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Met Gala 2026: What the 'Costume Art' Theme Says About Beauty
This year's gala celebrated an exhibition about the dressed body, and its red-carpet logic of ornament as art maps directly onto makeup.
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Business News explains the commerce behind cosmetics: who owns a brand, which laboratory produces the formula, what a retailer takes, and how much of a price is packaging and marketing. Coverage follows acquisitions, funding and sales results. Best used by readers curious what they are actually buying.
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Henkel Is Buying Olaplex for $1.4 Billion: What It Means for Your Hair
The bond-repair brand that turned a salon ingredient into a household name is joining a German consumer giant, and regular buyers will notice the difference slowly, if at all.
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Matthieu Blazy's First Chanel Show: Why a New Designer Touches Beauty Too
The most anticipated ready-to-wear debut of the Paris season has landed, and the ripple effects reach well past the clothes into makeup and fragrance.
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Kering's 2025 Results and the Gucci Beauty Shake-Up, Explained
Gucci's owner reported a much smaller 2025 profit, and its beauty arm is about to change hands, which matters for fragrance and makeup counters.
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LVMH's Rough 2025: What the Luxury Giant's Results Mean for Beauty
The owner of Sephora and Dior closed a difficult year with lower profits, and the fallout reaches beauty shoppers more directly than you might expect.
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What Coty's Leadership Shake-Up Means for Makeup Shoppers
Coty starts 2026 with a new interim chief executive, and the outcome could reshape some of the most familiar names on the mass makeup shelf.