Beauty brands closing down and raising prices due to Covid, coral bleaching, new recycling initiatives and the fragrance queen of TikTok. On to the beauty news in March!
Beauty News
Makeup Geek closes its business. (Beautyindependent)
E.L.F raises prices (Insider) The Inkey List does too, while Good Molecule does not (Milled).
The US Crown Act passed the House of Representatives and is on its way to make hair discrimination illegal. (BBC)
Lucia Pica (formerly Chanel, Guerlain) now works for Byredo?!?! (The only thing I associate with Pica is a red lip and bland everything else, so let’s see how that works out for Byredo, which is a tad edgier than Luca’s usual looks.) (Fashionista)
Beauty Stories
I mean, when your company is featured by the NYT as being in high water – then maybe it’s time to turn that boat around, Morphe?!
Does functional fragrance work? (You know: all those sprays, candles and whatnot promising you relaxation, happiness and sleep.) (Allure)
Funmi Monet is THE fragrance influencer on TikTok, and has launched her own perfume. Speak of achievements! (TeenVogue)
Sustainability
Lush recently launched a new recycling initiative after realizing their packaging wasn’t recycled in communal recycling schemes. You can now return ALL plastic packaging to Lush stores to be recycled or reused. It’s going to be rolled-out worldwide, right now it’s already in the UK and Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany.
Look, we’ve just had a major coral bleaching event, and your sunscreen has nothing to do with it: “while chemicals in sunscreen pose a risk to corals under laboratory conditions, they are only found at very low levels in real world environments”. (The Conversation)
Live, love, and everything else
You’re more than a TikTok rating! (Honestly, don’t pay attention to any apps that “rate” your looks. Just don’t.) (Allure)
Self-care isn’t a luxury for black women, it’s a necessity. (Well & Good)
On the Blog
I tested a new luxury make-up and fragrance line: Fashion designer Dries van Noten launcheds lipstick and perfumes. Because I’m a fan, I bought and reviewed some items (lipstick here, fragrance – all of them! – here). Speaking of makeup – what in all that is holy happened to MAC’s eyeshadows?!
A lot of skincare reviews! Here’s mine of the rather pricey and hyped Allies of Skin Antioxidants & Peptides Moisturiser. Our fave three Japanese sunscreens are here. In addition, I reviewed the Altruist SPF50 here and Garnier Super UV Face Fluid here. And finally, Astrid revoked her positive impression of her fave sunscreen oil of four years here, in our “what happened to”-series.
