Retail

elf customers discover ‘secret compartments’ in their lip products

Brit.co

QVC launches Beauty iQ, a 24-hour beauty shopping channel

PRNewswire.com

JetBlue drops Birchbox for Hayward and Hopper

MediaPost.com

JC Penney to trial smaller Sephora store format

Fortune.com

MAC Cosmetics expands its strobing cream line with four new shades

Refinery29.com

Sephora launches AI driven ‘Color Match’ service in its app

LuxuryDaily.com

Biossance to launch in Sephora

Nasdaq.com

Amazon Dash expands with 60 new items, including some personal care brands

BusinessWire.com

Glamglow to launch tinted lip balms

Allure.com

Avon partners with dermatologist Dr. Kim Nichols

PRNewswire.com

Free People uses its customers in its beauty campaign

Allure.com

SaladBox launches TV show themed beauty boxes for men and women

BWorldOnline.com

Golan Heights olive farmer sees new markets for his skincare line

OliveOilTimes.com

Sally Hansen launches Color Therapy, colour and care nail polish

PRNewswire.com

French beauty retailer Oh My Cream raises 6 million Euros in funding series

Maddyness.com

Celebrities and Interviews

Kylie Jenner warns her fans of fake Lip Kits

Mashable.com

Jeff Koons and L’Oreal CEO Jean-Paul Agon honoured by the French Institute Alliance Française

PRNewswire.com

Great British Bake Off contestant Candice Brown may launch her own lipstick line

Metro.co.uk

Peter Philips on Dior’s makeup muses

Elle.com

“Khoudia Diop: The Senegalese model diversifying the beauty industry”

ElleUK.com

ghd announces Olivia Culpo as its brand ambassador

PRNewswire.com

Geordie Shore star Chloe Ferry launches beauty range

TheSun.co.uk

Asia

Increased regulation on Chinese tourism causes drop in Korean stocks

Chosun.com

Too Cool for School opens flagship store in SoHo, New York City

Bustle.com, WWD.com

AmorePacific rumoured to open Innisfree store in New York in 2017

KoreaHerald.com

Businesses tap into Halloween fever in South Korea

KoreaHerald.com

Most popular K-beauty products according to Soko Glam

Fashionista.com

5 Korean models reveal their favourite sheet masks

Vogue.com

Hong Kong International Airport to expand its cosmetic stores

DFNIOnline.com

Laguna Blends acquires the Asian rights for Cannaceuticals

Stockhouse.com

Shiseido begins construction of its Global Innovation Center in Yokohama, Japan

WorldPressOnline.com

Lotte launches online mall in Vietnam

KoreaTimes.co.kr

Younique arrives in Hong Kong

NewsWire.ca

Researcher says Indonesian geothermal wells are emitting minerals useful for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics

TheJakartaPost.com

Qu Puteh suspends sports sponsorships

FreeMalaysiaToday.com

Over 4000 cosmetic manufacturers are unlicensed says Pakistan Pharmacists Association

PakObserver.net

Cosmo Group signed on by Rea.Deeming Beauty to market the Beauty Blender in Pakistan

BrandinginAsia.com

LVMH, Sephora sues local Indian company for trademark infringement

IndiaTimes.com

Outreach

European project aims to study toxicology of natural cosmetic ingredients and further innovation

Unitis.org

MAC and Caitlyn Jenner raise $1.3 million USD for transgender groups

Yahoo.com

Woman awarded $70 million USD in Johnson & Johnson baby powder talcum lawsuit

TheStar.com

$18 million USD awarded in damages in talcum powder mesothelioma lawsuit

PRNewswire.com

La Roche Posay declares 2016 its busiest sun season yet

PRNewswire.com

Turkish Standards Institution begins issuing Halal certification for cosmetics

DailySabah.com

US FDA sends warning letter to Osea Internacional over drug-like claims on its cosmetics

FDA.gov

Corporate

Michelle Phan’s IPSY brings in $150 million USD a year

Bloomberg.com

Proctor & Gamble files lawsuit against Vi-Jon Inc over infringement of Head & Shoulders branding

BusinessWire.com

“Post M&A, staying on brand is key for beauty companies”

WWD.com

MAC Cosmetics close to leasing office space in One Soho Square in New York

TheRealDeal.com

Interesting Reads

“Is genderless makeup the future of beauty?”

Yahoo.com

Woman claims she was tricked into spending $3000 at Deep Sea Cosmetics stand

WinkNews.com

“Boots No. 7 may look good, but we don’t need it to speak up”

Guardian.ng

Omer Gur sentenced to jail for hiring Israeli nationals on tourist visas to work at mall beauty kiosks

PilotOnline.com