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Isamaya to debut with a pop-up in London

British make-up artist Isamaya Ffrench is launching a pop-up experience in London to celebrate the launch of her eponymous beauty brand, Isamaya and its debut capsule collection. The pop-up, opening on July 1, will be located at 15 Bateman Street in Soho, London, and will feature the brand's high-anticipated debut ‘Industrial’ collection ahead...

22 Jun 2022

Business

Revlon files for bankruptcy protection

Cosmetics company Revlon has announced it has filed for voluntary petitions for reorganisation in the US Bankruptcy Court in New York, alongside a number of its subsidiaries. According to the firm, the Chapter 11 filing will allow it to strategically reorganise its legacy capital structure, with the goal of improving its long-term outlook. The...

17 Jun 2022

Business

Unilever and Geno invest 120 million dollars in commercialising plant-based ingredients

Unilever has announced it will be making a joint investment together with biotech firm Geno that aims to commercialise and scale plant-based alternatives to products like palm oils and fossil fuels for cleaning and personal care products. The 120 million dollar investment, which the duo is expecting other strategic investors to add to at a late...

16 Jun 2022

People |Beauty

Robertet Group appoints new CEO

French fragrance and flavour manufacturer Robertet Group has announced a new corporate structure that separates the roles of chairman and chief executive officer. In a statement, Robertet Group said that the move was “an important event in the evolution” of the company’s management team in the wake of good results in 2021 and at the beginning of...

15 Jun 2022

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YouTube to host first shoppable beauty festival

YouTube is to host its first shoppable beauty festival on 16 June. In a bid to compete for the advertising dollars traditionally allocated to television and shopping channels, YouTube is aiming large for creators and brands to make it a go-to destination for livestreaming, entertainment, fashion and shopping. The Beauty Festival will be hosted...

15 Jun 2022

Fashion |Beauty

Clé de Peau Beauté collaborates with Parisian jewellery designer Elie Top

Clé de Peau Beauté is rounding off its 40th-anniversary celebrations with a premium collection in collaboration with Parisian jewellery designer Elie Top. The limited-edition collection features Clé de Peau Beauté’s most sought-after skincare and makeup products, the La Crème and Lipstick, which have been reimagined into Haute jewellery by Elie...

14 Jun 2022

Business

Ever/body raises 55.5 million dollars in Series C funding round

Beauty and wellness company Ever/body has announced it has raised 55.5 million dollars in a Series C funding round, bringing its total capital raised to over 100 million dollars since its launch in 2019. The female-led company said in a release that it would be using the new funding to support further national expansion, revealing plans to open...

10 Jun 2022

Business

Clinique drops NFT makeup campaign addressing diversity in metaverse

Beauty brand Clinique has revealed a new non-fungible token (NFT) campaign in partnership with digital artist Daz 3D, addressing the lack of representation in the metaverse. For the ‘Metaverse More Like Us’ campaign, the Estée Lauder-owned brand has collaborated with a number of global makeup artists, including Tess Daly and Sheika Daley, on the...

10 Jun 2022

Business

Estée Lauder opens Swiss-based distribution centre focused on travel retail

Beauty conglomerate Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has revealed a new distribution centre in Galgenen, Switzerland, to accommodate the future growth of its global Travel Retail business. Covering all duty-free environments, the division is one of the company’s highest growth channels, it said in a release, touching over three billion consumers a...

9 Jun 2022

Fashion

Drest launches partnership with Josh Wood

Luxury mobile fashion game Drest has announced an exclusive beauty collaboration with global hair colour expert Josh Wood to lead all hair colour direction within the styling app. As part of the partnership, Wood will be Drest’s permanent hair colour expert, working with the game’s in-house avatar team to bring “a new level of fashion...

9 Jun 2022

Business

Sephora CEO to unexpectedly step down

LVMH has announced that the president and chief executive officer of Sephora, Martin Brok, will be leaving the company, effective June 30, due to “a divergence of views”. According to an internal memo acquired by FashionUnited, Brok’s departure comes as a mutual agreement between himself and the LVMH Group, the owner of the beauty retailer. “I...

7 Jun 2022

Business

Estée Lauder partners with Spelman College to boost beauty industry hires

Cosmetics group Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has announced a new partnership with National Alumnae Association of Spelman College (NAASC), a liberal black arts college for women, through which it hopes to increase the number of hires in the beauty industry. In May, a new initiative, ‘Let’s Talk Beauty: ELC x NAASC’, virtually launched the...

7 Jun 2022