There's a quiet love affair brewing between the beauty industry and the world of sci-fi. We saw it this season at the Chanel runway show, where models walked through a server room accompanied by Robo Coco robots. There was also the alien-like glittery shapes tattooed on the models' faces at Giamba. Read more at Harper's Bazaar.
Read MoreWay back when in the early ’90s, Calvin Klein was busy launching the über cool unisex fragrance CK1, as britpop band Blur stormed the charts with their hit “Girls and Boys,” the catchy chorus of which went “girls who are boys, who like boys to be girls…” Fast-forward to present day, and gender fluidity has well and truly hit the mainstream. Read more at Refinery29.
Read MoreIn the beauty retail landscape we’re in now, women are mixing high-low products the same way they do in fashion. So how does a luxury beauty company that just launched a $1,500 anti-aging system also hook the Sephora shopper? (LVMH owns both Sephora and Dior. Sephora carries a range of makeup and skin care by the brand, but the most expensive caps out at $175.) Read more at Racked.
Read MoreIn a nutshell, this means she smashes, smears, splashes, and stacks makeup and other cosmetics in appealing ways for photographers to shoot for beauty ads, retail catalogs, and magazines. A good chunk of the glossy makeup ads you’ve seen over the last few years were likely styled by her. "I’m kind of like a makeup artist without the models," she explains. Read more at Racked.
Read MoreEstée Lauder was an early supporter of Kendall Jenner, signing the reality-television star-turned-supermodel as a face of the brand in 2014. But in March 2016, the beauty industry stalwart took its relationship with Jenner a step further, harnessing her social media influence, including an Instagram following of more than 67 million, to launch the Estée Edit, a new product line aimed at Millennials and Generation Z. Read more at Business of Fashion.
Read MoreWende Zomnir embodies her brand, Urban Decay. The company’s committed litmus test—to be feminine, dangerous and fun—is likely inspired by her personal style and character. She’s a self-described beauty junkie who set the bar high with the company’s first tagline, “Does pink make you puke?”, and pushed the cosmetics industry to boundaries that 20 years ago seemed outrageous but today are the new, fabulous norm. Read more at ABC News.
Read MoreThese “beauty boys,” as they’re sometimes called, are not just being accepted into the mainstream beauty world. They are helping to give the cosmetics industry a much-needed modern makeover. Read more at The New York Times.
Read MoreBobbi Brown might be a globally recognised brand - one that hit $1 billion worth of sales last night - the 50 year old founder still has her feet firmly on the ground, albeit in a pair of five inch Prada sandals. Brown was one of the first make-up artists to champion a nude, natural look - and today, she remains an advocate of using make-up to enhance rather than mask or fake natural beauty. Read more at The Telegraph.
Read MoreJared Bailey is the “global brow expert” for Benefit Cosmetics. He travels to about 40 countries every year, talking brows with women. According to Bailey, they like them dramatic in the Middle East, straighter in Korea and with a “soft, fluid look” in his native America. Read More at The Guardian.
Read MoreIf you want a crystal ball into next year’s popular American beauty trends, look to the South Korean beauty industry. To find out what to expect next in Korean beauty (and, several years later, American beauty), the Cut talked to Alicia Yoon, CEO and co-founder of Korean beauty site Peach and Lily and a licensed aesthetician in Korea and the United States. Read more at The Cut.
Read More“Pat McGrath is perhaps the only makeup artist who lives up to the second word in the job title, the Velázquez of the beauty world. She can make a celebrity gleam for a magazine cover, then gather scraps of patent leather or lace and start cutting and gluing bits to a model’s face until she resembles a butterfly or an unspecified exotic bird.” Read more at NYMag.com.
Read More“Burberry is taking to Pinterest to launch its latest beauty product, aiming to capitalize on the platform’s 38.5 million monthly unique viewers in the space. In tandem with the launch of Cat Lashes, the brand’s new mascara that launches today, Pinterest will begin to generate custom boards for users populated with Burberry Beauty content and product.” Read more at WWD.
Read More“In the last 12 months alone a whole host of cosmetics companies have been jumping into the geek beauty market, albeit prompted mainly by tie-ins to big budget blockbusters. Last Fall CoverGirl launched a Star Wars collection to tie in with The Force Awakens while Walgreens recently released a Wonder Woman collection.” Read more at Racked.
Read More“The reasons major makeup companies discontinue products is slightly murky. Every company I reached out to for insight declined to comment, with the exception of Laura Elkins, M.A.C.'s senior vice president of global and North American marketing, who says that every year M.A.C. goes through an extensive process of examining its permanent collection, evaluating the demand and consumer feedback when deciding whether the company will discontinue a product or not.” Read more at Allure.
Read More“The most important thing about Bobbi's vision of beauty is that it is not defined by white, blue-eyed, blonde models. She did not see herself reflected in them when she was young, and when it was time to develop her makeup line, she was one of the first to go beyond ‘beige,’ ‘peach,’ and ‘tan’ colors, offering alternatives for Asian and black skin tones.” Read more at Yahoo.
Read More“Amidst the on-going shake up of the fashion calendar, cosmetics brand M.A.C, owned by Estée Lauder Companies, is backing designers aiming to expand the reach of their pre-collection presentations. The long-term initiative will kick off this Cruise 2017 season with New York-based Proenza Schouler, which will show its collection in Paris on July 4 to coincide with the city's upcoming haute couture week.” Read more at Business of Fashion.
Read More“Although ‘Instagram face’ isn’t a coined phrase yet, makeup artists recognize the app’s aesthetic when they see it, and most of them hate it. You’ve most likely seen Instagram faces before. They may appear in your Instagram ‘popular’ feed, showing people with cartoon-smooth skin, perfectly defined flicky eyeliner, cheekbones carved like marble, and strobing so shiny it creates what one makeup artist jokingly described to me as ‘C3PO cheek.’” Read more at NYMag.com.
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