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Is bold makeup back? with Jamie Greenberg

There’s an interesting tension happening in the beauty industry today around makeup.  Last year, consumer beauty publications and industry executives heralded 2026 as the year bold, maximalist makeup would return. Top publications predicted a shift...

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Why Midi Health is expanding into 'hormone-informed skin care' with CSO Dr. Kathleen Jordan, MD

Midi Health is betting on topical skin care and body care as it diversifies its telehealth offerings to capture more women. “Women in midlife go through amazing changes with their hormones, … [and] our skin care needs actually change over time with...

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The ‘ins and outs’ of branded events with Bilal Kaiser

Behind every great in-person beauty or wellness event is an invisible team of insiders that has engineered the gathering for maximum impact.  Bilal Kaiser, the founder and principal of Agency Guacamole, is one of those insiders. Kaiser and his team...

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How awards show beauty partnerships between artists, brands and celebs come together, with PRTNRS’ Marissa Alfe and Lauren FitzGerald

Have you ever wondered how awards show beauty partnerships come together to create big, splashy red carpet moments that seem to reverberate across social media for weeks or months? Award season partnerships are big business for everyone involved: the...

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How Ulta Beauty is reaching Gen Zalpha teen boys through first men’s masstige fragrance launch

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Tower 28 spent $200k on an interactive billboard. Was it worth it?

As competition in the beauty industry heats up, leaders are looking for new ways to stand out.  “I've worked in beauty for 24 years now, and I don't think I've ever seen it more competitive than it is right now,” Amy Liu, CEO and founder of Tower28,...

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Gregg Renfrew is courting Gen Z with Beecee, but do young people care about clean beauty?

The beauty industry disruptor that brought clean beauty into the mainstream is back with a shiny new brand concept.  Gregg Renfrew, the entrepreneur behind Beautycounter and Counter, is launching her third beauty brand on September 1 in an effort to...

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What makes a successful pop-up? (RERUN)

To discuss what makes a successful retail pop-up, Glossy is joined by three powerhouse executives in today’s roundtable episode: Jacquelin Barrett, Patrick Ta Beauty svp of marketing; Matte Projects president Neda Whitney; and Michelle Lee, chief...

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How Supergoop CMO Lauren Weinberg is tackling Amazon and TikTokShop amid channel mix expansion

It’s tough to compete with Supergoop, the sunscreen startup that entered the market in 2006 and quickly became the industry darling before selling to private equity firm Blackstone in 2021. In many ways, the company created the modern sunscreen...

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How Nutrafol CEO Cindy Gustafson is reaching men, growing retention with tech and plotting expansion

Cindy Gustafson has checked off a laundry list of accomplishments during her first 18 months as CEO of Nutrafol.  This includes an app launch designed to improve retention and a product release tailored to reach one of its smallest customer...

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Inside Revlon’s comeback bet on fragrance with president Amber Garrison

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How execs from Ulta Beauty, Tarte and Beekman 1802 are implementing AI into workflows

How are beauty and wellness business leaders actually using AI today?  That was the question posed to three longtime industry executives on stage during Glossy’s annual E-Commerce Summit in Miami Beach earlier this month — and the answers may...

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UTA's Daniel Landver knows what makes an influencer brand work

Daniel Landver is the head of UTA's creators product group — a role most people may not even realize exists. While his job keeps him behind the scenes, Landver is behind some of the buzziest brand launches of the past decade. Think: Patrick Starrr's...

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Is agentic shopping the next big thing in beauty? Sephora and Ulta are betting yes

Artificial intelligence is the undisputed main character of 2026, showing up everywhere from the wedding industry to perfume creation. But even while AI’s place in society remains contentious — in the buzzy “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” AI is a bigger...

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L'Oréal-owned Lancôme is leveraging longevity in prestige skin care under veteran exec Vania Lacascade

Over the past three years, L'Oréal Group has been quietly assembling the perfect team, ingredient, product and marketing rollout for its next big skin-care category: longevity.  Helmed by veteran L'Oréal Group executive Vania Lacascade, a doctor of...

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Amazon wants to be a beauty powerhouse. Is a big beauty sale the answer?

On Sunday, Amazon wrapped up its fourth-annual Summer Beauty Event. Over two weeks, Amazon tempted shoppers with discounts of up to 50% on everything from makeup to vitamins. Even prior to the sale, the retailer did not seem to have trouble courting...

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Why are people flying to Korea to inject salmon sperm in their faces?

What is PDRN? You've probably seen the four letters on serum bottles, sheet masks and even lip balms — or heard them on TikTok. PDRN stands for polydeoxyribonucleotide and typically refers to a DNA fragment that's often, but not always, derived from...

L’Oréal's product placement strategy for "The Devil Wears Prada 2" with exec Laura Branik

L’Oréal Paris is betting on “The Devil Wears Prada 2” through an official partnership that spans TV ads, OOH advertising, social campaigns, consumer eventing and product placement in the film. L’Oréal officially announced the partnership in March...

Can a diffusion beauty line work? Indie Lee hopes to prove it can

Indie Lee launched her namesake beauty brand — a pioneer of the "clean" beauty movement — in 2010. Now owned by parent company American Exchange, the brand is embarking on a new chapter: a diffusion line, Indie Lee Botanicals, which launched at Whole...

Wonderskin CEO Michael Malinsky on turning a viral product into a thriving beauty brand