Retail
L’Oreal CEO wants to make green products, says consumers won’t pay higher price though | Bloomberg.com
Winona Ryder tapped as the new face for Marc Jacobs Beauty | Multivu.com
L’Oreal launches multibrand perfume advertisement for the holidays in Boots | The Drum – Cache
Ellie Goulding launches her MAC collaboration at Art Basel party in Miami | CentreDaily.com
Kleenex quietly launches skin care range | WWD – Retail
Unilever teams up with social media influencer agency | PRWeek.com
Strength of Nature acquires ethnic hair care lines from Unilever | PRNewswire.com
Pantone picks ‘Rose Quartz’ and ‘Serenity’ as 2016 Color of the Year | WWD.com
Why off-the-shelf cosmetics has never been so good | GQ-Magazine.co.uk
Is Kiko the Zara of cosmetics? | Economist.com
Where to buy Glow Recipe from Shark Tank | Bustle.com
Oprah is not investing in Avon | CNN.com
Sephora and Pantone team up again for new color of the year collaboration | Temptalia.com
Dita Von Teese says ‘Wearing makeup is just good manners’ | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Luscious brand from Pakistan becomes first of its origin to be carried by Sephora | Dawn.com
LUSH retaps sandalwood smuggler Veerappan for perfume | IBTimes.co.
Birchbox preps team for brick-and-mortar expansion | FierceRetail.com
Kylie Jenner’s lip kit sells out within 10 minutes | TeenVogue.com
Glossybox appoints new CEO as founder steps down | PRNewswire.com
Kylie Jenner lip kit dupes | Bustle.com
‘Color Stories’ by Mary Lisa Gavenas, what she learned from the multi-billion dollar beauty industry | TheGloss.com
Asia
Japanese Teijin creates pH restoring clothing | Asahi.com
New skincare launches from Innisfree, Blanc & Eclare, Nature Republic, Sum:37, Laplandia, Missha, and more! | Kinseng.org
New cosmetic launches from Skin Holiday, Etude House, Son and Park, Magic Bar, The Face Shop, and more! | Kinseng.org
AmorePacific’s CEO is Forbes Asia’s businessman of the year | Forbes.com
AmorePacific’s Suh Kyung-bae CEO, who tests his own product | FT.com
Bakugai! Japan’s new term for explosive Chinese shoppers | SCMP.com
Jumei beauty retailer stocks miss expected profits | SeekingAlpha.com
Seoul shares open higher on tech and cosmetics | KoreaHerald.com
South Korea’s free trade agreement with China will reduce tariffs, potentially increase beauty sales | KoreaHerald.com
Turkish cosmetics companies investigating beauty expansion into Cambodia | KhmerTimesKh.com
AmorePacific’s exports to top $200 million USD this year | KoreaObserver.com
Trends and Markets
Mintel Research predicts that water will become the new luxury ingredient | Mintel.com
Genderless beauty becoming more popular | NDPGroupBlog.com
The fragrance preferences and behaviours of young customers | Symrise.com
Research
Scientists look to create palm oil alternative from algae | HeraldScotland
SEURAT-1 conference held in Brussels on animal testing alternatives for chemical testing | SEURAT-1.eu – PDF
Researchers find association between stress levels and skin complaints in college students | Temple.edu
Study on the effect of French Maritime pine barke extract (Pycnogenol) on the skin | Karger.com – PDF
Regulation
US FDA creates small business and homemade cosmetics guideline | FDA.gov
US House bill will allow more oversight from FDA over cosmetic manufacturing | CosmeticsandToiletries.com
“Free-from” claims damaging to the cosmetics industry says expert | CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com
