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Heela Yang Sol de Janeiro
Rachel Strugatz May 29, 2024
News and notes on the latest intrigue consuming beauty insiders: Sol de Janeiro leapfrogging Rare Beauty at Sephora and Glossier’s Balm Dotcom pivot.
hailey bieber v selena gomez
Rachel Strugatz May 22, 2024
News and notes on Hailey Bieber’s entrance into the blush wars, and her new foe: Selena Gomez.
bella hadid Orebella
Rachel Strugatz May 15, 2024
News and notes on the surprising or unsurprising promise of Bella Hadid’s new line, Ôrəbella.
Fabrizio Freda
Rachel Strugatz May 8, 2024
A post-post-pandemic comeback for The Estée Lauder Companies hasn’t erased doubts about C.E.O. Fabrizio Freda, his turnaround plan, and another round of layoffs. Could M&A be the answer to get Lauder back in business?


Vennette Ho
Rachel Strugatz May 1, 2024
Vennette Ho, the Aryeh of beauty (Google it), is helping Sarah Gibson Tuttle’s nail brand, Olive & June, explore an exit. It’s the latest sign of a dynamic (and maybe even frothy) market and an ascendant banker pulling the strings.
Gregg Renfrew
Rachel Strugatz April 24, 2024
How Gregg Renfrew wrestled her company back from the supple palms of private equity.
kylie jenner
Rachel Strugatz April 17, 2024
Nearly a decade after her initial success, Kylie Jenner’s brand is out of date and her tactics have been mainstreamed. So what’s a Kardashian to do?
Katherine Power
Rachel Strugatz April 10, 2024
Merit is the latest beauty brand to hire Goldman Sachs to explore an exit—in part because its clever and connected founder, Katherine Power, shorted the D.T.C. trend all along.


Gisele Bundchen Dolce & Gabbana Fragrance
Rachel Strugatz April 3, 2024
These days, perfumes at both the highest end of the market and the lowest are simultaneously booming. We’ve entered the Dupe Era.
emily weiss
Rachel Strugatz March 27, 2024
The proto-millennial beauty brand is now in “deep” conversations about a sale to LVMH, as the French fashion conglomerate eyes Glossier’s expansion into fragrances.
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