Retail
Young cosmetic scientist creates own line of lipsticks for people of colour | Essence.com
Why are women of colour still having trouble finding foundation shades? | Cosmopolitan.com
21 beauty predictions from the Stella team | Telegraph.co.uk
Kylie Jenner responds to claims that she repackaged Colourpop lipsticks for her line | Seventeen.com
LA brand Kosas launches small-batch lipsticks | Racked.com
Ulta and other beauty brands are Amazon-proof | Nasdaq.com, WSJ.com
An overview of US retailers return policies, so you can get what you really want for the holidays | Bustle.com
Why do Colombian men like to get their nails done? | BBC.com
P&G (soon COTY-owned) Olay to increase sales by reducing choice | WSJ.com
Formula X announces #ColorCurators, 10 beauty experts who will help create new shades | PRNewswire.com
Lip liner was Elle Goulding’s gateway makeup | Inquirer.net
Gucci Westman’s New Years skin care tips, glowy not glittery | NYTimes.com
A recap of big beauty moments from 2015 | HuffingtonPost.com
A recap of big beauty blogger moments from 2015 | Bustle.com
Why Anastasia Beverly Hills is the most followed beauty brand on Instagram | Digiday.com
The reality of Christmas at a Selfridges beauty counter, 126 lipsticks sold an hour | Telegraph.co.uk
Cane + Austin expands into Bergdorf Goodman and Birchbox | WWD.com – Paywall
Jen Atkin launches Ouai hair care | WWD.com
Asia
New skin care launches from Label Young, Nature Republic, Deoproce, TheSAEM, and more! | Kinseng.org
New make up launches from Apieu, Laneige, Etude House, TheSAEM, IPKN, and more! | Kinseng.org
Department store chain Shinsegae signs deal with Italian cosmetic manufacturer Intercos to develop in-house lines | Reuters.com, WWD.com – Paywall
Chinese companies aggressively targetting South Korean companies for mergers and acquisitions | Hani.co.kr
Nepalese cosmetic industry suffers due to unofficial trade embargo | Kathmandupost.com
Korean retailer Peach & Lily opens in Macy’s | Bustle.com, WWD – Paywall
North Indian police bust gang who were making fake cosmetics | Nyoooz.com
Cosmax, a cosmetic manufacturer, has big plans for its Ohio plant | Cleveland.com
China hosts the first Health and Beauty international contest for makeup artists | WomenofChina.cn
Cosmetic surgery for Kuwaiti men on the rise | ArabtimesOnline.com
Unilever India in talks to buy Indulekha, an ayurvedic haircare brand | Presstelegraph.com
Too Cool For School is the latest Korean beauty brand making the grade abroad | Wallpaper.com
Amway’s first Indian manufacturing plant comes online | TheHindu.com
Korean beauty educator moves into direct sales market | Sunstar.com.ph
Kose expands into India with 200 tailored stores | WWD.com
Kao’s earnings expected to jump 16%, when earnings are announced | Nikkei.com
Shiseido completes acquisition of Serge Lutens perfumes | PremiumBeautyNews.com
Sustainability and Outreach
President Obama signs in 2017 plastic microbead ban for cosmetics and toiletries | House.gov
Canada bans the use of prostaglandins and limits the use of methylisothiazolinone and mehylchloroisothiazolinone | HC-SC.gc.ca
Athlete Stephen Curry provides 400 families food and personal care packages | ABC7News.com
Are Dior, Clinique, Clarins, and other brands illegally marketing “cruelty-free” products? | Peta.org.uk
Op-Ed on why Canada needs to end animal testing for cosmetics | Huffingtonpost.ca
Jo Malone to plant memorial fragrance garden in the Hamptons | Hamptons-Magazine.com
Market and Industry
Top story of 2015: COTY and P&G’s beauty mega-deal | WWD.com
Henkel challenges COTY’s purchase of Brazilian supermarket chain | Reuters.com
COTY begins process to acquire beauty brands from P&G | Scoop.co.nz
Saudi Arabia imported more than 44 million kilos of cosmetics in 2015 | GDNOnline.com
Solazyme wins arbitration over patent infringement of its algae products | Businesswire.com
Will Halal cosmetics be the next big trend? | Mic.com
ULTA’s earnings at a glance | UptickAnalyst.com
Research and Ingredients
4 year Danish project on nanomaterials deems them likely to be safe when applied topically | MST.dk – PDF
MERCK launches new deep blue pigment for cosmetics | EMDgroup.com
Interesting Reads
Makeup artist without hands follows her dreams | RT.com
“I quit makeup and my skin became terrible” | MarieClaire.com
What makes this $1000 haircut worth it? | Entrepreneur.com
The first time we used cosmetics to catch a murderer | Gizmodo.com
How to make a living by returning expensive things | Vice.com
