“I went home to take a long, long nap.”

“Wellness has been incorporated into everything,” says The Detox Market’s director of brand partnerships, Elena Severin.

This year has been ripe with beauty IPO activity, but has also seen its share of meaningful acquisitions.

The key financial players in the beauty sphere.

“Any time there’s change in the market and change in consumer behavior, it drives M&A. These are not temporary shifts, they are permanent shifts.”

In the third quarter, prestige beauty sales declined 23 percent in the country’s 10 biggest cities, versus an 11 percent dip elsewhere.

Walcott was instrumental in the success of Fenty Beauty, as well as other Kendo-created lines.

The limited-edition candle is priced at $39 and sold exclusively at Space at Nordstrom.

The designer will roll out a travel-size collection, followed by full-size bottles next year.

Called Chaul, the three-product skin-care range entered South Korea before being rolled out elsewhere in the region.

Under terms of the deal, Iberchem is valued at 820 million euros.

Bad Habit by Forma Brands launches with 10 sku’s aimed at relieving stressed-out skin.

The program, in its 17th year, is giving five female scientists research grants of $60,000.

The several-day virtual event named Awards winners in 48 categories.

The actress is also joining the brand as a co-creative director.

Huda was followed by Kylie Cosmetics, MAC Cosmetics, Anastasia Beverley Hills and NYX Professional Makeup

Harf increased his personal stake in the beauty business.

Industry sources estimate the brand could do more than $10 million in retail sales next year.

These brands are the forward-thinking picks of WWD’s beauty editors.

The scent is available now.

Data from Trendalytics shows good skin staying “in,” with viral looks like the Evil Eye nail polish at Giambattista Valli gaining traction.

The partnership comes at a time of expansion for the skin-care brand.

Ahead of the launch of Christian Dior Parfums’ latest book, “Dior in Bloom,” director of brand identity and culture Frederic Bourdelier recounts the famed couturier’s lifelong relationship with flowers.

The beauty industry is beginning to grapple with the wasteful nature of one of a popular category.

These include an app for women of color to book at-home hairstylists; a refillable, natural cosmetics brand, and a software company focused on beauty services.

The scent is the first to be launched under the brand’s license with Inter Parfums.

The multihyphenate is the face of Kate Spade’s new signature fragrance, due out starting Nov. 15 online at Ulta.

The scents will be available on Nov. 17.

Previously held by Coty, the license will now be held by Edge Beauty, which is already eyeing other categories in beauty for Stetson.

Ben Bennett’s The Center has acquired Make Beauty, and tapped Violet Grey alum Carrie Barber to lead the revamp.

Coty plans to use proceeds from the deal to pay down debt.

Revlon said the exchange should be complete Friday.

CelleRx is incubated by NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, which also makes NeutroPhase and Avenova.

The Beautyblender founder is one of eight women entrepreneurs featured in a new display in The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

The award-winning multihyphenate talks about his new venture, Nigo, Karl Lagerfeld, and why 2020 should be very upset with us.

The beauty business is still determining the results of an exchange offer that expired Tuesday night, but a bigger and broader restructuring effort may be in order.

Ulta successfully wooed prestige beauty brands to come into its mainline stores. But can it convince them Target is the right place, as well?

The writer, actress, and host of the CEW Beauty Awards “never had a bad day” during the coronavirus pandemic.

Some beauty companies and the Humane Society International jointly published a statement decrying animal tests being required to prove worker safety.

Ulta Beauty at Target will debut in more than 100 Target stores and online in 2021, bringing prestige beauty to the mass market retailer.

The influencer and Summer Fridays cofounder will host guests such as Jen Atkin, Mona Kattan and Bobbi Brown to start.

The brand’s first fragrance allows for up to seven scent combinations.

Consumer interest in devices proves they are more than just cogs in the beauty machine.

Among the findings are Twitter’s diverse user set and what brands are doing right to garner engagement.

Skin care’s “cleanical” brands are on the upswing, proving consumers no longer have to choose between safety and science.

Although 2020 has presented unique challenges, women in beauty share their insights for staying grounded in tumultuous times.

For the first time in five years, Covergirl hasn’t lost shelf space in major American retailers, Nabi said.

The skin-care brand last year registered sales of 9.8 million euros.

Consumers are working out at home and online more than ever before — and industry insiders say this is unlikely to change anytime soon.