Author: Rachael Griffiths

Welcome to Haul of Fame, your weekly roundup tracking the new products and ideas driving the beauty industry forward. Included in today’s issue: Athena Club, Cocokind, Discotheque, Dyson, Estée Lauder, La Prairie, Lashify, Mustela, Olipop, Parfums de Marly, Sidia, Starface, Tilt Beauty and Unove.But first…Erin Kleinberg, co-founder of The Coveteur, never cared much about beauty. “I grew up as a fashion kid,” she said. “But the more I was on sets and shoots, the more I understood how it works together. And in some ways, beauty can be even more important than fashion.”Epiphany led to the founding of Sidia, Kleinberg’s…

Church & Dwight exceeded its yearly outlook with stronger than expected sales, the US personal care giant said Friday, anticipating organic sales growth of between 3 and 4 percent for 2026.The owner of household personal care brands including Arm & Hammer, Batiste and Nair reported a net sales increase of 1.6 percent for 2025, exceeding an outlook of 1.5 percent growth. Fourth quarter organic sales grew modestly at 0.7 percent, but improved to 1.8 percent when removing recently divested brands, such as vitamin label Vitafusion and oral care lines Spinbrush and Waterpik.The company’s Consumer Domestic division reported a 3.7 percent…

Compared to other global citizens, Europeans tend to shop for their beauty essentials at the pharmacy. French beauty shoppers scour the shelves of Citypharma and Pharmacie Monge for the same products in their mother’s medicine cabinets, while German shoppers can choose from over 2,000 Dm-drogerie market locations to replenish their beauty stock.Reliance on brick-and-mortar beauty retailers has meant that Europe lags behind other regions in terms of digital beauty market penetration. On average across Europe, e-commerce accounts for less than 22 percent of the beauty market’s overall value: In the US that number almost doubles to 43 percent, and in…

Byoma is expanding its C-suite. The UK skincare brand, known for its viral, candy-coloured products, has appointed former Galderma global brand president Tara Loftis as its first global president and chief brand officer, The Business of Beauty can exclusively reveal.An industry veteran, Loftis previously held senior roles at Too Faced and LVMH’s incubator Kendo, where she worked on Fenty Beauty and Marc Jacobs Beauty. Since Jan. 2024, she has overseen Galderma’s dermatological skincare division and its portfolio of brands, including Cetaphil, Differin, Alastin and Benzac. Under Loftis’ stewardship several Galderma campaigns made headlines, most notably Cetaphil’s 2025 “We’re all a…

When Pilar García Bonilla began brainstorming her hair care brand, Latina, in 2023, one movie stuck in her mind: “The Princess Diaries”, when Anne Hathaway’s curls are straightened so she can “look like a princess.” It reflected the way I felt —I didn’t fit in within the beauty industry,” she said. “They’d told us that only straight hair is beautiful.” For fellow Latino-owned brands like Dominican-founded Ocoa and Afro-Domican hailing Bomba Curls, it’s a familiar story: the origin stories of both discuss eschewing shame to embrace their curly hair types. Now, these brands are poised to meet the moment, with…

US beauty label Malin+Goetz, known for its premium body care and home fragrances, has filed for administration in the UK and closed its seven London-based stores, a spokesperson told The Business of Beauty.The Manzanita Capital-owned brand will also be closing its UK head office, resulting in 72 layoffs overall. In a statement, a Malin+Goetz spokesperson said that the decision had come after “exhausting all viable alternatives.” Manzanita Capital did not return requests for comment.While online orders have been temporarily paused, the brand’s range will still be available for purchase within the region via select third party retailers such as John…

Tatcha, the luxury skincare brand, has appointed Diane Kim as its new chief executive officer effective February 9th, it was announced Wednesday.A former senior vice president of global marketing at The Estée Lauder Companies, Kim joins the brand from investment management firm Advent International where she has served as an industry advisor since 2024. Prior to this, she served as global brand president of Advent International acquired brands Laura Mercier, Bareminerals and Buxom.Kim succeeds Mary Yee, who departed Tatcha in October 2025. In 2019, the brand was acquired by Unilever for a reported $500 million. Following the acquisition, founder Vicky…

For years, the wellness industry has played a game of “whack a mole” — solving one problem just for another to pop up, according to Caroline Weintraub, vice president at investment firm True Beauty Ventures. This year, the game is over. “We are not at an equilibrium. People have been trying to individually target various different pieces,” she said. “This year, we’re going to start thinking about these things more holistically.” Much like “longevity,” “holistic” is a term that crops up often within the wellness industry. But 2026’s overarching themes point to a broadening of how shoppers define their health.…

A K-shaped economy is a tale of two consumers: the highest earners prop up all discretionary spending, and the lower earners pull back. The US returned to this bifurcated model in 2025, according to the Bank of America Institute. That is, in all categories except for one: beauty.“It’s a very different story, with the lower household incomes actually spending at almost exactly the same rate as everyone else,” said Larissa Jensen, senior vice president and beauty industry advisor at market research firm Circana. Per Circana data, premium and mass beauty are two of the five fastest growing industries in US…

Sacheu Beauty, the cosmetics brand founded by influencer Sarah Cheung in 2020, has named Michelle Miller as its first chief marketing officer, and Connie Kim as its first chief financial officer. They will both report to chief executive Quinn Roukema.Miller, who assumed her role in December 2025, joins the brand from Vegamour, where she served as chief marketing officer for 11 months. Prior to this, Miller spent four years as founding chief marketing officer at K18, steering the professional hair brand through its high-profile acquisition by Unilever. Kim, who was appointed in November 2025, joined Sacheu from Topicals, where she…