Launches, acquisitions, the rise of the cosmetic chemist, pistachio fragrances and greenwashing galore! Let’s dive into the beauty news in April!
Beauty News
L’Oreal buys Aesop. (Fashionista)
Brands we don’t need: James Charles’ Painted. (Highsnobiety)
Lisa Eldridge launches skincare. It’s a skip for me. (Honestly, if you think about Lisa – is the first association skincare to you?!)
Morphe is snapped up by investors three months after filing for bankruptcy. (Cosmeticsbusiness)
Beauty Stories
Hugh Jackman has skin cancer scare, urges to use sunscreen, comments make you lose faith in humanity. (BBC)
The fragrance sampling industry is thriving post-pandemic. (Fashionista)
Related: pistachio is the unexpectedly trending fragrance note of the summer. (Stylist)
For whatever reason, the beauty industry still tends to overlook women over 40. (Allure)
The rise of the cosmetic chemist on social media. Is TikTok finally responsible for something godd?!?! (Allure)
Sustainability
The beauty industry’s greenwashing tendencies. It’s not… surprising. (CNN)
Life, Love and Everything Else
Did you know that the guy who invented captcha also founded Duolingo?! And more in this portrait-slash-exploration of Duolingo, its offerings and its founder. (The New Yorker)
Something good came out of the Pandemic: Moderna says there’ll possibly be vaccines against cancer and heart diseases in 2030. (CNBC)
What the actual eff is going on with those skinny jabs?! (The Guardian)
On the Blog
Reviews, reviews, reviews: The Inkey List’s PCA Bond Treatment is good and the Allies of Skin Tranexamic Acid & Arbutin Serum less so. Sunscreen (-adjacent) reviews were about Uniqlo’s UV protection clothing and Skin1004’s hyped Water Fit sunscreen. I kinda updated my five-year-old Dyson hairdryer review with a rather surprising fact. In my April’s favorites you’ll find a hydration wonder, and finally my take on the ‘skincare is a scam’ thing that seems to go around again and again.
A housekeeping note: I’ll move houses in May, and due to that, we’ll only have posts on Tuesdays for the whole month. Regular service will resume as soon as possible!
