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When SPF Becomes a Lifestyle

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The Next Generation of Beauty Packaging: Designing for Gens Z and Alpha

The companies that thrive will be those that treat packaging as a strategic business asset rather than simply a container.

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Hair Care’s Next Move: Gray, Sensory and Climate-Ready

Hair Care Splits in Two: Value Wins at Mass, Treatments Take Off in Prestige

From value-packed basics to $120 longevity serums, hair care is rewriting the rules.

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Asia’s Beauty Blueprint: 10 Innovation Trends

From China’s biotech and Korea’s consumer creativity to Japan’s precision science, the Asian beauty ecosystem is reshaping cosmetic breakthroughs.

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Briogeo Founder Launches New Hair Care Brand, Soulstice

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Customer Love Isn’t Enough. This is What Investor Simran Suri Really Wants in Beauty.

Frank insights into improving investor decks, improving elevator pitches, the most overhyped and underestimated beauty concepts, and more.

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Innersense Expands with its Overnight Repair Serum

Innersense launches The Overnight Repair Serum, bringing a targeted, restorative approach to damaged hair, turning a simple nighttime ritual into an opportunity to nourish, repair, and protect strands.

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Olaplex Shape Set Hairspray Eliminates the Hold vs. Hair Health Tradeoff

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amika Bridges the Gap Between Color Services and Color Care

Celebrity stylist Laura Rugetti and amikas Chief Marketing Officer Nilofer Vahora unpack how The Protector Collection is shifting the conversation around color protection.

Climate-Adaptive Hair Care Brand The Potion Studio Announces Retail Expansion Into Ulta Beauty

New Retail Partnership Brings Ulta Beauty's First Black- and MiddleEastern-Owned Brand, Expanding Access to Luxury Hair Care for Multi-Ethnic, Clean-Conscious Beauty Enthusiasts

Beauty’s D&I Progresses on the Shelf, Retreats in the C-Suite

Formal diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategies, budgets and targets have collapsed since 2023. Inevitably, what isn't measured doesn't grow.

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Estée Lauder’s Fiscal 2026 Results: Fragrance Leads a Broader Beauty Recovery

"Our One ELC operating model is increasingly enabling the entire organization to move at speed and with discipline.”

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From Weight Loss to Whole-Person Beauty

As the definition of successful obesity treatment expands, a transformation-care market may emerge across pharma, beauty and consumer health.

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Living Proof Takes Dry Shampoo Out of the Aerosol Era

Instead of masking oil with powder, Living Proof is positioning the product as a lightweight cleansing treatment for the hair and scalp.

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Jupiter’s Ulta Move Signals Scalp Care’s Mainstream Moment

Jupiter’s move into Ulta also gives the category greater visibility among mainstream beauty shoppers.

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e.l.f. Is Still Growing Fast—But the Growth Engine Is Changing

If e.l.f. can sustain that trajectory while converting its broader portfolio into operating leverage, the company will have moved into a new phase.

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Nutrire Takes Scalp-First Hair Wellness to Ulta Beauty

Ulta Beauty is framing the partnership around personalization and specialized hair care.