In 2025, beauty M&A was a tale of two extremes. There were the buzzy, hefty transactions of red-hot assets like Hailey Bieber’s Rhode (acquired by E.l.f. Beauty for $1 billion), Medik8 (acquired by L’Oréal for $1.1 billion) and Touchland (acquired…
All the beauty and wellness retail expansions of 2025. December U Beauty Courtesy Tina Chen Craig’s U Beauty has landed at Sephora. The luxury skin care brand founded in 2019 is now available online at the retailer, and in March…
Can we take pleasure in the art of someone we know has committed deeds we now regard as despicable? And even if that artist once enchanted us, can we ignore the bigotry that may have been festering for decades? For…
Sephora is ringing in 2026 with a glow-worthy refresh to its Beauty Insider Birthday Gifts—a moment worth celebrating and, yes, alerting your beauty-loving friends about. Beginning January 1, Beauty Insider members across all tiers (Insider, VIB and Rouge) can select…
The world went mad for lip liner this year, and in 2026, we’ll be experimenting with new ways to use it. Enter Katie Jane Hughes—makeup artist, founder of her eponymous KJH Brand, and the woman behind some of Dua Lipa,…
17 items in this article4 items on sale! Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers Obviously, Strategist staffers love to shop. Which is why once a month, we highlight all the things we’ve been buying for ourselves in Our Shopping Cart. So…
