Lip cosmetics may have been the hardest-hit category in prestige beauty in 2020, but new data suggests it’s headed for a rebound. Data from Trendalytics shows triple-digit search volume growth in several searches around lip cosmetics, which the firm attributes to changing CDC guidelines around mask wear. Long-wear lipstick grew 1,135 percent year-over-year, while shimmer lip gloss, plum lipstick and […]
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Skinimalism, the term coined to describe the blending of makeup and skin care, is what excites Sir John Barnett most these days. “Clients are looking to a more holistic approach to their lifestyle, their diets, their families, their children,” said the makeup artist, who’s worked with the likes of Beyoncé and Priyanka Chopra. Cosmetics is no different, he said: “It’s […]
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Gen Z is more focused on skin than hair, makeup or fragrance, new data indicates. According to a study conducted by Klarna, which surveyed 15,000 shoppers, more of Gen Z is spending on skin care than of Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers, with 41.4 percent of respondents saying it was their top category. “From an investment standpoint, it’s beauty […]
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Natura & Co.’s new venture capital fund, Fable Investments, has made its first deal — Perfumer H, the fragrance brand of perfumer Lyn Harris. Harris, a former Robertet perfumer who founded the London-based fragrance brand Miller Harris in the ’90s and now runs Perfumer H out of England with her husband, Christophe Michel. The brand incorporates natural ingredients and refillable […]
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Huda Kattan, the mega beauty influencer known for her elaborate and full-coverage makeup looks, has gone low-key in quarantine. Kattan said during the coronavirus pandemic she, like most people, was wearing less makeup. Unlike most people, it led her to develop another brand. View Gallery Related Gallery Fall 2021 Trend: Double Up “It was supposed to be a concept of […]
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Dig, if you will, a picture of a Prince-inspired makeup collection. Smoky eyeliners, velvety eye shadows, setting powder, and more find a home in gilded leather packaging — all doused in his signature purple and emblazoned with the "Love Symbol," of course. Thanks to Urban Decay and Damaris Lewis, a model and dancer who worked closely with the late musician, […]
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Five years ago, makeup artist Erin Parsons won a heap of Mae West's makeup at an auction. Slowly but surely, she started buying up more and more vintage makeup items: an ornate tube of lipstick here, an original bottle of Shocking by Schiaparelli perfume there. By the time the pandemic spread to the U.S., Parsons' apartment basically became an unorganized […]
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According to the first quarterly data of 2021 from the NPD Group, the U.S. market’s prestige beauty categories are bouncing back. Prestige beauty sales almost hit $4.2 billion in the first quarter of 2021, up 11 percent from the same period in 2020 (which included the onset of the coronavirus pandemic). Digital sales continued to track gains, and were up […]
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When it comes to the lip category, there’s not much to smile about. “The bottom line is that lip in 2020 was the worst hit category in the worst hit category,” said Larissa Jensen, vice president of beauty and industry adviser at the NPD Group. Makeup suffered the most last year, down 34 percent overall year-over-year, according to the market […]
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All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. My obsession with big, dramatic cat-eye makeup is so steadfast, it's almost a joke at this point. When I have an important work meeting? Cat-eye. Date night? Cat-eye. Seeing old friends? Cat-eye. What can […]
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