Beauty’s Top Headlines: December 15, 2025
Sue Nabi to Exit Coty?, TPG Cuts Stake in Anastasia Beverly Hills, Hair Care Emerges Top During Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Unicorns on M&A Scene, 2025 Fragrance Trends, CEW December Product Watch 2025
Beauty’s Top Headlines: December 11, 2025
Mia Young Appointed SVP At Ulta Beauty, SEPHORIA Making Comeback In Los Angeles, Sephora To Host Gisou NYC Holiday Pop-Up, Glowbar’s Rachel Liverman On The Trends Shaping Beauty For 2026, Chanel Taps Jungkook As Global Ambassador, Cayla Gray Launches On Ulta.com, Foreo Debuts Sub-Brand Targeting Gen Z
Dsm-firmenich’s New Innovation Drives Social Connections Through Scent
Harnessing decades of neurological and behavioral research, the bioscience company launches a patent-pending fragrance technology designed to engineer scents to help people feel more confident and comfortable in social settings.
Circana Blog: Unwrapping Fragrance Trends and What to Expect This Holiday Season
Prestige fragrance will remain the dominant force in the overall fragrance category, but the double-digit growth in mass retail sales signals that mass scents will play a more significant role throughout the remainder of the holiday season.
Beauty Stays Recession-Proof as Shoppers Chase Hair, Fragrance, and Wellness Deals
Trade down or trade out of beauty? Not this holiday season, according to Black Friday and Cyber Monday results and store visits.
Beauty’s Top Headlines: December 3, 2025
Shopify Outage Impacts Cyber Monday, ELC Announces Profit Recovery and Growth Plan Spend, Equity Studio X Makers Mindset Award Launched, NIQ Predicts Holiday’s Brightest Beauty Stars, LVMH Invests In BDK Parfums, Dyson Pops Up In Covent Garden, Aquaphor Named Official Skincare Partner Of UConn Basketball
Beauty’s Top Headlines: November 20, 2025
CEW’s Innovator Report Published, Sarah Coonan To Depart Liberty London, Dr. Marnie Nussbaum Rebrands Skin Care Range, L’Oréal Invests €60m In Gaunchy Plant, France, Vaseline Partners With Direct Relief, Townhouse Launches New Polish Line, Rhute Skin Care Sells Out Three Times In Two Months
Circana Q3 Beauty Sales Show No Signs of a Grinch
Consumers are still treating themselves to beauty despite economic concerns. Mass and prestige channels posted solid dollar and unit gains, led by fragrance, which was up 17% in mass and 6% in prestige.
Beauty’s Top Headlines: November 12, 2025
CEW 2025 Beauty Awards Winners Announced, Boots Taps Former John Lewis Executive For As New SVP For Customer And Marketing, Elizabeth Arden Debuts Dermatologist Collective, Champion Partners With Revlon For First Scent, Michelle LeBlanc On Her Vision For Beauty At CVS Health
Beauty’s Top Headlines: November 6, 2025
OSEA Taps Erika Kussmann As New CEO And Board Director, E.l.f. Beauty Reports 14% Q2 Sales Increase, Coty Reports Q1 Drop But Predicts Stronger Q2, NielsenIQ Releases 2025 Holiday Insights, Launchmetrics Publishes The Beauty Growth Playbook, KKT Labs’ Krupa Koestline On Its Next Big Move, Leonard Lauder’s Selling $1 billion Worth Of ELC Shares
Beauty’s Top Headlines: November 5, 2025
Bath & Body Works Tap Maly Bernstein And Samantha Charleston For New Executive Roles, Coty Inc. Shareholder Appoints José Cil As Senior Partner And Global Head of Consumer, Jerry Vittoria Honored By The Fragrance Foundation, Euromonitor International Predicts Four Market-Shaping Trends Of 2026, Khloé Kardashian X Luxe Brands Launch Second Scent
CEW Product Watch October 2025
This month’s most noteworthy launches usher in an era of reinvention, from elevated retinoids and scalp serums to sculptural luxury fragrances and collaborations. The lineup spotlights advances in skin regeneration, texture innovation, and sustainability, while heritage fashion houses revisit their archives to bring us reimagined scents. Together, these launches signal a shift toward intentional beauty and sensorial indulgence in time for the holidays.