Capital & Markets

• TikTok Shop Nears $1B In Beauty Sales For A Second Straight Quarter
• Emily DiDonato’s Skincare Brand Covey Shutters
• FlutterHabit Lands At Sephora After Selling More Than 18M Pairs Of DIY Lash Extensions
• Fast-Growing DTC Brand Junoco Makes 14-Product Retail Debut At Ulta Beauty
• Fragrance At A Crossroads: How Smart Brands Are Navigating Modern Fragrance Manufacturing
• Belle Brands Acquires Versed To Expand Beauty Platform
• PAT MCGRATH LABS LANDS $10M: New Control Amid Chapter 11
• GIVAUDAN DOUBLES DOWN: Natural Fragrance Push in Grasse
• Conversational Commerce In Beauty: The AI Layer That Advises, Personalizes And Sells
• Vacation Hires Investment Bank To Explore Minority Stake Deal

Brand Moves

• Why the French Manicure Has Divided People For Decades
• Taraji P. Henson Makes a Flawless Case for Matching Your Manicure to Your Jewelry — See Photos
• Are Compounded Peptide Creams Any Better Than Over the Counter Options?
• Dua Lipa's Multicolored French Manicure Says Summer Isn't Over Yet—See the Photos
• What’s Going On With Your Favorite 2016 Beauty YouTubers?
• Florence Pugh Elevated the Messiest Bun With the Fanciest Scarf — See Photos
• 6 Best At-Home Teeth-Whitening Kits for a Brighter Smile
• How Corsets and Bras Have Helped Reinforce Beauty Standards Throughout History
• 14 Peony Perfumes to Take You From Summer to Fall
• Emma Stone's Hair Is Suddenly So Long — See Photos

Retail & Channel

• SEPHORA’S SECRET WEAPON: The Eye Makeup Remover That Beats Sweatproof Mascara
• NORDSTROM: FRAGRANCE HALL OF FAME
• K-BEAUTY GOES BIG BOX: I’M MEME LANDS AT TARGET
• COLD SNAP SALES SPIKE: Hand & Lip Care Surge
• FUNCTION HEALTH X EREWHON
• Updating Your Menu: Benefits of Inclusive Language in Salon Spaces
• Behind the Nails: Julie Kandelac's Creative Journey
• Protecting Hands: CHE in Beauty Careers
• Geometry is Back and It’s Never Looked So Cool
• Cloud Dancer: Resetting Beauty Artistry in 2025

Launches

• Cobra Starship’s Gabe Saporta Launches Brotege Skin Care
• Metro Parents Best Bet: The Comforting Fun of Ted Kangaroo’s CloudBounce Ultra Chair
• Fortiflex: Ecoslay’s Genie in a Bottle to Add to Your Regular Hair Products Right Now
• A Sun Hoodie Will Save Your Skin Outdoors
• Spice Up Your Health & Home With Simply Organic & Selefina
• One Cat’s Opinion: Identity Pet Nutrition
• Better Hair & Hydration: Loonen Spring Water and Petal Fresh Pure Hair ResQ
• Let Little Miss Retro Take You Back to School and Anywhere Else Art Can Go
• Strength Train in Style
• Q&A with Dr. Alicia Zalka, Founder & CEO of Surface Deep

Innovation

• Fragrance Has More Than One Capital Now
• Your Customer Is Already Shopping on TikTok Shop…and Staying There
• Beyond the Label 
• K-Beauty’s Expanding Influence on Global Beauty Trends
• Laboratoires Pierre Fabre Appoints Nicolas Zombré CEO
• L’Oréal USA Chairman David Greenberg to be Honored by TFF 
• The Estée Lauder Companies Names New Brand Leadership 
• Meet the 2026 Ulta Beauty MUSE Accelerator Cohort
• Mary Kay Unveils New Global Brand Campaign
• Sephora Debuts on TikTok Shop

Influence & Trend

• The countdown is one, Business of Apps NYC is one week away
• Inside the Business of Apps Berlin agenda — AI, acquisition, retention, revenue
• Flavor Tourists: How Consumers Worldwide Are Broadening Their Snack Palates
• Circana Advances AI-Powered Marketing Measurement: Introducing Liquid Mix with Google Meridian
• Why you need to be at Business of Apps NYC on September 17
• The app growth playbook is being rewritten by AI
• Retention is nearly impossible to fix once users are already inside your app
• Circana and DoorDash Partner to Validate Incremental Sales for CPG Brands
• NIKO AI 3.0 is here, your AI co-pilot gets a whole new engine
• Going Solo: How More Consumers Are Dining Alone