Japanese portal

Bloomberg.com

South Korea fears trade hit from China over missile defense system

Bloomberg.com

Despite rising tensions between South Korea and China, beauty brands still seen as a good investment

Reuters.com

LG Household & Health Care launches Sirius, a pet care brand

Pulsenews.co.kr

An interview with Shiseido CEO Masahiko Uotani

BusinessTimes.com.sg

South Korea proposes limit of 50 cosmetic and perfume items for travel retail

MoodieDavittReport.com

Proposed duty-free limits in South Korea may have caused cosmetic company shares to drop

GlobalCosmeticsNews.com

History of Whoo and Hera raise their duty-free prices

YonhapNews.co.kr

Cosmetic company fines Kim Min Hee for a rumoured relationship with married director

Soompi.com

AmorePacific Malaysia expects new brand Mamonde to contribute 20% of its future revenue

Marketing-Interactive.com

The rise of indie beauty labels in Indonesia

Yahoo.com

Industry

Private equity firm Tengram Capital acquires majority stake in Algenist

WWD.com

Birchbox raises $15 million USD from private investors

InternetRetailer.com

L’Oreal and Founders Factory commit to co-create two new companies a year

IndiaTimes.com

Walmart to acquire Jet.com for $3.3 billion USD

WSJ.com

Avon reports Q2 results: Revenue down 8% to $1.4 billion USD

PRNewswire.com

Markwins Beauty Brands makes changes to leadership at Physician’s Formula, Bonne Bell, and Lip Smacker

DrugstoreNews.com

P&G’s net beauty sales drop 3%

WWD.com

NuFACE appoints new president and SVP of global retail

PRNewswire.com

Coty partners with ad agency BETC for Rimmel and Bourjois brands

WWD.com

Judge approves Nu Skin settlement after Chinese government conducts investigation

NaturalProductsInsider.com

Former employee, Frédéric Desnard sues Interparfums over “boring” job

TheGuardian.com

BeautyCounter and NUDE Skincare iron out wrinkles in merger, with Bono as investor

Forbes.com

Outreach

Blood Mica: Deaths of child labourers in mica mines covered up to keep industry alive

Trust.org

Indian state plans to legalise mica mines to reduce child labour deaths

Trust.org

Indian officials order investigations after exposé into cover-up of child deaths in mica mines

Trust.org

Sevani Botanicals receives US FDA letter due to drug-like claims

FDA.gov

Venezuela renames Kimberly-Clark factory to “Cacique Maracay Productive Plant” after take-over

Reuters.com

Sage Products issues recall of Comfort Shield Barrier Cream Cloths due to microbial contamination

PRNewswire.com

Kiehl’s to participate in 7th Annual LifeRide for amfAR

PRNewswire.com

European Commission allows use of nano titanium dioxide as sunscreen

NatLawReview.com

Brazil struggles with illegal hair straightening treatments which contain formaldehyde

CosmeticsBusiness.com

European Commission bans use of methylisothiazolinone in leave-on products

ChemicalWatch.com

Research

Orion Genomics can help identify which palm oil tree will produce the most oil

BBC.com

Researchers use fungus to create gold nanoparticles, which are often added to cosmetics for luxury marketing

Nature.com

Kiverdi plans to turn CO2 into a palm oil alternative

FastCoExist.com

SynShark uses tobacco to produce shark squalene alternative

Greensboro.com

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery study finds sleeping on your side or face could lead to wrinkles

Surgery.org

Interesting Reads

Horse eyeshadow and mascara use on the rise

Telegraph.co.uk

Bad natural hair tutorial on The Today Show goes viral

Refinery29.com

The story behind the bad natural hair tutorial on The Today Show

NYMag.com

“America’s hygiene obsession is expensive and unhealthy”

Thrillist.com

How beauty boxes changed the way we shop

Fashionista.com

Is social media making the beauty industry more inclusive?

Allure.com

An interview with Troy Surratt, creator of Surratt Beauty

Racked.com

An interview with Huda Kattan, creator of Huda Beauty

Lifestyle.one

An interview with Gabriel De Santino, founder of Gabriel Cosmetics

Forbes.com

Woman’s niece eats her Too Faced Chocolate Bar eyeshadow palette

Glamour.com

How the Czech Republic became a leader in cannabis topicals

Leafly.com

An interview with facialists Joanna Vargas, Kristina Holey and Georgia Louise

WSJ.com

Regional beauty trends in the UK

Refinery29.uk

“Does darker skin really need its own skincare?”

TheGuardian.com