Retail

RoC Skincare campaign predicts the most wrinkle prone cities in the US

PRNewswire.com

Curology secures $15 million USD in Series B funding to expand teledermatology service

PRNewswire.com

Clinique for Men hires Daniel Dae Kim and Levison Wood for new campaign

WWD.com

Biotherm Homme and David Beckham launch new Force Supreme range

PRNewswire.com

Taraji P. Henson and MAC collaborate on new makeup line

Essence.com

Urban Decay to open free-standing store in Burnaby, B.C., Canada

Straight.com

Tarte Cosmetics launches 8 blush palette

Popsugar.com

Kiehl’s to open its first free-standing store in Wales

WalesOnline.co.uk

Blogger Gary Thompson to star in new L’Oreal ad campaign

DailyMail.co.uk

Kardashians win injunction in court case over cosmetics branding

HollywoodReporter.com

L’Oreal Paris launches hair contouring campaign

LOreal.co.uk

Nudestix launches matte collection for Fall

WWD.com

John Lewis plans £9m beauty hall expansion

TheGuardian.com

Sephora opens it 400th store in Chicago

PRNewswire.com

Le Métier de Beauté to double business and expand into the UK next year

WWD.com

Ariana Grande returns to MAC with new Viva Glam collection

People.com

Smith & Cult expands out of nail polish with new eye makeup products

WWD.com

Tangle Teezer and Hello Kitty team up on compact hair brush

Licensing.biz

Lovelyloot app hopes to help consumers find new products with 100 000 item database

WWD.com

Sephora launches Instagram contest to promote its own makeup and beauty collection

LuxuryDaily.com

Doralie Bad Medina & Floyd Mayweather Jr. host launch party for Bad Medina Cosmetics

BroadwayWorld.com

Ulta to open second location in San Francisco

Hoodline.com

Kylie Cosmetics sponsors Kim Kardashian’s Makeup Masterclass in Dubai

TeenVogue.com

Baxter of California launches a men’s grooming video series

PRNewswire.com

You can now buy Proactiv in Ulta stores

PRNewswire.com

Asia

Foreign traders are buying Korean cosmetic stocks, which locals are shunning

Bloomberg.com

“The sheet mask sanitation scandal rocking the K-beauty world”

Racked.com

Ha Ji Won sues cosmetic company for using her likeness

Soompi.com

Exports of hallyu-related goods surge: data

YonhapNews.co.kr

Chinese FDA clarifies new sunscreen regulations. SPF 50+ and PA+++ are the limits

CosmeticsDesign.com

L’Occitane opens augmented reality store in Tokyo

JapanTrends.com

Naruko looks to expand in the Philippines

ManilaTimes.net

Cosmetics manufacturer Englewood Lab to go public in South Korea

KoreaHerald.com

IT Cosmetics now available on Sephora’s website in Malaysia

Elle.my

Market

Why the cosmetics market is booming post-Brexit

Telegraph.co.uk

Sales of consumer goods in the UAE are down

GulfNews.com

Global online beauty and personal care market expected to grow at 17% until 2020

BusinessWire.com

Neem market expected to grow from $720 million USD to $1.8 billion USD by 2021

GlobeNewswire.com

Global ascorbic acid market expected to grow from $820 million USD to $1 billion USD by 2021

GlobeNewswire.com

Indie beauty stores are on the hunt for new brands and more varied makeup shades

WWD.com

Outreach and Sustainability

New Zealand cosmetic companies unhappy with forced animal testing to enter Chinese market

Stuff.co.nz

1/3rd of fish caught in the English Channel have microplastic contamination

TheGuardian.com

Cetaphil supports Children’s Skin Disease Foundation and Camp Wonder

PRNewswire.com

GHD creates beauty tutorial for women affected by hair loss from chemotherapy

Nine.com.au

Unilever, Target, and CVS sign Equal Pay Pledge in the US

WhiteHouse.gov

South African doctor Willem Visser receives grant from L’Oreal to fund Acne keloidalis nuchae research

TheEastAfrican.co.ke

Corporate

e.l.f. Beauty files for $100 million USD IPO

SeekingAlpha.com, WWD.com

“Ulta Beauty has a male investor problem”

Forbes.com

P&G files lawsuit against Edgewell over branding and patent infringements

StreetInsider.com

Egyptian personal care company Dabur achieves 25% sales increase during Q1

DailyNewsEgypt.com

Interesting Reads

“How the camera phone changed beauty”

Vice.com

UK survey finds 4/10 people annoyed by people putting on makeup during commute

Yahoo.com

An interview with Xavier Vey, president and COO of L’Oreal Luxe

WWD.com

An interview with Sweat Cosmetics founder and Olympian Lindsay Tarpley

Aol.com

Inventor James Dyson has more personal care gadgets in the works

Forbes.com

Instagram account @Willitlookgoodonmethough shows makeup on different skin tones

TheFashionSpot.com

“Jessica Alba’s 5 tips to become a beauty boss”

Allure.com

13 Pokemon inspired makeup tutorials

Bustle.com

“The black pageant queens of the ’70s paved the way for new beauty standards”

HuffingtonPost.com

Laura Sanchez wins Vlogger of the Year Award at the NYX FACE Awards

MakeupMag.com

“How natural are ‘natural’ hair dyes?”

TorontoSun.com

Gwyneth Paltrow says Apple helps her stay current with makeup trends

NYPost.com

Glamglow founders buy an Apple 1 prototype for almost a million USD

WWD.com