Cosmetics

This Week in Fashion

Billion-Dollar Beauty Brands Face Exit Conundrum

20 July 2018 • By BoF Team

This Week in Fashion

Billion-Dollar Beauty Brands Face Exit Conundrum

A new breed of buzzy beauty brands are using social media to drive rapid growth. But can they credibly command technology-style valuations?

News & Analysis

Pat McGrath Receives $60 Million From Eurazeo Brands

17 July 2018 • By Cathaleen Chen

17 July 2018 • By Cathaleen Chen

The latest funding round brings the cosmetic line's total funding to $88 million, just two years since the company’s inception.

News & Analysis

Pat McGrath Receives $60 Million From Eurazeo Brands

The latest funding round brings the cosmetic line's total funding to $88 million, just two years since the company’s inception.

News & Analysis

Kylie Jenner on Track to Be Youngest Self-Made Billionaire

11 July 2018 • By Reuters

11 July 2018 • By Reuters

The Kardashian half-sister sold more than $630 million worth of makeup since 2016 under her line, Kylie Cosmetics, which she owns 100 percent.

News & Analysis

Kylie Jenner on Track to Be Youngest Self-Made Billionaire

The Kardashian half-sister sold more than $630 million worth of makeup since 2016 under her line, Kylie Cosmetics, which she owns 100 percent.

News & Analysis

Global Players Bet on Korea's Fast Beauty Manufacturers

9 July 2018 • By Reuters

9 July 2018 • By Reuters

South Korea's three largest contract manufacturers — Cosmax , Korea Kolmar and Cosmecca — have all been approached by foreign investors about buying a minority stake in recent years.

News & Analysis

Global Players Bet on Korea's Fast Beauty Manufacturers

South Korea's three largest contract manufacturers — Cosmax , Korea Kolmar and Cosmecca — have all been approached by foreign investors about buying a minority stake in recent years.

BoF Professional

Are Influencers Threatening Designer Beauty Lines? Not So Fast.

29 June 2018 • By Kati Chitrakorn

BoF Professional

Are Influencers Threatening Designer Beauty Lines? Not So Fast.

Beauty’s symbiotic relationship with fashion, often sealed in lucrative licensing deals, is under pressure from popular indie brands and influencer-affiliated beauty lines, but the model is far from dead.

News & Analysis

With TPG Stake, What’s Next for Anastasia Beverly Hills

21 June 2018 • By Cathaleen Chen

21 June 2018 • By Cathaleen Chen

The social media-savvy makeup brand plans to use its capital to fund global expansion and ramp up direct-to-consumer sales.

News & Analysis

With TPG Stake, What’s Next for Anastasia Beverly Hills

The social media-savvy makeup brand plans to use its capital to fund global expansion and ramp up direct-to-consumer sales.

BoF Professional

How ‘Glow’ Became Beauty's Latest Obsession

15 June 2018 • By Kati Chitrakorn

BoF Professional

How ‘Glow’ Became Beauty's Latest Obsession

The ultimate signifier of inner health, ‘glow’ has become the new buzzword in beauty.

BoF Professional

Sephora vs Ulta: The Battle of Beauty’s Retail Giants

24 May 2018 • By Kati Chitrakorn

BoF Professional

Sephora vs Ulta: The Battle of Beauty’s Retail Giants

As high-end Sephora expands its budget offering and low-end Ulta boosts its prestige presence, the world’s two biggest beauty retailers are set for a clash.

News & Analysis

China Plans Tariff Cut on Wide Range of Consumer Goods

24 May 2018 • By Bloomberg

24 May 2018 • By Bloomberg

Cosmetics, health products and more are included in the cuts scheduled for July 1.

News & Analysis

China Plans Tariff Cut on Wide Range of Consumer Goods

Cosmetics, health products and more are included in the cuts scheduled for July 1.

The Business of Beauty

Indie Beauty Brands Approach Amazon with Caution

24 May 2018 • By Kati Chitrakorn

The Business of Beauty

Indie Beauty Brands Approach Amazon with Caution

As Amazon prepares to launch an ‘Indie Beauty Shop,’ cosmetics brands are weighing whether the benefits of selling to the e-commerce company’s vast customer base outweigh the potential costs.