Jenni Baden HowardIn breaking news this morning, Sephora has teamed up with the Golden State Warriors pro basketball team, and Chase Center, its home town arena, as official fragrance partner. “As part of the collaboration, Sephora and the Warriors will produce exclusive digital content throughout the season, including a dedicated social series highlighting players and members of the Warriors Dance Team on game days,” reports WWD.
In other retail headlines, Credo Beauty is rolling out Credo Qualified, a contract manufacturer certification program, and a Clean Beauty Council, to guide its clean beauty standards. “We wanted to take the rigor of our Credo Clean Standard and bring it upstream to address this big picture [in an effort] to open the conversation, and the playbook, around this contract manufacturing behemoth,” Christina Ross, head of science and impact at Credo Beauty, told Glossy.
The biotech skin care brand Cellugy has appointed Steven Schnittger to its board of directors. “Schnittger brings more than three decades of experience shaping innovation and strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies, where he most recently served as Vice President of Global Microbiology and Fermentation,” reports Happi.
In financial news, Global Cosmetics News reports that Korean beauty exports are on track to “overtake the U.S. and become the world’s second-largest cosmetics export category this year, according to Silicon2 CEO Kim Sung-woon.” And in other updates, Interparfums (IPAR) has reported net sales of $1.48 billion for 2026, an increase of 1% from its 2025 outlook, and diluted earnings of $4.85 per share, representing a 5% decrease.
CEW’s The Beauty of Giving Luncheon returns on December 4. Benefitting Cancer and Careers, the annual event celebrates the strength of the beauty community, the resilience of survivors in the workforce, and the transformative power of leadership. A new tradition for 2025, the Carlotta Jacobson Founders Award (named after Carlotta Jacobson, President of CEW, and founder of Cancer and Careers) will honor “two groundbreakers who embody Jacobson’s belief that working after a cancer diagnosis is not only possible, but powerful — and that we all have a critical role to play.” This year’s Honorees are Nancy Berger, Founder, Start With A Good (SWAG), and Kim Kelleher, Chief Commercial Officer, AMC Networks. Don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate these two remarkable women by joining us for the event. Tickets and tables are now available —find out more in our special report.
In other beauty headlines this morning, Weleda is making a colorful foray into skin care with the release of a range of six, concentrated Serum Booster Drops. Meanwhile, Bondi Sands is recalling all batches of its Zinc Mineral Broad Spectrum UVA & UVB Protection Sunscreen SPF 50+ Face Lotion 60ml and its Zinc Mineral Broad Spectrum UVA & UVB Protection Sunscreen SPF 50+ Body Lotion 120ml. “A recall notice published by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said the products may appear to have an uneven texture and visible water separating from the product,” according to Beauty Packaging.
L’Oréal USA partnered with non-profit Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) for the company’s annual Have A Beautiful Day event, marking the second year of partnership between the brand and PVA, with the event honouring US veterans, wider military personnel and their families.
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Sephora Teams Up With The Warriors. “Sephora will also receive prominent visibility at Chase Center, both in-arena and on broadcast, and will help introduce new in-game features,” reports WWD. (WWD)
Credo Beauty Rolls Out Credo Qualified And Clean Beauty Council. “Clean beauty retailer Credo is on a mission to lift the veil on beauty’s historically secretive contract manufacturing sector,” according to Glossy. (GLOSSY)
Steven Schnittger Joins Cellugy Board Of Directors. “Schnittger brings more than three decades of experience shaping innovation and strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies, where he most recently served as Vice President of Global Microbiology and Fermentation,: reports Happi. (HAPPI)
Korean Beauty Exports On Track To Overtake U.S. “Data from Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety shows Korean cosmetics exports reached US$10.2 billion in 2024, up 20.3 percent year over year, positioning the country third globally behind France and the U.S.,” according to Global Cosmetics News (GLOBAL COSMETIC NEWS)
Interparfums (IPAR) Reports Net Sales. “Interparfums said foreign exchange gains should offset part of the impact and that investments in new brands and product launches will pressure results in 2026 ahead of planned distribution ramp-ups in 2027,” reports Seeking Alpha. (SEEKING ALPHA)
CEW’s The Beauty of Giving Luncheon Returns. Cancer and Careers believes that survivors bring unique value to the workforce and that no individual should be diminished or experience stigma and uncertainty at work because of a diagnosis. (CEW)
L’Oréal USA Partners With Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) For Have A Beautiful Day Event. The event is now its 16th year, and took place across four cities across the US on 12 November: L’Oréal USA’s New York City HQ, the brand’s corporate offices in El Segundo, California, and Tampa, Florida, and L’Oréal’s North America Research and Innovation Center in Clark, New Jersey. (COSMETICS BUSINESS)
Weleda Debuts Serum Booster Drops. The drops were developed and tested in Weleda’s Swiss laboratories. (BEAUTY NEWS DAILY)
Bondi Sands Sunscreens Recalled. “A recall notice published by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said the products may appear to have an uneven texture and visible water separating from the product,” according to Beauty Packaging. “If this happens, the product is not properly mixed, and this could affect the SPF rating and mean users are not getting the level of protection promised on the bottle, according to the TGA.”(BEAUTY PACKAGING)
Lauren McDonald Launches Purely You. The former senior director of store operations at Ulta Beauty has created her own beauty brand. (BEAUTY INDEPENDENT)
