January is always a weird month for beauty releases and news – I guess everyone needs a breather after the Holidays. Here’re the beauty news in January: bankruptcies, vaccines, copycats, recycling, and – diet culture?! (And indeed everything is related to beauty!)
Beauty News
Good Molecules can be found in Ulta in the US now.
bh cosmetics files for bankruptcy in the US. (Angelica has a very good vid explaining the whole thing.)
In a similar vein, Glossier had to lay off ONE THIRD of its staff. They clearly have some thinking to do in which direction they’re heading in the future. (CNN)
Lethal Cosmetics can now be found in Pieper stores in Germany:
There might be a vaccine for skin cancer in the works?! I mean – that’s wonderful?!??!?! (Science Daily)
Thierry Mugler died. In terms of the beauty world, and disregarding his work as a designer completely here, I don’t think people under 30 do understand how truly unique Angel was when it was released. It absolutely changed perfumery. (Elle)
Beauty Stories
Chinese brand Qingxuan has accused Chanel of unfair competition over Chanel’s new launch: apparently Chanel hired a few Qingxuan employees and “stole” ideas. (Also, with the launch of the No. 1 collection Chanel jumps on the clean train. Ugh.) (Jing Daily & Byrdie)
Like them or not, the Kardashians influenced the way we see beauty, do our makeup, and buy makeup in a major way. (Allure)
Let’s look at some beauty predictions for 2022! (Coveteur)
Sustainable Beauty
Are NFTs sustainable? (And what the heck ARE NFTs?!) TeenVogue to the rescue.
Space NK launched a beauty packaging recycling scheme in the UK. (Cosmetics Business)
Live, Love and Everything Else
The Tenement Museum (online) honours those we lost in the pandemic.
Ditching the “new year, new me mindset”. Intentions, people!!! INTENTIONS! (Byrdie)
Diet culture: it’s not only unhealthy, it’s immoral. (NYT)
Oh look, a pair of my fave bloggers: The ladies from Go Fug Yourself. (They started their site in 2004. THEY ARE STILL GOING STRONG. Isn’t that amazing?!) (Fashionista)
On the Blog
OF COURSE I had to look back at my personal year in beauty and my faves (and non-faves). I tried some products of hyped new skincare brand PSA and reviewed a few (PSA Reset cleanser, Light Up and Follow the Light masks). You want retinol recs? I compared all SEVEN retinol products I’ve tried from Paula’s Choice and grouped them from beginner to expert. Then, I compared silk sleep eye masks, because I sleep like shit and need all the help I can get. And finally, Astrid reviewed Isdin’s body sunscreen and liked it.
