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Uptown Girl to close and beauty salon to open in Cowdenbeath

Jean Young, who has run Uptown Girl for eight years, is closing the shop for the last time this upcoming Saturday, March 23.

The shop will be turning into a beauty salon, and new owners Yinyin Hong (known as Cherry) and Yin Fon Lau can’t wait to get started.

Yinyin said: “I feel so excited, because it’s just like my dream to open a shop for myself, and you know finally, I can just get that dream come true.”

The new business will be called Honeymoon Beauty Salon, and it will offer a range of services including manicures, pedicures, eyelashes,

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Selena Gomez’s $3 billion beauty move

Selena Gomez is reportedly in the process of exploring a sale of her US$2 billion ($3 billion) cosmetics company.

The actor and singer, whose credits include Disney’s Wizards of Waverly Place, Spring Breakers and Neighbors 2: Sorority Risinghas hired advisers to solicit offers for her company, Rare Beauty, according to The New York Post.

The company has brought on bankers to weigh potential offers for the company, although the 31-year-old Gomez is likely to remain involved with the business even after a sale, it was reported.

Rare Beauty, which boasts a US$2 billion (A$3 billion) valuation, is considered

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Editor-Approved Amazon Spring Sale Beauty Deals: From GHD to Medik8

The Amazon Spring Sale beauty deals have finally dropped. Beauty lovers, rejoice. A whole host of trending skincare, makeup, epic haircare and perfume – from Medik8 face serums to Elemis moisturizers, GHD hair tools and plus a handful of K-beauty must-haves (hi, COSRX) – have been discounted.

That’s right: the retail giant has officially brought back its annual Spring Deal Days event for another year, serving up an excellent opportunity for us to re-stock our staples or treat ourselves with something that’s been sitting in our Amazon wish lists for longer than we ‘d care to admit. In fact, we’ve

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Coverpla and Estal seal a commercial partnership

Coverpla strengthens its offer of ultra-personalized, ready-to-go solutions through a marketing and commercial partnership with Spanish company Estal.

Estal offers extensive lines dedicated to fragrance, cosmetics and home fragrance. Its concepts are subsequently developed by a range of major European glassmakers. This offer is partially complementary to the one of Coverla, which has been chosen to work with Estal to enhance its home fragrance collection with a range of diffusers in various sizes (from 100 to 750ml) and associated accessories. Thick-based candle jars with a premium feel complete the collection.

As far as cosmetics are concerned, three new products are

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Aptar completes its airless range and reinvents the dropper experience

Aptar continues its efforts to meet the new expectations of brands and consumers in terms of luxury beauty packaging.

Reinventing the dropper experience

Among Aptar Beauty’s major new launches at Luxe Pack’s latest edition is the NeoDropper range designed to enhance consumers’ dropper experience.Indeed, the line guarantees clean and precise application until the last drop thanks to a shorter applicator.

Produced by Aptar in their Suzhou facility, in China, the new droppers are available in two versions:

NeoDropper Classic, with bulb, for dosage on demand

and NeoDropper Autoload, with a push-button, that automatically reloads a precise, predetermined dosage.

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Beauty and Personal Care Market Key Highlights for 2024

DUBLIN, March 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The “Voice of the Industry: Beauty and Personal Care Key Highlights” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

Overall optimism in beauty and personal care in 2024 is driven by technological developments, which span a wide range, from traditional and generative artificial intelligence, to blockchain, to new formulation and ingredient launches. The beauty and personal care industry is still grappling with inflation, although rates are expected to moderate in 2024. As a result, greater channel competition is projected, with gains most pronounced for discounters, online marketplaces and e-commerce.

Key Findings

The beauty industry

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French antitrust authority to investigate product rating systems

The French antitrust authority (Autorité de la concurrence) has announced it is starting inquiries ex officio to analyze the competitive functioning of the product rating systems sectorin particular when it aims to provide consumers with information on the sustainability-related characteristics of consumer products and services.

Available via digital applications or labels that voluntarily affixed by manufacturers, these rating systems focus on nutritional quality, environmental impact, energy efficiency, and so on, said the French Authority. Present in a wide range of sectors (agri-food, cosmetics, textiles, toys, household appliances, interior design and tourist accommodation), some systems may be created

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US prestige beauty grows 14% to $31.7 billion in 2023, Circana reports

The growth streak has continued for the US beauty industry in 2023, said Circana. Sales of prestige beauty industry grew by 14% in value, year over year, to reach $31.7 billion in 2023. In comparison, mass market beauty sales experienced a year-over-year dollar increase of 6%, says the market research firm.

Makeup and skincare drive growth

In the prestige channel, which includes department stores and beauty specialty retailers, makeup was the fastest-growing category based on dollar sales, while skincare captured the top spot as the fastest-growing category based on units sold. In the mass market, makeup and skincare were the