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  • 1 week ago | businessoffashion.com | Liz Flora

    Already a hit with TikTokers, Wonderskin’s Wonder Blading Lip Stain Masque has also made an impression on venture capitalists. The five-year old brand, which has headquarters in the UK and manufacturing in the US, announced the closing of its Series A investment round on Wednesday. The $50 million investment was led by VC firm Insight Partners, which is known for its tech and DTC brand portfolio that includes Shopify, Quince and Prose.

  • 1 week ago | businessoffashion.com | Liz Flora

    After nearly two years of TikTok’s obsession with all things K-beauty, from glass skin and milky toners to sunscreen and snails, US retailers have finally caught up. Amorepacific’s “glass skin”-focused brand Hanyul will be the latest in the K-beauty giant’s portfolio to enter Sephora on May 16, following the conglomerate’s dermatological brand Aestura in February.

  • 1 week ago | businessoffashion.com | Liz Flora

    After a challenging year and outstanding payments owed to brands, the partnership between diversity-focused retailer Thirteen Lune and department store JCPenney has ended. On May 5, a landing page for Thirteen Lune’s beauty selection on JCPenney’s website was changed to the retailer’s larger beauty assortment. In a statement sent to The Business of Beauty, a media representative for JCPenney confirmed the news.

  • 2 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Liz Flora

    Freck Beauty, the Sephora-stocked brand that rose to prominence for its viral freckle pen, has been sold to an undisclosed group of owners, The Business of Beauty has learned. Founder Remi Brixton announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday that she “made the hard decision to relinquish my role as owner and operator of Freck Beauty” in January of 2025.

  • 2 weeks ago | businessoffashion.com | Liz Flora

    Six years after opening in New York City’s Soho, Chanel’s Atelier Beauté Chanel has permanently closed. Opened in January 2019, the location had been a unique format for the brand, offering beauty sampling as well as makeup services and consultations for skincare and fragrance. Influencers and beauty shoppers have taken to social media to lament the Atelier’s shutdown, which reportedly happened earlier this year.

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Liz Flora
Liz Flora @Liz__Flora
4 Mar 25

Trump's tariffs have awakened Canadian consumer nationalism: https://t.co/mQWASBUuBr

Liz Flora
Liz Flora @Liz__Flora
11 Dec 24

Trump’s fragrance is set up as a licensing deal, which is normal for celeb fragrances, but the company paying him is an LLC with the owner obscured — which is not. Beauty companies generally like to show off celeb partnerships: https://t.co/YliWGvsrDz

Liz Flora
Liz Flora @Liz__Flora
9 Dec 24

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