Dana Strong, CBE (left), and Annabelle Yu Long (right). Photo, The Estée Lauder Companies
Beauty’s Top Headlines: August 20, 2025
Target Corp. Names New CEO, The Estée Lauder Companies Nominates Dana Strong, CBE, And Annabelle Yu Long For Election To Board of Directors, Waldencast Delays First-Half Earnings Release, Beauty Veteran Carly Guerra Launches Breast Care Brand, BITE (Beauty Is The Experience) Is Coming To NYC, Pattern by Tracee Ellis Ross Drops Body Care, Beekman 1802 Moves Into Haircare, Neutrogena Partners With Danessa Myricks
Target Corp. Names New CEO, The Estée Lauder Companies Nominates Dana Strong, CBE, And Annabelle Yu Long For Election To Board of Directors, Waldencast Delays First-Half Earnings Release, Beauty Veteran Carly Guerra Launches Breast Care Brand, BITE (Beauty Is The Experience) Is Coming To NYC, Pattern by Tracee Ellis Ross Drops Body Care, Beekman 1802 Moves Into Haircare, Neutrogena Partners With Danessa Myricks
Seen Secures $9 million Series A, Youthforia Taps Oby Jemedafe As New Product Development Director, Saie’s Climate Initiative, Malena Higuera Goes To Noyz, Revolution Beauty’s Manufacturing Move, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone And Neutrogena Give Back
Beautystreams On The AI Beauty Revolution, Neutrogena Launches Gen-Z Skin Care, Addiction Tokyo Hosts Bloomingdales Pop-Up, Avon Files For Bankruptcy, Bioelements Taps Irene Teruel, Indu Gets Seed Funding From Unilever Ventures
Flipping The Script On Working Parenthood; Neutrogena Closes Los Angeles Office; KIKI World Announces $7 Million Funding Round; The Inkey List Debuts Body Care; L’Occitane Halts Share Trading.
Hybrid categories are having a moment in beauty, with global and indie brands launching skin care-forward formulas. Hair care science continues to focus on bond repair while iconic designer Donna Karan gets an olfactive reboot. Here, CEW shares the most noteworthy newcomers this month.
Uoma Beauty founder Sharon Chuter isn’t just changing the color of makeup shades and skin-care packaging during Black History Month. She’s altering perceptions and sparking activism throughout the cosmetics industry.