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Seeking to capture a wider audience, luxury fashion brands enter beauty

In October 2023, global luxury titan Kering – the group behind Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen, among others – closed its acquisition of luxury fragrance house Creed; a deal considered significant in both fashion and beauty because of its scale and the price-tag attached. And transactions like this follow on from other major acquisitions and mergers in the space, such as Spanish fashion major Puig’s majority stake acquisition in British beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury back in 2020 and The Estée Lauder Companies’ purchase of Tom Ford in April of this year. In September 2023, Richemont announced the creation

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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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Chantelle Louise Beauty Academy listed for another UK award

Chantelle Louise Beauty Academy was one of the finalists in the Semi Permanent Eyelash Extensions category, after also being nominated in the ‘Education Excellence’ and ‘Beauty Therapist of the Year’ categories at the UK Hair and Beauty Awards.

After the overwhelming response from the public, who nominated their favorite stylists and salons with more than 60,000 votes received, this year’s awards have been split into four chapters.

Chapter one of the awards will spotlight the top salons and beauty professionals from across the North West of England.

Chantelle Louise Beauty Academy has also been nominated as a finalist in the