Retail

Amazon bans the exchange of positive reviews for free product or incentives

TechCrunch.com

HSN drops Sevinor Skincare Solutions after spokesperson and doctor arrested for buying crack cocaine

PageSix.com

Anastasia Beverly Hills and Mario Dedivanovic launch eyeshadow palette

TeenVogue.com

Smashbox 3D prints limited edition lipsticks

Allure.com

Kik launches beauty and fashion shopping chat bots

PRNewswire.com

Wet n’ Wild speeds up development to catch on to trends. Launches its version of the rainbow highlighter

WWD.com

Sephora US website now accepts Paypal

Sephora.com

Rimmel London launches app with “makeup swap” feature

PRNewswire.com

Jessica Alba’s The Honest Company to remove sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) from its detergents and other products despite claiming they were “SLS free”

WSJ.com

Kylie Jenner launches “Smile” Lip Kit, 100% of proceeds support cleft palette charity Smile Train

PRNewswire.com

Arbonne introduces handheld ultrasonic skincare device, Intelligence Genius Ultra

PRNewswire.com

MAC Selena collection launches in Corpus Christi, Texas. Quickly sells out

Chron.com

New launches from the Estee Lauder family of brands

MoodieDavittReport.com

Lena Dunham and Clinique team up on episode for her podcast

InStyle.com

Drew Barrymore explains why she’s expanding Flower Beauty into a home line

Yahoo.com

A review of Urban Decay’s Full Spectrum palette

TeenVogue.com

Dior tests interactive beauty shop in Paris, France

PremiumbeautyNews.com

The most popular eyeshadow palettes on Pinterest

Glamour.com

New launches in Sephora Middle East

TheNational.ae

Hard Candy launches exclusive line in Walmart

WWD.com

Sephora postpones opening of Iran stores to end of 2017

Reuters.com

A review of Neutrogena’s light therapy mask device for acne

TeenVogue.com

ColourPop renames darker contouring shades after criticism

TheShadeRoom.com

Review of MAC Cosmetics magnetic Spellbinder eyeshadow

TeenVogue.com

Tata Harper launches multi-masking trio

Allure.com

Beautycon partners with Angel Merino and Makeup Shayla on subscription box

TeenVogue.com

Youtuber Bubzbeauty introduces her eyeshadow palette with BH Cosmetics

WWD.com

On-site with Tata Harper at City Chemist in Brooklyn

WWD.com

ColourPop launches Studio 1400 eyeshadow palette

TeenVogue.com

An interview with Victoria Beckham about her Estee Lauder collaboration

HelloMagazine.com

Murad kicks off ‘Connected Beauty Summit’ focusing on holistic beauty and health in New York

PRNewswire.com

Land of Women lingerie launches skincare line

Allure.com

Skinfix launches in CVS

WWD.com

“Five brilliant Irish beauty brands you should definitely know about”

IrishPost.co.uk

Bluemercury opens in Plano, Texas

PaperCityMag.com

Markwin’s Wet n’ Wild launches Color Icon collection, aimed at selfie-taking millennials

WWD.com

Former Net-a-Porter employees launch ‘The Natural Curator’ website for natural beauty products

WWD.com

Robin McGraw and Jessica Wu partner on skincare line, promoted by her husband Dr Phil on his show

WWD.com

Asia

South Korea hosts Sale Festa, offers discounts to tourists on air travel and products

KoreaTimes.co.kr, Arirang.co.kr

Kao licenses its foam hair dye patents to P&G, after P&G’s infringement

Kao.com

AmorePacific toothpastes recalled after South Korean agency discovers banned ingredients

KoreaTimes.co.kr

Consumers demand probe into AmorePacific after it is discovered their toothpastes contain banned ingredients

KoreaTimes.co.kr

Chinese tourists expected to spend $72 billion USD during ‘Golden Week’

QZ.com

Brands offering discounts in Singapore to court Chinese tourists during ‘Golden Week’

BusinessofFashion.com

The Body Shop prepares for “Golden Week” by launching Alipay in its London stores

WireCard.com

China to cut luxury cosmetics tax from 30% to 15%

Bloomberg.com

Korean beauty as explained by Charlotte Cho, co-founder of Soko Glam

Glamour.com

Mirae Asset Daewoo to invest 20 billion won into Celltrion’s cosmetic business

PulseNews.co.kr

Tokyo hosts 15th Diet and Beauty Fair

NewKerala.com

South Korean dupes for high-end makeup

Youtube.com – Beauty Beasts

Etude House updates its brand image from “Princess Fantasy” to “Sweet Dream” to court younger consumers

KokreaJoongangDaily.com

Hong Kong “face readers” say eyebrow grooming can change your fate

GMANetwork.com

Thai franchisee of The Face Shop to open store in Laos

NationMultimedia.com

“Yes, Asia is obsessed with white skin”

Inquirer.net

An interview with Stella Kim, a former SNSD trainee

NextShark.com

“The best cleansing tips from Korean celebrities”

TeenVogue.com

Shiseido, Unicharm, and Lion partner on retail joint-venture, to share shelf space and cross-promote

Nikkei.com

Cosmetic manufacturer Kolmar acquires new warehouse to help its expansion in the US

RecordOnline.com

The story of how traditional Chinese skincare brand Liushen remarketed itself to youth

PRNewswire.com

Korean brand Masqueology expands into US Walmarts

PRNewswire.com

Huma Qureshi in talks to endorse a cosmetics brand

IndiaTimes.com

Oriflame re-launches Giordani Gold line in India

NewKerala.com

Markets and Trends

Study finds brand-produced content falls behind those from social media beauty gurus

WWD.com

Global skin lightener market expected to grow at 9.29% CAGR until 2020

PRNewswire.com

Survey finds 35% of US women plan on purchasing more natural beauty products in the next year

PRNewswire.com

Mass market perfume is “disappearing”

WWD.com

Unilever creates two in-house marketing and content groups, in response to ad-blockers

CampaignLive.co.uk

“Is going ethnic a new trend for marketers in the beauty industry?”

Marketing-Interactive.com

P&G marketing chief says they’re not cutting back on Facebook Ads, they’re going to use better targeting

AdWeek.com

Survey finds 50% of consumers turn to Amazon first when searching for products

Bloomberg.com

Global colour cosmetics market forecast to be worth $77.7 billion USD by 2020

DigitalJournal.com

Global emulsifier market to reach $8.44 billion USD by 2021

PRNewswire.com

Generation M, reaching millennial Muslims

GlobalCosmeticsNews.com

Outreach and Regulation

Beauty brands raising funds for Breast Cancer Awareness month

VanityFair.com – Part 1, VanityFair.com – Part 2

Health Canada considers new regulatory scheme for self-care products

ChemicalWatch.com

Customer files class-action lawsuit against Playtex for allegedly falsifying Banana Boat SPF claims

LegalNewsLine.com

Loophole may still allow cosmetics that were tested on animals to be sold in the European Union

Lexology.com

European dermatology association posts call to action to raise awareness for UV protection for workers

PDF

Sephora launches ‘Classes for Confidence’ workshops

PRNewswire.com

15 salons in Abu Dhabi cited for using expired products

KhaleejTimes.com

EOS partners with Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on fundraising campaign

Convio.net

Lime Crime customers report “discoloration” of their Superfoils

Reddit.com

Research

New drug dupilumab for atopic dermatitis (eczema) is successful in two large clinical trials

NYTimes.com

Avon Foundation funded breast cancer study finds Black women dying at higher rates than White women

PRNewswire.com

Plastic microbeads for cleansers isn’t the only contributor to micropollution in the oceans, so is your laundry

Gizmodo.com.au, TheGuardian.com

P&G and New Zealand’s Honeylab form partnership to explore benefits of honey

Stuff.co.nz

L’Oreal and Poeitis 3D print hair follicles, technology could provide insight into potential hair loss treatments

3DPrint.com

Kerastem completes Phase II clinical trial investigating hair loss treatment using late stage cell therapy

SmarterAnalyst.com

Corporate

Sally Beauty CFO Mark Flaherty resigns

TheStreet.com

Cosmetics Corp J.A. sells 1 457 901 shares of e.l.f. Beauty stock

TheCerbatGem.com

Coty completes P&G brand merger deal, becomes 3rd largest beauty company

BusinessWire.com

Shiseido strengthens its cyber-security with Centrify Global Authentication

BusinessWire.com

P&G sets 3.9 exchange ratio for its spinoff during Reverse Morris Trust merger to Coty

WWD.com

Estee Lauder overhauls its corporate website

WWD.com

Hyland Media marketing retains Coty and adds P&G as client through their merger of brands

AdNews.com.au

Vaseline Healing Project helps provide medical supplies to people in areas of crisis

Vimeo.com

Perfumery company Douglas appoints Michael Raunch as CFO

WWD.com

Claudia Poccia named chief marketing office of Bare Escentuals

BusinessWire.com

Interesting Reads

New digital magazine Skin Deep focuses on makeup and women of colour

Fusion.net

Global brand president of Clinique Jane Lauder has 3 tips for those in the beauty industry

Fortune.com

Reddit’s SkincareAddiction hates St. Ives Apricot Scrub

Slate.com

“8 most common mistakes dermatologist see”

Bustle.com

“How brows became the beauty obsession of the decade”

TheGuardian.com

Why Lisa Eldridge hires older models for her Youtube tutorials (She thinks makeup is for everyone)

Yahoo.com

US FDA approves new cohesive gel breast implants from Allergan

Glamour.com

Skincare myths a cosmetic chemist wants you to stop believing

NewBeauty.com

“The underground economy in prison is way more sophisticated than you might think”

BusinessInsider.com

“The best moisturisers to wear under makeup according to the pros”

Allure.com

Huda Kattan’s best beauty secrets

TeenVogue.com

Interview with Joshua Esnard inventor of the Cut Buddy, a plastic template for men’s haircuts

GQ.com

“Eyelash extensions for beginners”

Elle.com

“18 artist selfies that get under the skin”

WMagazine.com