10 Years After Inception, Beautycounter Continues Pushing for Stricter Beauty Industry Regulations
Beautycounter calls for more rigid industry-wide regulations about which ingredients should be allowed in personal care products — and how other brands need to follow suit.
Beautycounter calls for more rigid industry-wide regulations about which ingredients should be allowed in personal care products — and how other brands need to follow suit.
Kendra Kolb Butler created Alpyn Beauty to solve her dry and aging skin problems after moving to Jackson Hole, WY. Now she’s ringing up triple-digit sales gains at Sephora.
Operating as separate businesses under the same parent company—Beauty For All— since late 2020, IPSY and BoxyCharm are joining forces to offer a revamped and upgraded member experience to their combined 20 million-plus community.
Sable Yong and Tynan Sinks, the highly opinionated hosts of the Smell Ya Later fragrance podcast, share their predictions for scent in the New Year — and they’re intense.
Glowbar is the latest quick-service skin care studio primed for expansion, having recently closed a $10 million investment round. The company joins a number of fast beauty bars and self-care studios poised to scale in the coming years. In the process, they’re taking a range of services out of the dermatologist’s office and into the retail arena, ultimately appealing to a greater number of consumers via quick and affordable “tune-ups.” Think of it as the omnichannel-ization of face services. But thanks to an insatiable, robust demographic vying for these services — comprised of Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and beyond — supply hasn’t outpaced demand, yet.
The beauty industry is all about speed to market. That’s been a tricky balance over the past few years with supply chain issues, labor shortages, and other challenges.
Preliminary results are in for beauty’s overall performance in 2022, which was fueled by prestige beauty and sales of makeup, namely lip products. Sales of beauty products (mass and prestige) experienced 11% growth when combined; however, only prestige unit demand remained strong.