Retail
Nars Makeup becomes an item in Kim Kardashian’s mobile game
InStyle.com
Beautyblender is collaborating with Too Faced Cosmetics and Benefit
TeenVogue.com
Louboutin to launch Loubilaque – a new line of glossy, lacquer-inspired lipsticks
EuroNews.com
Birchbox is finding that cute boxes filled with makeup and skincare goodies isn’t enough
Bloomberg.com
An interview with Frank Body, makers of a coffee scrub marketed on Instagram
TheNewDaily.com.au
Glossier launches new Haloscope stick highlighters
StyleCaster.com
A quick overview of how the women on Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women made it on to the list
Inquirer.net
Artis launches skin care brushes, the 5 piece collection costs $425
WWD.com – Paywall
L’Oreal creates a Snapchat Lens to promote its new Infallible Silkissime eyeliner
Adweek.com
MAC Cosmetics to launch #MACMakeupArtCosmetics a 50 piece collection in January, 2017
Cosmpolitan.co.uk
NARS launches new 413 BLKR Cheek and Lip Palette
MusingsofaMuse.com
Sephora partners with Manor to open first store in Switzerland
Bilan.ch – French
Are male grooming boxes the answer to targeting the male beauty market?
TheGuardian.com
Kylie Jenner shows off her stock of lip products
DailyMail.co.uk
Arbonne launches in New Zealand
PRNewswire.com
ALDI is debuting a range of baby skin care products called Little Journey
DrugStoreNews.com
AC Milan extends their Nivea sponsorship
SportsPromedia.com
Market and Trends
How Instagram is changing the beauty game
Cosmopolitan.com
The rising “Lipstick Index” may be a bad sign for premium brands
Bloomberg.com
Sephora CEO tells Canadian retailers that they need to go digital, or “die”
ITBusiness.ca
Asia
Chinese celebrity beauty bloggers are being courted by South Korean beauty brands
KoreaJoongangDaily.com
Althea raises $3.5 million USD to expand its sales in Southeast Asia
TechCrunch.com
AmorePacific brands are in high demand at duty-free stores, and the company is negotiating more with new retailers
KoreaTimes.co.kr
Missha expands its Line Friends collection across Asia
KoreaHerald.com
Shiseido sends second round of personal care products and financial aid to people affected by the Kumamoto earthquake
ShiseidoGroup.com
Three patients reportedly ill after Botox injections in Shenzhen, China
TheStandard.com.hk
Jinli Group moves into cosmetics and skin care with MegustaMe line of facial masks
TaipeiTimes.com
How South Korea became the beauty capital of the world
TheDebrief.co.uk
Department of Health and FDA of the Philippines warns against buying cosmetics online
MB.com.ph
Controversey after Lancome cancels concert in China featuring singer Denise Ho Wan-sze, who is pro Tibet and Hong Kong independence
SCMP.com, BBC.co.uk, TheStandard.co.uk
Online retail in India will reach $60 billion in gross merchandise value by 2020, according to report from Google and A.T. Kearney
YourStory.com
Monsoon season in India may boost personal care sales
TheHindu.com
Why everything is suddenly in cushion form
Fashionista.com
Sustainability and Outreach
Ghana bans skin products containing hydroquinone
TheJakartaPost.com
Indian government looking into replacing animal testing method with alternative methods
IndiaTimes.com
Microparticle plastic is threatening fish larvae
ScienceDaily.com. Seeker.com
Australia’s federal government pledges to end sale of cosmetics tested on animals next July
TenPlay.com.au
Upcoming parliamentary hearing to decide if microbeads will be banned in UK products
NewScientist.com
L’Oreal testing batches of product produced from bio-sourced isobutene in new sustainable pilot project
GlobeNewsWire.com
Research and Technology
Nanoballs from English Ivy roots could be used as cosmetic adhesives
ScienceMag.org
Reseerchers develop paper based sensor that can monitor UV exposure
ACS.org
University of Stirling study finds women’s perceptions of men’s masculinity may be affected by their deoderant scent
Stir.ac.uk
Corporate
New Avon LLC Appoints J. Scott White CEO
PRNewswire.com
Johnson & Johnson wins bidding war to acquire Vogue International brands like OGX
PRNewswire.com
Shiseido Americas agrees to purchase Gurwitch Products, includes brands like Laura Mercier and Revive
BusinessWire.ca
Revlon acquires Cutex from COTY
BusinessWire.com
Marie Claire re-opens France Lab after acquiring it in New York
CBNews.fr
Swallowfield has agreed to an £11m deal to acquire Brand Architekts, includes brands like: Dirty Works, Kind Natured, Argan, Happy Naturals, DrSalts, Superfacialist and Senspa
InsiderMedia.com
Interesting Reads
Inside the hidden teenage world of Tumblr’s pro-Bernie, anti-capitalist Bling Ring
Good.is
How Toni Ko built NYX into a $500 million dollar brand
Forbes.com
How colour-changing makeup actually works
Allure.com
An interview with celebrity make-up artist and Youtuber, Lisa Eldridge
Stuff.co.nz
Fathers do their daughters’ makeup – and it turns out bad
Bustle.com
“I tried Jackie Kennedy’s beauty routine for a week”
InStyle.com
The myth of universal beauty: Actually, we aren’t all beautiful—and that’s OK
Salon.com
Honest Talk from Honest Co.’s Chris Thorne
WWD.com – Paywall
A brief overview of Olivier Echaudemaison, the make-up creative director at Guerlain’s speech at Arab Luxury World
AMEInfo.com
Straight/Curve is a new documentary about beauty ideals in modelling
Yahoo.com
Soko Glam founder launches Korean beauty blog, The Klog
WWD.com – Paywall
Child suffers burns despite applying sunscreen multiple times – catches on fire while grilling
AOL.com
Adore Cosmetics responds to viral story of one of their sales people aggressively selling product to a man with autism
NiagaraThisWeek.com
Kim Kardashian shares her daily beauty routine
InStyle.com
Five New Yorkers arrested in counterfeit perfume smuggling ring
TheFashionLaw.com
Elysium skips FDA approval process and begins selling anti-ageing supplement
Buzzfeed.com
