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Martha Stewart launches science‑led skincare brand amid celebrity beauty boom

Lifestyle icon Martha Stewart is entering the prestige skincare arena with Elm Biosciences, a pared‑down dual format line developed alongside board‑certified dermatologist Dr Dhaval Bhanusali. The brand, launching direct‑to‑consumer in the UK and US this September, debuts with two clinically targeted products: the A3O Elemental Serum at 135...

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E.l.f. Beauty acquires Hailey Bieber's Rhode in billion dollar deal

E.l.f. Beauty, the publicly listed U.S. cosmetics company, has signed a 1 billion dollar agreement to acquire Rhode, the direct-to-consumer skincare brand founded by model and influencer Hailey Bieber. The deal marks a major push by e.l.f. into the prestige skincare space and reflects the brand’s ambitions to expand into new retail channels,...

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111Skin secures investment from Kim Kardashian’s Skky Partners

Skky Partners, the consumer-focused private equity firm co-founded by Kim Kardashian and Jay Sammons, the former head of consumer at Carlyle Group, has acquired a “significant” minority stake in UK-based skincare brand 111Skin for an undisclosed amount. The luxury skincare brand was co-founded in 2012 by plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr...

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Urban Skin Rx acquired by American Exchange Group

American Exchange Group, which has a portfolio of owned and licensed brands across fashion, accessories and beauty, has acquired skincare brand Urban Skin Rx for an undisclosed sum. The beauty brand, founded by licensed aesthetician Rachel Roff in 2010, is led by chief executive officer Victoria Payne and offers skincare formulations that target...

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Emma Lewisham expands presence in the US with Credo Beauty

Emma Lewisham, the luxury clean beauty skincare brand from New Zealand, has launched in Credo Beauty, the largest clean and sustainably minded beauty assortment in North America across colour, skincare, haircare and fragrance. The move will see the rapidly rising skincare brand being stocked across all 15 Credo Beauty stores across the US and...

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Jaimee Lupton launches new fragrance and bodycare brand

Serial beauty entrepreneur Jaimee Lupton, founder of Monday Haircare, Osāna Naturals and Being, has launched a new range of mood-matching fragrance and bodycare products. Called ‘Daise’ the new beauty line has been designed to offer a fresh and fun approach to fragrance and body care catering to discerning elder Gen Alpha and young Gen Zs, which...

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Target doubling down on commitment to wellness

American retailer Target is kickstarting 2025 with an expansion to its wellness category, adding more than 2,000 new items, including more than 600 exclusives. In a statement, Target said the expansion across multiple categories, including beauty, hair health, wellness technology, and apparel, was part of the retailer’s strategy to take an...

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L’Oreal unveils skin analysis tool at CES 2025

Beauty giant L’Oreal has unveiled a new personalised skin analysis tool at the annual CES tech showcase in Las Vegas, US, which enables consumers to understand their skin’s ageing trajectory in just five minutes. The L’Oréal Cell BioPrint, created in partnership with Korean startup NanoEnTek, is a portable lab-on-a-chip device, which uses...

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Boots reveal biggest beauty trends of 2024

K-beauty, blusher, hyaluronic acid and bespoke haircare are among the most in-demand products across beauty and wellness in 2024, according to British retailer Boots. As the UK’s leading health and beauty retailer, Boots stocks more than 600 healthcare brands and over 500 beauty brands, and it has analysed search and sales data from across the...

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Puig and Charlotte Tilbury extend partnership

Spanish fashion and beauty group Puig has announced an extension of its strategic partnership with British cosmetics and fragrance brand Charlotte Tilbury. Puig, which acquired a majority stake in Charlotte Tilbury Limited in 2020, said that under the terms of the renewed partnership, Charlotte Tilbury will retain a minority stake in her...

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Sephora names 2025 Accelerate brands

Sephora North America has selected eight BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) brands for its 2025 Accelerate programme, which is designed to nurture and propel emerging beauty brands. The 2025 edition marks a decade of Sephora championing emerging talent and continues to be a vital launchpad for BIPOC-founded and -owned businesses,...

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Charlotte Tilbury to “significantly” upsize Covent Garden store

Beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury has confirmed it will “significantly” upsize its flagship store in Covent Garden, London, following what it calls “stellar success” at the location. In a statement, Charlotte Tilbury said it would be relocating from its neighbourhood boutique to a larger, more prominent anchor unit on the corner of the Royal Opera...